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So I was down in MA for work all week, hence the lack of posts. We were in Taunton at a lovely Fairfield Marriott. I tell ya, nothing beats Taunton mid week. Crazy place, tons to do! Not really though. We basically attended work stuff during the day and sat in the hotel and watched tv all night. Good times.

Friday.. now there was a great day. Thursday morning the wife got a phone call from our newly assigned social worker. She wanted to meet Friday morning for her interview! (as part of the process, we each meet independently with the social worker, then meet with her together) I'm down in Taunton, which means I'm no help, so the wife had to run around and finish up all the little things around the house (face plates back on outlets/switches where we had painted, stuff like that), and make a quick run to Home Depot for new smoke detectors and a fire extinguisher. We really had no idea what to expect from the visit, so we had to prepare for anything and everything.

She could probably tell you better than I can, but apparently it went well, and now we wait for mine, which is this coming Thursday.

After the interview, the wife drove down to MA as she was going to the New Kids On The Block concert with a couple of friends that night. I on the other hand, met a couple of friends at a new restaurant in Framingham, the British Beer Company. Very good stuff. Food gets two thumbs up and the beer selection was out of this world. If only they'd open one up here... Before heading home though, my buddy Rick and I went over to John Harvard's for a beer. Harvest Spice, their fall brew, is out, and it may not be the best beer ever, but it's definitely in my top 5 all time.

Saturday we helped a friend move in the morning, went to lunch with the in laws, then headed home. The driving rain slowed us down a bit (took us about four and a half hours, which is about forty five minutes or so longer than usual), but the wife's iPod was on fire! We put it on shuffle and it was just pumping out perfect long car ride music. Every song we knew, every song was a great song to sing with, and at this point we pretty much have our Paradise By The Dashboard Light duet mastered. Dorky, I know...

Today was spent mostly hanging around the house, but we did go purchase a new camera. Ours is five years old, so it was really time to update. We bought a Kodak, with 12 megapixels, and 5x zoom among other features. So far, the picture quality is leaps and bounds better than the old camera.

We're heading to a wedding soon so we'll be able to give the new camera a thorough run through then. Speaking of which, the wedding is in New York, so we're going to fly down to the city, spend a couple of days doing the tourist thing, then head to Queens for the main event. Since we're flying down, all our toiletry stuff has to be smaller than 3 oz. each, right? Yeah, it's next to impossible to find this stuff. Sure, toothpaste can be found, but we have lots of stuff! Moisturizer, shampoo, hair products, etc. None of these items come in 3 oz packages. Annoying to say the least.

Anyway, The Amazing Race is about to start, so off I go...