I had sadly thought there would be no Christmas decorating this year. With my traveling and studying, I just wouldn’t have time to put decorations up until the week before Christmas. Then I would have only had them up about five days to enjoy. Wade decided we needed a tree regardless (thank goodness). We both strung the popcorn and then Wade did the rest. Now I’m into the Christmas spirit!
My week in DC was mostly good. The bad part was having class for 10 hours 6 days in a row. The material was presented really well, but that is a lot of time to stay focused. I did meet two nice girls – Kadie and Lisa. I still have a lot of studying to do before I take the patent bar. I’m hoping for late January or early February.
My evenings were spent with friends and family. I stayed with my Aunt and Uncle, who were only two miles from my class. I got to see my little cousins twice, and even read bedtime stories one night. I also had dinner plans every night during the week. One night with German, one night with Rob and Sarah, and one night with the old dinner crew. Matt cooked brisket and I got to see his new place, Trassie, Katie, Dave and his girlfriend.
It snowed twice while I was in DC! There wasn’t enough to cause any trouble, but it did cover the ground and looked pretty.
I have 8 hours of EMT class today – we are getting CPR certified and then I am off to DC. My company is sending me for a 6 day class to prepare me for my big Agent test. The good news is that class is about 2 miles from my Aunt Gayle’s house so I can stay with her. I still have most of my old friends in DC so I get to do lots of visiting. The bad part is I fly back in on Friday night, have 8 more hours of my EMT class the next day and then a final in my EMT class on Monday night.
Needless to say, I won’t be posting for a while…..
Nothing official has been announced. SA being bought by Cisco won’t even be official till March of 2006, but it is looking more and more like the IP department will disappear. One of my coworkers found an article today talking about Cisco and their patents. They only employee two patent lawyers and then use 10 outside law firms. I suppose they could decide to try something different with SA, but I doubt it. Why maintain five salaries when they can pay a flat fee per patent? Oh well, this will make deciding to leave Atlanta much easier.
I started making my Christmas wish list a few weeks ago. I had decided that a new laptop would be great, but that meant looking for one (the part I hate). My current laptop is a Sony Vaio and I swore it was the last Sony laptop I would buy. But of course, when I was searching for a new laptop, I found a Vaio that was awesome – it was red! I got really excited about it and put it on my list. Then I tried to show it to Wade and it was gone. Evidently I had seen it the last few days it was listed for sale. Darn it! Now I can’t even find anywhere that has a model still in stock – especially in red. There is a new version out, but I don’t like it and it doesn’t come in red. The same thing happened when I was car shopping. I liked the older version that was no longer made. Obviously I am jut always a day late and a dollar short…
For some reason, this picture didn’t strike me as funny till I read the caption “You are SO in my bed.”
While visiting my mom in Kentucky, Madison got an early Christmas present. She has a new collar that reads “Santa Paws” and a new peppermint striped bone (thanks to Old Navy for their cute Holiday doggie line). Sadly, the bone has already been chewed into tiny pieces. I got the picture right before total destruction occurred.
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