Now

It’s been a while! A lot has happened.

Work’s still great. There was an extremely heavy period in the fall, but it resulted in my getting promoted to Staff Engineer, which I’m still processing. Bobsled is still hiring, in Engineering now.

I took almost a whole 3 weeks off for a winter break, which I hadn’t done since I started working, and it was awesome. My body reached rest around 1 week in, and I realized that, by only taking a week here and there, I’d been missing out on that.

We went to Accra for 10 days. I absolutely loved it. We just ate and drank and hung out with Boyfriend’s family, plus a little swimming in the twin Boti waterfalls… That day was a spiritual experience. I walked away with a strong feeling that I’d have twins some day. Qui vivra verra.

Anyway, somewhere close to a decade now, Accra’d been on the back of my mind as a possible place to live. Maybe some day!

Aside from that, I finally got all the permits and approvals to do an extension in my backyard last month, 6 months after I bought my place. So now we can order window frames and things. I’m reaching a point where none of my impatience has reached this process, so all I can do is make plans, wait, and hope that I’m moved in by the summer. Surprisingly I feel pretty chill about it now.

In the last couple of weeks, we have started demolishing stuff in the home: floors, drop ceilings, and even walls! For now, it’s just me, my boyfriend, and friends. It’s pretty incredible what we’ve been able to do. I am hoping to sign a contractor soon, though.

In other news, I am excitedly planning a friend’s baby shower, as well as my grandma’s 100th birthday.

Work’s going great. Bobsled is hiring, particularly in SRE.

I’m feeling pretty aligned, balanced, and hopeful.

Came home from vacation in Montenegro (it was gorgeous), now back deep in the new home renovation stuff! Also, I just created this /now page.