Rochester 2008

Sky Alumni does drill!!!



It was a great weekend! Some highlights below...

Ron and I walked into a liquor store in New York... Ron asks, "Do you sell beer here?" The store owner answers, "You can't buy beer in a liquor store in New York. Try the nearest gas station." (Wha?)

And now about my night at the opera DCA preliminary competition. My friends manage to get themselves and me let into the VIP section right around the time the larger corps were starting to perform. I was standing behind the two rows of chairs, using what I thought was my indoor voice (but there was beer involved, so maybe I was a little animated...) I had not been seeking conversation, but in the course of a half an hour, several people I knew and one person who seemed to be trying to impress me approached, and we talked. All of a sudden, in the middle of Bush's show, which I had been trying to watch with an open mind, a woman snaps at me, "Can you PLEASE move back. You talk through every corps!" I, naturally, apologized profusely, and as I was walking away, this older woman connected to an oxygen tank chimes in (rudely), "Thank you - I'm trying to hear the music." This led me to the conclusion that I am obviously not cut out to sit in the VIP section. You couldn't pay me to spend time in their company again. It's a shame that not everyone has figured out that drum corps is just as much about the people as it is about the music. I guess maybe you'd have to have MARCHED it to know that. I do feel badly that I disturbed these ladies, though I think they both certainly could have handled themselves better. I'm glad that I took the higher road by simply apologizing and walking away, even though my friend offered to tell them what he thought of them. :-)

The funniest thing about the situation is that if you know me, you know I am not rowdy, so it definitely makes for a funny story. Reminds me of the time someone that I marched with kicked a garbage can when he found out our score and almost got kicked out of the stadium. He was not the usual profile for rabble rousing, either.

It was definitely fun, and I'm glad that we went.

Trapped....

The only thing worse than Friday-itis is Thursday-when-you-have-Friday-off-and-it's-a-holiday-weekend-itis!

I want to leave for Rochester....

DCA finals, here we come! Just have to get past today first!

Victims of Our Dreams...

Had some friends over for dinner last night, and it was WAY more fun than you should have on a Monday night when you have to work the next day, that's for sure!

My co-worker said the coolest thing at lunch yesterday... He was talking about all the work he did on his garden last week and all the work he'll be doing over the long weekend next week, and he said, "We are all victims of our dreams."

How true...

I can still bowl!

I won a bowling bag!

Last night was the officer's meeting for the leagues at my bowling alley. My dad is the president of my league, and he brings me as a guest. After the meeting, there is a buffet dinner (the food is great!) and then a no tap tournament (which means that you only have to knock down 9 pins to get a strike). I won the women's prize with a 216, 169 and 205! :-)

:-)

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I don't care who you are - that's funny right there!

Birthday lunch

Took my aunt out to lunch for her birthday and we had a great time. Gave her the necklace I bought her in November in St. Thomas on Ron and my honeymoon. It's about freaking time!!!! :-)

To the doctor's again

Best of luck to Billy, Erica and Faith as they go in for some more scheduled tests tomorrow.

Friday afternoon thoughts...

View the world through the glasses that are colored the way you want to see the world. Perception may be reality.

The birthday dinner

Thunderstorms, so I couldn't use the grill... Power went out while I was cooking with an electric stove... Steak was overcooked because the thermometer lied to me. Otherwise, dinner was awesome, and Ron really liked it. :-) Oven fries were the best.

Happy birthday, Ron!

Today is Ron's birthday! I'm going to make dinner for him, so if you don't see any posts for a while, we didn't survive. ;-)

Tuesday night rehearsal

I was having a pretty good night playing mellophone yesterday, when all of a sudden, we finished playing a song, and my friend turns to me and says, "Lisa - you blew your BALLS off on that!" Figuratively speaking, of course.

Later that night, I was trying to figure out why my stomach felt like I just did 50 crunches, and then I realized I must have been breathing correctly (yes - there is a correct way to breathe and most of us do it wrong.)

So - yeah - that was pretty cool.

Ouch

Update: She's bruised but okay. The stuff landed on her shoulder.

A good friend of mine got hurt at work today because some overhead shelving fell on top of her. Last I heard, her other half was picking her up to take her to the hospital. Hopefully, all is okay, but since I have no information, I'm worried enough to be distracted.

Baby Shower

Yesterday my mom threw a baby shower for my sister-in-law. It was very nice, and everyone had a good time. My grandfather made some nicely painted wooden birdhouses for prizes, and I was in charge of games. Erica got nearly everything she needs for Faith, and that's without even getting anything from her side of the family yet. She decided to save her family's shower for after the baby is born to celebrate her healthy birth, which I thought was a great idea. So, that puts us about 6 weeks away from the birth of my niece!

Finally! High Heel-a-thon Pictures!

Vonage Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Vonage Pro Offering To Keep Customers Connected to Their Home Phone on the Go

Vonage Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Vonage Pro Offering To Keep Customers Connected to Their Home Phone on the Go

I wrote the billing and cdr requirements for this. :-)

Need to be more assertive....

I think I've finally reached a crossroads where my quiet, easy going nature is going to start affecting my career. My review says in a nutshell that I do good work, but I'm too laid back for my position. I need to become more extroverted and every once in a while say what's on my mind instead of taking 20 years to formulate it exactly the way I want it to come out.

I really want to do this because I want to progress in my career. The question is, can I do it without behaving like someone that I don't want to be?

Fiddlesticks...