Houston weather is CRAZY

The title of this blog basically sums it up...the weather here is NUTS! This week, for example it has been 35 degrees and it has been 80 degrees. It has been windy, sunny, flooding rain and we've been under a tornado watch. ALL IN THE SAME WEEK! It is no wonder that I'm fighting a cold now. My body cannot adapt to all the change - hopefully I'll get used to it.

Other than that, I'm trying to focus at work but its hard since tomorrow is FRIDAY!! And since Bill comes in tomorrow at 5:30, I am basically counting down until then.

This weekend we are going out with Russell, Jill and Mr. T tomorrow night to Houston's (yum! and SO much better than Lupe's) and then Saturday I think Jill and I are going to Highland Village (great shopping) and BT and Russell are going to play golf. Sat. night I get an official DATE night with Bill and then Sunday we are going to eat with his Dad - its his birthday and then watching the PATRIOTS! Go Tom!!

Well I hope you all have a good weekend and we will talk to you soon!

Love you all-
VA

4 More Days!

That's the only thing I can think about - 4 more days until Bill comes for the weekend! I miss him like CRAZY and I am trying to keep myself busy. The good thing about that is I just got handed a TON of work for this hospital so I will be busy this week.

Other than that, all is well in TEXAS. I got TV hooked up in our bedroom today and the Phone and Internet are coming tomorrow. And - I found my power cord...it's in Atlanta so I've got to wait for Bill to bring it on Friday before I can download pics.

This weekend was pretty much spent working on the apartment and getting laundry done. The apartment looks 100X better than it did on Thursday night which is good and hopefully BT will like it come Friday. :)

Well I've got stuff to do so I'll write more later. And post pictures soon!

Love you all-
VA

Getting Up EARLY!

Well the good ole days at Skanska, where I got to work late and left early are definitely over. Now working on a base building hospital, I am on site by 6:30-7am and we normally leave around 5pm. Work is great though and I am definitely learning a lot which makes me happy - plus I am staying busy!

Other than work stuff, I have not done much to the apartment since Bill went back to Atlanta. I do plan on getting lots accomplished this weekend though so it will look half way decent when he comes out next weekend.

For other news, Bill heard from his recruiter and the company he interviewed with on Monday, JE Dunn, is planning on making him an offer! So as you can imagine we are extremely excited about that and I personally cannot wait until we are both settled here.

Well I hope you all have a good week and I promise to post pictures soon. (I can't find my Dell compuer charger so I'm going to have to buy a new one before I can download any pics.)

Love you all-

VA

First Day at the Jobsite!

Well I don't have long to write but I just wanted to update everyone and say hello and things are GREAT in Houston! I am going to be working on the Sugar Land Medical Center project - which lasts until September or October of 08 and I am typing to all of you from my new MAC computer! I will post more tomorrow but I hope you all are having a great week and I will talk to you soon.

Love you all-
VA

Last Day at Skanska

Well this is my last day at Skanska and I have to say, it hasn't quite hit me yet. I keep trying to mentally prepare myself that I won't ever come back to this office but it just hasn't sunk in yet. Bill told me last night it will probably hit me that I'm not coming back between Montgomery and Mobile, because there is NOTHING on that stretch of road so we'll see. Even though I have only been here just shy of 3 years, it seems like longer than that and to some degree...I am sad.

But...now it's on to bigger and better things and that excites me. I can't even contemplate how much I have to do now with unpacking (the neccessities) at our apartment, trying to make it liveable and now searching for a house. At least it will keep me busy.

Last night we all went out and had a blast - thank you to everyone who came - the food was so good! And I was glad I got to see everyone again...although I will be back soon!

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I will talk to everyone soon!

P.S. As soon as I get to Houston, I will post some pictures - most notably of the Gypsie-Mobile which is what I'm calling my car right now. It is PACKED!

Love you all-
Virginia

Fresh Start

Well all I can say about this week is...this is it! Bill and I are loading up the Tahoe tonight and getting ready for our LONG drive tomorrow. We are hoping to leave Atlanta by about Noon and be in Houston around midnight. Tonight we are going out with friends to Old Vinings Inn for one more hoorah! before I leave.

Don't blame us if we don't touch base with everyone this weekend as we have a lot going on and a LOT to do before Monday morning. But we will talk to everyone, hopefully next week and let you know how things are going.

Love you all-
Virginia