One week to go.

The days till my departure are rapidly counting down. As a result, I have been showing others how to do what it is I do every day. I received a compliment the other day from one of my co-workers who mentioned that I had gotten to the point in a relationship with many of the vendors I have the opportunity to work with to get them to do things to help me and the company out that they may not be contractually obligated to do. They only do so since we're not only business associates but friends as well. That's something I never really thought about before, but in retrospect, I can see that now. That's not really anything I can train someone into doing though, you just kind of have to BE that way. I like to have fun while I work and what's more fun than working with your friends?
 
On another front, a buddy of mine hooked me up with a tape drive to use for backups. I scrounged around and found one of my SCSI cards to connect it to. You know, tape just isn't a fast media to work with. Backing up to tape is definitely a "start it and go do something else" operation. I did at least back up all my mail, document, and digital camera files to tape so if something were to happen to my hard drives, I can restore my critical files.
 
Looks like a blah kind of weekend due to the weather. Probably going to try and get some things done around the house and also mess with my drums a bit. Kev and Stacey are having a birthday get together for Kailyn tomorrow so I need to get out and get her something. I think we'll head to Huntsville after awhile and do some shopping for her and also have lunch at Macaroni Grill. Might go test drive some cars again too. I did get to drive a couple the other day at the Nissan dealership - an Armada, Murano and a Maxima. I liked the Maxima the most I think followed closely by the Armada. I really didn't care for the styling of the Murano after getting in it. Really though, I'm leaning towards the Maxima at this point. That's a good handling vehicle right there.
 
Talked to Kevin's brother Gareth last night. Kev had shot me some pictures of his new DW kit. Very nice looking set of tubs... the finish was tobacco satin. It's a classy kit for sure.