I had a nice time last weekend. I went down to Suffolk, VA, to see my sister Kim and her husband Don. Being with Kim and Don was relaxing. The trip down and the trip back were not. On the way down I was talking calls from a company that wanted to interview me. I took the first call while I was trying to eat lunch and pack to head to Suffolk. I had little time to spare, if any, but ended up on the phone talking to the HR guy for about 20 minutes.
He said he wanted me to talk with the guy whose position I was interviewing for. Come to find out I had a window of about two hours to talk to the guy before he left at 4:00 PM never to return. I found this out on the road. I scheduled it so I could get off the highway to take a leak and talk to the dude. I thought that we have a fairly good chat. The HR dude called me back and scheduled an interview for early Monday afternoon. More on that in the near future.
Friday night Don was late getting home. He has a horrific commute from home in Suffolk to work in Williamsburg. Kim made ricotta cheese filled shells blessed with marinara sauce. We went ahead and hate since Don was running very late.
Saturday afternoon Kim and I headed off to the Chesapeake Arboretum to walk a bit and hopefully see some interesting flora and fauna but it was not tOo exciting. It is still early in the spring though. En route, we stopped at a bead store right near the Arboretum. Kim makes jewelry and such out of the beads. I never realized how big this hobby could be.
That evening, I had my first “Blue-ray” movie experience. Kim and Don had recently bought a 46″ LCD TV and Blue-ray player. We watched the first Harry Potter movie. I could definitely tell the difference between the Blue-ray and a regular DVD. As Don said, it almost looks 3-dimensional! Combine that with a nice 5.1 music/theater system and you’ll never need to go to the theater again.
On Sunday, we all drove down to look at Don’s house which he has been trying to sell but has been embroiled in a lawsuit filed by his former fiance so he had to take the property off the market. He forgot his house keys so we couldn’t see the inside of the house but it is on a large piece of property far out in the country south of Virginia beach. It looked nice from the outside. Of note, it looks like the lawsuit will be dismissed and legal fees paid for by the former fiance. Hopefully they have good luck selling the place.
From Don’s house we drove to the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Things were a bit slow there, like the Arboretum, due to the time of year. It was still nice to get outside, stretch my legs, work the knee out, and get some pictures of the plants that were flowering. Additionally, there was a pair of nesting eagles in the garden that had two chicks hatched, one that day, and another egg in waiting. You could see mama eagle from an observation tower but mostly only her head. The best way to view the action is from the Eagle Cam. All three eggs have now hatched.
View of the Garden HQ from the garden
A random flower picture
A few more flower pictures from the Garden