Another Beautiful Morning

So much blogging! Y'all are going to get spoiled and then I'll go to work. I was going to say 'back to work' and realized that it doesn't apply. I am going to work for the first time. Well... I guess technically I have worked before in my life... It does seem strange that I, who have lived in the underground of life for all of my previous existence, will be joining the 9 to 5 set. I mean that showing up to work on the 21st floor of a high rise to sit in front of a computer in a cubicle is not anything like showing up to a load in of a concert or other performance. I hope I will have the stamina for the mundane. I'm sure the paycheck will go a long way towards job satisfaction. Anyway, I do think that I will be working for a company that will offer me continual challenges. It's not like I will be designing Walmarts.

The weather in Ann Arbor has been just gorgeous these last days - more like June than April. Ian and I had to come in yesterday because I noticed he was getting a little sun. We'll have to start slathering on the sunscreen before we go out to play. I hope he has Aaron's coloring eventually. Unfortunately, it doesn't look to going to hold through graduation this weekend. At least I have no plans on going to the big all university ceremony which is being held on the diag because the Big House is under construction.

Aaron now has only two days of work left. (I'm keeping a count down for him.) We still have most of our packing to do but next week it is all of what we will be doing. Yesterday I spent some time going through all of my tools and getting rid of more than half. I had a total of four tool bags, boxes and buckets. So many things were duplicates or specific to stagecraft or just stuff I don't use much. I did keep my plumb bob though. What girl could live without one?? Aaron and I have seriously gleaned through our belongings and gotten rid of a lot of miscellaneous 'stuff' we really don't use or need. We have also made a policy that if it is broken, torn, burnt or otherwise in disrepair, it is not making the trip. Now that we will have income, I want sheets that don't have holes in them. Is it too much to ask??

Today's list of things to do includes: getting passport photos for Ian and I (I have to update with my new name), getting Aaron a replacement copy of his social security card, stopping by the Salvation Army with another load, going to the reproductive endocrinology clinic to sign some paperwork, and a stop at the grocery store. After all this and a bit of packing or napping while Ian naps, I will go over to a friends house for a going away party/dinner for me at 4:30. Tuesdays are one of Aaron's days off so it's good to run these kind of errands with both of us. That way one person can watch Ian while the other takes care of business. Sometimes keeping a toddler from running off can be difficult. I went to the bank the other day and they had the front door open - I tried to write a check and deposit it and Ian took off running. He made it out the front door and almost to the street before I caught him. Luckily the people in line behind me were more amused that impatient. I am beginning to understand the leash concept.