My little brother Derek just got back from Arizona last night after running in the cross country regionals (5 states are in the region, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and New Mexico). AF was favored to win since they were ranked #2 in the nation beforehand. Derek took 5th place on the team, 28th overall.
The top 5 runners for the team normally determine the team's score, but Albuquerque and AF tied that way, so they had to use the 6th person to determine which team won. AF's 4th best guy had issues with asthma during the race which caused him to come in 7th, so AF wasn't even running as well as it could have. They should do really well on December 5th at nationals.
A quick note about Derek being 5th on the team this past weekend. He started out the season as one of the really good runners, but a stress fracture benched him until just a few weeks ago. As soon as the doctor gave him permission to run in the races, the rest of the team started stepping up their racing because they knew Derek was trying for a spot on varsity again. Derek's done really well after starting the season injured, and we're all excited to see how well he does next year.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Adobe Employee
Jeff is officially an Adobe Employee! I'm so happy and proud that all that hard work and hell he put himself through made him one of the most reliable people on his team and guaranteed him a spot under the new Adobe ownership.
Edit: As an Adobe employee, Jeff does get a significant discount on Adobe products. He can only get a limited number, but let us know if you're interested in anything: http://www.adobe.com/products/
The only bad news is that this might be the last Omniture halloween party. This year, they tried to limit the trick-or-treaters to immediate family. It didn't quite work. We didn't help by bringing my friend from work, Jane, and her niece, Libby.
The different departments are assigned themes to decorate their areas. Jeff's department was given Hanna Barbera cartoons. I forgot my camera, but someone else remembered and posted pictures on the internet. This one is a portion of the Hanna Barbera area: Pepe Le Pew
It was all amazingly done. There was also Scooby Doo, Roadrunner, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, Flinstones, and (oddly) George of the Jungle. And that was just in that one area. There was also a Peter Pan area where we "flew" over London and visited Never Land. The CEO hallway was Smurf land. Josh James was Papa Smurf and he had hired midgets in blue paint to pass out twinkies and ding dongs. They practically threw them at us as we tried to walk down the hall. It was fantastic.
Jeff and I have fallen pray to another figurine war game. It's called Arcane Legion. In order to build your army, you have to buy booster packs that cost $12 a pop. It's incredibly addicting to open the boxes and find out what new characters we can add to our armies. Jeff has been playing as Romans and I've been enjoying the Hans.
News in the Pregnancy:
I believe I am now 16 weeks along. I know it depends from woman to woman but, from what I understand, the second trimester is supposed to be the "golden" portion of the pregnancy. Apparently, I am one of the lucky women who gets to feel awful throughout the entire process. It's not all awful. Jeff has been nothing but wonderful to me while I complain about stretching pains and nausea. He wakes up early and heats up a rice bag for my side while he fixes me breakfast.
We have another doctor's appointment November 24th where we get to listen to our baby's heartbeat again. We find out what gender it is going to be sometime in December (we could find out on the 24th, but it would cost us $50 and we're not that desperate).
Edit: As an Adobe employee, Jeff does get a significant discount on Adobe products. He can only get a limited number, but let us know if you're interested in anything: http://www.adobe.com/products/
The only bad news is that this might be the last Omniture halloween party. This year, they tried to limit the trick-or-treaters to immediate family. It didn't quite work. We didn't help by bringing my friend from work, Jane, and her niece, Libby.
The different departments are assigned themes to decorate their areas. Jeff's department was given Hanna Barbera cartoons. I forgot my camera, but someone else remembered and posted pictures on the internet. This one is a portion of the Hanna Barbera area: Pepe Le Pew
It was all amazingly done. There was also Scooby Doo, Roadrunner, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, Flinstones, and (oddly) George of the Jungle. And that was just in that one area. There was also a Peter Pan area where we "flew" over London and visited Never Land. The CEO hallway was Smurf land. Josh James was Papa Smurf and he had hired midgets in blue paint to pass out twinkies and ding dongs. They practically threw them at us as we tried to walk down the hall. It was fantastic.
Jeff and I have fallen pray to another figurine war game. It's called Arcane Legion. In order to build your army, you have to buy booster packs that cost $12 a pop. It's incredibly addicting to open the boxes and find out what new characters we can add to our armies. Jeff has been playing as Romans and I've been enjoying the Hans.
News in the Pregnancy:I believe I am now 16 weeks along. I know it depends from woman to woman but, from what I understand, the second trimester is supposed to be the "golden" portion of the pregnancy. Apparently, I am one of the lucky women who gets to feel awful throughout the entire process. It's not all awful. Jeff has been nothing but wonderful to me while I complain about stretching pains and nausea. He wakes up early and heats up a rice bag for my side while he fixes me breakfast.
We have another doctor's appointment November 24th where we get to listen to our baby's heartbeat again. We find out what gender it is going to be sometime in December (we could find out on the 24th, but it would cost us $50 and we're not that desperate).
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