This past weekend Naomi and I roadtripped down to Philly (in the new car :)) to see WICKED! the musical. Elaine arranged a fabulous evening out on the town that started with 8 hot ladies dining on the waterfront in Manayunk and ended with 8 hot ladies getting their dance on at Fado in Philly. And in the middle we saw what (as of this moment) is my favorite musical. Now I've only seen about 3 non high-school related musicals in my life, but I'm confident that this one rates pretty high. I went into it with pretty tepid expectations. I read the book a few months ago and wasn't all that sure it was going to turn into a great song and dance performance. Luckily, the plot was changed just enough for the stage, and the performers were so great, that it beat out all my expectations. The great thing about Wicked is that it shows you how much of life is about perception. Change your perspective and see what happens... Which is what Naomi and I did on the way back up to MA. I...
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It's 11 pm right now and I am a silent witness on a conference call a half way around the world... I'm still trying to decide if I can agree with this being a part of my job description. Since I spent almost the entire day on the couch reading the final installation of Harry Potter (which was really good, by the way.) I'm guessing that I can be ok with having to be on some late night calls. On the other hand, I am not gaining anything from this 4 hour evolution that couldn't be gained from reading the detailed meeting minutes which are sure to be sent out this week. And even though I have only worked 6 hours today, I think that in a few minutes I'm going to call it quits and crawl into my nice warm bed. I'm sure they'll survive the next 2 hours just fine without me...
(As told by an email) We bought a brand new Civic LX last night!! It's not as sleek and sexy as I like my cars, but I like the fact that I (hopefully) won't have to dump thousands of dollars of maintenance work into it. Plus, in a year or 2 when we move out of the city, I get to get my own car anyway :) I would write out the long, tiring process, but let's just say that at the end of 2 hours (and walking away twice), I had convinced them to sell us the car for $800 under sticker price. I feel good. I had done all my research and brought the paperwork with me, and I basically said "this is what I'm willing to pay" and stuck with it. Life is good. We pick up the car on Saturday. :) A brand new car! I thought I'd never buy one, but you know what? The 2007s were cheaper (and had no miles on them) than the 2006s!!!! (Had to do with the certification and the extended warranty.) And on another note, Shakes managed to land himself in the ER for a few stitches. C...
Another workday has drawn to a close, and I'm pondering how much more productive I could be. It's not that I'm NOT productive, but I could be so much more if I only cared. I mean, I have literally sewn entire outfits from scratch in a night. I have read entire books in a day. That's what I do when I'm excited about what I'm involved in. This engineering stuff, it's not so exciting or involving to me. So instead I sit at my computer and leisurely type up reports and run calculations while the other part of my brain thinks "isn't there something better you could be doing right now?". I wish I could put up a poll somewhere on this blog and find out just how many people have settled for mediocrity, just like me... Probably most. I mean, somebody has to be the janitor, we can't all have sweet jobs. (I don't buy it.) **Just another ramble on the way to my true calling, whatever that may be**
So, I met 2 cool new people through the Beirut league this past season, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to expand my friend group. So did they. Naomi, myself, and the friend-potentials tossed around the idea of meeting up for happy hour, dinner, etc... and then we actually tried to PLAN a night. 3 months. 3 MONTHS we've been trying. It seems that we can't physically find a time when we are all 4 available and in town. 3 MONTHS! This is a sign that life in the fast lane is not all it's cracked up to be. Bah.
This past weekend Matt and I realized that we had nothing planned, so Saturday we hopped in the car and went to visit the McDevitts. Don't worry, Burlington is still there and doing fine. And so are the McD's! The purpose of our visit was of course to check out the newest addition to the WPI family, Morgan, and make sure that she didn't get some super mutant Ryan genes. Unfortunately, I think she does take after him since she showed a complete disdain for all less intelligent people and spent the whole time eating or sleeping. No really, she's cute AND she's amazingly quiet. Not even one ear piercing shriek. She's not much in the entertainment arena, but we've got plenty of time to corrupt her. Pictures are posted.
The weekend update.
First - I had to move all my photo albums to Shutterfly. The good news for you is that you still don't have to log in to see them AND! you can upload your own pics to the page AND! you can add comments. Pretty psyched to see how this turns out. Friday I took Matt out on a date to the North End (Italian district). We went to this restaurant called Strega where apparently the cast of "The Sopranos" had a party recently. There were pictures of them everywhere. The food was average, but the ambiance was great. After that we visited a couple different bars in Faneuil Hall and people watched/had a drink. In one of the bars I bought a round of drinks for some visiting sailors and felt that I had done my civic duty :) Ahhh yes, get those young 'uns drunk and let someone else deal with them :P Saturday night I went to my first Red Sox game! It was a ton of fun, even though they lost. Luckily, it was a really close game, so the fans weren't too angry afterwards...