Ok since I have been a slacker here is the run down, actually I have not been slacking just very busy.
So in March, I went to Tokyo for a conference. Met my counterparts from all over Asia, my "boss" and the people from the company I contract with. I had a great time and learned a lot. I definitely got the feeling that any minute they are all going to find out I am a fraud. Well I got along really well with one of the guys I met and he was there for the 2nd week (yeah all of IT in DODDS pacific did not pack up for a week they split us in half). I had a bad week the next week, the hubbs left for a longer time than usual, got extended, work was rough, there was rumors of lockdown because that idiot killing a cabdriver, and because of that my husbands trip was changed from a few weeks to indefinite. So yeah BAD week had to go out so the guy from work invited me up to hang out in Tokyo and meet the other half of my cohorts. I did and had a great time and went back again on Saturday to hang out with a few people. So the week got better, had fun and made some friends.
In April, I went the the Kanamara Matsuri. Which is the Festival of the Steel Phallus. I took one of the guys I know and met up with a friend from college. It was a lot of fun and just funny. Marco took us too the best sushi place EVER and it was cheap. At some point that month I was told that I had to earn my Altiris Certified Engineer (ACE) with 2 or 3 months. It was a pretty tall order considering, I am still learning my job, school is winding down and they suggest you use the software for 6 months before testing. Tog et the ACE you have to pass at least 2 tests, one on a product I use everyday and one I have never seen. Well I crammed and cracked down and had it within 30 days. I totally blew away my company, one person even called me "scary." It was in the way of other things I want to do like learn some programming languages and Japanese.
Now it is halfway through May. The hubbs is back for the summer which is cool. I enrolled in Grad School, University of Maryland University College. It is online but fully accredited and i will be getting a Masters of Science in Information Technology with an emphasis in Information Assurance. I am learning VBScript and wrote a pretty cool program for work that I hope others can use, it will seriously help with some things we do. I also started going to the gym, I hate the traffic after work so I wake up and try to go before work. It is nice and makes the whole day feel better. Next weekend we are going sea-kayaking and meeting some friends in Tokyo. We will also be going to an open air hot spring in a few weeks.
Ok so that is my update. See I have been busy and that is my excuse
