Amusement Park

Lauren and I spent Sunday at Carowinds, a theme park that is just outside Charlotte. It is supposed to be "Carolinas-themed" but it really doesn't have much in the way of regional themes. There is a Nickelodeon Kids' Zone, but aside from that everything else is fairly generic in name. At any rate, it was a lot of fun. On top of that, I actually rode roller coasters and thoroughly enjoyed it. I had to take some Dramamine before we went, but that means I was actually able to go on the rides and not just sit around and wait. They also had a water ride that was basically a giant inner tube with seats on the top that spun around and got people wet during different parts of the ride. All-in-all, it was a blast and a great way to spend our Memorial Day.

Lauren is still enjoying her job. Tomorrow night she's going to the Natasha Bedingfield concert with a bunch of her coworkers, so she's really looking forward to that. My job search is still pretty much the same. I did have an interview with a law firm last Thursday, which I thought went pretty well, but I don't want to even begin to estimate how well it went or whether they're interested. I hope they are, as I think I would really enjoy working there. I still haven't heard from the document review company either. I will definitely post something once something works out.

Lauren's New 'Do!

Last night we went to the mall for Lauren to get a haircut and run some other errands, and Lauren REALLY got her hair cut. Here are the pictures (excuse the unkempt background):I think it looks great!

May Update

In the last two weeks, I've been working my tail off trying to find a job at a law firm. However, I'm currently in the same position as before. The positive is that I had an interview with Hudson Legal, a document review company that seems to be a little more put together than the company that I was working with last fall. In other words, they seem to know about projects more than just a couple of days ahead of time. I don't know anything definite at this point, but it looks like I may be on a project by the beginning of June. I don't want to jinx it by talking about it too much, though.

Lauren is enjoying her job with It's Fashion!, a division of Cato Corp. She's working as assistant buyer for a buyer who is originally from New Zealand. She's still learning her way around, and last week, the buyers went to New York on their monthly trip to "market," leaving Lauren and the other new assistant to do more training things and get more acclimated. However, she didn't really have much to do, for those three days. After the buyer returned, however, Lauren had a pretty good bit of work to do. At this point, she loves her job and is very happy that she got it, even though she's still pretty tired most of the time. She's really enjoying the weekends off. Yesterday, we had a Sunday School picnic at the church and cooked out and enjoyed the great weather. She never would have been able to do that if she was still working in retail.

Connor is the same. He's still chewing on anything he can get his mouth on, including the collar stays that I take out of my shirts before I wash them. He's still a good dog in general though. Here's a picture of him wearing some new "bling."