happily employed

Thrilled to announce we were both offered-- and accepted-- new jobs this week!

What a relief. Fear of imminent homelessness? Not any more! Fretting over the financial burden of including costly protein in our meals? Nope. Life is good and we are grateful :)

Dan starts work Monday (!) at New Light Energy Design as their "Installations Manager." It's a small company that replaces costly, inefficient commercial lighting with new, sustainable options. Dan's bosses/owners also have GreenMBAs, so the three of them already jive . It's a perfect fit for him-- he'll use his electrical skills and get business thrills.

I start work in September at the Children's Hospital of Stanford in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The patient population is {somewhat} similar to Gillette, but they get a lot of transplant, dialysis, and heart kiddos. *For my nurse friends-- a lot of ECMO & oscillators... a learning curve that I'm looking forward to :)

The sweetest part of our joyful employment was sharing it with our FIRST visitors!

My college roomie and her hub conveniently planned a vacation to wine country a few months ago- perfect timing. They made a pit stop on Wednesday to see our new diggs. Then we went to lunch in cutesy neighborhood Cow Hollow, hoofed it up Lombard street {aka: the crookedest street in world}, and took in some GG bridge sights.

Highlight of the day: found and photographed the Full House house. We also relaxed in Alamo park-- the site of many Tanner family escapades & where the opening credit picnic happens {if you're a true fan you know what I'm talking about...}

On Friday we met up with Lindsay & Kurt again in Sonoma Valley for some delicious wine tasting & a fabulous celebratory dinner. *Only the best kind of friends let you intrude on their romantic rendezvous to wine country. Thanks pals-- we love ya!

Can you tell Kurt is almost done with dental school? They have some rockin' teeth.

Dan & Kurt excited for their french dinner & annoyed I insisted on snapping a pic in the fancy restaurant.
(sorry it's fuzzy)

(our turn for a fuzzy pic)

So delighted to have time with friends :)