Monday, May 3, 2004

I MISSED APRIL!

So it appears that I disappeared for a little over a month... A little recap of last month. Lets see, the temperature here has fluctuated between lows of 30 degrees and highs of 90 degrees over the past month. My tulips are all up and in full bloom, we got a wild flower bed planted (well, Scott did pretty much all the work, all I did was help mix top soil with compost and then level the seed bed). Scott even had to mow the lawn once already. It smelled so good, so fresh, I'm just loving it.

On the work front, I'm still doing the same job, but they finally configured a space for me and moved me closer to the two teams. My office is pretty much centrally located in relation to both teams, and I can sure tell a difference. I used to get lots of phone calls because people just didn't want to walk back and chance me not being in my office, now they just stop by when they go to pick up their printing and faxes. There is a lot more to distract me now, but I'm getting used to it - albeit slowly, but surely.

Things on the home front are going pretty good as well. Along with the gardening type stuff I wrote about above, Scott has been trying to get me a little more physically active. We started walking after I got home from work, but I think the hike along the river and me wheezing and struggling to breath was an indicator that I need to start up on a smaller scale. It will never cease to amaze me how extremely easy it is to slip back into bad or lazy habits.

Scott got me to start reading for pleasure again. He picked out a book for me that he thought I would like. It's called The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auhl. I admit, I'm only on chapter 2, but she's a talented writer and I've already been drawn into several of the characters. Guess Scott is trying to get me to exercise my brain if I'm not going to exercise my body...

Love & hugs to everone!