Last weekend we drove up to Cheney, Washington to deliver our precious girl to Eastern Washington University. Tara has studied hard and is thinking she will probably major in Physical Anthropology. Eastern is one of the best colleges for this. We are so proud but it is very hard not having her around the home... she is sorely missed but we are extremely proud of our lovely daughter...go Eagles!
My job has been somewhat exciting to say the least... first the announcement that HP was thinking of spinning off the PC business after not meeting forecast (but still turning more profit than anyone else in consumer PC market)... and then second, CEO Leo steps down and HP gets a new CEO, and then 3rd, I hear important news regarding my immediate manager which has important implications to me (which I cannot divulge at this time).
I did very well in HP's experts day. Work was a little too busy that day with a video shoot and a couple of fire drills that I only got to spend a few hours answering customer questions on the support forums, but I still came in 8th (out of about 200) .. but the best part is that I got several solutions and kudos from happy customers --- I love helping people.
Pets: we have a new addition to the Brown family home - meet Arrow the arrowana. Anyone who knows me well knows that a silver arrowana is my favorite fish, but they are hard to keep. We lost a few in the past due to them jumping out. Well, this time I fully enclose the top canopy of the tank by adding a wood back with cutouts for the filters, pumps and hoses. The little bugger can't jump out because their is no "out". He should live a long happy, healthy life in our 120+ tank. We also added a bristlenose algae eater and a pearl gourami to Tara's tank (which is being kept up by Jordan while she is away).
Other things:
- Had a lovely time reading Hosea with my friends in Care Group (church).
- Tammy is working with Jesse on a new program that is more flexible and has several advantages over his previous one.
- Enjoyed having Jesse's friend Tobbe Friday night and Saturday for fun and games.
- Took Tobbe and the boys out Saturday for a car wash and some KFC.
- Cuts more rocks, but nothing really special jumped out at me.. rock saw gave me a little grief but it wasn't anything big.
- The clothes dryer and I duked it out. I ended up winning, but not before I took the whole thing apart and put it back together again. I give it two weeks max before it starts growling again.
- Jacob, Jordan, and Jesse are into magic cards and