Labor Day and Beyond...

Labor Day weekend didn't start out so well. Business forced me to make a sudden trip up to Seattle on Friday that kept me on the road until 8:30 that night. This was a bit of a nuisance, since it was my three year anniversary with Ewa and we had plans. She came with me though, and we kept eachother entertained on the long ride. The rest of the weekend was wonderful. We went camping (my idea) and horseback riding (her idea) in the Mt. Baker/Puget Sound area of Washington. The weather couldn't have been better. I learned that polska kielbasa is 10 times better than hotdogs for grilling over a fire. Pics will be up soon on a flickr account.

Things have been progressing steadily on the home front, and I will be signing the papers and getting my keys tomorrow. We won't be moving in right away though, since there's some work to be done, and we still have out current place through the end of November. "Before" pictures will also be up by the end of the weekend. I suspect things are going to get even busier for me soon.

In anticipation of being busy after we get the keys to the house, we've spent our week taking in our new obsession, Lost. I know, late to the party, but there nonetheless. I don't watch much TV, even with the DVR, but I've found I have no problem sitting down every night and watching a DVD worth (4 episodes) of this show. To feed this new obsession I've signed up for the new Blockbuster Online service. Same fees as Netflix but we get 4 free in-store rentals a month, for when you just can't wait for your DVD to show up.

Ewa got a job yesterday, contracting part-time to Intel doing Polish translation QA. The plan is for her to split time between that and substitute teaching. I'll feel a lot better signing those papers tomorrow now that I know we'll have two incomes.

Finally, it's starting to snow up on Mt. Hood, which has me getting giddy about the upcoming snowboarding season. Granted, there's still 2 more months until they start the lifts, but with the weather turning in a more fall-like direction, I know it's going to start raining soon. Then I'll be seeing my only sun for 5 months from the top of a mountain.