V Day Update
So our house renovation plans didn't survive contact with the bank... or rather the appraisers. They would have done it, but we'd have to come up with double the down payment we had planned. So, instead... we bought a new house. We are out $20k and a lot of my brother's time, but bridge. water. under. Instead, we will be landlords cuz we are going to be renting out our current place. The kids love the new place, it's double our current square footage, and it's not all that far from here. In fact, the zoning changes just enough to improve the elementary school and let's us keep the same middle and high school. The yard itself isn't as interesting, but it backs up to a park so it really has a forest as a backyard. So, all-in-all, a good find.
Last weekend we all went to Maryland to visit cuddlyeconomist's mom. My brother and his S.O. came down to meet us, and we had the Pumpkin flown out so it was a good family time. Professor X had a great time. He and I flew back Monday and DrB stayed to help her mom through cataract surgery. And then snowpocalypse hit. She's been bouncing from hotel to hotel for 3 nights and is finally supposed to fly back tonight. So been solo on the baby after my first solo flight with him, but its all good practice for the big plans for this summer-more details to come.
Finally got back finishing up Dresden Files and the new books in The Laundry series. I used to get a lot of reading in on flights, but for most of Professor X’s first two years he was too much work on a flight to get in reading. He’s more self-sufficient these days.
I’ll be speaking at Game Developer Conference this year. After all the re-org fun, I’ve ended up back in a ‘developer-facing’ group that does that kind of thing. Shouldn’t be major amounts of travel, but it’s not all heads-down coding either.
Last weekend we all went to Maryland to visit cuddlyeconomist's mom. My brother and his S.O. came down to meet us, and we had the Pumpkin flown out so it was a good family time. Professor X had a great time. He and I flew back Monday and DrB stayed to help her mom through cataract surgery. And then snowpocalypse hit. She's been bouncing from hotel to hotel for 3 nights and is finally supposed to fly back tonight. So been solo on the baby after my first solo flight with him, but its all good practice for the big plans for this summer-more details to come.
Finally got back finishing up Dresden Files and the new books in The Laundry series. I used to get a lot of reading in on flights, but for most of Professor X’s first two years he was too much work on a flight to get in reading. He’s more self-sufficient these days.
I’ll be speaking at Game Developer Conference this year. After all the re-org fun, I’ve ended up back in a ‘developer-facing’ group that does that kind of thing. Shouldn’t be major amounts of travel, but it’s not all heads-down coding either.