The company I work for is going to be building a Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop out in Virginia. Christiansburg actually. We have a supe going out there… my dad. Someone has to go out and collect a check and get the contract signed. That gets to be me.

We’re flying in to DC next Thursday, we’ll grab a car and head to Christiansburg. Friday we do a bit of work… probably meet up with subs and the owner and all. Saturday, maybe check out the mountains and such around Christiansburg. Sunday… head back to DC. Dad wants to hit the Smithsonian, so we’ll bum around there for a bit… then he gets to head back.. he gets to start construction Monday.

So I get to try and find a place to crash Sunday night, then wander around DC on Monday. I’ll get to deal with cabs or their subway or other stuff…

I’m looking forward to this, should be fun…  I’ll have pics and more when I get back.

My thumbdrive has been made obsolete.

Ok yea, I have a number of computers. Three desktops floating around the house right now, two laptops (one going to my sister rather shortly), and then there’s my desktop at work. The home network is great, when I’m at home. But does me no good when I’m at work or out and about with the laptop. So for that, I have been using a 4gig thumbdrive. And it is a pain in the rear when I forget it at work and need it at home or vice-versa.

Well, I no longer have to worry about that, cause now I just Dropbox.

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