Karen, Erik and Jack

Oh noes! I did not get to do a 24 recap for last week! And…. we didn’t watch yesterday’s ep! (It’s on Tivo. Actually, it’s on DVR but I refuse to call it anything other than Tivo.) I actually recapped the episode on Thursday night and the damn power went out when I was on the last paragraph – and nothing was saved! I never made the time to rewrite it, and Erik got caught up in work last night so we missed the ep. Tonight, he’s at a Bobcats game. Hopefully, we can see it tomorrow and then I will do “The Last Two Week In 24 – TLTWIT”.

To make up for this horrible transgression, I will write a “What’s New at the House of Garrett/Offices of FNUR” post. More or less as interesting as 24, with a much smaller bodycount.

Last week, I had a busy yet slow week at work. Periods of slowness, followed by periods of CRAZINESS. Between it all was March Madness. I am a huge college basketball fan but it really only manifests itself during March. And ESPECIALLY if Carolina has a strong team, which they do this year. I don’t mean to brag (yes I do), but if you’re in the PKP HQ pool, my bracket is currently kicking your bracket’s ass. Of course, my bracket is based on who I *want* to win, not who I think will win. But it’s working so far, and if I win that money I’m getting my hair did.

Also last week was ERIK’S BIRTHDAY! He turned the ripe age of 28, which is not old because that’s how old I am. For his birthday, I got him an R2-D2 Interactive Droid. Unfortunately, it turns out I got him the one that likes to ignore our orders. So it’ll be good preparation for having kids.

This past weekend, Erik and I were supposed to go up to Canton to see the Miami gang for March Madness. Since I could not get Friday off of work and Erik could, he drove up in my car (Jack Bauer) and I was going to take a 1-way flight up after work. Then, we’d both drive down on Sunday. Brilliant, right? Except Delta canceled my flight on Friday afternoon. And Erik was already in Canton. With my car. So I stayed at home this weekend, watching basketball, reading, feeling sorry for myself and wearing sweats. Not necessarily in that order.

This week, I signed up to crew the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. This walk is similar to the 3 day (in fact, until a couple of years ago they were the same walk), but it’s 2 days, just over 39 miles, and in Charlotte instead of Atlanta. We’ll be managing a Quick Stop on the route (quick stops have water, Gatorade and bathrooms – no snacks or medical tent). That means we get to look forward to getting on the bus at 4 am, being on our feet all day, lifting pallets of water and Gatorade, and yes – camping out! I will probably do another walk another year… but I am enjoying having my weekends back too much now. We also get to have a THEME for our Quick stop – with music and costumes and decorations! Last year at stops, I saw themes like “Pirates”, “Hollywood”, “M*A*S*H”, and “Hawaiian Luau” and “Halloween”. I KNOW we can come up with a better one that that – please leave your ideas for a THEME and a TEAM NAME in the comments. Keep in mind that the team will consist of people like me and E, Becky and Lee, and Pizza – so pretty much anything goes.

If we do Star Wars, E and I already have an outfit!

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