February and March Marches On

Hello good people!

Sorry it has been forever since I blogged. Glenn and I have both been unusually hard at work, Glenn doing multiple jobs as he slowly transitions to his new role as VP of Business Planning and Operations, and me doing multiple jobs as I've been helping out with Account Management at work until our new Account Manager starts.

Glenn has been gone for a full week, and last week was traveling as well. We really haven't been going on many noteworthy adventures, and have mostly been spending the weekends running errands, walking the dog and watching television.

So anyway, I'll try to quickly get everyone caught up.

Jumping back to February, I got my hair cut. (I know, exciting times).

For Valentine's Day, Glenn made me an amazing dinner, and had one of his morning sunrise photos made into a triptych for our dining room wall.

More recently, Glenn submitted that same photo to the local news and was featured one morning. They even spelled his name right and everything.

I took a sunrise pic on my walk the other morning, which was not as exciting, but you get to see it anyway.

Glenn didn't get a lot from me besides a card for Valentine's Day, because, you know, he's getting a Camaro.

He ordered it special (the color is Artic Blue), and he should be getting it in about 5 more weeks.

Feel free to talk to him all about it.

So anyway, those are the highlights of February.

In March, our friends Mark and Cathy came down for an evening and had a nice dinner with us, which was fun. Sadly, we didn't think to take any pics.

Last weekend, our friends Matty and Julie came down and spent the weekend with us. We took them to Weeki Watchee to kayak and see the manatees, which worked out really well. It ended up being a beautiful day on the water. (some of the following pics Julie took)

Here we go. Glenn and I got a two-person kayak.

These are strangers, but Glenn liked the expression on this girl's face.

Matty and manatee. It's just amazing how clear the water is here.

Julie getting some pics. She had never seen a manatee before.

Get ready for some group selfies! These are trickier on kayaks.

Anyway, you get the idea.

Otherwise, as I said, things have good, but relatively unexciting.

Deuce was made supervisor at work, but is not doing a great job.

A red-winged blackbird has come and hung out on my windowsill at work for 4 or 5 days in a row. We've named him Jim.

(Don't ask why I also have a walking T-Rex on my windowsill.)

I have planted a new herb garden that is so far doing well. I am an eternal optimist.

And, in other botanical news, our orchids are all starting to bloom.

Even Horatio, an orchid that had been thrown off a bridge in Del Ray Beach several years ago. He has never bloomed for us before, but is thinking about it now. Stay tuned.

So that's it, folks! We had some close encounters with a bald eagle, but were unable to capture a photo.

Hope you are all doing well and that winter is rolling into a pleasant Spring for you guys. Should be sunny and in the mid-80s all week here, so yay for that. Love you!

Springs in Winter

Hey Everyone -

Welcome back to the blog!

January has been a busy month thus far. On New Year's Eve day, my company moved to its new offices near Raymond James Stadium. It's a bit of a longer commute for me, but the space is very nice.

I've stole some pics from the office building's website and took a few of my own. I finally got my office set up at the end of last week - white board hung up, etc. - so I promise to take some pics of that for the next blog.

Lakepointe 2. We are on a lake. Our suite is on the 3rd floor.

This is a lounge off of the lobby

This is the gym. I canceled my other gym membership since I can work out here for free.

Cafeteria

So anyway, it's pretty nice, right?

This is a peek inside our office after we just moved in. My office is the third door from the left.

This is Roger. I took his picture from my window on the third floor with my superzoom.

He's probably about 8 feet long.

The Bucs headquarters is across the street.

Ok, so enough about that. On New Year's Day, Glenn and I went to the beach.

Yeah, I'm taking a picture of a bird in the background.

This guy.

Not sure if I posted this before, but this is the first sunset of 2017.

Deuce recovered from a brief illness and went back to work at Doggie Daycare, where he is quickly becoming a staff favorite.

Glenn had a work trip to Atlanta. I was supposed to go to Boston this week, but my meeting was postponed until the 7th.

On the 20th, my parents came for the weekend to visit, and we had a great time with them. That Saturday, we took them to Homosassa Springs Nature Park. It was a beautiful day, and we took a ferry ride to get into the park.

Once we got there, we saw a lot of cool animals.

Whooping crane

Bear is sticking his tongue out at me!

OMG! Fuzzy little pelican chicks!

Lou, the hippo

Here we are! Note the bear in the background.

There are also obviously springs in Homosassa Springs.

You can see the fish if you look closely. Often there are manatees in here too, but not today. It was probably too warm

There is an underwater viewing area to see all the fish.

Snook!

Jack Craval

Red fish?

So anyway, that's it for Homosassa Springs.

Oh wait, one more selfie...

It wouldn't be a proper blog if I didn't inundate you with some more of Glenn's famous sunrise photos, so sit back, relax and enjoy the deluge.

Ok - that's it, guys. Hope you are all staying warm and having fun. Love to you all.