It's been a pretty busy time down here so I haven't had too much time to keep y'all updated, so I thought I would take this Friday evening to fill you all in!

Anyways, a couple weeks ago I have the priviledge and the pleasure to head back down to Mexico for a visit. It was another amazing time - just an absolutely fabulous weekend. On the Saturday we headed south of town to celebrate Sofi's successful honours defence. The whole family + me piled into the SUV and went to this amazing oasis-like restaurant south of town, and you can check out some photos of the fun below:

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On Sunday I also had the honour of attending Sofi's niece's baptism. In Mexico, they take such things pretty seriously, so after the mass we went to Sofi's brother-in-law's new grain shipping warehouse, where they combined the baptism party with a celebration of the opening of the warehouse. There was a band, catering, everybody dressed up - it was pretty spectacular and we had a great time. Afterwards, we headed to the movies to catch Troy, which wasn't unentertaining, but overall wasn't true to the story and seemed to drag a bit. With that being said, I would watch a test pattern for 12 hours if I could do so sitting beside Sofi!

We headed back to Guadalajara on Monday so I could take my flight home, which was a pretty good flight, except for when we landed in Philadelphia, where we sat on the tarmac for nearly two hours because there were so many planes out there delayed by rain that we couldn't drive to the gate. I heard that some of the planes had been sitting there for over five hours on the tarmac waiting to take off! Anyways, the flight from Guadalajara to Dallas (the worst airport in terms of layout in the world) to Philadelphia seems to be brutal and never on time, but it will never stop me from visiting Sofi, I can tell you that much!

Work has been going pretty good, and has been pretty uneventful. It has been rather rough lately, however, because my laptop died and I had to wait quite a while to get a new laptop, because it is basically impossible to get anything over the border. I ended up having to get it shipped to Calgary so Igor could bring it back for me after one of his trips home. Anyways, that also explains why I haven't had the occasion to update too much lately, either. Anyways, I'm back on track with a new laptop so hopefully this one won't die on me, too.

Last weekend I hopped in the car and drove down to D.C. to visit Nick. His program is in full-swing right now, so I crashed in his room at the hotel. On the Friday night we went out and walked up and down 'M' street, stopping for a bite to eat, before we settled on Garrett's as the place to be and proceeded to get super drunk. Some instructors from Nick's work showed up and we had a great night. We grabbed some pizza on the walk home and crashed. The rest of the weekend was pretty tame, because I honestly still had a headache on Sunday. Saturday night we went out for some great Thai food at Thai Square in Arlington, and then later went out for way too much ice cream at Häagen-Dazs. Otherwise I spent most of the day watching Band of Brothers on the History Channel - one of my favourites! Sunday afternoon we went out for some buffalo burgers, and then I bid Nick goodbye and drove home. Another great weekend - thanks again, Nick, for the great hospitality!

On Tuesday night this week we went out for a work social, something we used to do every week, but it's more like every three weeks nowadays, but the company pays so I can't complain! ;) Anyways, not a whole lot of people showed up, but those of us who did had a great time. We had a ton of beers and soon discovered that it was karaoke night! I must say, I got lots of compliments for my renditions of "Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go)" and "Ice Ice Baby"! Anyways, here's all the gruesome details, courtesy of a colleague's camera phone:

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This weekend I am basically laying low for a change. I am going over to a senior manager's house (the same guy's house where I watched the NFC Championship in January) tomorrow for a few beers but otherwise I don't have too many plans. I am heading to Mexico this weekend, so I am super super super pumped for that. Me and Sofi are going to some rich girl's wedding, so I'm sure we'll have a great time!

Oh, and before I forget, congratulations go out to Candace - she does have some positive family news outside of the recent tragedy - she is now engaged and getting married next year! Way to go, Candace!