Certified!!

On Friday I attended a certification exam, required at some point by mid 2009. I was not that hopefuly that I would pass as I have not been working as closely with the software as I would like over the past 6 months and also, there are some aspects of the exam that I had not touched. I spent a couple of nights skimming the manuals but really saw this as a fact finding mission - to hopefully find out what I needed to study for next time. I guess I must have absorbed enough while flying through the materials as I managed to pass the test. This basically means that I will not have to worry about this again for quite a while, so nice to know that my evenings and weekends will be mine for the forseeable future!

Saturday involved bringing the kids to their first ever time at a bowling alley. They had a great time. The lanes were set up with bumpers to make gutter balls quite unlikely however sometimes, due to the lack of velocity they got on the ball, the pins would pretty much stop the ball when it got down the end! They both had a great afternoon and both made a spare at one point in the day which was enough to make their day! I had my normal bowling experience - falling somewhere between 125-160...on this occasion, closer to the 125 mark.

Sunday was spent at Gary's house, "watching the kids" and also watching football all afternoon while Mindy and Holly had an afternoon off. It was a nice, relaxing way to finish the weekend and to set me up for my last (1/2) week of work for the year. We leave on Wednseday for Florida!