Lunch Break

Well, the perks of living where you work are in full effect. I am currently home for lunch. I don't have to pack a lunch and if I ever need anything I walk upstairs to get it. I'm learning my way around the new office pretty well. There's a lot that's new but I think I'm adjusting pretty well.

Ruth and I finally bought a new mattress so we now have a guest bed. We haven't had any complaints about the couch yet but we're planning on having more family come and visit, and those old people don't like the couch. Ruth's brother Fred is flying in this Wednesday. We have an eventful week planned out including St. Patricks day at Trinity, Skiing Saturday, and even rock-climbing sometime. Of course we'll do the usual trip up Pike's Peak.

The kids need to go out before I go back to work. If you want to come stay, give us a call.

Eventful Weekend

Ruth and I had a great weekend. Thursday evening we drove to Denver to stay at Josh's apartment. We dropped off the kids and Friday morning Josh took us to the airport where we departed for Mobile, AL. It was an early morning but we were picked up by Sean and a fellow groomsman and took a 45-minute ferry across Mobile Bay. Ruth and I joked that we had ridden in a car, airplane, train, and ferry all in one day. It was well worth the trip because later that evening we took a stroll along the beach, dancing with the waves. It was great to see a lot of extended family and especially great to meet Sean's wife, Eleana. We had a great time partying with the wedding party even though we had just met all of them. The wedding was at sunset on the beach behind the house and it was beautiful. It wasn't the warmest of Alabama days, but the sun was plenty hot to give me a pretty harsh sunburn on the back of my neck, arms, and even tops of my feet.

The weekend was ending nicely and we were checking into the Mobile Regional Airport after saying goodbye only to find out that someone had misread our flight time. After we exhausted all efforts, we had to come to terms with the fact that no flights leave Alabama after 6pm and absolutely nothing was headed towards Denver. So we contacted our employers and informed them that we were on the first flight leaving in the morning (which happened to mean we were getting up at 3:30 am). In the end it all worked out really well.

Ruth had her first partial day at her new job. She has an interesting time ahead of her. She has students with a variety of special needs she with whom she will be working. I also found out last week that I will be the new assistant community director at the property where we live. Today on our way in from Denver I found out that I start at my new job today. I have to learn a lot in a short period because the current assistant director is moving to North Carolina at the end of the month. I'm really excited about the new promotion. I will miss The Retreat and the people there, but I won't be complaining about the commute.

To top off an eventful weekend, we were picked up at the airport by Janelle and Stephanie. They just arrived the other day to kick off their Spring Break from their graduate programs in Indiana. They have been staying in Denver with Josh the past few nights, but tomorrow they are coming to the Springs to spend the evening and we are going to my favourite CSC restaurant Trinity Brewing Company. Hopefully Ruth will let me buy a growler of my favourite brew Soul Horkey.

In the next few weeks Ruth's brother Fred is coming out for a ski trip. So far it is Ruth, Fred, Josh, and me but more are welcome to come! We are just hoping we don't see this on the way there.