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May 9, 2007

Gainfully Employed

The new job is good. Surprisingly good. Especially since I haven't done much - you know how it is when you start a new job. There's all that paperwork and then there's getting the office set up, learning who's who and what's what. Added to that was the fact that my office was being used as a storage closet, so there was a lot of clean-up and moving things out, but today was productive. I got my desk set up and all but one extra table out. There's still a bookcase to move in, but hopefully there'll be time for that tomorrow. The thing I've noticed most is that when you don't sit at a desk for hours on end, time goes quickly. It seems that as soon as I get to work it's time to leave. Working until noon is kind of odd, but I do believe I'll be able to handle it!

Yesterday I went to the greenhouse to look at trees. I've picked a couple of Colorado Blue Spruce and a Patmore Ash for a little variety. I'm trying to convince Travis to take some time to go look at them, but so far I haven't had a lot of luck. I'm pushing hard for this weekend, and hopefully the weather will be better than last weekend (it snowed last weekend - all weekend). The idea is to put the blue spruce behind the house to provide shade on the back of the house and to hide the propane tank from the back yard. Travis thought the plan sounded like a good one, but as always, the implementation is the kicker.

I've been knitting away on Butterfly and have a whopping 27cm - I know - not much more than I had 4 days ago. What can I say, but I promise I've been diligently working on it. I guess the only consolation is that every cm done is one cm closer to the end. I enjoy knitting on Butterfly, but I can't help but be frustrated by what appears to be a lack of progress. I know, it's about the process, but it's a little bit about the progress too.