on 12/11 I wrote:
I am making my way through the chore list today. So far, its been a day of stirring beef stew, loading and unloading the dishwasher, Christmas cards, but none of that before getting my truck jump started and driving around charging it up. I stopped by an auto parts store to have the battery tested. I asked the guy if any of the batteries he tested ever passed the test. Surprisingly, mine did. It had 360 CCA's, in case you were wondering. I should clean out the thing too...it's pretty bad. I am afraid of what I might find though.
Never did post that one.
I tried again to post on 12/28, but apparently got off track then too!
So I thought, well, its been over a month why not take a break from work and distract myself with this. A lot has been going on. I started a new contract position, where the work is definitely very cool. Has to do with expanding community capacity with regards to adverse childhood experiences. I am still doing my other gigs, too, so I am well over 40 hours a week. I have been collecting some good tunes, too. Listening now to The Black Keys and eating chocolate chip cookies post lunch. Out the window it is a pretty day...I may go for a walk here shortly. hey, federal prisoners get 15 minutes of natural sunlight a day, I should too.
Went sledding last weekend. Beware! They are charging money to park at the sledding hill now. I lucked out and someone leaving gave me their pass (all that clean living) but it can cost up to $30 to park there. The bastards!
Skyler stayed over with the kids last weekend. He is a good kid, I guess they all are :) Here is a video of the kids Will, Elizabeth, Megan, and Skyler.
We all had a really good time. We went to the skate park on Saturday, too. Watched a movie and played video games the rest of the time for the most part.
Christmas went well, and so did New Years. I think all total we had four Christmas' what with sets of grandparents, and such. Sandy and I had NYE just ourselves. Very nice. We watched the space needle fireworks from the balcony. Not as impressive as the 4th of July on the balcony, but it was still a pretty good display. It was my first time trying to use the video camera, and it showed so no video of that. I think it would be cool to get a tripod for such occassions.
Gonna try to get a hike in this week. Will be nice to get out. Well, back to work for me. More later, I'm sure.
