Tom Webster

Well, I had a great weekend back home in Minnesota. I left Orlando on Thursday afternoon and arrived to Minneapolis shortly after seven in the evening. Mom and Dad picked me up from the airport and then we went to visit IKEA and then out to dinner at the Gold Nugget, a local burger place in Glen Lake. Ok as far as IKEA goes, this place ROCKS! I have been looking at some desks for my apartment for my laptop in the catalog and it was nice to finally get to see them in person. I will definitely be placing an order with them soon for one. Don’t know how else really to describe the place. It’s just a cool place to go shopping.

Friday I used to visit with former coworkers and teachers at Hopkins High School. First I went over to the district office to visit Pete who moved from the high school to a district position and he gave me a tour of the new district server room complete with the two XServes and XRaids that power the district. For those non-technology people, these are Apple’s cool new servers that are top of the line. I then went over to the high school to visit staff there and check out the new construction. Wow, this place has changed so much since I was there 5 years ago. The new addition makes the entrance and food court look like the airport! It is a change but it will be nice once it is done. After visiting with teachers, it was off to dinner with the Swanson side of the family and then back home to watch the Sward in the Stone with Dad for old times sake.

Saturday was my day reserved for hanging out with friends. I met up with Scott and then we went to a bar/grill in Uptown called The Independent. Anna and her boyfriend as well as Sam met up with us there and it was just a fun night of hanging out, chatting and enjoying the company of old friends. Sunday was just a nice relaxing day at home and then meeting up with the Webster side of the family for dinner. And that brings me to today.

This morning I had a chance to sleep in again and then I had to head up to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned and then I met up with Scott for lunch before returning home to finish packing and enjoying time with Camper before leaving again. Got to the airport early and found out that the flight I am on to go back to Orlando has a grand total of 35 people on it. Not too busy do to Ivan I guess. JK should be picking me up once I land so we will have to see.

In closing though, it was a nice break from the routine to visit home but at the same time, I am happy to be back where the magic lives. Have a good one.

Well, I was finally back to work today after two days being locked in my Apartment while Frances decided to visit the Orlando Area. We are lucky in the fact that we didn’t get too much damage. We had some minor leaks in our apartment but other than that we survived. I was actually so happy to drive to work today as I was so bored from being stuck inside the last few days. I can only watch so many DVDs, play so many games, and make so many phone calls. This will be a short work week for me this week since I lost Sunday and will be going home on Thursday so every little bit will count.

The park was absolutely dead today. I mean, I am talking 5 minutes or less wait on every ride including Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear! Oh well, I guess we will live despite a little bit of boredom at work. After work tonight though I met up with my friend Paul from Hopkins who is now working at the Haunted Mansion and we got some dinner before we parted our separate ways again for the evening. Right now though, I am waiting for some people from work to call me back when they get out of work and then Brandon should be over to pick up his stuff from the weekend since he spent the weekend here instead of at his place. That’s all for now folks.

Ok so I got deployed for the last two days. Usually it is for a week but in my case, I was sent to Pirates of the Caribbean Merchandise for a grand total of two days. It’s fun to have experience else where but, I always feel glad to go back “home” to the Emporium. Pirates is a busy location much like the Emporium but, you don’t do the revenue the Emporium does. I had lots of small transactions instead of the bigger ones I am used to (don’t ask for more details please). So I will be turning in my pirate belt and socks for my suspenders and tie come Tuesday after today and tomorrow of being off.

In other news, Paul and his mom arrived yesterday and I got them checked in to the Pop Century Classic resort for the weekend. Paul starts on the WDW College Program on Monday and will be an attractions host at the Haunted Mansion. Today I visited JK at work at the Track and now I am just relaxing for a bit before I head over to the Magic Kingdom to meet up with Paul and his Mom. Only another week until I go home to Minneapolis! Yay!