Last week we had what’s called an “offsite”, where our 25-person team left work at 1:30 for the day to head down to Lucky Strike Bowling, where they had a VIP lounge with alcohol, food, and a private four-lane alley. The facility also features a nice arcade.
On Saturday our ward hosted the neighboring YSA ward for the annual Thanksgiving Dinner. We were so fortunate to be blessed with an Activities Committee co-chair whose mother is apparently a professional decorator.
First, second, and third place winners of the dessert contest.
On Monday I was assigned to teach the lesson at FHE, and the activity was making pies. Hmm… pie… π… irrational numbers… the density of rationals as compared to irrationals… cardinality of infinite sets… how intuition fails us when considering infinity, as showcased by the cardinality of integers as compared to odd integers… I certainly tried my best to work all that into a Gospel-centered lesson.
As for now, just waiting for the hours to pass until I board my flight to SLC; can’t wait!
On Thursday I was tapping away at some code when I got an IM from some Googler I didn’t know. He said I had a package up at reception, and I needed to come and sign for it. Huh, maybe it was some delayed birthday package? I headed down and lo and behold, it was these fellas.
What a treat. I was able to spend the next couple hours showing them around campus and having lunch.
The next day we had lunch again, plus a bit more of a tour. Hayden borrowed my bike and took it on a trail. He biked around until 7 or so, then we met up at my apartment, where we had a movie night, Emperor’s New Groove.
The next day we went out to see Arrival, which I highly recommend. Then we went off to see a park, and the Chihuly glass museum.
Really happy they were able to come drop in like that.
In other news, I won first place in my category for our company art contest:
As for the election. boy howdy. Here’s an interesting article that’s half-way relevant: I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup, on the country’s deeply divided nature.
It’s been a while since I last wrote. Getting back on the horse at work was a bit rough, but stable now.
Two weeks ago at Citizens Academy we got to take a tour of their jail.
This last week was graduation. They brought out their K-9 unit; we got to pet him, and afterwards have him come bite us on the arm, though we were wearing a protective sleeve.
A few of the others were light-heartedly jealous of how friendly the dog was when I got to pet him. 🙂
So many cop cars, little do they know that just 50 yards away is parked a car with.. *gasp* expired registration stickers! Slowly working on fixing that.
On Friday a couple weeks ago we got to have Nick Offerman over to talk about his new woodworking book. If you don’t recognize the name, he plays Ron Swanson on Parks & Recreation. Good times.
I’ve mainly been filling my evenings with Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a CGI TV show set between the events of Episode II and Episode III. Ostensibly for kids, though like Avatar: The Last Airbender, it is quite well made and appeals to an older audience. I’ve collated my best-of recommendations, if you feel like checking out only a few episodes.
Speaking of fantastically written children’s shows, apparently Young Justice will be getting a third season. Hip hip hooray to that.
There sure are some foggy mornings these days. When it’s not raining, that is, like it does all the time.
On Saturday we helped a family set up Christmas decorations for their regular mega-Christmas-party. Their kids had moved away or were otherwise engaged and couldn’t help out. Their house reminded me so much of Gram & Grandad’s place in Towering Oaks, the workshop, old wood smell, just great.
Why yes, I *did* immediately think of Jet and his hook swords.
Six strands chained together, on top of hay, in the rain. What could go wrong.
On Sunday we had Stake Conference. Their setup was waaaay more tech’d out than ours is back home. Three cameras, a subtitle machine, two A/V computers whose exact purpose I couldn’t discern, an array of mics suspended over the choir, the whole shebang. I believe they were streaming to another building, but still. Sadly I didn’t get a good picture of it.
