E I E I Eolian

Friday was an interesting day because I had a second interview at a pretty sweet little Architecture/Engineering firm in downtown Portsmouth. I made a good connection with the owner. He seems like a pretty cool cat. He's a sailor and a skier, so dat ain't bad. The interview felt more like we were relazing at the coffee shop, which was cool. Oh yeah, so the reason Friday was weird though is because after the high of a good interview and the prospect of continued employment, we then went to an Irish Wake to mourn the end of my current job. I was sort of expecting a little more fanfare, but alas. Nothing. It was alright, if you consider the free beer. Other than that though, kinda lame.

Anyway, had a great Saturday with a nice and easy 42 mile ride with McWrath and some new friends. Then a celebratory drink with some close friends who are recently engaged. We did some scheming for a possible 5 day adventure to Costa Rica on the cheap. Pretty pumped about that. Then a little b'day soiree Stark Street style. Sunday brought coffee, frisbee, balsa wood airplanes, and a family shindig complete with sheet cake. Killer.

Today I had an "informational interview" which is just code for me having to buy someone else lunch in order to grovel for a job that doesn't even exist. But, the guy was nice and at least paid lip service to 'keeping in touch' as the business grows. The company sounds really cool, actually, and the guy was really nice. They develop wind farms which isn't quite as sexy as designing bicycles, but pretty close. (Sadly, I'm not even kidding.)

I don't have any cool pictures from my bike ride, the family shindig, or any of the other fun stuff I did this weekend. But I do have a picture I took late last night with my phone. Check out these cool customers:

I like Fiona's squinty eyes. She looks like she should be hanging out at a jazz bar, don'tcha think?