A New Year

First - an update on the water heater. After a few hours of not working last Monday (the same day it was "fixed"), that evening we were able to re-light the pilot light and it has worked ever since since. We don't know why it went out so soon after being fixed and honestly, as long as it keeps working, we don't really care. We LOVE being able to take hot showers at home as well as wash dishes without having to heat water on the stove.

January 1st we rented a minivan and drove up to Justin's dad's to pick up a brand new dishwasher. Nothing was wrong with the one we had except that it was pretty loud when it ran. We were very lucky that when Justin's dad's old dishwasher (the one he was going to give us) had some problems it was under warranty and they replaced it with this brand new one. Since they had already purchased the one that they wanted, we got this one. Justin installed it (I was the wonderful helper) and we have done one load so far. It is fabulous and we are very appreciative of the trouble Justin's dad went through to get us such a great replacement!!!

One of the next things on our wishlist has been a new computer. Justin's current one is about 7 years old which as you well know in the world of computers makes it ancient. My computer is newer than his (about 5 years old) but it is also having serious problems. So Thursday evening, we ordered a new one that we are expecting some time this week. We love having our own computers but buying two new ones was really not an option. Justin has heard of boxes that you can connect to your computer that will allow you to hook up two separate monitors, keyboards and mice so we can each work off of one computer. We made sure it has a lot of memory and storage space to accommodate both of us.

This next week is almost back to business as usual. Justin is going back to work (and sadly he will be working out of town for the next 3 weeks) and I have one week to get ready for the spring semester. Luckily I am teaching the same two classes that I taught last semester (although I am going to make some changes to the calculus class) but I am also teaching an intermediate algebra class as well. I have syllabi to write and my first week of lectures to prepare. We also are having house guests this Friday so I have some cleaning to do as well as some other errands to run.

After 3 weeks Justin will be on another local client - we have been spoiled the last 3 months of him working in town so we hope that after this 3 weeks in Houma he will be on local clients for another few months.