I am back

From the outer banks. It was really beautiful. We stayed at a cute house that was nicely furnished and that had a small in ground pool. The weather was great; it only rained once. We hung out with Uncle Norm and his gang most nights, playing games and eating and drinking. They had interesting beer there. Some of them I had ever heard of! Anyone on the blog been to OBX before? Its basically a peninsula between the sound and the Ocean, and many of the houses are 3-stories and huge! I'll have to post some pictures when I am at home. Very nice time. Hard to get up for work this morning. We are on "summer hours" which are M-Ths 8:30-4:30 with a half hour lunch instead of an hour, and F 8:30-noon. Can't really complain. This thursday and friday I will be at UB for a conference that should be pretty good. We have a reception thursday night where they wine and dine us, at least dine us :)

I finished my 20+ page annual report today, and now have to work on my annual performance appraisal. I write it and my boss, the director, reviews it and sends it off to whoever it is supposed to go to. For my mid-year report, he had all good things to say and loved the one I had written for myself, so this should be easy.

I made up a cute flyer for the picnic and asked Josh to bring it to Grandma's. That way people could sign up for what they want to bring. Rumor has it that my aunt Ro (mom's sister) is coming too and offered to bring the hot dogs. I hope everyone is OK with her coming. She is not on the Peters' side but knows almost everyone and comes to family functions now and then. She was at Aunt Deb's wake and funeral, too. Grandpa told me to invite Bob's family, so I think I will just mention it to his parents, grandmother, and sister. They will probably stop in for a little while. Just wanted to give everyone a head's up. Also, what things should we make sure people bring in terms of food/beverages... besides hot dogs. Bob and I will let you know what we will be providing. Probably burgers and beverages... I'll let you know for sure. I am SOOOOO excited for this!

Well, I should get to work. Its good to have Internet access again. I missed everyone. And sadly, I dreamt (just once) about checking my email. My brain was in computer/Internet withdrawal!

Love, Bernadette