New Home?

Tomorrow morning, we have an appointment with a realtor here in Northern Virginia where we’re looking to live. So far, we’ve looked at the neighborhoods and they look very nice. We hope that we find THE HOME tomorrow. This is what this week is all about and we hope that our new home, which ever [...]

Cold Up Here

After a scorching weekend in Houston, I’ve been freezing all day here in Virginia. It’s been in the low 50s all day and rainy. Luckillky, I did bring a light jacket. I also have sort of settled into my temporary housing here. I had to stock up on a few groceries, of course, but that [...]

That's All She Wrote

I’m just now in the process of wiping out my IBM laptop for returning it to IBM. I will no longer have a laptop and it’s actually very disconcerting NOT to have one – even though I know I’ll have a new one on Monday. As soon as it’s done, I’ll have to drive up [...]

Last Time For Big Blue

I am about to embark on my last travel week for IBM. I’ve got one week to turn over my responsibilities and then I’m finished. The hard part will probably by “excavating” my IBM laptop and pulling out all of my personal information from all the rest of the garbage that I’ve carried around – some [...]

One More Week

I am just about to wrap up my penultimate week at IBM. The moving process is going to be accelerated and probably quite a bit uncomfortable – especially for Laura as she has to do quite a few things by herself while I’m working in DC. The trick will be to get everything squeezed into [...]

Going Over To The Dark Side

Now I’ve gone and done it. Big changes are coming down the pipe. I’m not sure I’m prepared for so many changes all at once, but I’ll have to deal with it, I suppose. “What have you done?” you ask. I have tendered my resignation to Big Blue and will be departing the company soon. [...]