I have been starting to think about my summer holiday already, as I feel like I need it! I have decided that it might be nice to take the family somewhere really warm and relaxing and I have been looking at the bocas del toro resorts. They are quite different to our normal high energy white water rafting and rock climbing holidays or the weekend city breaks that we normally go for. However, I have decided that I want to do something completely different this year and I need an opportunity to completely relax for a change. It is possible that the boys may find it a bit boring but I think that the best way to deal with that is to give them the option of not coming with us and let them stay at home on their own, now that they are old enough. They can always bring a stack of books and magazines or look in to things to do once they arrive. I will have to ask them soon as it seems like the bocas del toro rentals are getting snapped up pretty quickly so I will need to finalise the numbers and book one before it is too late.

My friend is having an absolutely amazing wedding. She has been saving up for a very long time in order to have the best day ever. Her parents have given her a lot of money towards it, she is an only child so they have plenty and they are well off as well. Her husband’s family wanted to contribute as well and so she is managing to get a real fairy tale day. She has got the most amazing vera wang wedding dress and she looks really beautiful in it. I cannot imagine how good she will look on the day in it, once she has had her hair and make-up done professionally and has her flowers in her hand. I can imagine that she will look stunning. She has got a great wedding planner who has designed the perfect wedding program so everything is organised, to every minute, meaning that all my friend has to worry about is looking beautiful and saying her vows. I am really lucky because I have been asked to be a bridesmaid. She has asked me to be a bridesmaid as well so I am so looking forward to wearing a lovely dress too.

Maria is a Software Engineer in a renowned software company in Utah. All she does is web design in Utah. She got educated in computing in the year 2002. She has interest in this domain when she joined her studies. She used to design and develop web sites or small, small components of a small website when she used to do small projects in her studies. She was clever in website development related studies. She got her personal computer as a gift from her father when she was studying 10th.

Recently she joined in one of the Utah web design firms. She got interviewed by Dan. Dan is a senior project leader in the same firm. He and couple of his friends together started his company way back in the year 2003. That time there was lot of boom in web based programming. Dan was looking for a candidate having about 3 to 4 years experience and having hands on experience in the same domain. Maria was a perfect choice for the post. She gave aptitude test round and got selected for first level of the interview. She cleared first level interview, conducted by HR. Normally the fashion is to conduct HR level interview first then the technical interview.

When I was a kid, I had a close friend from Ellsworth in Maine. She had come over to spend a few months with her grandparents who stayed in my town of Jacksonville, Florida. We hit it off instantly. She used to say a lot about her place & how beautiful & scenic it was. Her father used to own a chain of hotels in Maine. I bet she made full use of that! She used to tell me how she used to travel all around the state of Maine, whenever she & her parents had the free – time. Maine hotels have always done good business & even during this time of financial crisis which is hopefully about to end soon, those hotels are doing decent business. No wonder why….with all the nature`s beauty lavished upon it, that is bound to happen. Ten years down the line, I have still not been able to visit her place in Maine. Nonetheless, we have kept in touch to this day. Although at times she does get angry that i have not kept my word & she is right.

Ten years is far too great a timeframe to not do something which you wish you should have done ages ago. So, I guess I will give her a pleasant surprise in the first week of ‘new year’ when I inform her that I have landed a job in Portland, Maine. It would also be a perfect opportunity to get to know a place that I have longed to see for quite some time now.

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