Not terribly much new here. Work continues to involve a lot of website-related stuff, with a sprinkle of this and a dash of that thrown in for good measure. I like systems that can run for months on end without any attention. I like resolving problems that have existed for a long period of time. I had a meeting regarding my annual review yesterday and it was very positive. One of my strengths is my willingness to tackle just about anything technical and solve problems. Ideally there wouldn’t be problems in the first place, but then I wouldn’t have much of a job then, would I?
Tomorrow is Friday. I get to have a nice chat and remote viewing session with a tech support rep so he can see firsthand a problem I’m experiencing and help me troubleshoot it. Thankfully this time the problem doesn’t seriously impact customers. I also get to spend more time working on our department website to get that ready to go live hopefully middle of next week.
On the home front, Warren is very mobile. He’s now walking and able to turn on his own without losing balance and falling down. He still loves playing with doors and thankfully Laura enjoys playing with him too so he doesn’t get shut in a room by himself too much. I do wish he would eat better. He’s mostly stopped eating baby food. He’ll eat it if he has something else to keep him busy at the same time (e.g. playing with a toy). I’m a little worried he’s not getting good nutrition but we’re trying. He seems to be a picky eater. He had his 1 yr doctor appointment the other day and weighed in just under 24 lbs and is just shy of 30 inches tall. He’s a pretty average little boy in that regard thankfully.
Laura is in potty training and doing quite well. Kudos to Liz for her excellent coaching, encouragement and patience in this ordeal since for the most part, I’m not around to deal with it. She’s still having problems dealing with Warren’s mobility and the fact that he likes to play with pretty much whatever she is playing with. I’m sure that will end in a few years … let’s just hope he survives it. :) We’re hoping to put her into a dance class this spring … I think she’ll enjoy it.
Liz and I got most of a week to ourselves earlier this month, courtesy of her parents. It was much needed though I think it could have been better if the weather had been less typically hot August. We really need to start doing date nights again. We talk about it and then live distracts me/us and it never gets set up. I think a good goal is twice a month given our current level of craziness. :) One problem is there haven’t been a lot of good movies we’re interested in seeing this year (yet). I’m sure we could find something else to do but inspiration isn’t always there when I need it.
