It's Official

I am the newest addition to Gleneagles Country Club. Although I'm not sure when I start yet. One of the problems transferring within the company. Gotta finish some things at the old job, but would really like the new paycheck of the new job...

I'm pumped up- which is more than I can say about anything having to do with work in a long time!

I can't sleep. This usually only happens to my insomniac husband. I gave him such a hard time about staying up all night and now here I sit. What is running through my mind? I have an interview on Friday for a new job. It's really the same job, different location.

I am enjoying my time off from school. I read Twilight, referred to me by my sister. It was an excellent book. Good easy reading. I wish I had enough time to read the sequel. I recently read an article in the newspaper about audio books. It said that many people consider this 'cheating'. I consider it a nice alternative to public radio. If I get this job, I will be spending some more time in my car. It's either going to be audio books or satellite radio. I'll have to do some research.

The kids are taking a journey to California and back this week. It's been awfully quiet around our house after a busy summer. Here's some recent pics for the grandparents:

Shamu

The Lazy River

Barton Creek

Inner Space Caverns

Another Day at the Office with Dad

The Grades are in!

Good news folks! I got a B in my class. That must mean that everyone else in my class did just as bad as I did! Yea for curves!

Back Yard - Stage 3 Complete

After record rain fall and busy summer schedules, Stage 3 is now complete on the back patio. Stage 1 was removing the deck. Stage 2, staging the grill. Step 3, laying the stone.

Still to come: #4 decomposed granite between stones, #5 countertops, #6 stone siding on the grill area.

One question: at dinner tonight, we ran into a couple we know trying our favorite restaurant for the first time. When our waiter offered them a complimentary appetizer as our treat, they refused. Isn't that RUDE? First of all, they already had drinks so we didn't want to buy that. And since it was their first visit (and we are sure they are not vegetarians) we wanted to expose them to the greatness that the menu has to offer. So when they refused, we bought them the lamb lollipops, paid the $16 tab, and didn't say goodbye. Snobs.

We just spent our last week together with the kids for the summer vacation. I cant believe how fast the summer has passed. I am finally through with Corporate Tax. I believe that I successfully earned my first C in grad school. Bummer. BUT - at least I don't have to retake the class. That would be awful.

We were able to escape for the weekend to Barton Creek. Our first day, Saturday, we drove to San Antonio to visit SeaWorld. The only good thing I can say about it was that the Shamu show was pretty impressive. I don't have anything positive to say about the rest of the experience there. That may have been our first and last trip to SeaWorld.

The second day was great! We had a yummy breakfast at the resort and spent the rest of the day soaking up some sun (literally -we're all a little red) at the pool. On our way back home, we stopped at the Inner Space Caverns. E and I have stopped there before, but this time we brought the kids. They were a little hesitant at first because of the possibility of a bat encounter. But that wore off in about a minute. Very cool stop to make if you're heading down I35 and have an hour to spare.

And now it's back to work for me. Yea!