Return to routine, sort of...

Second day back at work after a week off. I do have New Years Day and Friday off so there is a long weekend to help me readjust to the rigorous life in the office. There are a lot of folks on vacation this week and there isn't much work for me to do. Yesterday Ian was intown shopping with the gift card to Eastern Mountain Sports his Uncle Greg's family gave him for Christmas. After finishing that he came to the office and joined me for my noontime walk. I chose the Eastern Promenade route as it was sunny and a lot of the snow had melted so we were able to walk the trail along the shoreline.

Ian standing next to a statue of George Cleeve the alleged founder of the City of Portland. The statue is near the route we were walking. Check out the link on his name.

Today's workload wasn't any better than yesterday's so I spent some time archiving 2008 proposal graphics and other odds & ends. Tonight Carol is trying to fine a decent and reasonable place to spend the night in Newton Massachusetts next week. No small task, even online. Ian is having some surgery on one of his feet at a hospital there and it's an overnight stay in the hospital so I'll take a couple of sick days to accompany him and stay overnight somewhere nearby.