Got home from class tonight and my phone starts to ring – unusual since it was ~9pm. Seems Lailah asked her mom to call Granpa Brian to see if he was available to play with her tomorrow (this, in addition to my usual Friday playdate with her). I had to check my social/business calendar (I’m […]
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Lailah – Sam’s Club and the Dollhouse
Note to self: when taking the granddaughter to Sam’s Club, do not, repeat, do not, take her down the toy aisle. Silly me, we passed a 3 story dollhouse sitting on a shelf. I picked her up to show her all the various rooms and furniture in it. Tried to move on many times, but […]
Babysitting the Granddaughter
So. I had the baby girl (Lailah) yesterday. She is such a hoot to be around. Picked her up at 11:30 and it was sprinkling a bit so she didn’t want to go to the park. We went home and did so many things together (painting, of course, some choo-choo trains, etc.), but the best […]
UHG interview (via U/Saint Thomas)
Had a 45 minute Interview at U/ST, with a VP/Technology at UnitedHealthGroup (Optum div.) this morning. Very very smart gentleman – felt at ease with him and the majority of the time was able to directly answer his questions without any hemming/hawing. Only one question stumped me… I didn’t ask how many openings there were, […]
Babysitting Lailah
Had Granddaughter Lailah over the house yesterday from 10am thru 7pm. We first did some shopping at Sam’s club, which she loves since it gives her some “running around” space and she got a sucker from the greeter, and received lots of smiles from everyone there. After getting home from that, we played “play-doh” (twice), […]
U/Saint Thomas – selected to interview with UHG!
Learned tonight after getting home from class that I am lucky enough to be one of ~10 interview candidates at UHG (United healthcare group) next week Thursday, due to my being in the U/Saint Thomas Graduate Program in Software (GPS). UHG apparently went to the U/ST MBA program first, but no one (or not enough […]
Quitting USPS
Realistically speaking, I’ve really only worked at 3 places of employment since I started my career in I.T. at age 21, in 1980: Burroughs/Unisys (29 years). Wells Fargo (18 months) as a contractor, my first position after being laid off from Unisys during the “Great Recession” in 2009. and, now, at for the past 3 […]
Introducing Lailah and my love for her.
On a more upbeat note… Where to start, how many times have I tried to write this story? Coming up with a gimmick to start the story, has both advantages and disadvantages. I could start with: A member of the female persuasion came into my life in April, 2012. I instantly fell in love with […]
