Things Are Heatin' Up!

Literally! Just coming off nearly a week w/o air conditioning @ the rental here in CLT. The $200 fix was cheaper than what we paid for two nights in a hotel (we wussed out, but 90 degrees in the house is not good for any of us, dogs included).

We've been spending nearly every weekend occupied in some way. I must admit, one weekend home in the last six weeks has been killing me (not to mention the house is a minor shithole right now): Disney, Disney, CHS, home, CHS, no AC and went out all weekend and then to hotel. I want to relax and sit down and watch TV in a clean house...one can dream. On the other hand, keeping busy and traveling to see family and taking weekends to really DO things with Harrison has been wonderful. It keeps us moving and active and sets a better example for him. This weekend, a train the musuem since it's member's day only for the aquarium reveal. Next weekend, 4th of July...hoping we'll do something BBQ-like with someone. Weekend after that, Grandmaster's workshop (I need to sign up for that!) and Buble concert.


Jobs = awesomeness right now. Jon is doing so well @ Westinghouse. He's been promoted to principal engineer & will now not just be functional lead but lead over two projects. He's looking forward to his Japan trip next month, too. All around, not being a submariner anymore has been a good thing for him and us. And, I got myself the raise I deserved. After much thought and work, I proved I deserved a drastic pay increase - and, it worked. So, finally being paid for the work I do, I'm just going to continue on my path and hope there'll eventually be some (off-cycle) promotion to Senior Analyst. With such a small team, I'll settle for being one of the best Analysts for now.

Thinking about our options to move right now. Our lease is up at the end of August, but we're trying to extend. With owners who are in the middle of a not-so-nice divorce, we're not sure what's going to happen. We'd like to extend 6 mos - 1 yr so we can put our Wilmington house back on the market (and kick our renters out). We just want to sell that sucker (for a loss, I'm well aware), so we can move on and really settle into CLT. Stress around this is immense, but we're just going to take things as they come.

With the above situation, it's gotten me down about the Mastery/Disciple program option @ TPD. I've had a running email with Sifu about the situation and the support I feel I need @ home to make the most of this journey. Basically, I still have some thought and meditation to put into this. While it's hard to leave my buddies still in class @ 7:45 and while I know I belong there, there's no question, some more stars do need to align for me to make the most of the program. With my lack of confidence in really losing this weight (since it's never happened), I know I need to sit down and map out how to progress in the boot camp altogether and then visualize. When I'm ready, I will take the step into the program(s). Until then, I'll keep working on my form and learning new things and practicing the old ones. :)