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Today is Sherry’s 26th Birthday and we are having a party on Friday to celebrate it. If any of you can make it, please let me know. I have invited the in town people that I hope can make it already, but any out of town people would be great to have also.

We went to Sherry’s favorite for breakfast, McDonald’s (maybe that is why she married me?!!?)

And we are going to dinner tonight.

Send her an email and wish her a happy birthday.

Ever wonder how cool you really are? Take the The Geek Test and find out.

I am 23% Geek. I imagine most of you will not even understand most of the questions.

Who are these people??!

Here is a fun little game where You get to be a giant and destroy a town with a giant magnifying glass.

We went to see Tara Spuhler get married this weekend in Washington, DC. I have posted pictures here (direct link for yahoo account holders). Got to see Clare Aranow, and all the old RPC crew, which was nice. The wedding was wonderful and the reception was a blast.

Best Wishes to the new couple!!!

Here is a nice article about Symantec from Forbes.com

For those of you that don’t know, Sherry has been looking to get a full time job, and with Virginia Wesleyan finally getting things in order after the Vice President shake up. Her new boss has made her a very nice offer that we are pleased with. In addition to that she has also interviewed for a prospect research position with EVMS and received a verbal offer last night.

Both salaries are about the same but VWC has some amazing benefits… three of which I would like to point out:

1) 30 days paid time off (including sick and personal time)! (plus 17.5 holidays)

2) They contribute 8.5% of her salary to a retirement program (with her only having to contribute 5%)

3) Tuition reimbursement for dependent children to ANY school up to the cost of admission to VWC!!!! Plus tuition reimbursement for herself and her spouse (me!!) to any VWC course.

So I am thinking about going and getting another degree.

To answer the question before you ask… here is the link to other positions they are trying to fill.

She is going to continue with EVMS until she gets more details, but for now she is leaning toward staying with VWC. It is the less risky option, since she already knows what it is like to work with the people she will be working with. Plus, given the benefits, the VWC offer is superior.

Happy March 17th everyone! Hope you are wearing some green.

We went to see Taylor’s (Shelley’s son) playoff basketball game last night. Despite Taylor’s 10 points they still lost to a very big team. We then went to Dairy Queen where I was a good boy, and sat patiently while everyone else gobbled down some frozen treats. But don’t worry, I was rewarded this morning with hitting the 210 mark. I have now lost 24 pounds.

The NCAA tournament is going nicely, and we still have room for more teams. The pot is currently around $120.

I went to go get the oil changed in the Honda on Saturday (before the bowlathon), but the place was slammed and they wouldn’t have been able to do it in time, for me to drive up to Yorktown by 1pm. That’s when I remembered that I had a brother named Prince, who use to work at Fallen Camper Sales, while he was taking “a break” from Georgia Tech (the Prince joke was a reference to a Christmas Story that eldest sister wrote when she was 9 or so). So I swung by KMart and picked up some Rhino Ramps (I only paid $30 for mine), a case of 10W-30 Pennzoil motor oil ($20 for 12 quarts, which should do 3+ oil changes for the Honda), a Fram Oil Filter ($5), and an Air Filter ($10). So it was an expensive first purchase ($55 for the oil change parts), but I will make my money back on the third oil change, considering an oil change goes for around $20 a pop. Another nice suprise was that the previous owners had left a 10 quart oil drain pan, so I was able to use that. Of corse, they didn’t leave it empty so after I used it I had to take it to Advanced Auto Parts to recycle it (where I needed to go anyway since the Civic’s air filter was unexpectadly difficult to find).

We celebrated Sherry, Charlie and Papa’s birthdays yesterday at Pearl’s house. We grilled out some hamburgers and hotdogs, with the sisters (Verna, Annis, and Martha) and Nanny contributing cakes, potato salads, coleslaws, and baked beans. Needless to say I only had the meet. But it is easy to do when the weight keeps coming off. I am down to 211 pounds and hope to be down to 210 by Tara’s wedding this weekend.

Sherry’s birthday is actually on March 24th… same as my Mom’s.