Life is looking good!

What a lovely week!  Rae Ann was in town to visit, which means we had TWO excuses to get together with the family, and one of those times Rae Ann showered us with outlandishly delicious food.  Grilled Shrimp AND Steak!  Grilled Veggies AND Grilled Peaches & Apricots!  I remember there was more, but not what it was because it sent me into a food coma.  What a great way to start the week!  Rae Ann is in town for her annual association meeting, but has been hanging around doing fun stuff with Nana all week.  Running off to Ikea, or to Gig Harbor or just sitting around reading companionably are pretty much what I imagine a fulfilled retirement looks like. 

Of course, Tuesday Matt passed his CDL test, so we got to go and celebrate, and on Wednesday I went to an AWIS social.  Of course, all of this out-and-about-ness is a side effect of my current work.  I'm contracting from home which means, well, I am at home all day.  So when I am Done With Work, I prefer to leave the house a bit.  It puts a nice bit of a break in there, and prevents cabin fever.

But the work is really good.  I may have mentioned this new company is very organized, has given me a lot of guidance, and generally has their act together.  We are using SharePoint.  I get weekly team updates.  I have an editor who basically responds to me within minutes of my questions.  It's grand.  I'm helping with a career development class for high schoolers.  The work is the right kind of challenge for me as well.  It's hard to write good assessments for some of these abstract concepts, but it also feels good to include some basic mentoring advice in the coursework.  I'm still not sure how much more work they will have more for me (pretty sure I've got stuff next week, not sure about after that...), but I'd like to keep working with them.

This weekend will be filled up with the types of activities one must willfully avoid from the home office, and becomes quickly negligent of when you spend all their free time gaddying about.  Yes, it's time to clear the mountain of tea mugs.  And possibly attend the farmer's market. And visit Nana some more.