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Catching Up

It’s been a while since I’ve written much.  I ended up being sent on a last-minute business trip to Huntsville the week of April 19th.  Term papers and final projects were due for my college classes last week. I just got back from a business trip to Orlando this week.  Finished the last of my [...]

Norway Wrap-Up

So, finally getting to my Norway wrap-up.
After the conference ended on Thursday, I walked around Tromso checking things out (about 6 miles, according to my pedometer).  In the process, I visited the Polaria (aquarium) where they have Bearded Seals, the Polar Museet (museum), shopped for a few souvenirs, and bumped into conference attendees from other [...]

Arriving in Norway

It’s been a very long day, but I’m finally here.  My plane left Dulles about 20 minutes late, but we were really cruising once we were in the air.  We flew all the way up the coast(beyond Nova Scotia) before heading over the Atlantic toward Copenhagen.  I have never liked Airbus because of their fly-by-wire [...]

Well, I Did It

I’m a PMP…. woo hoo!  If you’re taking the exam, make sure you know the 42 processes inside and out.  Don’t waste your time memorizing their order and ITTOs.  You need to know them.  This exam is no joke.
But it’s one more item crossed of of my list of 101 things to do before I [...]

PMP, Here I Come

I think I mentioned before about my employer offering to put me in a Project Management Professional (PMP) bootcamp.  I had already passed our own internal CBT-based PMP class with an exam score of 90%, so when they offered me a real bootcamp and a chance to take the certification exam I would have been [...]

I’ve Lost My D-mn Mind

So, here I am struggling through two short-semester summer college courses, and my company offers me a chance at PMP bootcamp next week.  So, like an idiot, I say “On your dime?  Sure!!”  I’m working on two school projects, keeping up with weekly school homework, working my way through 12 hours of videos that I [...]

Greetings from Huntsville

Greetings from Huntsville, AL, the land of rockets and lost baggage!  Yes, really … Delta lost my bag for the second consecutive time.  As I sit here, it’s 9:33pm and I’ve been given a delivery window of “8:30pm – 8:30am April 7″.  Thank goodness I carry a tiny bottle of saline with me so I [...]