Outtie

Okay so I'm leaving in the morning.

I probably wont make another post for at least a week.

I will be in Cedar on Saturday about noon.

Miss you ~~ Love you

YES - - I will drive safely Jamie!

Time to go

The car is packed, my clothes laid out....everything is ready for my departure tomorrow morning.

My first stop is about 12 hours away. Mt. Vernon, KY. Which is about 9 miles from Renfro Valley...or so I'm told.....

Those PEOPLE - - the ones who moved my Goddaughter, Samantha, are there. So I get to hang with Helen and Justyn for a couple of days before hitting my next stop.

***Congrats to Justyn the new lead technician at the Kowie shop in Richmond (ooooch I THINK its Richmond..)**

After that I am off to Salina, KS which is where my Aunt and Uncle live.

I should arrive in Cedar City about noon on Saturday!

See you there!

Work and stuff

Sometimes doing something productive actually turns into a larger, better thing. It happened to me this week.

I had to do my "exit" interview with my boss. This is a meeting to talk about how my performance went over the course of the season. This year he suggested I email him due to time constraints.

.....so I did.....

to the tune of about 3 pages. *whew* He didn't see that coming. He called the next day and asked me to come in so as to further discuss my email.

An hour and a half later I came out feeling better informed and more useful than ever. I think he felt the same way.

(sorry to spare you the details, but too many people from work read this to expound on the bits and pieces that were actually said.)

The point is, I thought emailing would be impersonal. How silly of me to miss the magnitude of a captured audience!!!! Oh at first I just stuck to generalities...but as I typed the thoughts flowed faster and the ideas worked themselves into neat ordered paragraphs. I had to go back to the beginning and redo it all to add some new material. Forget general, I gave examples and I didn't pull any punches.

Perhaps I should have just emailed him saying "I have to come in," but I think having him actually read all the things I wanted to say made him realize that we had many subjects to cover and that we had not communicated as much as we had in earlier seasons.

The long and short of it is that we both learned some things. I, for one, witnessed an event that I had always heard of but never witnessed firsthand......the pen (or typed character, in this modern world) truly IS mightier than the sword.

Thank you, EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON for use of your quote.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword.
- Richelieu (act II, sc. 2)

(Did you know this guy also said "Time is Money," and "It was a dark and stormy night..."???)

.....verra verra cool.......









psssstt...Happy 4-2-0

Almost time to go

Wow so I will be leaving on my journey to Utah in one week! It's hard to believe the entire winter has passed already.

I have been packing for most of the day. There are piles of stuff everywhere. The dog knows something is up. He is moping around my suitcases sniffing my clothes and trying to figure out what the heck is going on.

Luckily the husband and dog will both be visiting me this summer. I am interested to know if anyone has taken a pet as a carry on in a plane? Hopefully everything will be just fine.

I have been food saving like a maniac! Matty will be able to eat well all summer. Now the trick will be seeing how much of this food is actually left when I get home in the fall.

Ooooch...I don't want to leave but the restless soul in me says "Let's fly!" Who am I to disagree with my heart? Going away from the things that I love makes me appreciate them all the more. Plus it satisfies my wanderlust like nothing else. I am content to spend the winter in flat, dull Orlando as long as I get 4 months in the wonderland that is Southern Utah. - - Not to mention Vegas....

Okay I promise to post some scenic photos when I get there.

I am leaving Monday and will not be back online until after May 1.

Go out and do something!!!!!!!!

The Crew from FSU

This year we have a huge Florida State University contingent! The below is a blog from our guest columnist BONK!


Seminoles in force:

Zak - King of kings - Good ol boy from the KY, returning for a third year after taking one off.

Zak (Guest Columnist, among other things...)


Richard - Randall ASS - Good ol boy from the TN, returning for a third year. Just received MFA from FSU

Richard 

Daniel - Stones MC - Good ol boy from the FL, first year, Just received MFA from FSU

Daniel 

Travis - Camelot MC - Good ol boy from the CO, returning for a second year, 3rd year MFA canidate

Rachel - Randall Carp - Never met her before but she is supposed to kick ass,first year with us, just received BFA from FSU

Rachelle - Adams Painter - Same as above, third year MFA canidate

Jim - Adams Painter - Crazy old bastard, it wouldn't be summer without Jim, third season, just received MFA

Jim 

Ben - Adams Carp - haven't met him either, incoming MFA at FSU, first season

Amy - Marketing Intern - Good party presence, first year with us

Diana - First Hand - Richard's fianceé... That's right they did it! -- returning for a third year

Diana 

Laura - Daniel's Wife - A welcome addition to our Seminole family out west

There will be a meatfest for sure!!!

thanks

the great Zambini

* all photos supplied by Zak so please yell at him, not me! :)