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So yesterday, I was able to spend some time with my grandmother, aunt, and cousin from Germany who is visiting my aunt for a few weeks. It was great to see Dagmar after only a few months after I stayed with her in Bremen. The visit was short, but very very sweet! So sweet in fact thatshe brought me some of my favorite Haribo gummis that I have yet been able to find here in the states! Yay!!!!

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Lunch of the now.... Immitation broechen mit fleisch und kaiser

Almost as good as the real thing.... Ugh I miss Bremen!!

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So, I swear I didn't forget about blogging (entirely....) Life has just got a funny way of getting in the way sometimes. Work has been insanely busy, and I've been forced to work mandatory overtime (though I've also been picking up overtime from coworkers who would rather stay home on the weekends than make some extra cash) I just bought this nifty red netbook today, and I have to admit its pretty amazing. The netbook is about the size of a Harry Potter Novel, and weighs in at about 2.3lbs. Its a tiny little thing, with no optical drive... but it makes for a great little computer to take with you on the go (ok, so I fell in love with Ralf and Dagmar's little laptop while I was in Germany... it was cute!) Speaking of Harry Potter, I saw the new movie last week, and as with most books turned into movies, I was disappointed in how it was carried out. As a movie, it was pretty ok (not that amazing, I think it needed more substance really) but otherwise I wasn't impressed with it.  Not much has been going on in my world except work and more work....anyway, hopefully the new netbook will allow me to hop online more often (though I don't really need an excuse to browse online..)

Well, until next time!

-Kevin-
 

It's 90 outside, and just as hot inside with no air conditioning... I think that earns me a beer...

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Chillin on Sunday evening

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Its 5:45am, and guess what?! I CANT SLEEP!!! Joy of Joys!

I figure this is the perfect opportunity to blog about my life (seeing as though I've had little to no time since I started working again)
Not much has been going on these days, except work, and sleep. Funny how working a 12 hour shift 3-4 days a week can just suck the life out of you. I did manage to go out last weekend and enjoy some time with my friends, which was nice. We had a pretty crowded house party over at my friend Pepe's house last Saturday, and needless to say, I put a lot of time and energy into helping him get the house in order before everyone showed up and made a mess. Luckily for me, someone else was helping with the clean up! Work has been, well, exceedingly busy. For those who don't know, I work in a particle free environment (a clean room or fab as we call it) manufacturing wafers that are then shipped to China to become part of hard drives that are used in all sorts of appliances (perhaps even the computer you are reading this blog on!) My job, specifically, is to inspect and measure the wafers at various stages of the production process, using a scanning electron microscope attached to a computer. Now, each of these wafers, EASILY costs about $70,000 while in production (the final product being worth over 120,000) So, its imperative that the measurements are within the specifications required for that particular product, and that the images that we take with the microscope look clean, and free of corrosion or other defects. So, something drastically different than working in a restaurant.... but the people are super nice. Everyone was so excited to see me last Tuesday when I came back to work (again, for those that don't know, this is the same job I got laid off from in January of this year) Anyway, we're super busy at work, like I said... mandatory overtime for all operators... Im not going to complain, its extra money in my bank account! This week was my long week, Monday through Thursday 6am to 6pm, next week I only work Monday through Wednesday from 6 to 6, but I have to work overtime that Sunday... which means my next long week will be extra long (5 days x 12 hour shifts = a 60 hour work week!!!!) Anyway, no real plans for this weekend, except Im going to Bingo tonight with AK and Gary, my cousin Teresa, possibly her son Fazil, and my best friend Derek. Should be an interesting night as no one has met Derek in the year that I've known him.

Alright, I should probably try to get some sleep before I have an exciting night with the senior citizens of the Silicon Valley!

Just a quick update as I am on my lunch break... Work is busy again today, and my body is still sore from all of the festivities this weekend... Standing for 12 hours today should be interesting! Only 6 more hours to go! Pictured below... Partial lunch of the now (iI already ate my subway)

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Just a quick update this morning... I received a phone call yesterday for a job offer at the computer manufacturing company I was working at until January when I was laid off. So it's now Tuesday morning and I'm waiting to go to orientation at 10:30.... Yay!

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Sooo I made Frickadella! Not as good as dagmar's but still good...

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Don't know when I'll be back again...*sniffle*

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Ok, so Im back in Colorado right now, with a dependable internet connection, so here are the pics (in seperate posts) of the remainder of the trip. Keep in mind these are only the pictures I took, I still have to get the pictures Dad took.
 

Bonjour from Paris, Dad's batteries in his laptop just died, so I'm going to write down my blog in my journal, and then I'll copy it over to the blog whenever I get a chance. We're both very tired and cranky, and its 12:30am Thursday morning! I'll post an update ASAP, but I need to do what I can to keep the peace right now :)