Our News > January--February

We rang in the New Year from our hotel room in Mission, BC. Depending on who you talk to, Mission is either the furthest suburb of Vancouver, or the first town you get to after leaving Vancouver. But it is as far as the commuter train runs, and where we went for a quick overnight, car-free, last minute getaway for New Year's Eve. Where we were going was a surprise for Theresa. Not working for an entire day on New Year's Day was a shock to Glenn, as the next full day he had off work was Theresa's birthday - March 24th.

After our one night holiday, the rest of January simply flew by. The huge project that was keeping Glenn and his new company, MMK Consulting Inc. (formed in 2001), far too busy was scheduled for public release on January 29th. In mid-January, the client decided all the graphic design had to be redone to fit a new corporate color scheme. Even longer hours... It came down to the wire, with last minute printing problems and technical glitches with the web sites, but somehow everything came together, the deadline was met, and seven months of working crazy hours had paid off. You can check out our work at www.CompetitiveAlternatives.com. With the main deadline come and gone, things were not over yet. Glenn still had two additional web-based applications to complete and roll out, plus holding the fort at MMK's office while his business partner, Stuart, was on a five-week business trip to Europe.

At the start of February, Theresa's Uncle Winston died. Despite being ill for a number of years, he will still be missed very much. A lovely ceremony was held at Tsawwassen Cemetery, with views out over Boundary Bay - if only it could have been a few degrees warmer!

Theresa was also keeping busy, given that Glenn was never at home. Night school classes in Interior Design and Microsoft Office let her expand her horizons, while yoga classes helped balance the academic side of things.

At the end of February, Glenn made his first business trip since last summer, travelling to San Jose and Dallas. The business side of things went well, but on the return leg from Dallas to San Francisco Glenn came down with such a bad cold that he could not fly. Rather than sitting it out in San Fran. for a few days, he rented a car and driving the 1,500 kilometres back to Vancouver!