Yesterday our company had an "employee forum".  There was about 300 folks in attendence.  The meeting was scheduled to last 3.5 hours (with food/soft beverages on both sides of the event) ... and about 8-10 different speakers.  What I really liked about the meeting (aside from it being informative) is that there was a big brass gong ... and if any speaker went over their time limit the gong was ... well ... GONGED !!  Only one speaker went over their limit.  It was a fun ... but obvious way to let the speaker and the audience know that the speaker had violated the "time contract".

Chely has some type of concert/event at school tonight ... so, I will be rushing from work to the school (1-1.5 hours away) to attend.

Decy continues working on the house ... out of 127 boxes we are probably down to 20 that are still not emptied.  However, being empty doesn't necessarily suggest being put away or hung on the walls ....

As for me, I'm doing ok. Very tired this week. Didn't sleep well last weekend with Decy being gone ... and lots of stress at work.  My back is still challenging me.  But, every day it seems to get a little better ... I'm still curious what I did to it.  Maybe it was all that acrobatic sex I did one night ... that I don't remember ... NOT !!!!

Glad tomorrow is Friday.  My plan for the weekend is to go out only on Friday night.  Spend Saturday running errands / shopping / massage ... then the evening at home playing pool with Decy (and the girls if they want to learn).  Sunday, I plan to take the family to the Four Seasons hotel for Sunday brunch.  We will probably also bring along Decy's mom as the 1st (Friday) is her birthday.  On Friday, Decy and some of the family will take Doortje (Decy's mom) to lunch at a Manadanese restaurant (one of my favorite).

Gotta go ... ciao ciao.