The Flu, Friends, and Bathroom Paint

So remember how last week I was hoping not to get sick before my interview? Well, my wishes didn't pan out, and I ended up with a 101 fever early Wednesday morning, a few hours before my interview. I had no choice but to cancel, hoping they'd be willing to reschedule and spent the rest of Wednesday sleeping. Thankfully, I had enough strength to make it in for the interview Thursday morning (somehow) and got the job! It's nothing big, just a temporary 6-week job with the City of Vancouver's HR department. It's also part-time hours that I get to pick, which is perfect for me. So as soon as my criminal background check goes through, I should be starting next week. Keep your fingers crossed for me. :)

Other than catching that awful bug last week, Mike and I have been doing very well this week. He went to Denver for a couple days on business and didn't catch my bug! Amazing! Last night we had some friends from church over to eat some wonderful steak and play Rock Band. It was a great time and I'm so glad we're starting to make some close friends here, finally! After only a year at this church, and we're finally starting to integrate ourselves. :p

So Mike's doing good, I'm doing good, and the dogs are good. Of course, I'm a little behind on the house improvements after being sick, but soon we should be painting our guest bathroom. We've decided on a "sunken treasure" theme, with deep blues and browns and tarnished gold accents. It's either going to look amazing, or really cheesey. Let's hope it ends up looking as good in reality as it does in my head.

Long Time, No Blog

Either we've been incredibly busy with no time for new posts, or absolutely nothing new has happened that's worth blogging about. I'd like to say it's more the first reason, but it's probably a combination of the second one and my laziness. But I guess there are a few things I can say about these past few weeks.

A few weekends ago, we went to see Mike's brother and family in Sacramento (thanks for the Southwest gift cards for Christmas!). It was a fast but very fun weekend, including a great game of boys vs. girls Cranium with a couple of their friends. Girls won, of course! Has anyone ever played with the boys winning? I don't think it's possible. :) We also had a great time with the kids, who are growing up way too fast.

I've begun a search for temp work recently and have an interview lined up tomorrow morning. Of course, today I woke up with a wee bit of a sore throat and some achiness, so I'm just hoping this doesn't get in the way of my interview. And speaking of illnesses, Mike's had some stomach pains recently, for which we found ourselves in the ER this Saturday night. It wasn't serious, but after looking up some symptoms on the Internet, we got a little worried that it could have been his appendix. Thankfully it wasn't, but some x-rays and blood work put our minds at ease. I guess next time we shouldn't start looking up symptoms on the Internet. :)

So, I guess that's good enough for now. Thanks for checking up on us!