Update... Nov 1, 2007

Good morning to one and to all,

Well, I have to admit even I wondered if I was ever going to write another “update…”. Don’t get me wrong, it never scared me out of a dead sleep, or even kept me up at night, but I would sit in my cube and wonder “Gee, is life ever going to slow down enough to put finger to keyboard?”, it isn’t really life so much as it work… and we shall get into that and the other things that have been going on… sha-zam!

And as Ed McMahon would say… “Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s the Update!”

Ok, so you should all know by now that the Red Sox have won the world series (is that supposed to be in capitals?) and that it was a sweep… get your brooms out sox fans! Now, I have to admit I am not a baseball fan. I am not even really a spectator of the sport other than the world series, that is when I get slightly interested. Needless to say, I am not a Red Sox fan… but I did happen to see them beat the Yankees and go on to win the world series not too long ago. Now if memory serves me right, because I cant cheat and look it up on the internet… get to that, before this they hadn’t won the title in over eighty years! Yes, that is 8-0. Whoa! That is a long time.

Side note: Now, my aggies haven’t won a National Championship (yep, that is in capitals) since 1939, do the math folks… that is on 68 years. All of these true Red Sox fans are now, not only my idols, but show me that there is still hope! That if I can hold on long enough, and if modern medicine can just keep me alive, I too could be sitting in the stands, with my age spots, my tri-focals fixed on the score board, my hearing aids, my iron lung, and fresh donned Depends and see my aggies win a Nation Championship… you just need patience!!!

So, the Red Sox fans of this generation now get a second world series (still not sure of the capitals) to celebrate. There is gonna be some serious cases of sclerosis of the liver in Bean Town (capitalized for emphasis) and beyond!!! Now, I do have a Red Sox fan in my life, and that fan is a die hard and drink harder fan!!! Her name is Bella, and Bella is super fan. She dressed for Halloween as a crazed Red Sox fan, not because she wanted to, but because she was supporting her Sox on their way to sweep. What better way to celebrate? Now, Bella turned 30 just this past weekend… quite a milestone and something to really celebrate. For her celebration I got her a cake… not just any cake. Sure it was made of flour and water and all the usual stuff… but this cake embodied the Red Sox… it literally was a symbol of the Sox… on top of this cake was the Red Sox emblem, complete with… well, red socks! On the side of the cake, “Happy Birthday Bella”. Now, to make the cake complete it was red velvet on the inside, so still staying “in theme” if you will. When I ordered this cake, I thought Bella would really like it…I thought she would think “Wow! That is really great!” I had no idea, nor could I have guessed what the reaction would have been. It was complete adoration of the cake… built for her! She LOVED this cake (whoa, all caps!) and at one point I think she was thinking of actually not eating it, dunking it in neoprene and trying to preserve it for all time, I think she was contemplating contacting the Smithsonian (yep… capitalized) and having an entire exhibit built around it. Now, I will tell you I did leave before the cake was cut, and I have been told what that scene looked like… and trust me folks it wasn’t pretty. A waitress came by and did the deed… with symbol-killing knife she slashed into this defenseless piece of history. She cut the cake… and with that, just like clock striking midnight, the magic was gone.

On with work… work has been my main impediment in not being able to get an “update…” out, really that is the culprit. I have taken on a new position, in PSO (acronyms are always capitals) , that stands for Professional Services Organization, personally I think it should be Predominately Stressed-out and Over-worked, but I don’t think you can put that on business cards. Anyway, work has been an entirely new adventure. Currently my adventure has me in Toronto… yeah, Canada. Ah, Canada in November. Now, I have to tell you last night, I left work and it was nearly 9 o’clock EDT (weird how many capitals there are) and I called home to check in… my sister gets on the phone and tells me the weather has been “gorgeous”. Like I want to hear that. Then my mother gets on the phone, what does she want to talk about? The weather!!! “You should have been here today, the weather was incredible”. I talked to a guy from work, Faraaz, “Oh Martha, you should be here for this weather”… apparently weather of notable…remarkable… and epic proportions had fallen over Dallas and I was in Toronto!!! Oh the humanity! Not only did I miss Halloween, not only did I miss dinner, but I also missed the weather!!! And trust me folks, this was not a fun trip.

So, needless to say, my life in PSO is different than it was in R&D (threw that in, and yeah it is capitalized)… I still sit in the same cube where I have written many updates, I still eat Taco Bell for lunch and sit with my two lunchtime partners and still ponder life, love, and how come pretty much anything, including shampoo, has “yellow #5” in it. My life is very much the same, except for the tasks I do. I am no longer creating, although I still do that to a degree, no now I am stomping out camp fires… some of ‘em are pretty big. And it is hard to stomp ‘em out. My bag of tricks includes whatever knowledge I have in my brain and I couple that with my dexterous fingers that seem to have amazingly fast typing capabilities, which I am now wondering if I can parlay that into some sort of Olympic event (that is capitalized, I checked). There are days however when you wish there weren’t the camp fires, when you wish it wasn't 8pm in Toronto and you cant leave and haven’t eaten. There are those days… but then the next day, there is light, and you find yourself… still cold and lonely in Toronto, but able to send out an “update…” and find yourself feeling a little better that you have reached out and made contact with the rest of the world, and that in that contact… the world can contact you back and let you know how nice the weather where you aren’t.


One last thing!!! Shameless plug: “Two Rooms” is latest play that Rover Dramawerks is producing, and yes, I am going to see it!! But I need all of you to see it too! My friend Joslyn got the lead role, and it gonna be great. So, do something different on a Friday night, go see a play!!! Tickets are available at http://www.roverdramawerks.com/... This is gonna be water cooler conversation you will want to be part of. J


Peace, love, and anything in Capitals!!!

Martha