As many already know, I took Quinn to New York City for his Christmas present. It was his first trip and my first time doing all the touristy stuff. We had a wonderful time and mostly great weather, except for the snow blizzard on the first day. Our hotel was so cool and trendy as it should be, since it was designed by Phillipe Starck. The rooms were super small, but very efficient.

From the pictures you can see that it was very windy on top of the Empire State Building.
It took several takes for us to get decent pictures, but the series of pictures really show what I mean when I say windy. The girl in the pictures is my friend Casey, who went to school with me at Georgia Tech. This was the first time I have seen her since we graduated; she decided she couldn’t handle us southerners anymore, and she moved back to Connecticut. She has the convenience of being able to not show up for work whenever she wants (which still isn’t very often, but at least she skipped a day to hang out with me). We had so much fun catching up.

Other than this trip, not much has been going on. I am still working too much, but soon we will get our priorities straight and get rid of the night job. We had a great Christmas, and I must say we were really good this year. We could hardly fit all of our presents in the car to come home. We are very lucky.

Oh yes, one more thing has happened recently. On December 23, 2003, my best girl friend, Jaclyn Berry, actually tied a man down for good. And he’s actually a really great man. So I am now preparing to be in a second wedding. At least my friends are nice enough to space out their weddings by a year or so. My sister could have made a full-time job out of being in weddings. I have always told her she should open her own bridal shop with all the gowns she owns. But I am very honored to be in Jaclyn’s wedding and also very proud of her for snagging such a great catch.

Until next time, congratulations Jaclyn!