Happy Easter!

I would like to tell everyone that I have been neglecting my blog because I have found a terrific guy and have been jet setting all over, but that would be a lie. Nothing even close to that...I've just been a lazy bum about getting on here to blog.

I have had a couple of business trips that I was able to extend a bit and have a little fun as well. At the beginning of March, I had to head out to my old stomping grounds in Southern California, so I flew out the Friday before my meeting, and spent some time with my friends. I had SUCH a good time seeing everyone. Friday night, my friend Brent, who was kind enough to put me up for the weekend, invited several people over to his house to just hang out and catch up. Then on Saturday, some friends joined me at Downtown Disney. Then we went back to Brent's house and helped him decorate his living room. He's spent the last few months doing some really great upgrades, so he was ready to put up pictures and final touches, which was fun...always count me in when I get to give my opinion. :) Then we headed out to see a play, "The Importance of Being Ernest", which was done REALLY well. I had a GREAT time. Sunday was church, of course, then my friend Dawn threw a dinner party in my honor, which was a lot of fun to see everyone. Monday, I worked from hotel room, and then my friend April came over and we went out for dinner. I have to admit that being back there felt great...like coming home. It made me really sad to head out of there, but unfortunately, my boss wouldn't agree to pay for me to live in a hotel and work out of there for the rest of my life. LOL

After a couple days of meetings, I flew back to DC for a couple days to actually work. Then, Friday I flew home, did some laundry, and less than 12 hours later, I was back on a plane, but this time heading to Orlando, FL. I've been wanting to go to the Orlando temple for quite some time, and Joyce and Don surprised me by letting me know that they were meeting me there. You know, every temple tends to have a theme in it's decoration, and I was feeling pretty strongly that the Orlando temple may have snuck in a "Hidden Mickey" or two in its decor. I spent quite a bit of time looking, and once I squinted my eyes and used a LOT of imagination, I was pretty sure I caught a glimpse or two of the "hidden Mickeys" I was was searching for. I was told that there actually is a Mickey doll in the time capsule that was sealed in the corner stone when the temple was dedicated. How cool is THAT? :)

After we finished up at the temple, we met up with Shari, Sarah, Lydia, and Aubree for dinner. I hadn't seen Shari, Sarah, and Lydia since I visited them in June of 2000....and Aubree wasn't even thought about at that point in time. They had spent the day at Sea World, and poor Aubree was EXHAUSTED, but it was great to catch up with them. After dinner, Joyce, Don and I got a little lost and wound up at Universal Studios, so of course, we had to go check out their City Walk. Well, it was no "Downtown Disney", but it was nice.

The next morning, we (and I mean the greater we....Joyce, Don, Shari, Sarah, Lydia, Aubree, and me) woke up WAAAAAYYY too early, and headed over to Sea World. I wasn't sure it was really worth getting up at the crack of dawn to go look at some sea animals, but once we got in, we got to feed (and pet) the dolphins, we fed the sting rays (which scared me to death...and one even sucked my fingers up into it's mouth when I fed it, and bit me. Luckily, they don't have sharp teeth). We saw all of the shows, rode the water ride, and we got SOAKED!!. The sad part about that is that I bought Joyce and me rain ponchos for the ride. When we came down the big hill, they take pictures of you to sell you later....all you could see of me is my hand holding the face opening closed...it was hillarious. Even with all of that, my leg got soaked because we were heavy loaded in the front. Those without rain ponchos were totally soaked from top to bottom. Sarah & Shari had to buy the little ones new outfits because it was too cold for them to be that drenched. It was hillarious!! After we were done with Sea World, everyone headed back to their respective homes, and I caught some shut eye before my meetings began.

Other than that, I've been on the road Monday through Friday. I'm seeing more traffic through my house the last week or two, but still no offers. The stories I'm hearing seems to be 6 - 9
months on the market. I've just passed the 2 month mark.

I hope everyone had a super Easter weekend. Mine was very quiet to say the least. I reserved the shore excursions for Mom's and my cruise that's coming up. I'm really looking forward to some time off and for a FABULOUS experience.

Next weekend, I have to fly out to DC on Sunday to get to my Monday meetings on time. It's much more spring-like in DC. As a matter of fact, the cherry blossoms are starting to bloom, and next week is suppose to be the peak, and the Cherry Blossom festival starts next weekend, so I'm glad to be there. As a matter of fact, I'll be there the following weekend so that I can start acclimating more to the area. The following week, I'll fly out to TX for a meeting, and will fly out the Sunday before to catch up with one of my friends out there. I have to say, this business/fun trip stuff can get to be addictive!! :)

Anyway, I hope all of you take care, and I hope even more that I'll have a great romantic story to share very soon. :)