Softball Update

Yup, it's Thursday which means I should have a softball recap, right? Wrong. Yesterday was an intense day. The hubs sent an email voicing concerns that he's over heard everyone complain about over the past 3 years, and especially in the past 2 weeks and apparently the email didn't go over so well. Personal attacks got made and no one would even admit that they were as unhappy as they claim to be during most games. Unfortunately, the hubs got so upset by it, he withdrew us from the team. I love the group we play softball with so it is going to be a difficult transition.

On a brighter note, I am thinking this will give us more time to house hunt? By the way, house hunting in the Chicagoland area is exhausting. We want somewhat of a yard, 2 bedrooms and at least 1.5 bathroom, apparently that is very hard to come by in our price range. Anyone have any Chicagoland tips for us as far as house hunting goes? Right now, we feel like this:

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Convergence 2010 in Atlanta

So we lost, but it was close 10-9 I believe - no thanks to me. I went 0 for 4 at bats, I had no good plays in the outfield and my only shot at something good was the RBI, thank goodness my husband can run really, really fast. By the way, he played very well.

So lets talk about my trip to Atlanta, shall we. Most of the trip was spent at the convention center sitting in on sessions about CRM & SharePoint. The center was huge but the event was well staffed with happy people willing to answer questions and guide you to wherever you needed to go. Southern hospitality was all around. The weather was chillier than to be expected but the skies were beautiful.


The center is located right across from Philips Arena. We didn't have a chance for a tour, but it was pretty cool to walk by it every day.

The theme behind the conference is displayed by this photos here, "Today, Tomorrow, Together."


The Sunday morning session started with a lots of energy, why wouldn't you be excited for today, tomorrow and together?


Microsoft even brought in Sean Payton from the Super Bowl Champions, the New Orleans Saints to open up the day.

Along with attending many great sessions about CRM & SharePoint, there were lots of exhibits to walk through, some of which even gave away some shwag or flair. My boss filled himself up!

Our hotel wasn't too far away. However, we were greatful for the shuttle service. Outside of our hotel most of the weekend you could find this little beauty. A Tesla, you can see it plugged into a power cord here:


After seeing our room keys, we should have known that the entire city was going to be decked out with Microsoft branding:

Along with all the sessions, we did get to spend sometime sight seeing and networking with one of our vendors. I have lots of photos from the World's largest Aquarium and Coca-Cola world coming tomorrow!

Softball Game 2

Sorry for the delay in updates from Convergence 2010. I haven't even been home for 24 hours yet and I am exhausted with so much catching up to do at work and at home. Did I mention today is our 2nd co-ed softball game of the 2010 season. I am hoping that I will have a win to talk about tomorrow and some recaps of my trip to Atlanta.


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In the meantime, wish us luck - we totally need it.

We Lost BUT

Yup, last night was our first softball game and we lost. We put up a great fight at the beginning but it went down hill from there. In my defense? Well I played one of the best games of softball in my life. I got on base twice, because well I earned it. I didn't get walked by mistake and I really hit the ball. I was pumped.

I also was forced to play in positions that I am not very comfortable at, but I didn't play too bad. In fact, with my first time at second I almost bobbled a fly ball but I didn't, I made the catch (yup I made my first out actually happen - woot woot). If I can say so myself, I actually did a pretty decent job in the outfield as well. I didn't catch any fly balls, but I did a lot better in the grounding than I have in previous years. So yes, we lost but I feel like as an individual player I am finally (after 3 years) starting to contribute to my team. Now that is a good feeling.

**ADDITIONAL COMMENTS**

I went to bed dreaming about my next up at bat and I woke up feeling great. I new today was going to be a good day. I met my mom for coffee to start off her Birthday celebrations and guess what? When I went to leave I had realized I locked my keys in the car. Ooopps. Thankfully, the hubs is amazing and he jumped in his car and headed our way to let me in.
Let's hope I don't bring my bad luck to work. We have a huge Bulls game tonight at the United Center and the Blackhawks have a huge game away. Lets Go Bulls! Lets Go Hawks.

Softball Game 1

Tonight is our first softball game of the 2010 season. The Fill'em Up Phillies are ready to get back out their and try to win (despite the past 2 or 3 losing season - I might have lost count). Anyway it's a very late 9:30pm game with the weather predicted to be cold. We're not going to let that stop us.



Wish us luck!