#1280 three things

1. Jazz preseason game. Last night T and I went to another Utah Jazz preseason game. We were with people from my department at work in the suite. The Jazz were playing against the LA Clippers, a team that I usually root for unless they are playing the Jazz. Even though it is just the preseason and the Jazz have only played three games, I thought the team played together well. There was a lot more movement than I saw last season, and a lot more passing to get a guy an open shot. The Jazz won the game and it was good. The Clippers played their good guys for a large part of the game, so it's not like the Jazz were just playing against the second string or just-trying-to-make-the-team guys the whole time.

T and I have been talking about ticket plans, but it's quite expensive, so we'll probably just end up trying to get single game tickets when we really want to go or keeping an eye open for good ticket packages like we did last year. Of course, if the opportunity to see the game from the suite ever comes along, I will do my best to try to snag a pair of those tickets. They are harder to come by, though, because the suite is really for our sales team to woo our customers. Still, it never hurts to ask, right?

2. Thanksgiving at my house? Yesterday MT told me that it was entirely possible that the Pocatello family, or at least some of them, would be coming down to our house for Thanksgiving. My brother and sister-in-law who live in Arizona would fly up to SLC, but they wouldn't be able to get here until Thanksgiving late morning/afternoon, and it's a three hour-ish drive to Poky from here, so wouldn't it just be better if everyone came here instead? Why not? I did have a moment or two of panic. My house isn't big and I'm used to cooking for three, not a dozen. Still, MT is very excited about the possibility and we have hosted Turkey Day before, so it would be fine. I'm already planning the menu in my head. (No turkey.) More on this topic to follow as we determine if it's really going to happen.

3. I'm a student!! Remember about a month ago when I wrote about other career options and making changes? (Post #1252 on 9/9) I wasn't kidding. Although I won't be up and leaving my job anytime soon, I am thinking about the future and what I might enjoy doing. At the time, MT and I brainstormed some possibilities and we kept coming back to one thing. That very night when we came home from dinner, I started doing some research, talked to someone in the field who I trust and enrolled in a class to see if it was something I would like to do. Can you guess what it is? Travel planner/agent!!! I am taking a class through the Continuing Education program at the local community college. The course I'm taking is about geography and focuses on several specific places. I'll be learning about the countries, how to get there, when to go, things to do there and other stuff like that. The first country I'm learning about is Canada, specifically British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. It's an online class that lasts eight weeks. I just started tonight and I'm already digging it! I've never taken an online class before, so it's pretty novel for me. We'll see how it goes. It's kind of expensive, so I'm only taking one class this half-semester to see if it's right for me. There are like 14 classes in the program, so it will take me some time to complete them all because no way do I want to be a full-time online student. I'm sure I'll be telling you more about this as I go along with the class.

So there you go...three things!

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