Thursday, February 15, 2007

Happy Valentine's Day

Hal writes:

Well, that had to be the longest dry spell in between blogs that we've had. I was talking with Jim about how I'm just not sure if people check this or not, be he assured me inquiring and curious minds are always prevelant, and that people do check in with us from time to time.

I am happy to report I am sleeping much better after getting through my hall sign-up process for next year and RA placements that occured on Monday. I found myself last night feeling like I was forgetting something, simply because it was evening and I was not working. I don't know what I am going to do with myself once my living space and office are not a few feet from each other.

Anna and I celebrated Valentine's Day a day early (in part to her working at the coffee shop last night), but it was nice to enjoy the evening in a quiter atmosphere than what the actual evening would have brought. We went down to Galena and enjoyed a meal at Vinny Vanucchi's, one of a fewItallian restaurants in the area. There were a handful of post-college to 30 something couples in the restaurant with us, probably having the same idea of avoiding the crowds. The food was ok, but I think we prefer Fried Green Tomatoes as the restaurant of choice in Galena. Below is a picture of us in the restaurant, but unfortunately the camera was on the wrong setting, so the picture isn't that clear.


Outside of the restaurant was this poor little lion. The icicles made it look like he had a cold with a snotty nose. It humored me enough to take a picture.
Anna created some Valentine's Day cupcakes for her classmates in the PT program. Here they are on display with the cupcake display rack that Anna's grandma got her for Christmas.


This afternoon I have my yearly employee evaluation. Last year about this time I had my first evaluation which only covered September - December of my first semester here, but now my supervisors have a whole year's worth of dirt on me. Hopefully they will want to hire me back for next year. ;)

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