"Life is full of disappointments"

Don't be scared off by the title. Things are going well here in the Land of the Hot. The title, a quote from one of my favorite movies (guess which in the comments!), sums up how I'm feeling about two things:

First, for those of you who are anticipating the kids' coming to KC and offering lengthy dissertations about their life in Vegas, adjust your expectations. I get so excited to hear about the kids' school days, maybe because I have very little social life of my own? But it's really the same old things. "Good!" "I played puzzles." "Math was fun, kind of easy."

Sam did say that they went to science today, and he asked "Do we get to make something explode??!" "Not today," was the response. That's my boy.

Second, I can't help but be a little disappointed by the news from work. I decided about a mon ago, when this adventure started, that I would try to make my job from omemwork remotely. Lots of people virtual PM, and I had 3 projects underway to prove that it works. My projects have gone well, I've been complemented by the management and clients, but I wa told yesterday that they don't have any new projects for me. Now, this could be temporary. And honestly, the time zone thing is not very fun. But I can't help feeling that I complicated is whole transition with work that is leading nowhere.

When we were at church Sunday, it occurred to me how much I've given up on lately. I'm not sure when this started, but I've basically begun thinking that things are as good as they can be, so much better than for many people, and I shouldn't really anticipate great improvement. That's really e very opposite of my typical world view, that everything can be better, more efficient, more something. I'm ready to expect more from me too. Why not expect more from work too?

Starting over in Las Vegas wasn't really what I aspired to or planned, but it may be just what I need.