Published on Monday, September 13, 2004 .
Well, I had a great weekend back home in Minnesota. I left Orlando on Thursday afternoon and arrived to Minneapolis shortly after seven in the evening. Mom and Dad picked me up from the airport and then we went to visit IKEA and then out to dinner at the Gold Nugget, a local burger place in Glen Lake. Ok as far as IKEA goes, this place ROCKS! I have been looking at some desks for my apartment for my laptop in the catalog and it was nice to finally get to see them in person. I will definitely be placing an order with them soon for one. Don’t know how else really to describe the place. It’s just a cool place to go shopping.
Friday I used to visit with former coworkers and teachers at Hopkins High School. First I went over to the district office to visit Pete who moved from the high school to a district position and he gave me a tour of the new district server room complete with the two XServes and XRaids that power the district. For those non-technology people, these are Apple’s cool new servers that are top of the line. I then went over to the high school to visit staff there and check out the new construction. Wow, this place has changed so much since I was there 5 years ago. The new addition makes the entrance and food court look like the airport! It is a change but it will be nice once it is done. After visiting with teachers, it was off to dinner with the Swanson side of the family and then back home to watch the Sward in the Stone with Dad for old times sake.
Saturday was my day reserved for hanging out with friends. I met up with Scott and then we went to a bar/grill in Uptown called The Independent. Anna and her boyfriend as well as Sam met up with us there and it was just a fun night of hanging out, chatting and enjoying the company of old friends. Sunday was just a nice relaxing day at home and then meeting up with the Webster side of the family for dinner. And that brings me to today.
This morning I had a chance to sleep in again and then I had to head up to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned and then I met up with Scott for lunch before returning home to finish packing and enjoying time with Camper before leaving again. Got to the airport early and found out that the flight I am on to go back to Orlando has a grand total of 35 people on it. Not too busy do to Ivan I guess. JK should be picking me up once I land so we will have to see.
In closing though, it was a nice break from the routine to visit home but at the same time, I am happy to be back where the magic lives. Have a good one.
Published on Monday, September 06, 2004 .
Well, I was finally back to work today after two days being locked in my Apartment while Frances decided to visit the Orlando Area. We are lucky in the fact that we didn’t get too much damage. We had some minor leaks in our apartment but other than that we survived. I was actually so happy to drive to work today as I was so bored from being stuck inside the last few days. I can only watch so many DVDs, play so many games, and make so many phone calls. This will be a short work week for me this week since I lost Sunday and will be going home on Thursday so every little bit will count.
The park was absolutely dead today. I mean, I am talking 5 minutes or less wait on every ride including Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear! Oh well, I guess we will live despite a little bit of boredom at work. After work tonight though I met up with my friend Paul from Hopkins who is now working at the Haunted Mansion and we got some dinner before we parted our separate ways again for the evening. Right now though, I am waiting for some people from work to call me back when they get out of work and then Brandon should be over to pick up his stuff from the weekend since he spent the weekend here instead of at his place. That’s all for now folks.
Published on Sunday, September 05, 2004 .
The Walt Disney World Resort is still closed for today. Our friend Frances started hitting here at 2:30 this morning. So far we have a lot of wind but not too much rain. We are expected to report to work as usual tomorrow though. Not much to do today. Our internet has been knocked out so I am posting this via T-Mobile and my mobile phone. No word on when that will be back online. I’ll keep posting if I get a chance.
Published on Saturday, September 04, 2004 .
Well, our unexpected visitor is fast (or slowly rather) approaching her arrival. I am now riding the storm out in my Disney apartment. I was originally going to go to a friends house but it is advised that we stay in our company housing as it will have power, phone and water due to the Disney network. My coworker Brandon has moved in to my place for the next two nights as all his roommates are either on ride-out crews at work or out of town. The outer rings of the hurricane are expected to begin hitting us at 10 AM Saturday and will continue till Sunday at 10 AM. The Walt Disney World Resort is closed on Saturday and possibly Sunday as well. I am now off to finish packing up some photos and valuables so I can at least keep them away from the windows just in case. So until the next time I can post, I am going to be weathering 80+ MPH winds. Batten down the hatches!
Published on Thursday, September 02, 2004 .
Well, for those that haven’t seen, Hurricane Frances is on its way to the Walt Disney World Resort for a little vacation it seems. I am putting all updates to this site on suspension until further notice. Chances are I will be on ride out again and we are not sure how severe the damage will be. All I know is that this storm is larger than the state of Texas and is almost a Category 5 and will soon pass that. Until then, batten down the hatches!
