Week two has flown by. Work has finally felt normal in as much as I am located where work actually is, I can attend meetings instead if dialling in at odd hours of the night and I am settled in my office. I was meant to leave the office with a view on Wednesday this week but it’s looking like I may be there for couple more weeks which is good.
Weather wise this week has been great! The sun has been out, the skies blue and we’ve had the hottest day of the year so far (70 degrees). Mount Rainier has been spotted at least 3 days this week which is pretty impressive but nowhere near as impressive as the mountain itself.
Tracy and the boys have checked out numerous houses, although it has not been easy as the quality of American customer service doesn’t seem to extend to estate agents. Could they be any more unhelpful!?
As part of the house hunting process we did stumble across Waverley beach park on Wednesday evening. It is a beautiful spot just north of Kirkland in a highly desirable part of town. We were driving past a house we’d seen online however we couldn’t get hold of the agent and by the time they finally responded the house had gone. Never mind. Anyway the beach park had an area of the lake to swim in, a play area, plenty of grass for lazing around and a small shop selling Hawaiian hotdogs which the boys seemed pleased about.
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We then drove further north to an area called Juanita to sample the delights of Spuds Fish & Chips. It was exactly like reviews on Trip Advisor had described, 3 or 4 spotty teenagers taking an age to serve what were yummy buffalo shrimps and chips and fish and chips for the boys. It took about 3 visits back to the counter to get what we ordered but to be fair it tasted good – I’m sure we’ll be back.
Thursday and Friday were busy days at work with back to back meetings but Friday evening saw a visit to Clyde Hill beach park, which is a beautiful setting, followed by a trip to Red Robbin, shopping in the mall for new trainers for the boys and an early fathers day present for me as I bought myself a new watch! I’m pretty sure I deserve it!
The weekend brings house hunting and a BBQ – updates to follow! And maybe a photo of an eagle, here’s hoping!