But, I'm back - jetlag is something new to me (what I thought was jetlag from travels to Europe, I now understand was not even close to jetlag). Frankly, I think jetlag should be renamed as it under represents the true experience of your body struggling to flip over (night becomes day - and you request it instantly, when you land).
Work has been... well work. Not much has changed, and is coming to a head. Don't want to get into it and air the dirty laundry, but needless to say there is some changes in staffing that should be coming soon that should help alliveate (fingers crossed) most of the trouble.
Outside of work, besides sleeping and trying to do basic necessities - restocking the fridge, endless loads of laundry (still not done - realize I now have a bunch of "hand wash" only clothes from india - that's a chore), I've had a little bit of fun.
Last weekend was fun with an organic windtasting at a friends (which I did end of sleeping during half of it as it was friday night and exhausted, and the hostesses bed was comfy, begging me to collapse on it). As well as cross country skiing on saturday. Before you protest that isn't possible (there is no snow here, sadly), let me say it wasn't tons of skiing - basically a golf course where they make their own snow and mainly catered to skaters (the skiing type). But it was nice to be outside and enjoying a little bit of skiing (I think it will be the only time for me this year - although I think I heard rumor some will be coming tomorrow, strangely, as it's like 60 right now).
I had several meetings to keep me busy after work, one talking about debt override and how to finance our next school renovation, and the other one with my local Sustainability Group which was exciting as I hadn't been able to participate much lately. So many people excited and not just saying what should be done, but stepping up and doing it. More on future progress in later posts.
And finally, my car, which was "broken" before I left for India, and not suprisingly remained so when I returned. I use the term broken loosely as all I had to go on was an annoying flashing light alerting me to the possibility. After debating if the fix could be some black electric tape over the light. I finally grit the teeth and brought it in yesterday. Initially they said it just needed more fluids - coolant - not too bad. But than I get that call, you know the one, later in the day, telling my that my radiator is cracked and by the way my front brakes are gone. After paying this morning, I start wondering if this is the beginning of a steady stream of repairs (it is a '94 after all), or are we are good for now. I think my plan is to wait it out for a few more years, partly because I really want to buy the cheaper version of this car:
It's a Tesla which is a new company providing a new type of electric cars. I'm not a big fan of hybrids, and highly recommend seeing "Who Killed the Electric Car", so something like this is right up my alley... somewhat. I had wanted a station wagon next, and this is going in the opposite direction, but this version is their high end to compete with the likes of Porche. I'm hoping they will quickly expand their line of vehicles (with ones at the lower price tags), I'll try to hold out until then.
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