I've looked at blogs from both sides now.

A lot has happened since I left Houston. Last Sunday I flew into Baltimore and took my Toyota Avalon rental out to Frederick, MD where I'll be working through next week. Back when I was a newby with BV I went on a training site with Chad. This site has seen us reunited as two seasoned* installation/integration experts. In addition, we each have our own newby to train so that a total of four BV folks have descended upon this paper. As a result, the week has been a bit more social than many installs; Tuesday night had the four of us drinking 40s in my hotel room playing my Game Cube. It was a classic scene.

This weekend I had tentatively planned on trying to get to the Philadelphia/NYC area to meet some friends, but instead I think I'll hang out around here; I have some friends and family in this area as well so that should be pretty cool. Next week will just have me and Ben (my trainee) on site, as the other two are leaving this afternoon. It'll be a lazier** week of post install troubleshooting and demo-ing one of the new features that I installed at our first site in Houston.

As has most of my family, I finished Harry Potter, and it was compelling and rich. My thirst for the next installment is at an all-time peak. And, because I don't have any other books on the road with me, I might find myself rereading book 6 again this weekend.

And on that note, back to work...

* Can I be "seasoned" after 9 months? I feel as though I can.
** Hopefully!