Well, some of you know that I resigned from my job at Systems Evolution recently.  I started a new job at Contact One, Inc. as a GIS Software Developer.  Without going into the details behind all of that (there are several), I wanted to give a quick re-cap of how I spent last week since I took the week off before starting my new job. 

Leading up to my week off, I had imagined doing a lot of things.  I made a to-do list of things I wanted to accomplish and also left plenty of time open.  I soon realized that my newly found leisure time was just that...leisure, and I found myself not motivated to do all of the things on my original to-do list.  I didn't sleep in any but I didn't do too much before noon most days.  I played a lot with Bodie which allowed us to bond. 

Monday:  Hmmm...don't remember much about that day.  That must have been my day to hit the proverbial "reset" button.

Tuesday:  I was able to take my niece Morgan to go and see Curious George on Tuesday.  This is not something I'd normally get to do so I was sure to take advantage of some uncle time. 

Wednesday:  Michael and I went out for a boat ride on Lake Austin.  We took off from Westlake Beach and headed to Ski Shores where we partook of a border burger and a beer or two.  (if you've never been to Ski Shores, GO!)  After lunch, we drove up to Mansfield Dam to check it out.  We then headed back and within a couple of minutes the boat stalled out and we ran out of gas!  I might have to blog about that separately sometime, because we ended up running out of gas twice!  We had a good time despite all of that though.  I went to the Mat Kearney concert with Jan and met up with Chance on Wednesday. 

Thursday: I finally got away for a while and spent some time hiking at Pedernales State Park.  This was my "mini personal retreat" as I was just able to spend some time praying, journaling, taking an afternoon nap on an 80 degree day, and basically enjoying God's beautiful creation.

Friday:  I was going to see my grandmother in San Antonio but she was not feeling well.  So intstead, I ventured over to the outlet mall in San Marcos and looked at some furniture and other things that I didn't buy.  That day, the 24 hour temperature change went from 83 to 23!  Gotta love living in Texas!

Saturday:  Rob and I drove up to Waco and met up with Adam and went to the Baylor vs. ATM game.  It was a good game overall but the Bears lost by 4.  They definitely had their chances to win but couldn't put it together.  That night, we went and had some good hot Tex-Mex with our friends Peter and Brandis.

Sunday:  Went to church and Axiom.  That night we got to hook up with Pete and Jamie, Ben Burch, and the Perkinses at South Congress Cafe.  They came over briefly afterwards to see the house and meet Bodie.  It was good to see them and hopefully we'll get to spend more significant time with them when we hopefully go and see them later this spring.

Well, that's my week in review for those of you who care.  Sorry to bore you with all mundane details but I know I had told many of you that I was planning on doing a number of things...so, that's it!  Back to the working world now!

Listening to Jack Johnson & Friends, Curious George soundtrack.