Jeans Day. The bogus day where we pay $5 to some charity and get to dress casual. Oh well, a day without a tie is a day without a tie.

Another drizzler out there.

Wow in just a week I am going to be heading to Ontario for TCAF and a visit with my family! And the first time Manien has been out there in eight years! The family is getting agitated trying to figure out where we should be to maximize the visiting. And as usual they manage to make my two hour lunch with my dad seem like this gigantic interruption to their plans. Oh well, it will be nice to see everyone, get away from the

Got any vacation plans for the summer?

I was trying to figure out how to get the money to take the kids to visit my parents this summer, when it turns out my parents are coming here . . .

Had another craptastic day regarding the short sale/foreclosure. SOOOOo bloody sick of that.

I need to get some drawings matted, and I need to suck less.

Evidently I have skills, or I'm personable or something. I've had two job interviews in two days and had two job offers! I took the second. They base pay isn't as high, but it's way closer to my new home, there's bonuses, medical, RSP matching and a better working environment. Plus the office is right next to a little park on the Fraser River. Great for lunches on sunny days.

Took care of the legal stuff for the condo purchase. Did some bad math and had to scramble to come up with a lot of extra cash! Eeep! But it's done! And broke.

I usually wear jeans to work, but today I dressed up for the lawyers and job interview. Both the lawyer and the interviewer were wearing jeans for Jeans Day.

Hopefully the crap clears soon!

I hate it when different aspects of my family pull at me for family events. I've taken the position of the first invite gets to see me. It's working so far.

I can see clearly the rain is gone.

Probably not this year. With looming unemployment (now only for Nina) and the move, not sure if we can afford a vacation. But I will probably get away for the occasional long weekend. My mom and step dad just built a cabin a few hours out of town. Cheap and accessible. I also have a cousin with a destination wedding in the fall, but I don't think I want to go.

Dude FUCK yeah. That is us toasting your success.

Yeah, actually. Four weeks back in the States to visit family, attend an Evil Commie conference in Chicago, visit a couple good friends, and a few days back in DC to visit the old stomping grounds and get my drink on. Looking very much forward to it. Oh also a trip in early June above the Arctic Circle to witness the transit of Venus, because it won't happen again until 2117.

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That's AWESOME about the job offers. I'm hoping the same for my wife . . . .

When is the Chicago conference you evil Communist, you?
In unrelated news I'm beginning to realize that the American Bureaucracy is much worse than the Communist Bureacracy ever was. In the name of not overspending Government money we will make you waste 10 times more than you would have spent!

I don't know. I need it. We might go to Poland+Italy for some time hopefully, but nothing is fixed yet.

June 28 - July 1. You can read all about it here! Dunno where that is in relationship to you, but there must be at least one good bar between where you is and where I'll be.

Well I would say that the potential bar is the relationship I had in mind.
Also, the page is down if try from work.

Steeenky feelthy capitaleests! We have almost two months to plan anyway, we'll get to this.