No Turning Back

Learned & Did

Some things I did for the first time this past weekend:

• Went to the Adirondacks*
• Ate blueberry pancakes
• Saw a shooting star. And another one. And another one.
• Lost the whereabouts of my pink Razr for over 24 hours. And then found.
  

Some things I learned this past weekend:

• Chipotles are smoke-dried jalapenos
• Dragonflies won't hurt me (I'm still not 100% sold on this one though)
• Where the Black River is in New York
• Chocolate marshmallows burn faster than regular marshmallows.

*Apparently I went camping with the nuclear family when I was a young child. I have seen pictures that prove such, but I have no memory of it. Odds are I didn't enjoy it much.

900 miles later....

Whew! Just spent a wonderful, long weekend visiting family down in Philly area. Spent the first few days catching up with relatives in Delaware county & West Chester, then off to the Jersey Shore for 2 days.

In short, my visits were wonderful. Got to meet my 2nd cousins (?) Brendan and Ethan. Man that Ethan is a bubbly joyful kid. He wasn't even shy with me, and most babies are. And of course my favorite part was the time spent with Karen & her kids. Pictures to come soon.

I'm tired. Drove about 8 hours today. My throat's a little sore from singing in the car most of the afternoon. And I'm tanned/sunburned on my left arm and left thigh from that brilliant sunshine pouring through the windows.

Back to work - three-day week!

I'd Rather Be In Rochester

(come on you native Rochesterians... sing along... "I'd rather be in Rochester.... it's got it!!")

A recent study just ranked Rochester as the 6th most livable city in America. Not too shabby. Granted I thought it sucked when I was a teenager. But between life experiences in other places, plus improvements made in the last couple decades, I will have to agree that Rochester is a pretty livable city.

Read the story here from the television station.

Pittsburgh ranked #1. That was my second choice of cities to live in post-college. If only I could have found a job right after college. I liked that city a lot and had made some good friends from P-burgh at college. I must go back soon.

PS - my relatives will be happy to see what city was ranked #5.

Vacation photos updated

I have uploaded my pictures. Boy did I take a lot. I'm working on the captions for them, but will finish them another time. Please keep checking back for updates.

I will be putting some of these on Ofoto.com soon so that I can buy prints of these digital pictures. Let me know if you want to know when they're ready for printing.

So check out the photo albums "Royal Caribbean Cruise: July 2005" and "Megan & Andrew's Wedding Day" and enjoy!