Whine and Cheese

I've been out of communication for a bit this past week. It's been a busy one. Sorry for the bullets, but it probably is the best way to put it all together.

• I flew out to the Seattle, WA area for work this week. The purpose of the trip was a planning meeting for the computer class I help teach in Washington, DC. We have to submit a design package to make sure the students can get their CEUs for the course. The package necessitates that we change a few things for the class and it was a great opportunity to get together face-to-face to revise and update the materials. It was good to see the other instructors and it was my first time to the Seattle area. I didn't get to do much sightseeing because our schedule was pretty packed.



• Last Wednesday night, I did manage to spare an evening and have dinner with clintswan! Clint and I have been LJ and FB friends for years, but we've never met in person. The fact that he lived in the Seattle area completely escaped me, so I was happy that he messaged me. We had a great dinner and caught up a bit.



• During the week, I managed to get several pages of the next issue of my comic book inked. I only have about seven pages left to do, which was not easy to do on a plane.



• Speaking of LJers, mikiedoggie sent me a message earlier in the week to see if I was going to be home. Mike came to Cincinnati and hung out with me for the weekend. We went to dinner Friday night at "The Tilted Kilt," which is basically a Hooters with a Scottish theme. Saturday was meeting LJers Derek (_decibel_ and Chris (kybigstew) at the Incline Public House, which was where the two of them got married last year. They were a bad influence as they convinced me to get a new iPhone 6s. Last night, Mike, Derek and Chris, and I met up with Brian (cincycub) and his BF Justin and some other local friends for a Thai dinner. It was a good time.

I woke up with an unbelievable amount of energy, not sure what the heck is up with that. I was at the gym by 5 AM, worked out until 6 AM, dressed and at the office by 7:30 AM. I wish I felt like this every morning.

On 411, I got a message from my buddy Daren from Dallas who told me he was swinging through here today on his way to a job interview in Conneticut with another friend Chris. So I called them up and they just happen to be about 20 minutes away on the road, so I met up with them at McDonald's for a late breakfast for them. This was the first time I'd actually met them, even though I've chatted, emailed and talked to them on the phone for over a year now. They are both really cute and very interesting. Daren is going to CT for the interview but he'll get to stay in Dallas. Fingers crossed for him.

After an hour, I needed to get back to work and they needed to get back on the road. As I was walking back into my office, Daren called to thank me for breakfast and I realized that I had my camera in the car the whole time and didn't remember to get a picture of them! Darn! :(