New Job, New Place, New addition on the way

I’ve announced elsewhere, but I’d like to officially announce on my blog that Amme and I have a baby on the way! Can you believe it? It still blows my mind. Amme looks great (so adorable) and is over her nausea, which only bad for a couple of weeks (which was fortunate). We don’t know if it will be a boy or a girl yet, but he/she will be born around February 9th. We still have so much to do, but there is so much else going on right now that we haven’t had any time to prepare.

I just started a new job for the State of Maine Office of Information Technology (OIT). I’m working out of Augusta, which is a decent commute for me, but even after gas I’m making much better money, and the experience so far has been great. I’m just finishing my second week here. The people are really great and there’s no shortage of things to do. I’m working out of a huge office building (1.3 miles circumference), and the state has numerous departments located here. Every day I’m learning how to find my way to a new office and meeting new people there.

State House

As the title suggests, we also have just moved–I told you we were busy! When it rains, it pours, and our lease was up so even though we had lots of other things going on we had to decide whether to stay another year or find a better place. Our old apartment was great but there were lots of little things that were wearing on us, things that can’t really be fixed by maintenance, so we decided to look for greener pastures. We checked out many places but finally found a place, and a landlord, that seem to be a perfect fit. We’re about 15 minutes from our old place, and have most amenities within walking/bicycling distance. There is slightly more square footage and it’s much better distributed. Also, the windows are huge! There is light flooding every part of the house (I love that). If you want our new address just drop me an email.

The cats adjusted quite well, except theres one closet that causes Riley to start whining pitifully whenever he goes in to explore it. I’m not sure if the things in there smell like the old place and confuse him, or if he’s sensing a poltergeist-like portal to another dimension just behind the shoe rack. Bruski, as always, took the move in stride and didn’t seem to mind in the least.

That’s about all the news we have for now, so digest, digest!

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