Tue Jul 21 09:53:21 CDT 2009
We're getting along pretty well, though we're still 'up to here' in boxes. I have assembled our bed, as well as Noah's bed. Our video and sound system is basically setup, though not well. My wife's computer desk is setup, and her computer and my computer are functional. We have a fair percentage of our kitchen stuff unpacked and in working order. Mobility is still strictly limited because of boxes everywhere, but that's diminishing.
I'm pretty far behind at work, but working hard to catch up. We're in full Scrum mode at work now. It's interesting; we kind of used this system at my last job in my team, and I liked it. We'll see how it can apply to operations here.
Back on the home front. We initially had one car port and one garage slot to park in. Of course, we only had Michelle's Saturn and my motor cycle to park. For convenience, she parked in the car port and I parked in the garage. We decided we didn't like the garage; it's hot, and you have to drive 'all the way in' so that the door can close. Plus, now I have my Saturn here, and I need a place to park my motor cycle along with two cars, using only two parking places. My initial thought was to park in front of one of the cars, but the bike is a lot wider than I thought, so that didn't work out too well. So we requested a pair of car port spots adjacent to one another. This has worked nicely; I can park my bike between the cars, pulled far forward, mostly in front of the front doors of the cars. Oh, and then we found out that we pay $15/month less for not using a garage. Awesome!
I had reported earlier that our apartment complex was getting empty. Some units are now filling back up. I guess there is a certain cycle to this. Plus, we're getting more and more friendly with the landlords, so we hear about the ebb and flow more directly than most everyone else.
And here is a short story about what it was like to program the Apollo days. Apollo 11 landed 40 years ago yesterday, which is awesome and depressing in different quantities. Awesome that it happened, depressing that we as a nation have lost so much capability and ability since.
PS: For no good reason, and because I'm kind of manic this morning, I want to show you our old and new parking places. This is where I used to park my motor cycle. My wife's saturn was right across the street. This is where we park now. So there. I don't care if you don't care. :-)
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