Trying to catch up

Back in February my dad came to DC to visit a client. He stopped at our house for dinner and Sofie time.








In April I took the Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) exam....and I passed! We also had some daycare issues in March/April. The school just put Sofie with a different 2 year old teacher and things seem to be tons better now. We are weighing the options of keeping her with the new teacher and waiting it out through the summer (she transitions into the 3 year old room at the end of the summer) and switching her to a new school.

And earlier this week, a co-worker and I went to go meet the Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond)! She was at a Borders Bookstore in the area.

She chatted with the crowd a bit before the book signing (more of a Q&A type session). It was hard to get a good picture from where we were.



We connected over redhair. We talked about how we are a dying breed.


And then we compared tans.


And then it was Becca's turn.

I'm Famous!

I'm supposed to be running the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler this morning, but the exam is tomorrow and I haven't been running consistently. I fully expect to not pass and have to retake a part of the exam, but I have 3 years to do it and can fit it in on my own schedule (ie when I'm not super busy at work or having daycare issues). My running will be back to its regular scheduled programing come Tuesday.

So, I'm not running the race, but I did pay for it and figured I'd at least go get my t-shirt and see what vendors were at the expo. And low and behold, I see a picture of myself in one of the advertisements that every race participant gets! I believe this picture was taken during the fall of 2008 when I participated in Potomac River Running's Running 101 to help myself get back into running shape post-Sofia.

Hello Blog

It certainly has been awhile! This is just a quick hello and to let you know I'm not dead. I'm currently studying for a certification for my job (exam is in 2 weeks). And we are getting ready to hit one of our 4 "busy seasons"-quarterly financial statements.

Lots has been going on, like going to a circus, running my first 8K and 10Ks of the year, Marc starting a new job, good friends moving back into the area. I promise to post more regularly soon!

The circus....










Sofie's new best friend who just moved back, Sebastian.




Pre-race at the St Patty's Day 8K. What is with the bird costume?




Me studying at Panera...well, people watching. These two were napping!


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More Feb 2010 snow

Feb 2010 Snow

Just getting around to getting these videos off the camera

Jingle Bells

Sofie is still singing Christmas carols 2 months after later.

Random

Can I just tell you how much I hate the bathroom where I work.

First, we have the automated, handicap door to get in. Even when you don't use the button to engage the handicap feature, the door opens on it's own as soon as you start to open it. Then it hangs open for entirely too long so everyone who walks by the bathroom can hear what's going on inside. Except on the weekends (yea, I know, what am I doing at work on the weekends).....the weekends it never works! What if a handicapped person were in working on the weekends?

Then we have the automated flush mechanism. It NEVER works correctly! It either flushes 3 times while you are in the process of sitting on the toilet, or it doesn't flush at all! And there is no rhyme or reason to this, except it seems to flush way too often in the morning. Suppose it's excited to be used after a night of rest. Come lunch time, it's exhausted and you have to manually flush. Then again later in the afternoon it seems to be working again (and by again, I mean flushing more than once while you are in the process of doing your business). Weekends are hit or miss here too. Does not seem to be tied to the automatic door.

Then we have the fabulous lighting! It's dim flourescent lighting. Need I say more?

At least there isn't usually a line to use the facilities!