Martes 11 Marzo 2008
Wow it has been a week since I last updated. It was a busy weekend. Friday we went Salsa dancing. Few of our friends and anyone else showed up. This was probably due to the snow falling. Probably about 2 inches fell. It was just enough to be annoying. Saturday morning we saw the movie 10,000 BC it was awsome. We went to the 11:30 am 5$ show which had a lot more people attending than some of the other early cheap shows we have previously been to. I wonder if that was due to the popularity of the movie or is it due to the huge increase in gas prices. At 4$ a gallon a matinee would be maybe a better choice than the regular 9 $ charge for an evening show. In the evening we breifly visited the new house that a couple we know just bought. I wrote about the experience here under the March 9 entry. I don't need to write anymore about that.... Anyways so I have been writing more on my ohter blog just because I can send entries by email. This blog I only have the option to upload by FTP. RIght, anyway and Sundy I remember being busy but I don't remember what we did. We did some cleaning. RFA was sick so he was a little bit of a poppy pants. And monday I started my second week working at my new job. I am going to really like it. I also investigated my health benefits and realized I don't even have a co-pay. I have never not had a co-pay. I also don't have a limit on how much over time I am able to work. This may be a good or a bad thing depending on how you look at it.

Martes 4 Marzo 2008
Day number 2 at my new job and things are still great. I did some "actual" work today. I got a little taste of what I will be doing and I think I will enjoy it just fine. I also spent some time going over my benefits and the pay and I spent a lot of time looking at the 401(k) plan. I tried to come up with a good way to fund it with the strongest growing funds for the longest period of time. I also inquired about the 529 College Savings plan. HR advised me they would look into the specs for me. They told me that currently no one is taking advantage of this option. I don't even have any kids yet but I know I will have 2 or 3 either by birth or by adoption. It will cost an even more outrageous amount of money to attend college in 20 years so I really feel that I should start saving now.

I told a friend about my new job and advised her of some of the other openings where I work. I hope she is able to join me. It sounds like her employeer is about to do some more layoffs. I hope she is not one of them.

I spent a lot of time updating my arabic project web site. I think some of my web sites are really starting to look nice.

Lunes 3 Marzo 2008
I started a new job today. I am quite excited about the job but right now...at the beginning it is that boring part where you have not yet started anything. People have asked me what I do there and.... I kind of just have to say that I don't really know. I have a general idea but I dont know yet how it all works together. I guess when they ask they probably just want to hear the general explination and don't need the intricate details.