A bit of catch up...

Yes, I know... it's been over a month since my last post. What can I say? I was busy! :) Let's see... where to start. Most of you likely already know this really... but we'll start with the house saga. We are out of the Skyline house. The HOA vs Realtor & Seller battle wore too thin on our nerves, and we folded. We don't regret the decision... we found another house quickly. It's in the country club area, on the 18th Fairway. A nice two story deal, with 2 car garage, patio, hot tub, etc. Very nice place. Will put some pics up after we move in. When is that, you may ask? We close in a week from Tuesday. Coming up quick, we've been packing like mad to get ready for it. We're pretty sure our buyer is thrilled... she finally has a concrete closing date as well! :) Enough about the house stuff...we'll be talking a lot about that until we're settled in.

Moving on. Work. I've been doing quite a bit of outreach over the last week. Well, I guess I should say that I've been assisting in a lot of outreach this week. I did my first section of the observer training presentation. My boss said I did good. I know I have some work to do on it, but as my mantra goes... I can only get better from here.

What else...what else. We got a Nintendo Wii... it has been an absolute blast to play!!! We're not in a massive hurry to buy games for it since we have that games-by-mail program. No need to go nuts here, afterall.

My middle niece turned 2 a couple of days ago. Get to see her soon when we go home to see the family. Already looking forward to that. We're hoping to have the house completely decorated before we go so I can take some pictures to show the families.

Hmmm.........though a lot of stuff has been going on, it's mainly been circulating around the house, so there's not too much to report here. One of my friends got a promotion and is moving back east. Couldn't be better news for him. Truly... very good, I know he will do great in his new role. But onward. I'm thrilled to be in my current role, and am not sure where or what I want to do next. I've flexed a couple other muscles now and roles relating to that flexing are becoming more appealing. But, alas, any such decision is a couple years away, and I'm fine with that added time. I have a lot to learn as a forecaster... so for now I'll focus on that, some projects, and my home life. I think that's the better way for me to be at this point.

I hope all is going well with everyone. I'll do my best to update things quite a bit sooner next time.

Weird Days and House Sagas

Wow... I feel like it's been forever since I've last posted on here...though it has only been a week give or take. Expect this lack of consistency, especially during certain rotations in my schedule. So, some news... some good, some not so much. We'll start with the good.

Please welcome my newest niece into the world!! She was born yesterday (the 16th) sometime during the late-ish morning as far as I know. My sister and lawyer-in-law (ha!) have yet to decide on a name. I believe they are leaning towards Logan, but possibly could be Brooke. I await the result on pins and needles. Her birth made for an interesting range of feelings yesterday after finding out about the massive tragedy that happened at VT. A friend of mine from Ohio U, I realized, has a little sister that goes to VT. Thankfully all is well... her sister wasn't near the impacted area yesterday morning. It was nice to talk to my friend, of course...just wish I had initiated the call for a better reason... but you take what you can get sometimes. But, I am so looking forward to getting back to O-H land so I can meet my very cute little niece. I'm sure there will be pictures of them around here too sometime.

Alright... bad news. Dealing with the house...potentially. There's some tie-up with the complaint which has caused some delays in resolving it. Our closing date has semi-officially been given the shaft, though we're still very hopeful that everything will end up being fine, and resolved quickly. For now, we're just hoping the buyers of our current house are able to remain in the contract with a very negotiable closing date. We shall see... we're awaiting their response. More details to come... :) Keep your fingers crossed for us... we really do love this house.

What else can I tell you? Weather? Nah... you don't want to hear about that. Work starts again in an hour or so... something to look forward to. HA! Should be good... should be busy with a bigger system supposed to move in over the next few days. Fun, fun. At least we're not in the plains where a massive system would entail turmoil from spawning tornadoes and other assorted interesting weather. We're just hoping for rain... we're still deep deep deep in drought, so if anyone would like to donate their rain showers to us, we'll take 'em.

My other friend who just had her baby seems to be doing well and sent some updated pictures yesterday. Very cute. Lots of new babies running around in my life. Very sweet... can't wait to meet them.

Alright. That's all I got folks. Hope people are doing well. Until later...