HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!

Wishing you a very happy birthday, Julie. We look forward to having you on this side of the world next year. We hope you had a very happy day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEIRA!

WOW! A whole year already! Have a bottle on me tonight. You're getting cuter every day! Can't wait to see you soon.

Belize

Jen and I just got back from a wonderful 5 day stay in Belize. I'll post more later, but here's some pics while you are waiting.

Shooting comp. #1

Last weekend I was away at the Divisional Skill At Arms Match...also known as DIV-SAAM, or a shooting competition. It was good fun, although I was really upset at myself for one thing: our sights are zeroed at 300m, and I forgot to remember that. So in a FIBUA, (Fighting In Built Up Areas) shoot, there was a rapid fire shoot at 25m...so ten rounds in 9 seconds, in three rounds of three second target appearances, and I didn't compensate for the zeroing so my grouping was 4cm below the bullseye. Resulting in me ending up 16 points behind a guy on my team who made 5th place in the British TA (British Army Reserves), and I could have been up there aswell...but I guess I'll just have to settle for top 100...;)
Anyway, the shoot was good fun, lots of different types of shooting done, and I am really looking forward to this coming weekend when we will be doing another shoot called the NATO shoot. Hopefully I'll be able to meet some Canadian soldiers who will be over competing aswell, and this time make up for last weeks mistake!
This photo was taken after a shoot called 'the Para Cup' which involved a 2mile run in under 20 minutes with full gear, and then a 600m section attack down to 200m. I won't bore you with the details of what a section attack involves...but lots of running and shooting. However, I am very proud to say I hit a target with one shot at 500m! However, due to 2hours of sleep the night before I nearly died in the run prior to the shoot, if it wasn't for my teammates urging me on in good military fashion (I won't quote their oh-so inspirational lines of encouragement!) I doubt I'd have made it in time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE!

OK, so it's late... but you're in Belize and probably wouldn't have seen it yet anyway. Hope that you're having a wonderful holiday and I don't doubt that you had a great celebration!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENN!

It's been quite the year for you. Now eat some cake and celebrate! Have a wonderful day.

On the road again

Well...I've been at Google almost a full quarter, and as of Friday I have been moved twice. The first time was a minor move up one floor. This time was a bit more major as I got moved into another building. I now share an office with one other guy (Alex) instead of a cube of three or four people, and I have a window! Woo hoo. The building is brand new, and has easier parking, showers and all GOLDEN GRAHAMS you could want in the microkitchen. I think I'm set for life :) We've got an office pool going how long we're staying in this particular location, and I'm considered the optimist at guessing a year.