Labor Day Laborer

It is Labor Day and I am happy to report that I am in the laboring pool. Which sure beats being in labor in the pool. Although laboring in a pool wouldn't be bad... The weeks just fly by in a good way. I am busy learning at work and making some changes and developing and learning the culture. So far, still so good.

Speaking of the pool, it is getting chilly in there these days. The nights are cooling off and the pool is only able to creep up to the mid 70ºs most days. We planned to go to the beach today but it was cloudy and breezy so we went down to a big mall in Maryland (Towson - about an hour away). That was nice but we were sad to see the Rainforest Cafe was gone from there. It was expensive and the food was just OK, but the experience was fun (like eating in a rain forest oddly enough with moving stuffed animals, sounds, thunder and lightning, etc.). We brought Ashleigh there for her birthday party and Lucie's mother there once.

And now, speaking of thunder and lightning, I got a new Blackberry Storm. I needed one for work and they are paying for the data plan. So I upgraded my old phone and am loving this one. It is online all the time so it is cool to be able to hit the 'Net for whatever I need. In fact, we were at the mall looking for the Rainforest Cafe but couldn't find it so I googled for it and found it was gone. Pretty slick.

A&E are enjoying school. It is a bit of culture shock for Elliott to see the riff raff be so disrespectful and rude with bad attitudes but he will distance himself from that and be fine.