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libertangoToday, I passed my first-ever Microsoft certification test, whose unwieldy moniker is, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional".
This officially meakes me a Microsoft Certified Professional, or MCP... which, with about $2, will get you a coffee at Starbucks. :) The big daddy of Microsoft certifications is the Microsoft Certified System Engineer, or MCSE, which would take a minimum of six more tests in addition to the one I passed today.
Still, to celebrate, Ulrika and I went out -- first to JaK's Grill in Issaquah (the obnoxious orthography is official, being the initials of the owners). We were told there'd be a one-hour wait. Time then for Plan B, which was Ivar's Salmon House, on the shore of Lake Union. Which we were able to drive to, park, give Sarah a bounce to empty herself, and get seated, in far less than an hour.
I had the keta salmon and the smoked salmon chowder, and Ulrika had the shrimp louie. I've really liked the taste of keta salmon ever since I first had it in a salmon sampler at Ivar's not-quite-two-years ago, and it's notably cheaper than the more well known varieties like king and coho.
We then went up to Capitol Hill to B&O Espresso for dessert, a chocolate raspberry torte. B&O was chummy, cozy, friendly, and tasty, as nearly always.
And so to bed, as I have to get up at 4AM because my shift begins at 5AM. (I don't know if I've mentioned my new schedule here. Wed-Sat, 5AM-4PM. The good news is three day "weekends", Sun-Tue, but the bad news is a) Ulrika and I share only Sunday off, and b) the hideously early time I have to get up.) (I just realized, as I wrote that, that I was saying "hideously" in my head in a Peter Lorre voice. So, to get the same effect, draw it out in your own mind... heeeeeeeee-deously... you see?)
This officially meakes me a Microsoft Certified Professional, or MCP... which, with about $2, will get you a coffee at Starbucks. :) The big daddy of Microsoft certifications is the Microsoft Certified System Engineer, or MCSE, which would take a minimum of six more tests in addition to the one I passed today.
Still, to celebrate, Ulrika and I went out -- first to JaK's Grill in Issaquah (the obnoxious orthography is official, being the initials of the owners). We were told there'd be a one-hour wait. Time then for Plan B, which was Ivar's Salmon House, on the shore of Lake Union. Which we were able to drive to, park, give Sarah a bounce to empty herself, and get seated, in far less than an hour.
I had the keta salmon and the smoked salmon chowder, and Ulrika had the shrimp louie. I've really liked the taste of keta salmon ever since I first had it in a salmon sampler at Ivar's not-quite-two-years ago, and it's notably cheaper than the more well known varieties like king and coho.
We then went up to Capitol Hill to B&O Espresso for dessert, a chocolate raspberry torte. B&O was chummy, cozy, friendly, and tasty, as nearly always.
And so to bed, as I have to get up at 4AM because my shift begins at 5AM. (I don't know if I've mentioned my new schedule here. Wed-Sat, 5AM-4PM. The good news is three day "weekends", Sun-Tue, but the bad news is a) Ulrika and I share only Sunday off, and b) the hideously early time I have to get up.) (I just realized, as I wrote that, that I was saying "hideously" in my head in a Peter Lorre voice. So, to get the same effect, draw it out in your own mind... heeeeeeeee-deously... you see?)
