It's a Boy!

No, I'm not having a kid, but my sister is. For anyone that doesn't already know, she's due this Summer and she just had an ultrasound this week - apparently, she's having a boy. So, I guess there'll be another little Gavin running about. :D It sounds like everything is going well so now it's just time to hang in there and wait for the new baby.

So, let's see, what else is new?

Liz and I made it back safely from Colorado. The drive was long, but mostly uneventful. When we got back in to Rochester, we found that there was a whole lot of snow on the ground. Amazingly, when we got to our house (just after Midnight), we found that our driveway, sidewalk, and deck, were completely cleared off. Apparently, we had gotten 20 inches of snow over the couple days before we came back. My neighbor had borrowed his neighbor's snowblower to clear his driveway and, when he was done, he was nice enough to do mine, as well. It sure is nice to have a good neighbor. :)

We've got a ton of pictures of the vacation, but I just haven't gotten around to publishing them into the Net yet. Honestly, I haven't gotten around to much of anything this week - it's been a pretty lazy week. My only real accomplishments of the week were to go to see my broker (Liz and I went to see him to do some financial planning) and get my hair cut. Exciting stuff, huh?

Liz and I vegged out and watched some basketball last night. We caught most of the UW-Milwaukee/Illinois game. It went pretty much as I expected, but I must admit, UW-Milwaukee looked pretty dang impressive. Illinois is just awesome, but the Panthers looked pretty good. Of course, the best part of the game was the opening 5 minutes. Those guys were up and down the court so fast that I got tired just watching 'em. I'll bet they wished they were doing windsprints or something less tiring.

Tonight, the Badgers will be taking on NC State and Liz and I will probably be in the car for the entire drive. We're making our way back to Sheboygan for Easter. Unfortunately, that means we won't get back to C-ville this weekend, but we're planning on another excursion next weekend that should get us there. So, if you're in the area, you have over a week's warning that we'll be coming so there should be no excuses if you fail to avoid us.

What would one of my blog posts be without a little hockey news? Some good, some bad. First let's go with the good - the Badgers made it into the final 16 teams that will be playing for the NCAA hockey championship. They open up the tourney tonight with a game against Michigan. I'd be all upset about being on the road and not getting to see it, but there's no way it would have been on TV, anyway. The bad news? The NHL cancelled this year's draft. Sure, it doesn't really impact me much, but it still sucks to know that the NHL is all fouled up. Gah!

Dilbert moment of the week - I sat in a meeting in which we discussed how we'll number our software versions. Honestly. Who cares? Someone just pick a standard and tell me what to use. This is not rocket science (well, it is computer science, but big deal). In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, just take my word for the fact that it was a waste of a half hour and, when we were all done, I had convinced most people that it was entirely subjective and didn't matter, anyway.

I also spoke to the recruiter from Google for a bit. We didn't talk long, only a few minutes. He basically just wanted to talk about what I've been up to for the last couple years. He said that he'd send my resume on to their hiring committee and they'd decide whether or not I was worthy of additional recruitment time. I'm not even sure if I want them to be interested or not. As cool as it would be to work for Google, I'm not entirely certain I'd be willing to relocate to California - they've got weird cows there and stuff. At least, if they weren't interested, I wouldn't have to consider it any more.

Anyway, enough babble. I'm outta here. Have a good Easter, everyone. See y'all soon.