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Black Friday

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Yesterday was just one of those days. Although, I am not sure exactly how I could describe ‘one of those days’. It just sucked. It sucked ass, to be more precise.

What happened yesterday, you ask? Layoffs happened, and they happened big. I heard it was a 20% RIF (reduction in force) across the board. Working remotely did not help at all when the hammer fell. People were dropping like flies, and I felt like I was way out in left field, not really knowing what was going on. I won’t get into all the details just in case there are any type of repercussions for posting such data on my blog. You know how people end up getting fired for this or that.. I’d like to play it safe,

Long story short, I was one of the lucky ones to avoid the hammer. A lot of people that I work closely with were let go, and it sucks. I wish them all well, and definitely plan on keeping in touch.

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Eclipse tonite (or early tomorrow morning)

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Nothing left but the chimneys

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Friday evening a house caught fire, I assume from a lightening strike, although the news has not confirmed that. The house is just down the street from us. Firefighters shut down Penny Rd. while battling the fire as they had to truck water in. We have no fire hydrants since we are outside city limits.

We drove by the house this afternoon. There is nothing left except for 2 brick chimneys.  I was surprised at the amount of damage given that the house was built with brick.

I was also amazed at the amount of looky-loos that are driving by the house. We only drove by because it is right next door. I would never imagine packing the family up and going to look at a burned out house after hearing about it on the TV or reading about it on the web.
 
Here is an aerial shot of the house compliments of Google. Apparently it rekindled last night and the fire department had to return. It’s actually still smoking a bit.
 
Cary House Fire
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I gots mine, what about you?

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Formula One weekend!

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Quite possibly one of the most amazing weekends of my life.

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The countdown has begun!

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2 days a few hours and some change…

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While real life is on hold.

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I was up early, as usual, this morning, and thought I would check on today’s weather. When I opened up weather watcher, I noticed that today’s sunrise would occur at 6:16am. It was only 5:30, so I figured I could make a quick run to the beach to grab a couple of shots.

The sky was not overly impressive, a few bits of reddish-orange streaked here and there. I check my phone and the time said 6:16am. I kid you not, I looked up and saw just the tip of something across the horizon. It was wild. At first I was unsure if it was the sun or not, just because of the way it looked. It actually looked like an explosion with a bit of a mushroom cloud in the distance.

I could seriously get used to waking up to a sight like that every morning.

Oh yeah, I also noticed people on the beach that walk in the morning own /two/ dogs. Not one, but two. Good to know if you ever want to move here and start walking the beach in the early morning hours.

Click the pic for more (but you already knew that, right?)

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Hotel and flights are confirmed.

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You have /no/ idea how excitedly stoked I am. I feel like a kid getting ready to go on a field trip to a candy factory or something!
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Formula One

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Starts Friday, June 15th

J Stand is located on the outer northwest side of the track, beginning just past the apex of turn four and continuing to the exit of turn four. J Stand is considered to be one of the best seats in the house for the US Grand Prix as it offers fantastic views of USGP turn one which is a prime passing zone. USGP turns two, three, four, five, and six can also be seen. J Stand is bordered on the north by the Northwest Vista, and on the south by H Stand.

I am so stoked!

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My plane was grounded.

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My plane was grounded out or RDU yesterday, until the windstorms died down. I ended up renting a car and driving to Florida. It wasn’t too bad just a bit boring. It’s a one road, flat trip…

I arrived at my hotel just before 1am. I was tired and my damn sleep number bed didn’t work!!

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