I moved into my first house about a week ago, or at least most of my stuff did. I couldn't get settled into the place until the middle of last week --just in time for the holiday season to begin! And so I undertook the great experience of moving, cleaning and unpacking on top of getting ready to spend time with the fam. All of which was not too tiresome, but definitely made for a full week.
This past weekend my Ci had to go back to Eugene to work on her presentation. Although she should have gone back on Friday, she was willing to pull an all-nighter on Sunday and get only 4 1/2 hours of sleep on Monday in exchange for spending more time with me up in Hubbard / Wilsonville / Portland. I think it was kind of rough on her, but it was her decision so I just had to support that. What I do know is that even an hours worth of sleep can help a lot to clear one's mind and allow one to look at one's work with a fresh pair of eyes.
So, while she is JiaYou-ing (working hard) I drove to work in the snow and got here a bit early this morning. This was a very good thing since I had to leave a bit early yesterday and am still unsure of whether anyone noticed. In any case, I got here all right but saw a real traffic jam on I-5 in both directions! Not a usual thing this far from downtown P-town at this time of day on this day of the week. For as much precipitation as falls in this area, people consistently drive poorly under conditions such as today. Accidents scatter the road and drivers are as aggressive as ever even when snow and perhaps ice coat the roads. Scary stuff. Maybe its due to a large number of out-of-state folks flocking to the great N.W. in droves as companies such as Intel and HP flex their hiring muscles. Who knows? One thing is certain, though: TRUST NO ONE on the road when its snowing or even raining moderately. Yikes.
That's about all I've got time to write for now. Next time I'll post some pix of the house and talk about plans for the remainder of the year. Ah, how time does fly by...