Leelanau Whippersnapper

Well for those of you who have been hiding under rocks, you can now call me Uncle David!  Sarah and Brain are now proud parents of a healthy baby boy - Christopher Wallace Peterson.  Both mom and son are doing well and I suspect as I write this my folks are on their way down to Iowa to do a meet and greet.  I’m so happy for both Sarah and Brian and wow, I wish them the best of luck as they bring up this child.  He will be surrounded by so many wonderful people, it’s hard to imagine what great things he will accomplish in his lifetime.  So that’s the big news right now.

In other news, I am still continuing to look at apartments.  So far, I’ve seen 2 complete DUMPS that these landlords are trying to pass off as livable places.  What a fucking joke.  I was told in my pursuits here that I have only a year before I can really afford to buy my own place.  I just need to find somewhere that is not infested with roaches and mice to live for a year.  I am going to see 3 condo’s this weekend in Traverse, hopefully one of them will be what I am looking for.

On a sad note, the pets are really hurting my chances at finding something worth while.  One complex I am looking at is brand new, gorgeous, has all the amenities that I require HOWEVER, they allow only one dog and one cat.  I have 2 cats.  That place is also the most likely place that I can get into and I hate to say it but if it comes down to choosing an apartment or my cats I have to say at this point I have to choose the apartment.  I intend to do everything I can to accommodate my own children but even though I do treat them like my own kids, they are still all pets.  They don’t pay the rent (and in fact eat me out of house and home) and I may have to make a choice.

Work is crazy right now.  I’ve managed to put in about 55 hours for 2 weeks straight now and next week looks like more of the same.  Major re-set’s going on with lots of new product hitting the floor for fall.  It’s really keeping me on my toes and lucky for me, my team has sensed my urgency and really started to perform up to my expectations for speed.

Tonight I am painting the vanity in the bathroom so now it’s off to do a second coat.  That is the one thing we never finished when we redid the bathroom so I am finishing it now so that it looks like we did what we said we were going to do.  Enjoy your weekend!