My week

I'm not really sure why, but I haven't really had a great deal of motivation to write this week. Last weekend was all about physical labor. I finally got motivated to collect the firewood that's been sitting down the hill at a neighbor's place for a couple of months. It took five trips with the trailer, but all the wood is now stacked at the end of the driveway, waiting for me to split it. Then I brought another big pile of freshly cut oak from my next-door neighbors over and stacked it in the driveway too. I was hoping to get started splitting the wood this weekend, but the rainy weather has changed that plan.

It was actually a pretty relaxing week at work. I spent the week at our training facility, teaching new employees. I wouldn't want to do the training full time, but it is nice to have a couple of weeks each year where I don't have to worry about the usual job issues. Its also refreshing to interact with the new employees...their eagerness to learn and enthusiasm for the job are fun to watch. Of course, next week will be back to my usual work, but hopefully the positive energy from last week will carry over for a while...

Finally, my parents came down from NY on Tuesday. They are spending the weekend at my brother's place in Maryland, but they came down early to visit their granddaughters. I didn't really get to see much of them while they were here, but it sounds like they had a good time with the girls. We did make tentative plans to send the younger daughter up to my parents' place after Thanksgiving so she can help Grandma make Christmas cookies!