Danielle, Scott, Tim, Lindsay and Colin drove up from Corvallis to join us for New Years in Portland. I was a bit burnt out from 3 days of work straight off a late flight home on Sunday so I wasn't too pumped up to organize anything for anyone. We started the night off with pizza and a bunch of shots and then headed to Alberta Street Pub with Tim behind the wheel (sober). Unfortunately, Tim, not being used to medians all over Portland drove the Prius over a huge curb, blowing the front tire. He felt pretty bad about it but it gave Emily and I a good excuse to put her winter studded tires on later that weekend. Read on...
I'll be honest, I was not looking forward to going to Upstate NY for Christmas. I had promised my mom to help her downsize her home but I was not prepared for what I encountered. I'm not going to write a lot about it except that her house is now 6,000 pounds lighter of what my mom's therapist and I call "static" and it is now ready for contractors to work on. Read on...
This year was a big year for me at my job. 2014 was pretty much dedicated to boosting my career and position at Quantum Spatial. From the start of the year I took on massive projects, the size of which our group hadn't seen before. I worked long hours over the spring after our honeymoon, often staying till 8pm and during a few crunch weeks as late as 11pm for multiple nights. I remoted in almost daily to keep processes running and often worked from home over the weekends. By working in this manner I was able to save the company nearly $500,000 in budget savings. Read on...
