my friend ann has pointed out that if i go to amsterdam again, i should check this museum out.

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today was my second day back at work. it was hard to leave rex, but so far it's going well. he's charming the pants off of my mom, and he *loves* the attention. he brightens up when he sees me after work, which is lovely.
i'm adjusting to pumping, and have already discovered some fun work-arounds when i forgot different pump parts (bound to happen, so i guess it's just as well that it happened sooner vs later).
this week is our big annual sales conference at work: well over a thousand people in town. the pre-conference meeting of our division (100 people or so) was yesterday and today. it was actually a really nice time to come back, since there were presentations on everything under the sun (a little bit of "death by power point", but it was good to get an update on everything) and it was fantastic to see everyone. i got so many hugs... :)
tomorrow the big event starts, and so i need to head downtown, and will be gone quite late (party animals will make it a late night -- i will be amazed if i stay out until 9 pm before scurrying home to see rex before he passes out). it will be interesting to see how it goes for me. cross your fingers!