Happy Friday.

Another Friday is upon us, so as is semi-tradition around here, I've included a link to this weeks Si.com cheerleader of the week. Enjoy.

This week has been both fun, and long for me. My motivation level at work is at an all time low. It sucks trying to find motivation, but I'm getting through. My boss and his boss will be in next week, which should make for a few interesting days.

I turned 35 this week, and my wife gave me the second best present ever. She took my Alex Ovechkin autographed jersey and had it framed. I hung it Wednesday night, so now I can oogle(yes that's a word blogger) all the time while I'm in my basement. The best present she ever got me my was the rod-hockey table that sits below the jersey in the basement. I think the hockey table also takes the prize for best suprise delivery for a present, as I carried that heavy thing in the house thinking it was for someone else.

The trees in our neighborhood have started to give up their leaves, and the colors in my neighborhood are quite nice. I'm actually looking forward to Winter this year. Scary 'eh.

I've decided to have a little bit of fun with my twitter account. I'm now going to follow as many stars and celebrities as I can. I don't know why, but I think it's fun to see what they are up to. Right now, I'm following 70+, notable names are Chuck Lidell(UFC), Penn Jillette, and Adam Richman(Man vs Food). Feel free to follow me.

Thats it for today.

S

Dilemma...

Hey all,
It's not that I haven't wanted to post over the last few days, in fact I've had the post page open several times, I just can't think of anything blogworthy. My life is truly that boring. I will start looking harder for some interesting topics. I still like doing this, its still fun, I just need stuff to talk about. My highlight for this week was our only goal in a 2-1 loss on Sunday night. My teammates were referring to me as the "garbageman" since I seem to pick up other people's trash and put it in the net.

All else is well. Tomorrow is my birthday, I'll be 35. I have one of the best birthday presents *ever* coming tomorrow night, but I'll wait and share it with you when I get it.

Lata

Its 3:41am...where are you?

Most normal people are home in bed. Im supposed to be home in bed, but I'm not. I'm at work. I'm sitting here waiting for an air conditioner tech to come and fix one of my AC units. Here's what went down.

1. I'm not supposed to be on-call this weekend. I had taken the wife out for a nice birthday dinner with some friends. Tapas up in Baltimore, YUMMY! It was a great night. I hadn't been feeling all that good lately so I didn't drink at all. Lucky for me. We turned in at about midnight when the house phone rang. I checked it, being that it was midnight and we were not expecting any calls. It was work. I checked my cell phone, retrieved the message and called in. I was notified that my co-worker was not responding even though he was on call, and I was needed to check on this sick AC unit.

2. After trying to find a way out of it, I gave in, got in the car and came in. I'm lucky I did, because I found my UPS room to be above 90 degrees and the AC to be non functional. Between 1am and 3am I went back and forth with folks from work, folks from the AC company, and folks from my building. By 3:15 a tech was finally on the way. I'm currently waiting for him as my giant fan runs to keep the UPS some sort of cool. I bet the wife will never forget this birthday, as she decided to come to the office to keep me company. She's currently sleeping at the desk for my "on-call" co-worker, who I'm sure is blissfully sleeping at home.

Being responsible sucks.