haiku

Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator

-Stolen from a facebook sticker.

kittah! and century!

So, this is my 100th post to the sillypanda blog. I think that's the most I've had in one online location since I left livejournal all those years ago. I've bounced around and stopped and started so much that I kinda have lost track of just how many places I've had a blog hosted. I really like blogger, especially with my own domain name. It's fun. Anyway, there ya go. Happy Blog-century to me.

In other news, Yoko is finally home in my apartment. Rachel's dad brought her up while I was out on the last RE/MAX Awards tour leg, and I was very happy to come home to my baby, with her very snuggly kitty, Yoko. She's a sweetheart, and loves to purr. She even purrs just from talking to her, no petting required! (But of course, I do pet her every chance I get.) She snuggles with me in bed, and on the couch. It's nice to have her around, and I'm glad that she's here. I should also mention that she's pretty much Rachel in cat-form, because she's so sweet and cuddly, and also very, VERY, clumsy. Heh. (Sorry, it's true baby.) Yoko will be snuggling with me on the couch, go to stretch, and fall completely off the couch. And she's really bad at that "I meant to do that" thing cats do, since she just looks utterly shocked, and will stay there, on the floor, on her back, not quite knowing what to do about it for a moment. And this happens multiple times per night sometimes. Hilarious.

Anyway, I love them (Yoko and Rachel) both lots, and I'm sad to be leaving on another trip for work tomorrow morning. My flight is at 6am, so I have to be at work at like 4am, so I am getting up at 3am. UGH.

another update from phoenix

So, I took this picture while I was relaxing at the firepit outside the resort hotel I was staying in for the Phoenix RE/MAX awards show. I couldn't believe the view, or how cold people in warm areas think they are, when it's really still quite warm out. It was 65 degrees out, and they were already running all the patio heaters and firepits. Quite the view, though...


I don't really have anything else to post about. Yay for free wifi at the phoenix airport. It was quite the disappointing convention center, considering how nice the hotel was. The staff in the center were rude, and disruptive to our conference. I can pretty much guarantee that Mac, Re/Max, and On Location will NEVER be returning to the Westin-Kierland Resort in Phoenix.

In other news, I'm starting to get a little homesick. I told Rachel in a note that I left in my apartment for her that I want her to bring Yoko up from her Dad's house to live with us in my apartment. I'm really looking forward to meeting Yoko, and I think having her here will help Rachel feel better when she gets sad, too. I miss you, Rachel!

update from phoenix

SO! I've been without ANY internet on the road for so long, I finally got my phone re-hacked so I get 56k internet now. It's still pretty slow, but I'm glad to at least be able to update my blog. Of course, as I was writing this, my internet connection died, so I may have to post this at a later date.

Anyway, the flight to Phoenix wasn't bad. I thought we had a connection in Atlanta, and it turns out that it was a direct flight to Phoenix. Good, because no changing planes, bad because it was 4.5 hours in one shot, plus an extra 45 minutes on the ground before we took off because we had to wait to de-ice, and then wait to takeoff.

I was also going to attach a picture here, but since my internet has now died, I'll have to re-connect later and add it. It's a cool picture I took from the plane of a snowstorm over the midwest somewhere on my way to Phoenix.


Clearly, I got my internet back and posted the picture I wanted to upload :) Still very slow, but at least I was able to update...

Anyhoo, I miss you lots, Rachel. I'm exhausted, and I think I shall now turn in for the night.

update from tampa

So, the show in Tampa went pretty well. It was mostly conventional fixtures, only a few automated, and I basically had nothing to do once the show was loaded in. There were a couple days I had to either go over to shut down, or do a little bit of running the show during the larger symposiums. It was a AAHPM/HPNA conference, and one of the symposiums I sat in on was all about how important Social Workers are in Hospice and Palliative care, which made me think of my mom. I sent her a txt during that talk to let her know how cool it was that I was hearing all that good stuff about her job. I've been out on the road for less than a week and I already miss home. I miss Rachel, and Spot, and my own bed. I know the money's good, but I don't like traveling around like this. I think it's a pretty sure sign that the touring life would not be for me.

I did, however, come to the realization last night that Rachel is so right for me, and makes me so happy, that I couldn't imagine being with anybody else. I know sometimes we get sad, but more often than not, I think we make each other so happy. I can't wait to get home and give her a big hug so everything feels comfy and happy again. When I think about home, most of what I think about is her, and that, to me, is a really good sign. I don't want to be with anybody else besides my baby.

I wish I had taken pictures of Tampa, even of the convention, but I always forgot to bring my camera with me. Oh well... I'll try to get some pictures of Philly and Dover. I'm gonna see Brynn and Ryan Wurtz in Philly, which will be AWESOME cause I haven't seen them since their wedding. I don't know anybody in Dover, though. I hear that the hotel I'm staying in there is a casino, so maybe I'll take $20 or so down there and see if I can win anything.

Anyway... it's late. I called Rachel, cause I kinda felt like talking, but she was busy doing rounds. Her RA job takes up a lot of time, but I know she likes it, and it certainly helps with school expenses for her. I think we have to leave at like 8:30 in the morning to be at the airport on time. The Tampa airport seemed really crowded when we landed, hopefully it's better in the morning than in the evening. It'll be nice to be out of this hot weather, though... it's too weird to be in all this heat and humidity in February.

I miss you baby. Goodnight, sweet dreams, I love you.