Reading (People)

I have done some reading recently (YAY!) but this post isn't about books. It's about reading people. I have been doing some interviews recently.

In one of them, I got a skills test. Analyze a 14,000 record data set and do an hour-long presentation about the results. Well, this was a little outside the realm of what I've been doing with our Web Analytics and search analytics at Snowbound. But, it was an interesting experiment to see what I could do.

The presentation went well, but when it was over I came home and told Mia that if I didn't get the job it wouldn't be because I wasn't competent but because they needed someone with more experience than I had.

I got a call from the HR person I'd been working with later that afternoon telling me almost that exact thing. I have to admit being a little disappointed but also grateful for the chance to expand my horizons and give me something to work on personally.

Fortunately, one of my other interviews that also went extremely well ended in a job offer. More on that soon. ;)

Full On Tantrum

Ethan doesn't throw tantrums. He gets upset about things (and hits us sometimes, we're working on that) and will show his anger but doesn't take it to the point of being irrational.

Except for yesterday. Ethan hasn't been napping since we left Boston and it finally started catching up with him.

Now, I have to pause here and recognize some culpability because we have been keeping him up late sometimes as we meet new friends and go over to their houses or take him out to something new down here.

But back to the point, last night Ethan was miserable. He wouldn't stop crying about everything. I couldn't do anything without him screaming. He was hitting, screaming, crying, repeat. This was the worst that I've ever seen. Finally I wrestled him into pajamas and got him into bed.

At which point he promptly fell asleep.

Skinny

Have we mentioned that Ethan is skinny? Well he is.

In fact, the other day he wore a pair of Edwards (6 mo) shorts around all day. They fit around his waist a little snugly, and looked a bit short, but they fit and since he always wants to be dressed before we get breakfast, I wasn't looking too closely.

When we finally checked at the end of the day, Mia and I had a good laugh.

Dinner!

I made dinner tonight. No, that's not a reason to post to my blog. Though, since we moved here we've been making menus. Our deal is that if I help make the menu (Mia hates thinking about what to make) she'll cook the dinner. I've been very impressed with her on what she's cooked for us.

But, the reason that I'm posting tonight is because I made stuffed peppers. With ground sausage, rice, chunky tomato sauce, Worcestershire and some spices. I just cut off the tops and dumped the filling in then covered them in sauce and baked for about an hour.

They were so good!

The Olympics!

We are watching the opening ceremony of the Bejing Olympics and it's making me realize that Ethan only has 12 years until he could be competing in the Olympics himself.

Time to start pushing him. Any suggestions on sport?

Maybe trampoline, or kayak, or shooting?