Transition

Joel comes home with a desk chair, this is getting real.

2018 might be known as a year of rapid change and growth for us. We began in a low patch, both essentially unemployed, and no travel or fun on the horizon at all. By February I was working full time again, on several really engaging contracts and Joel was consulting at some companies and circling around one role he was really interested in. In March he landed that job and in April he started his new journey working from home right beside me. With side-by-side desks, we've discovered all kinds of new things about one another we've never really considered in the past 17 years together. We're actually pretty compatible co-workers, often working the same hours late at night, listening to audiobooks and sipping tea.

We have returned to some of last year's travel plans that were put on hold but are now possible once again. I'm going to reveal our next destination very soon. Until then, happy spring, onward and upward!

June Gloom?

I just wanted to document our suffering here...

LA's famous "June Gloom"... sigh, it's just so...

Obviously my pictures speak for themselves. We're truly on the verge of buying UV lamps to sit under or something. [sigh]

June has been eventful for us. I'm now working! I got really busy with freelance jobs so all of a sudden I had to reorganize my life. A nanny and a house-keeper were hired on to the pick up the slack. Austen loves his new nanny and is happy to play with her and still have mommy cuddles throughout the day. It's truly the best of both worlds for me. Kopi-o has also requested a masseuse be on staff but for the time being his request is on hold.