11.29.2005

back to the old grind

is that how the saying goes? i don't know. oh well. anyway, it was great to see everyone during the exciting trip home. got to hit up the old columbia hangouts, including el rancho. i enjoyed it, as you can see.

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some other pictures from the trip are posted on flickr. the weather was great in missouri, and as soon as we got off the plane in spokane friday we were greeted with a dreary cold drizzle. what a lovely welcome home. we got back to the apartment and the cats were happy to see us, then i had to head to work within an hour or so and work the whole night. poop. and that's where i've been practically every waking hour since; i launched straight into a week of overnights. ben and i did some schedule switching so we split up our overnights into one week at a time. i think it's going to work out great; monday's shift is almost over and already i see the light at the end of the tunnel. so we didn't get the expected caseload of dogs eating a bunch of thanksgiving leftovers and getting pancreatitis or turkey bones stuck somewhere or the like; the closest i got was a dog that ate a bunch of chocolate and a dog that ate a rubber superball (that one had to go to surgery).

so for those wondering what the heck my halloween costume was, the answer is here.

11.13.2005

my forgotten blog

just when you thought this blog was going to join the thousands of other forgotten blogs tragically thrown aside to remain forever unupdated... anyway. i haven't gotten to spend much quality time with the computer lately. so i was wanting to point out that i have pictures posted at a much better location: flickr.com (see the link to the right). i have a few more albums to add, so maybe i'll get around to that soon.

so today we got our first snow. of course, it melted as soon as it hit the ground, but it was a reminder that there is still a whole winter yet to come. i've been trying to get excited about it by looking at coats, but it's not helping.

we'll be in misssouri for a visit in less than a week now. it will be an action-packed week of driving and seeing as many people as possible. we're still finalizing the itinerary, so if anyone has any special time requests or ideas, let me mnow.

okay, i better not overwhelm myself on my first day back. that is all.