Week numero uno is almost at a close and it's been arduous (to say the least). Lots of meetings, most of which weren't with the folks I came out here to collaborate with. It has been cold. I mean, *cold-cold* but I've had a chance to hang with @ianjukes twice and one of my directors cooked up a fabulous meal last night. I am missing the kids, my wife, my friends and Seattle-in-general something fierce (not to mention the food back there). Switching gears back to being an "industrial park" worker has also been interesting. There is very different workplace dynamic when compared to city-dwellers who jaunt around town during the day.

We started the relocation process today and I get more info on what is involved next week. I've got a whirlwind house hunting tour tomorrow and plan on hitting LL Bean up in Maine either Saturday or Sunday. I'm going here Sunday morning and @sethhoff will be preaching.

Kids are recovering from some nasty colds and Tori made a cassoulet last night (for French class today) that had everyone's mouth watering. I at least got the visual from it during last night's iChat.

Lots of personal stuff going on I can't really tweet or blog about yet. "Change" is certainly the "go" word for 2009. I'm not expecting this to be a stellar year, but will be very glad to be proven wrong.

I'll post some pictures from the house hunt and keep y'all updated on the relo process. My new office view is below. It definitely beats the Seattle Public Library I've been staring at for 18 months, but it's no Puget Sound, either.