Accounting

Spring has arrived, and with it longer days and fewer posts. My weekends have been filled with plants, dirt, and the occasional dandelion, and I've been catching up on my reading too. The last couple of books have included Chang and Eng as well as The Great Pretenders (see the link to the right). Last weekend we made mortadella sausage and this weekend we had an unsuccessful attempt at a Hoegarden Belgian-style beer (ice baths + hot glass containers = 5 gallons of mess), but we'll try again until we're feasting on our own concoctions.

We're also about 6 weeks from a vacation - a much deserved one - and one that has seemed far away for a long time. We're spending 9 days in Hawaii, 6 on Kauai, 3 on Oahu and despite the rain and the sewage leaks and dam bursts, we're really looking forward to it. We have a little pink house on the sunny side of Kauai, right across the road from the beach. In Oahu we're blowing a little bit of change on a room in the Outrigger - but hell, it will be worth it.

For those interested, work is work is work just like it always has been, and nothing's new on that front save a few layoffs today and a few resignations. I don't expect anything to change for me, so I'll sit quietly and work hard and go on my happy vacation and that's about that. My parents are coming out for a visit next weekend - the same weekend Lucy Bland's playing on KEXP (woo-hoo!) - and they'll make a trip to Olympia to see the Mikado.

What, you came here today expecting some great thoughts? I've been gone for a few weeks and this is all I come back with?

Yes, for now.