This past week...
Sep. 28th, 2023 10:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arthur_p_dentWell, as expected I'm running a day behind schedule, and I'll keep it somewhat short since it's back to the grind in the morning.
The weekend was fairly quiet. Normal chores, a bit of office work, and dinner with the in-laws. Tuesday I spent some time with each of my close friends - lunch with one, and some hang-out time after work with the other. And from there it was time to prep for my trip.
I still had a couple days left from my cancelled vacation in June, and an unexpected bonus (an annual thing that the new company does) sitting in my bank account, so I decided to splurge on a trip up to Toronto. We took the train up yesterday, checked into our hotel, visited the aquarium, strolled to a restaurant on the waterfront for dinner, and then back in time for the Blue Jays game. And what was really cool about our hotel is that it's attached to the baseball stadium, and our room was a "stadium view" room - with a glass wall, and windows that open so you can watch the game. As promised, here's a couple pics from the trip...
A Jays win would have been a nice way to cap it all off, but alas it wasn't meant to be. But we did get to see two Aaron Judge homers - it is just ridiculous how good that kid is. All in all it was a relaxing and enjoyable couple of days, and I'm glad I made the choice to do something fun for a change.
It was also a good reset for me, since I have that system launch going on this weekend. The next two days will be filled with data verification, and then transferring everything from the old system to the new one at midnight on Sunday. I'm sure the events of the next few days will make for an interesting post next week (wish me luck!).
That's a wrap for this week. Enjoy the coming weekend (how is it October already??), and I'll talk to you again soon.
The weekend was fairly quiet. Normal chores, a bit of office work, and dinner with the in-laws. Tuesday I spent some time with each of my close friends - lunch with one, and some hang-out time after work with the other. And from there it was time to prep for my trip.
I still had a couple days left from my cancelled vacation in June, and an unexpected bonus (an annual thing that the new company does) sitting in my bank account, so I decided to splurge on a trip up to Toronto. We took the train up yesterday, checked into our hotel, visited the aquarium, strolled to a restaurant on the waterfront for dinner, and then back in time for the Blue Jays game. And what was really cool about our hotel is that it's attached to the baseball stadium, and our room was a "stadium view" room - with a glass wall, and windows that open so you can watch the game. As promised, here's a couple pics from the trip...
A Jays win would have been a nice way to cap it all off, but alas it wasn't meant to be. But we did get to see two Aaron Judge homers - it is just ridiculous how good that kid is. All in all it was a relaxing and enjoyable couple of days, and I'm glad I made the choice to do something fun for a change.
It was also a good reset for me, since I have that system launch going on this weekend. The next two days will be filled with data verification, and then transferring everything from the old system to the new one at midnight on Sunday. I'm sure the events of the next few days will make for an interesting post next week (wish me luck!).
That's a wrap for this week. Enjoy the coming weekend (how is it October already??), and I'll talk to you again soon.
