Hey everyone!

So I have been rather busy lately. Since the last time that I posted, I have officially closed on a home. I am now a full homeowner. I just got my fridge delivered today! It fits perfectly. This is a wonderful thing to find out. I was a bit apprehensive about it fitting in the alcove that it has. I have also started the moving process. I have already moved a bunch of the small stuff over there, and am in the process of getting the big stuff moved. Hopefully, I will be done with that wonderful (wink wink) task by the end of next week. My plan will be to be living in the house before the 4th of July.

I have been keeping busy aside from the house thing, too. At work, I have pretty much completed all the paper training that I need to do. All that stands in the way of my getting certified is simulations. Not that those will be easy, quite the opposite in fact. But it does mean that I have nearly all of the paperwork out of the way! I have also begun working with some other groups and providing inputs that can only come from my group. On top of that, I am the mentor for a coop. That isn't an easy job, but I am certainly trying my best. I feel like I need to come up with more interesting things for our coop to do. I have been getting help in that department from the other people in my group. That has made it easier. But I still have work to do in that area.

On top of that stuff, I have been doing more interesting things in my personal life. I have found a number of places where I can go to do some swing dancing. I am even learning how to Charleston and Lindy. They are quite a bit different than what I have learned thus far, but they are far more interesting and lend themselves to more creative interpretations (and yes, I can be creative.)

Anyway, that is it for now. I will post more when I have completed moving.

Ciao for now!

So again, it has been a fair bit of time since the last time I posted. However, I have been waiting until I could report some very good information. This has been a while in the works. I am officially closing on MY FIRST HOUSE on Wednesday at 9:00 AM! So by this time next week, I will have joined the ranks of the real world as a homeowner. WOW. I have my mortgage lined up, I have insurance taken care of, everything is pretty much set up. Now I get to begin the very exciting journey towards getting my house to be what I want it to be. I am very excited to begin this adventure :)

So other than that, things have been going pretty well down here. I have been keeping rediculously busy at work (there just aren't enough hours in the day) and trying to find ways to keep myself active outside of work. You wouldn't think that would be very tough...but I am learning that the summer in Texas is very similar to the winter back home. You really just don't want to be outside here in the summer. It is just so freaking hot and humid. But it is feeling less so this summer compared to last.

Anyway, things have just been going nuts overall. With the new house coming, and work being busy in general, that can keep things interesting. But add to that the Shuttle launching Friday evening (hopefully) that adds a ton more complexity. There are so many what if's about everything. It makes it very difficult to plan anything for anytime in the near (-ish) future. Who knows. Things will settle out a little bit over the next week or so, and then I will be able to make a few plans for this summer.

Talk to y'all later!