Well, dodged a couple of bullets

Well, since Faye turned north and Ike went south, we dodged a couple of serious bullets. We're not done with the season until Dec 1st, but so far things are pretty calm. Brenda and I were ready for the most part, and had no plans to evacuate.

On another note, in July, we let another couple of people go from our group. All of my interns are now gone, so I have only 1 person reporting to me now. We also lost two people from the Solstice team, but that project is now 45 days from delivery - so while I can kinda see why, it still makes no sense to me.

On a positive note, we are at our current projected head-count for EOY 2009, so unless shit really hits the fan, we're safe from any additional cuts.

That's all for now

Guess who got married

Well, after almost 5 years, Brenda and I are finally married. We got married IN Disneyworld Magic Kingdom - right in from on Cinderella's castle. Both of our parents were there for us, and my Mom did the ceremony (she's an ordained minister).

It was a blast, and what memories...

Below are a few photos for you to see...

6 month Update

Well, after the craziness of October, things are finally settling down 'round here. I now manage one employee and have begun to make a name for myself. I got a decent review and got a bonus with my annual review to boot - Yeah me!!!

Things are better now than they were, I managed to make some adjustments in my monthly child support payments, so that ended up giving me another $600 a month for my expenses, and boy did I need it.

I've made some real great allies in the ship captains, and am planning on taking a cruise in a few weeks. I'm going to get the "royal treatment" for my efforts in helping the port captains, so it should be fun.

Brenda and I are planning to get married in July, and on a cruise no less. My mother will perform the ceremony (she's an ordained minister) and we're going to have her folks and my folks and her kids here for the ceremony.

All in all, things are looking up and we're both getting to a better place. Brenda loves her job as a forensic accountant, and boy some of her clients have money to burn. She handles divorce cases and spend her time doing lifestyle analyses. She then see how much they spend and where it all goes. I can't even fathom some of these guy's house payments...$13K month for a nice place near the beach, and they eat out to the tune of a few thousand a month....god would I love that lifestyle....NOT!!!

Anyway, I figured an update was due, so here it is....Enjoy!!