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Drove down to Fresno (well, technically Madera) this morning after a quite unproductive dr’s appt.

This weekend is Robyn’s bridal shower, so I’ll spend Saturday cooking in preparation for Sunday’s party :)
It should be a good turn out and a fun time in general. Mandy and her mom are driving up with me Friday night (since I’m in Fresno, they’re in Bakersfield, fewer cars and mileage for all of us!!), and we’re spending the weekend at my parents house.

Alright, time to get back to it!

i think i’m gonna get a roommate…

anyone want to live with me!?!?

Looks like my “last few weeks” of travel isn’t quite ending when I expected…

after Fresno (i’ll be there for 2 weeks), I’m in Vegas for two weeks instead of just a few days, as originally expected (yes, sounds glamorous, but i MISS being home!!!) and then am in New York for 4 days!

I have NO CLUE where my next audit is following NY, but I’m REALLY hoping that it’s local!!

Hey all…

got a new cell # (yes, again!!) with a 916 area code

email me at szq969@yahoo.com if ya want it!!!

it’s almost time to come home!!!
It’s been a fun 2 weeks, I’ve met great new people from all over, but I’m ready to be home again.

Tonight, it’s ALL about Gino’s East for one last meal! A rather large gang of us are heading over via cabs to Gino’s, and we’re basically going to take over the place. Multi purpose event… good great food, good great people, and celebrating our last night here together. Tomorrow will be bittersweet.. heading back home but leaving behind great new friends.

It’s been awesome meeting and hanging out with new people. I came to this training without really knowing anyone, and am leaving with numerous new friends :) This means more people to visit!! I got to know someone from the San Jose office infinitely better… within the past 2 weeks, he’s gone from being an ‘acquaintance’ to someone i now consider a friend. Additionally, i’ve met and hung out with so many other people who i hope to keep in touch with! New online buddies, at least… YAY!! :)

Ok, time to stop being corny…

HEY ALL!!

SO MUCH has been happening lately!

I’m in St. Charles, Illinois at the Q Center Training Facility for work. In general, St. Charles and the training facility have been pretty calm, but some of us went to Chicago for the weekend! It was SO much fun… I didn’t bring my digital camera with me, so I have to wait until I get home to develop and post the pics, but here’s the synopsis of the week & weekend!

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Tiring of the cafeteria-style food served at the Q Center, we splurged and took a cab over to Gino’s East Pizza. AWESOME pizza. Here’s the description of what we got…
Deep Dish Crumbled Sausage Pizza – A Chicago tradition . . . Gino’s East famous golden crust, chunky tomato sauce, layers of cheese and Gino’s East fresh Italian sausage. A meal on its own.
Quite yummy :)

THURSDAY NIGHT
Stayed in St. Charles, but we all went out to a bar called Cadillac Ranch and had a blast… lots of dancing, drinking, hoola hooping contests, etc. Let’s just say that getting up early Friday morning was a bit of a challenge ;)

FRIDAY NIGHT
Headed into Chicago around 9pm Fri night. We started out by checking into our hotel, the Swissotel… took a cab down to Rush street and proceded to walk around a bit lost for about half an hour. Picked up a disposable camera from Walgreens and continued on our journey.
We finally got to a bar called Melvin B’s, but it was a bit too packed for us (eg, you had to put your name on a waiting list to even SIT DOWN at a table?!? WTF.)
So we went to Mother’s Too, had a few drinks, then across the street to indulge in some “real” food (all we’ve had is cafeteria food this week) and got a slice of thin crust chicago pizza.
After pizza, we went to Shinanigan’s (sp?). They had some old school hip hop music on, v. cool :)

SATURDAY
Started out the day by getting a latte from Seattles Best coffee. Met up with some other PwC’ers and headed out for breakfast. Had a yummy, artery clogging meal at “Savoy”, then walked down to the Shedd Aquarium. It was SO much fun! We spent a few hours there, walking around, looking at exhibits, watching shows, and just taking everything in.

After the Aquarium, we went on a tour round the south part of Lake Michigan! It took us just around the city of Chicago skyline, but was a very cool little excursion!

Then, it was *home* to our other hotel to check in at the Congress Plaza Hotel. Seriously shady hotel, but it was cheap, and a place to stay. We changed quickly, and then went over to the Sears Tower!! It was a bit dizzying to look down over the side of the building, and we could see our hotel from the 103rd floor!

We went to dinner at an italian restaurant, then over to Navy Pier to watch some fireworks and hang out on the pier.

We went to a bar down the street from our hotel, Kitty O’Shea’s, to wrap up the night. (yes, i realize this is the link to the boston establishment, but the one in chicago looked EXACTLY the same!!). My friend, Gabe, and I sat at the bar, had a pint of guiness (i had a black & tan) and talked about work, life, the day, and how much we were dreading going back to training (ok, it was only me who was dreading it).

We caught the 7:40am Metra back to Geneva, then took a cab into St. Charles… and SLEPT until our training class at 1pm this afternoon. :)

Pictures soon to come!!

hey all

Work/life/friends/house have all been SO BUSY lately. I feel like my head is spinning from everything that’s going on!
I’ve had plans every night for the past few weeks, and will continue having plans for the next MONTH or so. I’m travelling for work, have bday parties, bridal showers, baby showers, MY OWN BDAY PARTY, work parties, working late, doing stuff to my condo, etc.

So, the cat is now an outdoor cat at my parents house. Sad, but necessary. I’m still sneezing and icky from the remnant pet hair at my place.

It’s my brother’s bday tonight, so down to stockton for the evening.. then back up to benecia for wine tasting (we’re driving to Napa/Sonoma from benecia) for my friend Allison’s bday, then plans on Sunday for Chris’ bday (he doesn’t know what they are yet, so I dont want to ruin it).

I’ve had to resort to a planner to keep track of all of my plans. I used to be pretty good about remembering when things were happening, but lately I’ve had SO much going on that I’ve HAD to write it down. EEEEeeK!

I’ll be gone for 10 days for training in Chicago starting Monday, come back a the next Thursday night. Then I have out of town jobs (Fresno for 2 weeks, Nevada for 2 weeks – but only spending a few days there, most of the work can be done from the sacramento office) for the next few weeks, but I should be able to come home on the weekends. Well, not every weekend, because OF COURSE, i have plans elsewhere on some of the weekends :(

I have an opportunity to travel to NY for a training in August, and it falls on a Monday, so if I go, I’ll take Fri off and spend the weekend there :) I’ve never been there before, so i’m totally excited to have the chance to go!!

Brent, my friend from stockton, came up and installed a new dishwasher for me last night!!!! Now I have a fully functional dishwasher, rather than a large “drying rack” for hand washed dishes :) I bought him beer and chinese food as payment for his help :)

I doubt he even reads this, but

THANK YOU!!!

That’s it for me… time to get some work done ;)