memorial day w/e
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006I finally got the time to blog so I thought I’d post a weekend update. It was one crazy-busy weekend. On Friday night Mare and I went over to my friend Matty’s house to hang out with him and his son. Ty is getting _much_ bigger and is such a happy kid. He smiles nonstop! It was good to get caught up with Matty since I don’t get to see him as much now that he’s married and has a family!
On Saturday I spent the morning getting crap done…laundry, installed my air conditioner, did dishes, etc, etc, boring stuff. Mare’s best friend Autumn flew into town for the weekend so we went out to eat and spent the afternoon lounging around outside. Autumn’s brother also came to visit. He drove all the way from Williston, ND to pick up Autumn and take her home to S.D. It was Jason’s 21st bday and he said he wanted to eat a big steak so we went to Ruth Chris steakhouse. I’d never been there but I had heard it was a fancy restaurant. Fancy it was! I had a _really_ hard time paying $37 for a steak but DAAAAAANG it was one DARN good steak! Then we went to Gastoph’s (sp?) and finished off the night.
Sunday we went to the pool at Mare’s place and took it easy. Then Jeremy (a Digi coworker) stopped over and we nerded out. He’s thinking of getting a macbook pro and it didn’t take much convincing after he saw how awesome this powerbook is 
We grabbed some grub and cruised around the lakes in his convertable. It was cool to see him again and we had fun. Then mare and I went to the DaVinci Code. It was ok but it was long and there were some really lame remarks that gave me “lameness shivers” as Pedxing would say.
Monday was another busy day. We cooked up a mean breakfast (a pound of the best bacon ever from the co-op and some scrambled eggs) then rode bike down to Lake Calhoun. We rented a canoe for an hour and cruised around Calhoun, Lake of the Isles, and Cedar Lake. It was really cool to be “out in nature” in the heart of Minneapolis! There were people EVERYWHERE grilling, playing volleyball, frisbee, swimming, sunning, etc. I got a little burnt but it was worth it. Then we rode our bikes home. Mare was having a hard time keeping up on the bike and I _really_ wanted to give her crap about being so slow. When we got home she started brining her bike inside and we noticed that the front tire wasn’t spinning. Something was screwed up with her brake and it was totally locked. It’s a weird disc-brake and I almost burned myself when I touched it. hahaha, it’s no wonder she was struggling! Then we met up with my sis in Roseville for dinner.
My friend Alex and his wife had a baby boy on Monday so that was great news. They’re super excited, naturally.
The rest of the week has been busy too. I played kickball last night. Both teams were short on players (I was the only guy on my team and I’m not even technically a team member!) so the team before us filled out our roster. It was a blast! I’m not a great player but I do know how to run bases so I just ran around like a crazy person. I got to slide a couple of times and some of the guys started calling me the Matrix…possibly because I had my “I took the green pill” tshirt on hehehe.
Today I worked late, went to a planning meeting for an open source conference/event (Open.Minnebar), then hit the gym. I’ve been slacking a lot on my training lately so it was good to work out hard. Did 12.5mi on the bike and ran 2.5mi.
The rest of the week is going to be nuts too. I’m working on getting our codebase ready for deployment in a hosted environment. We have a BIG deal with a local ISP that should generate some significant revenue. It’s been really fun to work on since I’m no bash wizard and I’ve been able to learn a ton. Oh, and I have to say….OpenVZ (os virtualization) is freakin COOL! It’s made testing my installer script sooo much easier! My stuff needs to be done by Monday so I’ve got a long week ahead of me. I’m not dreading it though since it’s sooo much fun.
This weekend should be a good time too. I’m hanging out with T & S on Saturday. I haven’t seen them in what seems like an eternity. They’ve decided to move back to Fargo at the end of the summer so I NEED to maximize my time with them. I’m really bummed that they’re moving but I completely understand and Fargo will be nice for them in so many ways. We had sooo much fun this last 12+ months and it’ll be sad to see them go. On the upside, it gives me another good excuse to make it back to Fargo! I haven’t been there in a long time and I miss the old crew! so many good times in Fargo!
alright, enough sappy nonsense…time to sleep! working from home tomorrow. sweeeeet 
). I waited in line 30 minutes and finally got out of that crazy place. Mare and I hung out afterwards and had a good lazy night. Saturday morning I went back to REI to get the rest of my gear. After waaay too long in that store (again) I finally got a pack. Then I chatted with Mr. M for a bit and he bought me a ticket out to visit this summer!!! sweet!!! We’re going hiking in the cascade’s in august and I’m sooo pumped to visit!