REALLY busy!
Start off first with me currently working two jobs.
The one paying and the other not.......,well not yet anyway. At the department where Stacy works the person recently hired didn't work out and left so I stepped up and said I'd volunteer. Gives me a chance to see if I'd like to do that job and gives them a chance to see if they'd like me to do the job permanently. So between those hours and the busier busing end of the year rush, I haven't had the opportunity to get working on keeping everyone caught up on our 'happenings'.
Sean and Brandy were here their week, from the 19th to the 26th of April.
The weather co-operated to give them a taste of what winter is like around here. When they left San Diego it was in the 70's. On arrival at Spokane it was in the low 30's and snow showers. They got to see a lot of snow showers and a few inches of build up for most of the week they were here. Neither Sean nor Brandy had ever seen, in person, snow building up on the trees. Plus there was then still almost a foot and a half of snow on the ground in some still shaded areas around the property then. They had a busy week and got to do a lot of things around the area. We went quad riding the Friday before they left and several of the quads got stuck in the slushier snow that was really deep up there. Remember, we're talking only around 3,500 feet for 'in the mountains' around here. Not the 7 or 8 thousand feet it was back in California.
Well, I've been waiting for some pictures to upload but I'm doubting they will make it this time. Being mothers day and all the net is kinda busy. I'll get them on later.
Suffice to say that Sean and Brandy had a good time. Sean hadn't been in the area for a few years and Brandy had never been in an area with this many trees.
And on their return to San Diego, with their just becoming a little acclimated to the colder weather during a week here, it was in the almost 90's when they got back home. They called that night to say they were just sitting in the apartment sweating.
And now we're looking forward to Sandy and Erik's visit over Memorial Day Weekend. Arriving on Friday the 23rd and going back on the holiday Monday. The snow is all gone now, but it's still well below normal temps. Its supposed to get into the 70's by Wednesday this week but we'll have to see. We've heard that several times in the past few weeks but the low 60's has been the warmest. A lot of rain, some snow, and 40's or 50's daytime and 30's to 40's at night. All the plants don't seem to mind the weather though, everything is getting real green real quick. I'll have to get the mower going for next weekend.
Today being mothers day, after the monthly motorcycle club meeting this morning. Stacy and I went over to the Indian Casino so she could gamble a little bit. She did pretty well and then decided to go do something completely different and entered to win a Pontiac Solstice tonight at a 7:00 drawing. She had to stay all day for the hourly drawing to see if her 'chances of winning' were bolstered by winning any of the hourly drawing before the big one tonight. So she brought me home. Picked up a book and went back to be there for the drawings. We know that its a long shot, she was told a one in two thousand odds. So, as long as she's had fun all day, then it was worth it. I told her that unless she calls me I'd come down for the 7 PM drawing just to be there. We also joked that should she win, it would be her prize on mothers day and my prize on daddy's day!
So, that's the update so far. Just a lot of being busy right now. Stacy is always pretty busy with her job. The busing has really picked up since its just three weeks till school's over for this school year. I'll be honest, if the job at Stacy's department works out I'll take it. EVEN though it means FULL time. Not the part-time the busing has been. Busing was a job I'd always wanted to try. I'd almost done busing instead of the 25 years with San Bernardino County. So I'd wanted to see what it was like. And now I have! So moving on would be alright with me!
Hopefully my next installment won't be quite so long from now!
Tad
Start off first with me currently working two jobs.
The one paying and the other not.......,well not yet anyway. At the department where Stacy works the person recently hired didn't work out and left so I stepped up and said I'd volunteer. Gives me a chance to see if I'd like to do that job and gives them a chance to see if they'd like me to do the job permanently. So between those hours and the busier busing end of the year rush, I haven't had the opportunity to get working on keeping everyone caught up on our 'happenings'.
Sean and Brandy were here their week, from the 19th to the 26th of April.
The weather co-operated to give them a taste of what winter is like around here. When they left San Diego it was in the 70's. On arrival at Spokane it was in the low 30's and snow showers. They got to see a lot of snow showers and a few inches of build up for most of the week they were here. Neither Sean nor Brandy had ever seen, in person, snow building up on the trees. Plus there was then still almost a foot and a half of snow on the ground in some still shaded areas around the property then. They had a busy week and got to do a lot of things around the area. We went quad riding the Friday before they left and several of the quads got stuck in the slushier snow that was really deep up there. Remember, we're talking only around 3,500 feet for 'in the mountains' around here. Not the 7 or 8 thousand feet it was back in California.
Well, I've been waiting for some pictures to upload but I'm doubting they will make it this time. Being mothers day and all the net is kinda busy. I'll get them on later.
Suffice to say that Sean and Brandy had a good time. Sean hadn't been in the area for a few years and Brandy had never been in an area with this many trees.
And on their return to San Diego, with their just becoming a little acclimated to the colder weather during a week here, it was in the almost 90's when they got back home. They called that night to say they were just sitting in the apartment sweating.
And now we're looking forward to Sandy and Erik's visit over Memorial Day Weekend. Arriving on Friday the 23rd and going back on the holiday Monday. The snow is all gone now, but it's still well below normal temps. Its supposed to get into the 70's by Wednesday this week but we'll have to see. We've heard that several times in the past few weeks but the low 60's has been the warmest. A lot of rain, some snow, and 40's or 50's daytime and 30's to 40's at night. All the plants don't seem to mind the weather though, everything is getting real green real quick. I'll have to get the mower going for next weekend.
Today being mothers day, after the monthly motorcycle club meeting this morning. Stacy and I went over to the Indian Casino so she could gamble a little bit. She did pretty well and then decided to go do something completely different and entered to win a Pontiac Solstice tonight at a 7:00 drawing. She had to stay all day for the hourly drawing to see if her 'chances of winning' were bolstered by winning any of the hourly drawing before the big one tonight. So she brought me home. Picked up a book and went back to be there for the drawings. We know that its a long shot, she was told a one in two thousand odds. So, as long as she's had fun all day, then it was worth it. I told her that unless she calls me I'd come down for the 7 PM drawing just to be there. We also joked that should she win, it would be her prize on mothers day and my prize on daddy's day!
So, that's the update so far. Just a lot of being busy right now. Stacy is always pretty busy with her job. The busing has really picked up since its just three weeks till school's over for this school year. I'll be honest, if the job at Stacy's department works out I'll take it. EVEN though it means FULL time. Not the part-time the busing has been. Busing was a job I'd always wanted to try. I'd almost done busing instead of the 25 years with San Bernardino County. So I'd wanted to see what it was like. And now I have! So moving on would be alright with me!
Hopefully my next installment won't be quite so long from now!
Tad
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Take care,
Mike