not a bad monday, for a change

the day started out well with a conference call that ended up having nothing to do with me, followed by a 2 hour kick off meeting for a project where i’m the “sme” and therefore, left with no real responsibilities or action items 😉

toward the end of the 2 hour meeting, i was paged on a priority-2 issue for a broken VPN.  i called the customer and had them reset their side of the tunnel .. vioala!  tunnel back up …

went to grab a sandwich at Cosi and ran into my pal Kurt (he works just down the street, but we rarely see each other) .. we made lunch plans for later this week 🙂

while eating lunch, i scowered the internet and finally found the deal that fit for our trip to Vegas in 2 weeks!  airline booked, hotel room reserved and paid for .. w00t!  we’re staying at the MGM Grand .. ooh la la  .. turns out, you can get pretty decent rates through travelocity .. the MGM is even less expensive than Treasure Island .. probably the same as we paid last year at Harahs.. plus, non-stop flights on NWA .. can’t beat that 😀

another P-2 issue later in the day – called the customer to find out that the problem was already fixed.  my kinda issue 😀

downed a macbreak weekly podcast on the way home and started listening to fast food nation..

cooked a good steak dinner (but melted the buttons off the grill .. might be time for a new one .. heh)

and to top it off, i successfully changed my SS tire!!  i’ve been afraid of those rims since i spent an hour + trying to put tires on ’em a few years ago .. generally, i find people to change tires for me .. i’ve never been good or quick at it .. well, tonight, i changed my tire in a reasonable amount of time .. i dunno, less than 15 minutes, i’d say .. ok .. lame, i know .. but i was satisfied 😀

and tomorrow, i get to ride my SS!!! its been hanging up for most of august .. she needs to be ridden… i think we’re gonna hit the tree farm .. w00t!

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