Good news, gang: I think I'm almost getting to be productive at the new job. I feel like I know the people and the processes pretty well, so I'm just about ready to contribute. Unfortunately, our office Wii came in this afternoon so everything I said at the start of this paragraph can be instantly negated. I'm getting ready for lots of these phone calls: "Have I fixed your bug yet? Not exactly. I have, however, added a mustache to your Mii."
Getting settled at the new job was big task #1 for this year. Big task #3, clearly, is getting married and then staying married through the end of the year. Our date is November 1, so really, that's only two months of actual marriage for this to count as a success. I'll probably end up having to move out to the garage for the month of December, but I'm optimistic that we make it into January.
That leaves big task #2 which, right now, is acquiring a home of some sort. Laura's big on a house, while I would prefer to entertain other options, like a houseboat of questionable seaworthiness or a really bitchin' hot air balloon.
We have a great deal on our duplex right now, but I just can't handle another year of landlords, strange neighbors, crap that never gets fixed, and all of the other headaches that renting provides. Can't I pay a lot more money to get much larger headaches? I'm just ready to live somewhere and stay there for a while. The house hunt is actually heating up, with us going to peek at some properties on Thursday. I think that's when this goes from being an interesting idea to something a little more concrete. I predict it'll be like that scene in The Jerk, where Steve Martin mistakenly thinks he gets to live in the gas station bathroom and he starts planning the elaborate interior decorations.
Posted by Cody at February 19, 2008 8:02 PMYou think the wedding is expensive, just wait until you get to those elaborate interior decorations!! Staying put for a while is good, but I think 23 years was a little over-kill!
Posted by: fryn L at February 20, 2008 9:17 AM