Weakened Again

Friday night was the first of most likely quite a few farewell parties for co-workers as we begin to go through the Outsourcing (ooh - sorry, Bestshoring) Initiative. This weekend was the goodbyes for Chad, one of the guys who started with our group only nine months ago, young and single, so he decided to bail early and head to Toronto to see what possibilities lie for him there. I really like Chad -- him and I have had a lot of good conversations about a lot of things, and I wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

I got home around 9pm and proceeded to immediately crash on the couch. I'm not sure if it was the beers or the sleep deprivation I have had to endure this week due to the casinos, work, and the OutGames stress. Most likely it was a combination of both.

Got up Saturday and did my normal routine -- run, brunch, gym, groceries, nap, then got ready for the Mardi Gras party hosted by Different Strokes. We managed to get Calvin out with us which was nice since we haven't seen him in awhile. The party was fun, however we got there pretty late due to my typical underestimating of travel time. I figured it would be quick to walk to the Hall where the dance was held, however due to the chinook over the past few days, the sidewalks are oceans of ice and water. It was a shoe-messing trip and not everyone was happy.Thankfully we had some en-route items to help us through the crisis. We stayed at the dance until it had pretty much cleared out, and of course by then we weren't going to get a cab so we decided to hoof it back downtown on foot again. The trip back seemed to go much more quickly than the trip there, go figure.



Today I went with my friend Doug to watch the World Cup Speedskating at the Olympic Oval. Today was the last day of the Essent ISU World Cup Series and the Men's 1500m, Women's 3000m, and 100M Sprints were the events on the schedule for today. It was fun to watch and great to see male speedskating glutes again. For Canadians, Steven Elm, Denny Morrison, Francois Olivier Roberge, Clara Hughes, Kristina Groves and Cindy Klassen were all in action. I tell you, Doug and Jeff, sports are where the hot men really are! I'm referring to the soccer game we watched last night between Liverpool and Manchester United. I swear, they grow all those men in a genetics lab somewhere...