Wine and glass

Oh my! I had no idea that it'd been so long since I posted! As projects at work were winding down, I thought I'd get a quick breather, but as it turns out, I am back on a new project, and out of the paper factory. I am now on two new projects, one in wine bottling, and the other in glass bottle blowing. I was excited to be put on these new projects, but meanwhile, I had a vacation coming up. How wonderful. Right now, both upcoming projects are in stages that I’ll be working for the most part out of Atlanta, with a few trips back and forth to the plant in northern California for meetings. As a matter of fact, I am in CA now.

Before I left for CA though, I took a long weekend with the family in Perdido Key – a suburb of Pensacola, FL (I guess you can call it that, though I am not sure that cities like Pensacola have suburbs). We drove down on Friday, and I flew back late Tuesday night. Saturday and Sunday were overcast the whole day, though we still managed to get some sun on our skin through the clouds. Monday and Tuesday though were nice and bright, and about 90 degrees. It was nice to have the weekend off to relax, and although we could find about 10 available wireless connections, none were strong enough to get a good signal long enough to check mail, so I couldn’t even worry about work even if I wanted to. While in FL, Josh had mentioned the Flora-Bama bar was near where we were staying and that we should check it out. OK, first off, my mom claims to have never been in a bar, and neither of my parents drink, but somehow I convinced them and my sister to go out, and check out this bar. We agreed that we'd go at dinner time sunday and just check the place out. There was a cover at dinner time, and 2 bands playing! It was hilarious seeing my mom completely uncomfortable at the bar, but I think we all had a fun time. When I had to head back home to Atlanta though, getting back was a long night of time in airports and Marta stations, and when I finally arrived home, I had 6 hours to pack, sleep, shower, and get back out to catch a plane to CA. I did it, but arrived quite tired in time for a meeting. 15 hours of "work" straight. yowzers.

I am taking off to San Fran for the weekend, and I am really looking forward to it. Hopefully Seth will meet me out there since he gets to fly for free. Otherwise, I am just going to be a tourist for the weekend. Unfortunately, Ben, who lives out here in SF is in Atlanta for the weekend! what a shame!

Meanwhile, out here in CA, I have been enjoying myself. The plant is really cool, and I am awed at the proecesses. I feel like a little kid every time I see a new manufacturing plant. I managed to find my way on my own, through exits with no numbers, and streets with no signs, and plants with no name. Now I'm a pro. I ate my first In N Out Burger on my way in, so that was pretty cool and now I can say I've done that.

I am sufficiently tired right now at 10:00 though since I haven't fully changed time zones (and even if I did, I have to get up by 6), so I am going to head to bed. I'll keep posted on stuff going on here, and when I get a chance, I'll post pictures.