hot, damn hot...

Today was the first day of summer, and the longest day of the year here in the northern hemisphere... and it felt like it, 98 degrees here.. bu thats better than the 120 it hit in Kuwait (don't ask why i know that)

.Why is it the last day you work before you get time off seems to drag by forever. Perhaps its because you sit and watch the Windows clock count the minutes. Then again perhaps its that i do nothing at work for most the time i'm there and surf the internet, and you can only read the NY Times online so many times. Of course i can't do anything fun on the internet or even take an online class because that distracts me from my "work".

I'm planning a new weekend trip to Rome... why Rome... well.. its either there or Ethiopia and i really hate shots, and Rome doesn't require the immunzations Addis Ababa does. So if anyone has an idea or where to go and what to do while there, and most importantly how to do it cheaply, i'm open to advice. All i know is I want to check out the Vatican (The Catholic church fascinates me.. even before the DaVinci Code came out, plus the frescos and paintings and sculpture look beauitful in pictures... ), otherwise.. I'm open. I've found that when I travel to the exotic locales, that its most enlightening to get away from the tourist stuff and see the sort of local perspective. Sure there are the requirements of things to do, you have to go to the Effiel Tower if your in Paris or the Tower of London in... well London... but if you find a back street cafe where you can be submersed in the local culture its more beneficial to really knowing someplace and the people that are there. Not seeing that side of the a country is sort of like visiting the Louvre and only seeing the Mona Lisa... skipping the rest of the artistic treasures there. So, when in Rome...

Other things to look forward to, Next weekend is Dave Matthews Band in Wisconsin... yay!!! And the end of July (DCI at the Georgia Dome) i will see many of my dearest friends whom i never see enough of... Its nice to have things to look forward too... i tend to overlook it and get bogged down in the monotony of the day to day grind. I'll work on that...