Breaking the Silence

Since I last posted about my last day working from home, we've been up to a lot. Just not a lot of writing:

• Visiting our new nephew Brennan in Baton Rouge. He was 3 weeks old at the time and sweet as can be. Pictures soon to follow (issues in uploading pics, see item below about home computing).
  
• Wrapping up my last week on-site at my former employer in Chicago. I stayed with Elizabunny and had a great dinner with Dad and Linda on Friday night.
  
• Eating lots of meat. Especially rotisserie chicken.
  
• Wondering what the future architecture of our home computing environment will be, given the relinquishment of my laptop to my former employer. The IBM Thinkpad is on the fritz and Ryan's desktop is inconveniently situated at present.
  
• Lots of sinus rinsing. Elizabunny was sick with a particularly nasty cold when I crashed on her living room floor. I have somehow escaped it ... so far.
  
• Marveling at the ultrasound of the baby girl we are expecting in March!
  
• Starting my new job here in Atlanta.
  
• Being grateful for my sister-in-law and her stash of maternity clothes that saved me during my first week at said new job.
  
• Finally changing the light bulbs over the front door (they burn out SO quickly) so that the trick-or-treaters will be able to see the skeleton/ghost hanging on our front door and know we're handing out the goods.
  
• Consuming an entire gallon of Garrett's popcorn cheese and caramel mix (which surprisingly is the same ridiculous price on line that it is in O'Hare).
  
• Realizing it's probably going to be less painful to vote on Tuesday than to stand in line at the ONE early voting center available in Dekalb county.
  
• Thinking about volunteering at the Obama office in Decatur on Monday evening.