Technology... is a damned thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other

let me start by saying the failure to post was not my fault at all. let me explain... and if enough of you still think I failed then i guess i'll shave the head and keep my word.

i've been stayin g with some amazing friends since i arrived on the island... most recently i've been shacking up with a friend who is moving back to the mainland. his family left a little early and he stayed behind to close some things out at work and to get the house packed and moved. on sunday, my first failure to post... i was unaware that the internet would be turned off. I DID write a post (not very exciting one) but never posted it. i thought i could do it monday morning from the office but that didn't happen... then monday i moved into a hotel for the night... and they didn't have wireless only hard cable internet and NO loaner cables. so i was stuck. this may sound like excuses and i respect that it does... but it's just full up honesty.

i'm back and will quickly wrap up a relatively uneventful couple of days

sunday, woke at about 6 am.. dressed and hit the golf course for a round with bob.. a buck a hole skins... was even until we made the turn at number nine and somebody bought beer (at 9 am) and put it in my hand... AND they kept pouring it down my throat... very rude. so the back nine didn't go quite so well for me... but i had a good time and it was nice to be outside. then drank some more beer at the beach and then dinner... that's it... a wasted day? nah... needed the mind vacation.

yesterday was work... then i moved into the hotel for a night and watched tv and read since i had no internet... my favorite show was on so i was excited to be able to catch it...Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. Great show. he is without question my favorite tv guy around. ever.

that's it... today was one very long painful meeting... from 7 am until around 5 pm. was out of the office most of the day so that was nice but was toe-to-toe with some ill-informed and stubborn types... exhausting. tonight i went to dinner with some friends to celebrate bryan's birthday. a very nice time... he and his family leave for the mainland tomorrow as well... will definitely miss them. wonderful people who were so incredibly gracious to me over the last few months. they helped me through some ugly stuff (MRSA!) and made the time with out my family a little more bearable... thanks for that... can't say thank you enough.

i think i have the posting/Internet thing worked out... leave me a message and let me know if the events of the past two days are excusable or if i need to hit the barber... majority rules.

more tomorrow