I am hard at work learning about my new job while still doing my old job. My boss retires on April 6. So far, I am having fun, but of course that is a honeymoon illusion that will disappear soon enough. Anyway, I'm pumped some these days and manage to get to work early most mornings.
My upcoming motorcycle journey from Seattle to Washington D.C. is also much on my mind. I've got work to do on the bike to get it ready, want to take a test ride to Portland and back to get a bit of longer distance experience, and need to finish arrangements for motels or camping on the ride. Tied in with that, Kathy and Lauren will be meeting me in D.C. at the end of my ride for a week vacation to see the sights..so we have to make arrangements for that.
But...before heading off for my Easy Rider odyssey Lauren will graduate from Lewis & Clark College on May 6! That is the big event in the near future and we are very excited about honoring her significant accomplishment. That will be a big weekend. Lauren has also recently become a barista at Starbucks! She worries a bit about what she will do now that she is a graduate, but I am not worried. She's smart, hard-working, kind to animals and people, and beautiful. The world lies before her.
Finally, my twin brother, Jim, will be here for Lauren's graduation, but also for our 60th (I know, that must be a typo) birthday on May 3.
So.....a busy time for Spring 2007.
