5/14/2008

Last week I attended training in Houston for work. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The class was enjoyable, but we'll have to wait and see if it was effective at making me effective (Considering I have already lost my super fancy-dancy planner, things aren't looking to good. Well, I didn't actually lose it . . . I know right where it is . . . out on the unit.) The best part of the class, though, was getting to stay with my friend Melanie in Houston. I had been planning on staying in a hotel in downtown so I could walk to the class every day, but when I went to book rooms over a month ago, I couldn't find any. Apparently, there was some big offshore technical conference that is held in Houston every year and the attendees had already snapped up all the rooms. So I called Mel and told her I was inviting myself over. ;-) She was happy to have me, though, and we had a ton o' fun hanging out. My last night there I took her and another friend, Kelly (who I know through Mel) out to dinner to thank her for hosting me. We went to this little Caribbean restaurant that had great pineapple salsa. Man, I miss cuisine variety!

(The book I'm holding is for a contest at work for a gas card. And I'm not one to turn down a chance at anything free!)

I got back to Nederland late Thursday and then Friday morning, I got up early to head off to Dallas with my friend Christina. She used to live in Dallas and still had a few things to take care of up there, plus she wanted to see some friends. I volunteered to road trip it up north with her, so we made the long, buggy ride to Dallas. I wish I had taken a picture of my car before I washed it. There were so many love bugs smashed in the grill, my car was black instead of gray! Suffice to say, it took me well over an hour to clean all that off when I got home.

While we were up in the Metroplex, we headed over to Southlake to see my cousin, Diana. It was fun to catch up with her and chat about our respective jobs, community activities and the like. I told her she should come visit me, but we both agreed that Dallas is far more interesting to visit than Beaumont . . . and has better cuisine!


So, all-in-all, a very fun week and weekend . . . but a very exhausted Naomi with a house that is rapidly spiraling downhill in regards to cleanliness . . . I guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend!