Traveling fool

So it's been quiet on our blog and not by choice. My travel schedule and workload went from annoying to stifling pretty quickly, so even my time at home has felt hurried and hectic and as I've struggled to catch up between work trips. So much time in airports/airplanes or heading to meetings has made it difficult for me to keep up with a lot of things at home, let alone even check my email or blog. My work computer is not great, and being stuck for hours (sometimes days) at a time where there is no internet has been extremely frustrating. I have decided that I need an iPad so I can still keep up with my personal stuff (emails, bills, blog, reading, the outside world?!) since my work computer is not able to do that. Unfortunately, that's going to take some time to save up for, but I think it'll be worth it. A lot of colleagues have made the leap to an iPad to stay on top of their personal life and their work because they can do both on an easy to use, internet-connected device. (I'll spare you the infomercial, but let's just say it's a wonder everyone doesn't already use one for work)

I tried to figure out what happened over the last few months, and looking back through my calendar since my last post, I found this:

March 15-18: DC

March 30-Apr 1: DC

(April 2: Tweed Ride & Shuffle)

(April 9: Housewarming Party)

April 10 & 11: DC

(April 15-17: Mom & Larry's weekend with us for the art festival)

(April 20-25: Wade's folks visiting and Lake Disston)

April 25-29: DC

(May 1-4: Marilyn & Tyler visiting and Orlando)

May 4-7: Los Angeles, CA

May 7-9: San Francisco, CA

May 9-10: Monterey, CA

May 15 & 16: Chicago, IL

May 16-19 : DC

(May 27 & 28: Kellyn and Michelle visiting)

(May 27-30: Memorial Day weekend on Anna Maria w/ Dustin & Katie)

June 7-10: Ocean City, NJ

(June 9-12: Alison, Mike, & Rylan visiting)

June 13 & 14: Rhinelander, WI

June 14-17: DC

I've been doing my best to cram in friends and family between the work trips to keep myself sane, but work seems to be crushing out any fun time.

I have a week at home, then I'm back in DC the last week of June. So I am trying to make the most of it and get caught up on things. I have posted pictures for my California trip, the Tweed Ride, our Housewarming party, Marilyn and Tyler's visit, and our trip to Lake Disston with Wade's folks at our Picasa site, feel free to check them out.... (thanks to Katie and Dustin for many of those pictures!)

We've also been madly planting, watering, and weeding the garden and yard which we're really enjoying, but is taking more effort than we expected. We're learning a lot, but also looking forward to the day when the native plants are established and don't need quite the hand-holding they do right now while it's hot and merciless out.

By the way - welcome to the newer bloggers out there (Marilyn, Rachel, and Alette - all to the right on our blog)! Thanks for joining the fold so I can hear about what you're up to! When I am away from home, reading about your adventures has made me laugh despite being so homesick I can barely smile. :)