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A great deal has been happening, but there has been little time to write about it.

House: The architect is now completing the working drawings for the half of the house that we will be building. These drawings will go to the council for building permits and various builders for quotes. Hopefully, assuming everything goes smoothly, we will be able to get the pad poured before Christmas! Yay!!

I have to say, the whole process for this half of the house has been pretty easy… or maybe it is just that we have so many things going on at the moment we don’t have the spare time to stress about it. The design came together effortlessly. There was a little finessing about room sizes and windows, but our architect really did a brilliant job working up rooms that will be used as a (semi) temporary kitchen or possible office/possible linen closet, etc. What we are building now will be perfect as a finished bedroom “wing”, but also really nice as a complete house until we can build the rest. It will certainly be a lot nicer than what I ever thought we would be living in for the first few years into this venture.

Job: I (finally) found myself a full-time job! Yay! I started working about 3 weeks ago as a curriculum developer for the local polytech. Basically, my role is to aid the various schools as they create new or changes in courses and programs that they are offering. I make sure that all the needed information is gathered and national standards are being met.

Everyone seems very nice. It has been great so far. However, it has been a long time since I have worked full-time. I’m surprised at how tired I am at the end of the day… hence, the lack of updates on this blog. I’m getting used to it, though.

So, along with me going back to work, Greg has picked up the majority of the house duties – managing Burgess, taking care of half the dinners, and keeping the house relatively tidy. He is doing really well, but also having a bit of a learning curve. I’m finally getting all the empathy and respect for the past eight years. Managing the house and Burgess on top of everything else is surprisingly complicated. If he were able to pick it up without missing a beat, I would feel more than a little hurt. Still, like I said, he is doing a brilliant job.

Burgess also has to take on a few more responsibilities, which can only be a good thing. (Not that he thinks so!)