/\/\/ A Day in the Life \/\/\

Midstar's "main" office is there in Sandusky just behind the Great Wolf Lodge. I spent Monday and Tuesday there for work. Incidentally the quarry people(mmmmm sulfur) are just across the street, and when they are blasting it shakes the office. My time there was spent getting some Hardware together for me, going through the Employee Handbook and filling out my new hire paperwork. I spent a small amount of time with Rich, the guy I am replacing. I listened in on a few calls and watched what it is he does with the system. It was a pretty productive time, I'd say with one exception. As we were loading everything up, we somehow actually just left the PC there for me. All that time setting up the PC and we left it. It was a mood killer to get back to Cinci and realize that we had left my PC. Oh well, one of the guys from the Sandusky office is headed this way on Friday and will be dropping it off. Meanwhile I am making due with an old Viao laptop and VNC.

Monday night after work, Rick, Dan and I went to the Thirsty Pony for dinner and entertainment. By "entertainment", I mean I now know how to bet on horses. It was an experience, that's for sure. In the picture you can see the 6 TVs I think. Each TV had a different race track, and different live races. There were these ATM like machines where you insert your money (cash or credit) and choose which venue/race/horse(s) and win/place/or show bet you want to place. A "win" bet is when you bet a horse will win. A "place" bet means you bet the horse will finish top two, and "show" means top three. You can place on as many horses as you want, and each horse has different odds. It's really very interesting. I only played 10 bucks total and lost if after a few races. The other guys started with a lot more money, and they both ended up ahead. Rick hit it pretty big though, "winning" a $5 bet on a 28/1 horse. That 5 dollars ended up as 140 something, and after the night was over, he cashed out nearly 160 bucks ahead.
Friday night I drove to Bowling Green in the Saturn, and spent the evening curled up with Jannelle. It was a lazy night, and I was pretty tired. I think I went to bed at 11pm or so. Saturday morning I got up pretty early and traveled to P-burg to take my folks out (my dad really) for father's day. My plan was to finish up on the Honda afterwards so that I could take it home on Sunday. Well the mornings plans surely didn't go as expected, but suprisingly I was able to get everything taken care of. Greg drove up and had lunch with his folks, then we headed out to Daryl's around 3:00. The three of us had a great night out in Canton. We went out for burgers and beers at the Winking Lizard, then hit the pool hall for some games and drinks. Sunday was Disc golf, and boy was I rusty. It was a really nice time, and I think Greg is a little motivated to throw more often. I guess that means that we'll be heading out sometime soon.
I'm finished with my Chipotle and I've lost my dollar in today's game of Hold 'em. I guess it's time to get back to work. I'm looking into an ISP swap as my first project here. Cya later folks!