Catch-up
Boy, it's been a while since I've updated. Now, what to update about? Ah. Flooding. With this "severe weather" that Southern California has been having, I've come to realize that houses out here in California just aren't built as robustly as they are in other places. The rains we've had probably were a drop in the bucket compared to a place like Seattle, but almost everyone I know has had major issues with how not watertight their houses were. Our bedroom carpets near our sliding glass doors became a marsh for awhile there, and our garage became a tropical waterfall and reflecting pool. We managed to fix the latter through some ingenious engineering - I built a dam in the driveway made from bricks out of our flower garden. But the musty mouldy smell still pervades the entire household.
After valiantly assisting us in bailing out our flooded driveway in order to build said dam, Collin moved out last Tuesday and went back to Arizona for school. After a year and a half of having his company, the place seems pretty empty and quiet now. And we’re still making way more food than we need for dinner. Not sure how long that will take to wear off. I know it’s for the best, but we’re definitely going to miss him.
Anyway, this past weekend we painted our newly empty spare room and turned it into an office. It is nice having an actual desk to sit at now, and having all our supplies right here around us. Much more efficient that way. Unfortunately, in the process of moving I managed to drop a desk drawer on my bare toe, and now it’s quite large and blood-blistery. Ah well, such is the life of Heidi. As long as I can still ski this weekend, it’s all good.
We’re heading up to Mammoth Mountain on Thursday night for a nice full weekend of skiing. I’m pretty psyched - it’ll be our first trip of the year. It’ll be nice if we can make it once more this year, preferably in Colorado. But with our SD trip the weekend after, Vegas in March, and a potential weekend in Chicago, it may be pushing it a bit to get there.
Anyway, that was a quick update. I'll make sure to post details and pics of the trip next week.
After valiantly assisting us in bailing out our flooded driveway in order to build said dam, Collin moved out last Tuesday and went back to Arizona for school. After a year and a half of having his company, the place seems pretty empty and quiet now. And we’re still making way more food than we need for dinner. Not sure how long that will take to wear off. I know it’s for the best, but we’re definitely going to miss him.
Anyway, this past weekend we painted our newly empty spare room and turned it into an office. It is nice having an actual desk to sit at now, and having all our supplies right here around us. Much more efficient that way. Unfortunately, in the process of moving I managed to drop a desk drawer on my bare toe, and now it’s quite large and blood-blistery. Ah well, such is the life of Heidi. As long as I can still ski this weekend, it’s all good.
We’re heading up to Mammoth Mountain on Thursday night for a nice full weekend of skiing. I’m pretty psyched - it’ll be our first trip of the year. It’ll be nice if we can make it once more this year, preferably in Colorado. But with our SD trip the weekend after, Vegas in March, and a potential weekend in Chicago, it may be pushing it a bit to get there.
Anyway, that was a quick update. I'll make sure to post details and pics of the trip next week.