Subsequently I needed to again visit my favorite furniture store, essentially reconstructing my room in a fashion quite similar to how I had it over a year ago. Mattress, bed frame from West Elm, dresser from Furnish Green.
M moved in this week after finally closing on her apartment and moving everything out - she was a bit stressed but appears to be happy to begin on this new phase of her life.
Work has been crazy this month, as expected. Pushing out a batch of new features as well as preparing for the systems migration which will occur next week. I'm assured that my role there (as a contractor) will be stable for the next 6 months (until June), but it's scary realizing that I only have so much stability here. I actually really enjoy working at Penguin Random House and would hate to go. I'm hoping we can come to a mutually beneficial situation, perhaps even as a full-time employee.
A month of sobriety - all work and no play makes Daryl a sad boy - especially when you can't drink on top of it. Hopefully I don't go full on Shining on anyone, although there is no hedge maze in the hood... A number of us have given up on booze and crap food for a month (starting January 5th). It's actually not that hard considering how busy I have been, but still, man I would love to have a drink!
The holiday's were great - I went to Seattle for a few days, then Idaho to see Kyle, Amber, the boys, mum and Vince. It was a fairly chill break, complete with a day of skiing, a much needed respite from the city. The highlight was hearing Bear refer to himself in the third-person - "Don't chase Bear!" and discovering that both he and Case love to rock out to AC/DC's "Thunderstruck". I played that song over and over for them - was a crack-up.
When I got back to the city I went on a trip with Mike & GR to Philadelphia and DC for four nights - we had a blast, ate too much, drank too much, checked out at least one museum. Was nice getting away on that excursion as well.
