A much needed reward

I worked enough the last two weeks to earn myself a few comp days, which i certainly have earned. I'm going to find an interesting way to spend them that I'll get to later. While working so hard to learn my new job I've been squeezing in lots of time to play on the Wii. This week I'm investing a lot of energy in Mario party 8. It's an addictive force in our house and there are even things that require small quick motions that W is better at than I am. W's internship bought us a couple of tickets to Great America, and we used some of her Marriot rewards to get a free hotel stay in Santa Clara. We dragged the Wii with us, only to find out that we couldn't actually hook it up to the TV. To add insult to injury there was a fire at the hotel and we had to evacuate. The trip wasn't all bad though, there was a Bennigan's near by so I got to have my first Monte Cristo in ages, and we ate large quantities of fried food all day including a funnel cake and the most delicious deep fried granny smith apples coated in sugar, and served with Caramel and Whipped cream. Oops drooling on the keyboard a little bit. A new Vietnamese place just opened up near our house, and I won't tell you how many tasty $1.95 Vietnamese sandwiches we've eaten in the last couple of weeks. So things are pretty slow at work this week, and with a 3 day weekend coming up, W and I decided we were ready to squeeze in a quick trip someplace cool. Today's winner: HONG KONG!!! That's right we'll be taking off Friday morning and returning on Wednesday. It's a short trip, we have lots to do, and I actually know 2 people in HK, so we'll even have friends to hang out with. You know me, you can expect pictures galore. I even woke up in the middle of the night to get you this. The solar system is a very cool place sometimes.

Baseball on the Brain

Swinger
Originally uploaded by jrherron.

I've been working super hard lately transitioning between jobs, but I happened to luck into a Wii at the BRO last week. It is way more fun than I should have alone in the living room. Here you see me playing a little Wii sports baseball. W and I spend a lot of time playing the tennis and bowling games. She has some catching up to do since I have a whole lot of years of obsessive video game practice on her. We also managed to get out to an Oakland A's game this week, meaning I can scratch another major league ballpark off my list. So far we've got Tropicana Field, Tampa; ATT Park, San Francisco, and Mcafee Coliseum , Oakland.

Out in left field
Originally uploaded by jrherron.

We met a friend of W's at the park before the game for a little tailgating, and ended up having so much fun we went in late and left early. I guess the A's lost, but I wasn't really concerned either way.