These Days...

Time for an update. Let's see... Jason's started his spring quarter, taking sociology and a math course. Bless his heart, he gets up before dawn to hit the road at 5:45, puts in 10 hours at work, then hits the gym before a 2 hour class. He gets home around 8 most days, tired as a dog and starving. We usually have just enough time for dinner before he has to hit the hay. Weekends are our only time together, and his only down time, so on days like today we try to soak it up and relax as much as possible.

I'm getting into the swing of working from home. I find that I work off and on throughout the day hours, and then find a laser focus after the sun sets. Many nights lately I've worked until Jason's alarm goes off at 5 am; I have coffee with him and then wrap up my work right as the sun's rising. It's not a schedule I can keep, but one that's proven very productive. There are no distractions at night; no conference calls, questions, or emergencies. It's a time when I can just sit and work on a project for hours at a time, submitting my findings to the appropriate people at the beginning of the work day. My first big project is coming up and I'll be working directly with the CEO. Looking forward to it; I love having a specific, complex problem to solve. Much better than the regular, habitual reporting I've been doing lately.

As I type this, we're sitting at Southcenter Mall. There's a Seattle's Best Coffee inside the Borders here, on the second floor, and the two of us are clicking away on our laptops while a handful of others read the Wall Street Journal, Digital magazine, and surf the web on their Macs. There's no question we're in Seattle, huh? :)

It's still pretty overcast and rainy here. We had two thunderstorms last week, one complete with hail, and the strongest windstorm Seattle's had in 13 years. I'm so ready for summer I can't even tell you. I've started going to the tanning beds just to get a little vitamin D!

Let's see, what else... my friend Reese's boyfriend, who is just getting out of the Army but is still stationed @ Fort Hood, came up this week to spend spring break with her. We've gone out a couple times this week - once for Indian food, and another time for Beer Pong (Reese loves Beer Pong!). We were supposed to hit up a movie last night, but weather was crazy and the traffic was worse, not to mention Jason and I were both exhausted. Even so, we had a great time this week with the two of them. Pretty sure we closed out the bar on Thursday night cracking jokes and telling stories. Reese and Michael are dying to meet my dad after I told them about the "Mallard Incident."

Guess you had to be there.

Anyway, that's about it for now. Think I'll close this out and go grab a latte before we head home. Hope everyone has a fantastic Easter!