Stuck in Little Rock

I'm currently stuck in Little Rock, Arkansas, waiting for a 19 passenger prop jet to take us to Kansas. If we're lucky, we'll then get to Milwaukee in time to catch my flight to Detroit.

I had to pee, and accidentally walked into a meeting

Today at work I had to pee. So I walked into the bathroom, ready to unzip, and there were about 6 guys huddled around one of the toilets. As bad as I had to go, I couldn't bring myself to use the urinal while a meeting was being held 3 feet away.

Ah, the life of a toilet engineer.

The Packers Lost

No matter what, I can't quite seem to escape Packer country. In church last Sunday, you had the more casually dressed fans sporting either Donald Driver or a Brett Favre jersey. Then you had the more work-casual attendees sporting Packer polo shirts. And even the traditional, elderly men were sporting Packer ties. We even had a special company photo for those that wore Packer gear to work last Friday. It's just insane.

So, I have succumbed to the peer pressure, and I cheered for the Packers on Sunday night. Allison and I even made Packer cookies for the party we went too. I guess I brought some of the Detroit Lion luck to Wisconsin, because not only did the Packers lose, they looked bad and lost.

And not to my surprise, yesterday in our staff meeting we had what I imagine most companies had across Wisconsin - a moment of silence for the mighty Green Bay Packers.

Welcome to Packer Country.

The Lake Is Freezing!

Happy Saturday, everyone. Allison is once again visiting me this weekend (woohoo!). Monday is a holiday at Chrysler, so she's spending the time here with me for the long weekend. :) At the moment, she is passed out on the couch, so I decided I'd jump on the blog for a couple minutes.

It's pretty freaking cold out (-1). It should make for an entertaining NFC Championship game in Green Bay tomorrow. If you missed the game last week, check out this picture. Brrr! It's so cold, that Lake Michigan is starting to freeze along the coast. I took some pictures and posted them on my Flickr account. It's times like these I am really anticipating our trip to Jamaica at the end of February.

Class started last week for me. I'm taking Design and Analysis of Experiments as a distance learning class from University of Michigan. If everything goes as planned, I will be able to complete my degree this year without having to physically attend class in a classroom. I have distance classes lined up at University of Michigan and Texas A&M. As long as I get those approved through Oakland University, I can take those classes over the internet and transfer them back to OU to graduate. I will still be 2 credits shy from graduating, so I'm trying to sell my advisor on letting me take a Intro to Conversational Chinese for Business as an independent study. I will be going to China 2-3 times this year, so I think the class would immediately benefit me. We'll see what OU says.

I will be back in Michigan on the weekend of February 1. University of Michigan has an engineering fair on January 31, and I will be supporting the fair along with some coworkers at the Kohler Co. booth. I was already planning on going to Michigan at the end of the month to meet my niece, Natalie, visit with my family, and celebrate Allison's birthday. Things worked out nicely, and I will take a vacation day on February 1 so I can spend some time with my family while I am in Michigan.

And I'm spent. I think I'm going to go wake up Allison now. Actually, maybe I'll just take a nap too.

Hey Michiganders

Go and vote on Tuesday.

"There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?

Now, this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for"