Real Updates

I realized today that I don't ever write anything of my own anymore. I have all these different social media websites linked into Google Buzz and Facebook, and I share articles, videos, and junk every day, but I don't share anything about myself... Well, here's a refreshing and real update for once.

In the last month or two:
  • I resigned my job at RenewData.
  • I got a new job at Charles Schwab on an operations team. It's like the entry-level position of the next rung up on the ladder. As Andrea put it, it's like going from being the manager of Burger King to a waiter at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.
  • Andrea's mom came to visit us. I took her to Half Price Books. She loved it. I forgot how awesome that place is. It makes me wanna spend money.
  • Andrea got a job at the Embassy Suites. She's starting a new career in the hospitality industry. She's also at the bottom of the first rung at the moment, but she's hoping to one day be a hotel manager or something.
  • I have been thinking about making a birdhouse or a bird feeder shaped like a giant nose with a moustache. I think a feeder would be better. The birds would stand on the moustache and pick food out of the nose. Pretty awesome, right? I kinda wanna make a bird house shaped like a butt too - is that too rude? Maybe I'll put it in the backyard instead of the front yard, hehe.
  • Andrea had to have minor surgery on her leg due to "spindle beavers" or something like that - not a serious issue, just precautionary.
  • The mountain laurel in our front yard bloomed for the first time ever. I planted it six years ago... The blooms smell like fruity girl-drinks.
  • Andrea, Claudia (Andrea's mom), and I went to Estancia Churasceria for my mom's birthday. Delicious.
  • I also went to the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower with my mom and wife for the first time. That place is awesome! All the flowers were in bloom. I smelled all kindsa new flowers I'd never smelled before. There's a big stone tower out there too - Andrea and I climbed to the top and enjoyed the great view. There's also some great statuary - my favorite one was the giant ants.
  • I discovered that the Giant Spiderwort (the purple flowers I have in my yard) smell like limes if you stick your nose right on them.
So, reading back over that list we discover that I'm obsessed with flowers. Real manly, buddy... Whatever. It's Spring. Get off your computer and get outside!