Winter has been interesting. Beautiful at times, very cold, dreary, cozy, and fun. Not living in snow for 30+ years I have mostly enjoyed it. Heck i got a 5 day weekend out of the deal! I have watched way too much Olympics, movies and eaten and drunk too much too. Can really understand those poor russians. Got to say the cost of heat is prohibitive. I am currently on hold with the power company trying to figure out how i could possibly have a $360 energy bill for 3 weeks when I keep the house between 60-65 degrees, it s just me and I don't have a big footprint. Crazy. I turned off the hot tub and drained it as soon as the bill came in, very sad as that was one of the big plusses of the house, bbut hey, I gotta eat!
Work is good, i still really like my team and the agency is really awesome. Wish i were busier, but beware what you ask for. I do have 3 centers I am mentoring for quality improvement, and am just getting up to speed on those. I am getting mentor training, 3 all day sessions in Richmond. They are interesting and mostly helpful. My favorite part is that i get to have dinner with my nephew and his wife, Ben and Laura, and they are so fun to hang out with, lots of laughs.
For some reason this site is not allowing me to correct my spelling mistakes except id i delete the whole mess. Iwill try to go back and edit after i post. It is behaving funny and I am not sure why. I am writing from my office as i am the only one in my dept today and I really have very little to do. Spending quite a bit of time watching Pharrell "I'm Happy" videos and have to admit to being addicted!
Charlottesville has an abundance of great food. It is really amazing how many extraordinary restaurants there are. I thought we were so spoiled in N. Cal, but believe me you would all be very impressed with the quality of food here and the restaurant scene. I have gained 10 # since I moved here! EEKs!
I am on facebook again, and am enjoying it more this time round. Staying in touch is important to me, I do miss all of you.
Spring is just around the corner and i am very much looking forward to the warm weather. My neighborhood is great for walking, lots of loops to do and fun houses to check out! Very friendly. As some of you might have read on facebook I have met a childhood friend who lives around the corner! We are walking and getting to know each other again. Amazing. What I will say is that people here don't share nas much. Two people knew that she lived here and knew that we had known each other from childhood, one of them my own sister, and neither person connected us or shared that info with either of us! That is weird to me, and i doubt that would happen in California.
Well that is it for today. xx
