Hooray for the weekend, and stuff!

What a banner Friday we've had so far here at the workplace! To begin, Thursdays are the new Fridays. There is nothing better than getting Indian food, and then watching "The First 48" on TV. Man, do I love that show. It's weird, sad, and frustrating to see how easily we kill each other w/ not a thought at all. Check the show out, and see how doggedly these homicide detectives pursue each case.

I had the Tandoori mixed grill and Vicki had a delicious Botti Kebab. We had 2 different kinds of Nan which rocked! Great meal. I even got to take Tobin on a little walk. It's a blast to bond with him like that. I love seeing him stick his bare feets up in the air, and letting the wind hit them, he shrieks w/ glee. It's pretty awesome.

It was a very special lunch time here at the drug place as Vicki and Tobin met me for lunch, and then I showed them off to my office :) THAT was alot of fun! Tobin had a blast running around so much that he passed out when he got home!! I love the attached pic:

It's another big milestone event as we are heading to synagogue for Tobin's naming ceremony. it's a big event, a milestone in any young Jewish boy/girl's life. I'm getting teary eyed thinking about it! I will make sure that you guys get a full report for sure!!

There is a UFC PPV this weekend, but the card does not do wonders for me. BJ Penn, and Anderson Silva are fighting (in separate fights) and they totally dominate their oponents, always. They are such skilled athletes that no one can even come close to them. As a result, I'm gonna abstain from watching this one, and I will get the updates online from one of the MMA websites.

The cool(ish) thing is that this is the first card in Abu Dhabi! How cool is it that the UFC has come to the Middle East?!?! Pretty groovy stuff seeing this sport grow so much. AAAAH, I remember when no one was into mma! Hey, it's cool sometimes when stuff you dig catches on, y'know?

Before I sign off I have to wish a Happy Soon to be Birthday for my gorgeous wife, Vicki. Honey, you are the most amazing, gorgeous, kind, funny, fierce Wife and Mom! I love you tons xoxooxo

Gorgeous Weekend

Has been had here El Casa de Sincoff!! We had 3 full days of sunshine!! How can you beat that? It was just awesome to get Tobin to the playground for 3 full days in a row where he could run around like crazy and just flip out. It was awesome to see him enjoying the sunshine, smiling, and trying to climb the jungle gym!! He gets this great look on his face, where he is totally over whelmed with joy and he is just bursting w/happiness. It makes everything worthwhile when I see that.

It was great to have such a nice weekend after a truly rainy, yucky week; and the horrible stuff that happened the week before that. Sadly, Galen, my father-in-law passed away. He had fought esophageal cancer for 2.5 years or so. He was such a good guy, he always made me laugh. He and Shirley sure made a great daughter, one that I love very much. I'm very thankful to him and his role and shaping Vicki's view of the world! He will be sorely missed!!

It's funny, about my current workplace :) I will not name it anymore, either forwards, or backwards. There seem to be a few co-workers that read my blog, as my address counter tells me. One of my favorite co-workers who is very talky, walked past me the other day and said "Hey one guy talking" or something to that sort..... Hmmmmmmm

It's not that I'm working on anything too crazy here, y'know??

All in all, this weekend ended up being the kind that makes you happy, reaffirms your belief that life is ok, and keeps you hanging on!!

Rain Rain, go away!I

I'm sitting here in Central Pennsylvania listening to the rain come a crashin' down. The wind is howling, and the is shaking. To put it mildly, the weather really sucks outside!! However that will not deter Vicki and I from going to H'Burg tonight, and hanging out w/ the Newcomers!! They are our amigos in crime, and a trip to Vicki's parents is not complete w/o seeing them!!

Hopefully the wind will not blow our car off of the road tonight! I think we're gonna be ok, though!! I'm psyched for some good Pan Asian/Vietnamese cuisine tonight!! Should be a good time. I need the talk to the Newcomers aside from eating dinner w/them. I need 'em to roll up their sleeves, and give me real "war room" like advice!! It'll be much appreciated!

For my friends who follow boxing, you know it is the night of "The Event" I'm a big Manny Pacquiao fan. Joshua Clottey is a tough, durable fighter from Ghana. I've never seen him hurt. However, he's not a spectacular fighter. Manny Pacquiao is a spectacular fighter, one who is truly special to watch!! I think you will see a late round stoppage victory for Manny tonight at the new Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.

Man, it's raining so much outside that one would think that Captain Ahab, and Moby Dick are gonna float by any moment now!! This "land lubber" is gonna go now, and begin to get ready for tonight!!

So, from Negative Stuff comes positive Stuff

I originally was going to make this post about how certain things suck at the old place of business. However, I'm working on not being so bummed.

There were all these open sales positions opening up at my company. And I was encouraged to apply. I really put myself out there, studied our products, I went out in the field for a day w/ a sales rep and everything. I know I could do that job. I was getting psyched for the interviews for the rep positions. I truly felt that I was an expert in our product knowledge.

Lo and behold, I get the word that they were not interested in pursuing me further! I had spent time a way from my family, trying to make a career transition. I did everything I was encouraged to do; I networked, I schmoozed, and I hustled (and flowed) . Then, they decided "to go in a different direction". My aggressive nature had "turned pepole off". Can ya believe that?? We're talking about sales here!!

However, things are looking up. I'm not only embracing my current role (cos hey, what am I gonna do, right?) things are looking up outside of the place as well, for reasons I can go into later. All is all, I can say that it takes guts to try and make a career change; and it sucks to be rejected by the same people who encouraged you to apply in the first place.

I took a deep breath, looked at Vicki, Tobin and the rest of my family. Everyone is hanging in there. Maybe things are not perfect from a life perspective, but they are pretty darned good. Hey, there's a new UFC next week too!! So things are looking groovy. I still know that I could be the #1 sales guy in the country, btw. I'd would never buy my suits off the rack, either!!

So did everyone have a good Valentines Day????

I had a great one, thanks. It was awesome because Mr. T got to say home for once :) Aunt Susannah came over from Brooklyn, and actually babysat for us!! We went to the new(ish) place, Rob's Bistro that's on Main Street in Madison. The food is just great. Really enjoyed the ambiance. We both had a lamb shank that was just the best!

Not only was the food great, but it was really a great time w/ Vick. Truly romantic. What a wonderful gal I have in my life. 10 years in a relationship, and married for six, and I still get giddy when I think about her!! She still brings the sass, and keeps me in line. Not to mention that it's hot when she references Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira in a joke! I just think it's sexy that my sweet wife can make jokes about an "Anaconda Choke"!!!! That rocks!!!

In all seriousness, to make this a little like a love letter to Vicki, because she deserves it. Seeing how she lights up around Tobin, is just amazing. Her eyes light up when he walks/crawls into the room. She's the most amazing wife/mom/friend that I am very lucky It's been a great long weekend. I'm sad to go back to work tomorrow :(

We watched a ton of great movies this weekend. Albeit, they were ones that Tobin had to be asleep first for us to watch 'em!! There's these 3 films called The Red Riding Trilogy which is sort of about the Yorkshire Ripper case in the UK in the 1970's and 80's. The 3 films intertwine characters and basically tell the story not only of The Ripper, but the decline of England in the 1970's and 80's due to Margaret Thatcher. Truly compelling film making. Gotta give them a shout out for that!!

Anyway, I'm off to get my beauty sleep! I could post something about the Drug place of work, but I'll save that for another time!