Vacuosity

Snow job

So much to write and so little opportunity. The fam is gone; the place seems a little empty now. It's been a busy week and it's gone so quickly it's hard to believe it's over.

I had two job interviews, did some work on spec for GB, presented it, they liked it and I think I have a job. Specifics like hours, reporting structure and salary are yet to be determined. I'm not fully decided that I'll take the job, but we'll see. If it feels right, I will.

The Shyjaks (Caleb's family) were great and organized all sorts of activities for us. They took the fam to a great breakfast buffet, we went tobogganing on Christmas day, and followed up with a sleigh ride on Friday. The sleigh ride was hilarious; it was nothing but an hour long wrestling match where we all tried to throw each other off. Near the end Amy, Erin and Julia got tossed and couldn't catch the sleigh again. Caleb and I tried to rescue them, literally pulling them along to catch up, but to no avail. We all ended up walking back the last ten minutes. Actually, I think at least half of our group of 20 ended up walking back.

Toboganning was really good too. I took Jaimeson down several times and she loved it. Once Jordan, Jaime and I rode a busted GT Snowracer down, all together. We hit a snowbank at the bottom and landed on our backs. I couldn't see her face (I was on my back with Jaime on my stomach, on her back) but all I heard was baby chuckling coming from the solid mound of winter clothing on my stomach. She kept asking to go down again. Now she wants to go outside all the time. She tries to open the lock on the front door, and when someone does open it for her, she'll stand there trying to get out despite the freezing cold.

It was a nice visit with Julia's parents too. This house, with all its things to fix would keep Dennis happily occupied for years to come. He was in his glory, moving from one project to the next. It was fine by me, he's welcome to stay. He managed to fix both toilets, mend a door frame, rewire our dryer, install a new door handle, fix Caleb's muffler, among other things. He even installed some smoke detectors and developed a fire plan, complete with knotted escape rope for Amy. Besides all that, he kept us well-fed and the house clean. My hat is off to him.

All in all, it was a great week that ended too soon.

posted by David @ 11:22 p.m.