3 days until Band Camp. I am looking forward to getting away from every one for a while. It will be a nice break from work since I will not have internet connection at all while at camp. Not sure how the boys are going to be able to handle it all, but not my problem.
** Lansing **
J and I spent two days in Downtown Lasing… and I have to say wow, I was so bored. There is nothing to do in Downtown Lasing. We arrived Tuesday morning at 7:30 am, and were unable to check into the Hotel until 4:00 pm. We went to the capitol building, walked and walked and walked I got 20,000 steps by 1:00. Sat at the Lansing Center enjoying the weather. After checking into the hotel we then ventured out to find dinner. We ended up eating at Kewpie’s, which had great burgers. Wednesday we walked the river path to West Lansing and found out that Old Town had a lot more going on the Downtown. Over all we found a bunch of green signs (Michigan Historical Markers), got a lot of exercise, and enjoyed not being at work.
** Mackinac **
Mackinac was great as normal. We stayed at two different hotels, that we had never stayed at before. Mission Point and Main Street Inn & Suits. Both of which I have to say were really nice. We had nice weather, it was foggy most of the time, it only rained at night. The day we were on the way home, it was really clear and sunny. We didn’t do nearly as much walking as we have in the past. Julie and I went to the baseball game which was a blas
t, Mackinac Island vs. Mackinaw City. Mackinaw City got a former Tiger to come play and Mackinac Island had John Hiller of course.
I have to say I was really bummed that the Grangers were not there this year. I hope to see one of their games soon. I bought a Lilac Tree for my back yard, his name is Fred.
**** Lily ****
Lily is doing really well. She awakes me up every night at 3am and then again at 5am. She has gained what could be considered a lot of weight, but she looks really good. She is not fat by any means; she just finally has some meat on her bones. She has such a great personality, it is so much fun.
Her orange ball is still her best friend. You can tell when she is cat napping or in a deep sleep; when in a deep sleep she curls up in a tight ball. We left her home a lone (Well sort of) while we were in Mackinac. Sue came and watched her. I felt really bad for both of them since Lily didn’t like Sue at all. Sue had to bring Alex over to get her to come out. By the end of the week they were friends. I don’t think I could have ever gotten a better cat if I had tried.
*** Work ****
Right I am really struggling at work. I am so tired of my boss making decisions for other departments which in turn makes them blow up at me. We are looking at buying software that will eliminate my current job, which makes it really hard to site in the meetings and say whether or not the software is good or not. There will be no more programming, we will become administrators of the new software…. Woowhooo doesn’t that sound like fun! Past couple of days I have just been really frustrated with all whole job thing. I have to have one, can’t pay bills with out it. There aren’t many new jobs out there, so I need to be careful about not losing this one. There is so much I would like to tell higher ups about how they are messing things up, but don’t dare open my mouth. I am sick of being the only one who seems to care about our user’s happiness, and doing what is right for them. Not what is easy for me. This is no longer the job I loved to come to every day. I shouldn’t complain, I have been here 9 years, and this is the first rough patch of hating my job I have been through.
