Hippies, college people, new-age older people…a free loving culture that like to express their thoughts.  That was the culture I found at coffee shops.  These were places I grew to love.  The smell of espresso hot off the press and the sound of rustling papers or tip-taps of communicating keyboards ever drew me to the place.  And that ever present buzz from coffee conditioned me.

I never realized how much I loved the coffee shop scene until I moved to Virginia.

Most nights in Pittsburgh you could find me hanging out…sipping coffee…surfing the net….doing college coursework, etc.  It was a blast.  Free internet and funky people is what I found in these places…and it made me feel right at home.  These places could be found within 2 miles of my place.  But that culture…from what I’ve surmised, just cannot be found around the Virginia area–trust me, I’ve searched for it.  I don’t think it is in the peoples mind the way it’s in a ‘burghers mind.

I do miss this scene…maybe I’ll have to create it for the Virginians….:-).

My first day back to work in almost 3.5 weeks has gone alright. I was able to (for the most part) collect my thoughts and prepare mentally for the task of getting through, well, tasks. However, today I was feeling rather strange mentally speaking. Kinda like that cloud one feels when they’ve had too much to drink. Well, I definitely had that cloud today…and it wasn’t fun. I think it might be due to the ‘boat’ lag I might be feeling.

Aside from that, I had a number of good things news wise happen today. First, financially Renee and I are doing great (through a number of key movements I’ve made recently). Second, I’m working hard to advertising my web capabilities within the realm of server-side coding. So far, it seems like we might have a few bites. If I price everything correctly, all should work out.

Other things life, Renee and I are heading to Pittsburgh soon to take care of some wedding things. We’re meeting with both the wedding hall (Bella Sera) and some DJ’s. I think all should be productive. Aside from work, we’re going to spend some much needed time with various parts of the family.

I really think a lot of good things are going to start happening in the Wardzinski (and soon to be Wardzinski) household.

Finally after being out to sea for two weeks for my job, I made it back onto stable land. I have to admit…it’s nice! Getting back to the house has been even better. Renee had been working hard for much of the time I was gone…but when I got back the house was pristine! She does such a nice job with things!

The only thing, though, that I had to worry about was the largely over grown lawn. It had apparently been raining the entire time I was gone and, as a consequence, my lawn grew like it was in the rain forest. Fortunately the lawn mower was able to chomp through much of it. But there’s little piles of mulched grass lying everywhere.

The being out of sea part of the last month went by like nothing happened. I was on a sub-surface nuclear submarine charting somewhere on the east coast. It was great to see everything in action…like a well oiled machine. After a while though I began to lose track of time on the boat. It’s most likely because after long shifts, it is troublesome to really gauge the time of day. Yes, clocks are there, but the light of the day works hand in hand when really feeling out what time it is. But with that over, now comes the getting back to the grind at work. I have a lot of stuff I need to get done in the next few months. Hopefully I can get a leg up on it sooner rather than later.

Subwoofer And Cat – The best video clips are here

So far the beach trip has been awesome. The weather, which was supposed to be rainy all week, has been sunny and 80 degrees. I love this place!