traveling

I got to go to Atlanta for work this week

it is a wonderful city
I was there nearly 25 years ago when in college for a biology field trip
(yikes - am I that old already!?!?!)
and it is still a joy to visit

the people are friendly.
the MARTA is clean and easy to use.
the whole place is so very green and humid...
not swimming in air humid, but moist (to a desert dweller)

and did I mention GREEN...

I found out that my work place is nearly 15 years behind industry standard --
we have a lot of catching up to do
but it will make the job we do
faster
time efficient
less expensive
easier

that is the biggest thing to me
easier
if things are easier then you get a bigger 'buy-in' from the folks that really matter:
co-workers (faster in-&-out)
management (altho they like the 'cost-less' bit)
inspectors (re: "industry standard")

it is a Win-Win-Win situation

now if only my legs would have carried me around the city a bit more

Atlanta has a world-class aquarium,
a wonderful art museum and art school,
CNN (a huge and wonderful news center),
a zoo & botanical gaarden that is amazing,
and numerous Civil War historical sites to see.

and I had no energy
no Umph
no ability to get out & about to see any of it

We have a trip scheduled to go back in the next year -
my hubby & I together
to see those sites
to be a real visitor
to visit the South
to enjoy

thank you Atlanta
& esp. the folks at Northside (you know who you are)
for making this a wonderful visit -- even if it was all work for me

been a while...

sorry 'bout that
been a bit away with health issues and home life & work

some of these are bigg-ish things and some are the routine
but all have conspired to keep me from blogging

health issue are a bit worrysome -- have a consult with a neurologist as my muscles aren't working as they should... mostly due to an autoantibody (we hope & are still waiting for other tests)

home stuff is just getting things done around the house on wonky body time (see above)

work stuff -- more of the same & I'm beginning to really find my groove there (as long as the body holds out) but folks are buying into the changes that I've made (they had to be made for inspection agencies) and it's a good place to be

the baseline is --- all is going along... some things very good & some things marginal -- much as life travels ever are

the joy of a blog is that anyting, at any time, can be commented upon or not.

also much like life

20 years

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
~~~ Albert Einstein~~~

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it might be a miracle to be married for 20 years in today's world

or it might be the result of the right persons finding each other

& working on the relationship together