Yay for Hockey Playoffs

I know it's been a while since I've posted, but I've been busy watching hockey. ;) The playoffs are well underway and, as usual, I'm a happy camper because of it. Now, if I could just stop having to go to work everyday and sit around to watch hockey uninterrupted, by life would be complete...well, kinda complete, anyway.

Liz and I have been working entirely too much, lately (her more than me, really). I've been busy at the clinic and I've been doing a side project for the guys at Relion, too. That has kept be quite busy, but the work with Relion has slowed down a little (for now), so things are starting to get back to normal. Liz is working on a project with a team from India and a team from Israel. Apparently, no one outside the country is doing anything so she's been working extra time trying to get their work done for them. Huzzah. Basically, we've come to the conclusion that we need a vacation.

Speaking of vacations, we've got a few things in mind. For one, Liz's folks are planning a family vacation to Milwaukee in a couple months. Not very exotic, I know, but it'll be a chance for the family to get together and hang out for a while. Besides, it's been a while since I got to take in a Brewer game. Also, we've been talking about taking a trip to Chicago for a long weekend to see Nate and Nick. Now, if I could just get those guys to pick a weekend, we could set it up. And, aside from all of that, I think Liz and I are going to try to get away to Seattle some time this year. Why Seattle? I have no idea. We just like the idea. So, once we get these other things figured out, we'll plan that one, too. So, no huge vacations, just a few little ones, but it'll be nice to take some time off and get away for a bit.

In case you haven't noticed, the weater has been getting nicer. This last weekend was apparently yardwork weekend. I started off the weekend by pulling out an ugly juniper plant from our front yard. In case you're unfamiliar with these little beasties, they're ugly as sin and have horribly intertwined branches that all converge into a single taproot that is harder than stone. They're a joy to pull out of the ground, let me tell you. I've already broken two shovels trying to pull others - this one, though, cost me zero shovels - just some aching hands. We rented an electric shrub trimmer and used that on a bunch of our shrubs and hauled away the brush. Also, I got the oil in the lawn mower changed and the lawn mowed. So, all in all, I got a decent amount done around the house. Lizzy got to the nursery and picked up a bunch of flowers to start planting around the house, along with some vegetables in the garden. She doesn't have many veggies planted yet, just some onions, carrots, and spinach. But it'll get there.

Liz and I have been going to the gym pretty consistently, lately. We've been going probably 2-4 times a week. I'm on a weightlifting program in my 279th attempt in my life to put on some weight. Attempts 1-278 have all met with failure (even though half those attempts involved eating large amounts of very fatty food and sitting in front of a computer all day). So far, so good, on this one. I haven't put on a ton, but I'm up about 5 pounds in the last month or so. Not really noticeable, but I know. ;)

Softball season is ready to get underway. We've been practicing for a few weeks now and have our first game on Thursday. Here's hoping I can make it through another season without getting railed on the pitching mound.

So....yeah...I think that's about all that's going on. Maybe I'll post again, soon. Maybe.

Later daters.