As luck would have it, I've had the opportunity to chat with the founder of our firm on a couple of occasions recently - at the coffee pot, in the elevator, that sort of thing. I think he's been seeking me out as well, so that's pretty cool.
Soccer season is winding down. My 6 year old's team is probably just under .500, but with under-8 Catholic Youth, you're not really supposed to keep score. My daughter's under-12 team is at .500 (4-4) after today's game. She has yet to score a goal, but came VERY close today. She's not very quick on her feet & that causes some issues, but she leaves it all on the field, so I can't ask for any more than that. By the way, I'm part of a 3-headed monster that coaches. The "head" coach grew up in Baltimore & won a soccer National Champioship at CCBC Essex in college. Head is in quotes because we're really all equal. Then there's me, who learned everything I know about soccer from him. We're both firey at practice & on the side lines during games. The third is the straight man who does the substitutions during games. Its a nice setup, but only happens every other year - the other two's daughters are a year older than mine, so they move up a league next year.
Funny thing about this team - we dominated the first game 5-0 then lost the 3 of the next 4. Now, we've won 3 straight. If I'm remembering correctly, the last team we lost to was the team we beat today. Lost 1-0, won today 1-0. Pretty evenly matched teams. Our girls are starting to get it, working as a team, talking on the field, helping each other out. I wish the offense worked a little more like a team, but maybe that'll come.
My wife briefly considered changing jobs in October, but decided to stand pat. The position she was considering was in admissions at the college where she works now. It was a part-time position. Ultimately, the decision came down to getting some support & some changes from her current VP & not wanting to work for the other VP. I didn't really care which job she took, I just want her to be happy.
Gearing up for a trip to Disney. We're flying out Saturday 11/11 & returning Sunday 11/19. My mother-in-law has a time share in Orlando so she's taking care of the accomodations & park tickets for the grandchildren. It should be about a $3000 trip for us by the time we bought our plane ticks, rent a care, eat, drink, do the parks. Of course, it would have been easily $1000 more if we had to cover room.
My promotion will get announced on Tuesday. They had to wait until November for some reason. It'll be effective on Wednesday, 11/01.
