Saturday Mornings

As I sit here on this fine spring morning, listening to a Lady Gaga marathon (Jason picked it, should I be concerned about his manhood!?) I realize that life is looking up. Yes the housing market still sucks and there is currently no hope of selling our "up north vacation home", I have started a new job. We had just gotten back from Van Family Florida Fun Time (fun indeed, see picture above) and I got a phone call Monday morning offering me a job from a place I interviewed at back at the beginning of March. I really had no hope of getting the position because it was far out of my realm of Civil Engineering, but low and behold, they wanted me. I started right away and have just finished up my second week with SGASi (http://www.sgasi.com/). We are a stage production company that works for some really big clients including Disney, WWE, NFL, and pretty much every notable casino in Vegas. I an doing stage and seating design which means I am back in front of a computer doing AutoCAD and am not lugging 40lb cylinders of concrete all over Lansing. Thus, life is better.

Getting back in the swing of working full time has been difficult. The fact that Jason has been working 60hr weeks since we got back from vacation doesn't help either. I still have to do all the household things that I was doing before, plus work a 9 hour day. When I get home from work I have to find time to work out, tire out the Critter Crew, get dinner on the table and relax. So things are a bit crazy while I settle back in to work. I've done it before and I'll do it again.

With Easter this weekend we plan on taking it easy. I took the dogs each for their own runs this morning and persuaded Jason to make breakfast (score!). I still have 400 other things to do but Jason tries to remind me to slow down and take some time to my self. Finishing the front yard raking is on the agenda as well as laundry and bathroom cleaning. What's that saying? A woman's work is never done? So beyond true. It's Saturday Night at home Date Night for the Repkes'. Shut off the TV, open a bottle of wine, and bust out a board game. I'll relax then.

Happy Easter to all and may the Easter Bunny leave you lots of goodies and no rabbit turds!