answer: that's just the way it is

Ahh, with my new wireless internet I can sit in the kitchen and make a blog post, watch the sun set behind rows of houses and eat peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon. Yes, Xtina is at work and yes, I suppose I could have eaten peanut butter with a spoon without wireless internet but having that convenience makes it even better. So far today I have picked up the apartment, cleaned the apartment (exaggerated), gone to the lavanderia and done the laundry, washed the car, hung the curtains and washed all the dishes. I am going to have one happy wife when she gets home. That, my friends, is how married life is done.

Tomorrow night is inventory night at work which means I'll be there until 1am counting and by the end of the night we'll see if my first fiscal period as buyer was a success. I'm a bit nervous. I think I've done okay, sales have remained constant but I've increased inventory a little more than I'm happy with. The search to do something entirely different drags on. I'm working on getting at least one weekday off every week so I can volunteer my time and balance my life out a bit and do something I actually feel strongly about. My life is much more enjoyable and balanced than it was a year ago - I'm feeling like myself again - my career problem is simply constantly staring me in the face.

We've been fairly stagnant on dinners lately - although a couple nights ago we had xtina's signature vegan vodka penne, but I've had some great beers. Last night we shared a bottle of framboise lambic out of real lambic glasses. In the last week though I've had the Carolus Easter Ale - in it's U.S. debut, Sara Buckwheat Ale and Goose Islands' surprisingly good bourbon county stout. I've been buying beer and checking in with beeradvocate.com - an outstanding publication.

We'll be back in town next week. I hope to see you at the Hop Cat.

I almost forgot: my wilco concert is Monday. I saw the setlist from last nights show and it looked great. They reported played for three hours. It's going to be awesome.