Bryan's first visit to Rochester (for my house inspection) was during the Lilac Festival last year. He'd probably kill me for posting this, but here is us exactly one year ago. Who knew that now he'd be living here!
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Us this year....6 year old Lani takes some pretty good pictures!
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The girls and I went on this silly little train ride.
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Bryan went on the slide with Lani
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All in all, it was a fantastic day. Sunny, flowers that smelled amazing, fun with the girls, and that night we had dinner at Sherri's with a former nursing student. You NEVER turn down dinner at Sherri's, and we were not disappointed...flank steak, corn on the cob, crab cakes, salad, fresh bread...yum!
This week the "kids" started school. Here is them on their first day.
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Although the nursing obsession that has overtaken our house (books on every solid surface, 24/7 talk of class/teachers/schedules/classmates that starts the minute we wake up and ends the minute we go to bed) I'm proud of both of them for trying something new and jumping into this wholeheartedly. From their talk already, I know they they are both going to do fabulously and be awesome nurses! The quick overview is that things are going well so far, but they both have some adjusting to go with being students again and catching up on some new lingo. I didn't realize how much they were fish out of water until last night they asked me what q12h PO means (every 12 hours by mouth, for those who are wondering).
In other news, I have already turned in my notice at Harris. Steve called me about 2 weeks ago out of the blue to make sure I wasn't moving back to Portland. Although I'm not, I did bring up the idea of working from Rochester, and last week he called and said that would work out! So starting June 11th I'll be working from home and telecommuting. I'm excited to be back with them. My co-workers at Harris are amazing, but they are sending more than half of them to another location as a part of the restructuring, so my team will no longer be a team. I was also working on a project I hated, with no end in sight for at least a year. It is nice to go back to work for a company that is familiar and that I loved. I have learned the hard way - if you find a job you love, DON'T LEAVE IT! It will be a bit isolating to work at home alone, but hopefully it's not a long-term thing.
My mom gave me a bird feeder for my birthday, and we finally hung it up over a week ago. I'm known now for squealing with excitement in the morning while making my coffee and seeing what new creature has found the feeder. I LOVE seeing new kinds of birds there! Who knew how much wildlife is living in the suburbs. The list to date:
- sparrows (the main eaters)
- starlings
- goldfinches
- doves
- cardinals
- squirrels
- chipmunks
- mice
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