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June 24, 2006
end of the line
Thank you for the birthday wishes. I had the best birthday that I've had in a long time. I spent the afternoon with Grumpy, the kids, Big Dave, and Meg at a BBQ competition that Grumpy had entered. We listened to big band music and sat in the shade just hanging out while the boys worked the grill.
Grumpy ended up winning first place in one of the three categories - best tri-tip. Yummy! It was his first time entering and he was up against a few professional teams even. He came in 7th out of 22 overall. I was so happy for him. He loves to cook, especially on the grill.
Then later that night most of our friends came over and we BBQ'd some more and hung out by the pool, playing ping pong and shooting some pool and listening to some 80's music. Mary & Thomas brought over the most amazing ice cream cake I had ever seen or eaten. I got an Ab Fab DVD (loves it) and an I-tunes gift certificate, which goes smashingly well with the IPod grumpy and the kids got me.
Then I spent the week tying up loose ends at work as yesterday was my last day. After 6 and a half years, I walked out the door for the last time. They gave me a cheesecake and champagne send off. I almost made it out the door without crying, until my friend Matt came and hugged me and said he'd miss me. I read the card everyone signed in the car and bawled my eyes out the whole way home. I am so sad about leaving and yet there are things I am looking forward to in our new life in Arizona. So I am getting a little bit excited.
I'm glad to still have a few weeks to go back and go out to lunch with my work friends and I still get to go to the company party on July 14th, which is cool because we are going sailing on a 70' boat out on Puget Sound.
I also had a vendor give me a pair of tickets to a Mariner's game July 24th so I am looking forward to that even if I am not a baseball or Mariner's fan. My dad was a huge baseball fan and I remember loving the Brewers when we lived in Wisconsin because my dad took us to games all the time. Back in the day they had a giant beer mug with a big foamy top out in the outfield. Everytime there was a homerun this guy wearing lederhosen would slide down a slide into the beer mug and a million balloons would come flying out. And I did love going to Cubs games in Chicago but I haven't cared for baseball much since.
I plan on relaxing and having a good time and spending my last weeks here doing the things I love doing most and seeing some of the things I always wanted to see but never got around to in the last 11 years. I'm making a list so I don't forget and I'm taking pictures of everything I can.
Now, I'm going to take the kids and dogs out and go enjoy this beautiful sunny day.
Posted by bugg at June 24, 2006 11:42 AM