The final push

I have not been posting too much in the last couple of days. Sorry about that! I am very busy trying to get ready to leave for a week. So far no known exposures to nasty colds (the usual kids that always are sick are the same!). My knee is settling down, but still not 100%. I will try to be nice to it in Utah (maybe lay off the moguls!) Since I have not been hitting the gym, I am filling out too much, but I will address that when my body quits rebelling. This is the busiest work time for me since I am writing annual reviews, but I am making good progress.

Saturday we cruised around our area to scout out areas to live that would be a good commute for both of us. The housing has dropped in Westchester for the first time in 12 years, so our home shopping procrastination will help us out some. I have been half heartedly looking, but then I hit some places on a website that were cool looking, only 10 minutes north of here, priced well, and had some land. It made me want to make offers even though Mike has only been working for 1 week. I guess I am getting sick of being crammed in here, not being able to have friends over easily, and having to go to the laundromat. It gave me hope that when we have to enter the market here, we may be able to get a decent house for our huge amount of money.

On Sunday, we hit the city to meet our friends Tracey and Marcello for brunch (great place, can not remember the name). It took a long time, so we skipped the museum we planned on and walked an hour instead. It was cold, but a beautiful day. We then met with the inlaws for dinner. I am still full. I received many birthday messages on Sunday which I really enjoyed. I think the new family tradition since we are far apart is to sing Happy Birthday in answering machines. John even sang which was a treat! I have not taken off my gifts from my mom or Tracey yet. I guess the blow of officially being in my late 30's was softened a bit.

I worked all day and got my hair cut last night. Yes, I do get my haircut in NY now! In fact, I see my NY lady more than Peggy now. My NY lady is really good, and she does it at her house so I save some cash. She moved further away, but she is really worth my extra 10 minutes on the road. Sooo, that is my eventful last few days. I am really excited about Park City, and they are getting snow!!!

I may get a snow day tommorrow. There is finally a Noreaster heading our way. Mike is likely to get stuck in Richmond again!