What time is it? What day is it?

So I'm sure that some of you are wondering if I have quit the blog. No, I know that it's been a while since my last update, but it's just been kind of a whirlwind since we returned. We got back last Monday, on December 11th. I decided to accept the new offer and put in my notice. My last day at MarketTools will be December 29th. I didn't know this at the time, but that's very good for taxes. I get to start at my new job with IRI on Tuesday, December 2nd. Everyone keeps asking me if I'm taking any time off. I probably should, but I don't want to push it with my new employer. I don't think that after returning from a month-long vacation I should ask for yet another week off when they have told me that they would like me to start right away. Something about first impressions...

Since we have returned, Edwin started his new job at UCSF hospital. He's still trying to figure out the best public transportation route, but so far, so good. We also started some Christmas shopping last weekend. I think that tomorrow is the deadline for mailing gifts and we are going to be severely late this year. Oh well. Christmas cards have also been on the to do list. I think this year we are only sending them to people that have sent us one. We haven't even started on the thank you notes. Guess those will have to wait.

Sleeping since we returned has been somewhat of a challenge for me. Even if I go to bed at midnight, I'll lie awake in bed for 1-2 hours. I don't know why. Waking up is always a struggle for me, but it's been after Australia. My eating schedule is OK, just sleeping is not like it used to be.

So I started organizing the wedding photos from the photographers. Yikes. There's just so many of them! There are about 1000, but I am trying to upload only about 250 so that it's a little more manageable. I have been experimenting with a bunch of the new photo sites like flickr and picasa. I chose picasa because they gave me more memory. I think that I still will need to purchase memory because these photos are just so big. But I wanted people to be able to download the actual photos that were decent quality.

We leave on Friday for LA where we will stay with Edwin's mom. My parents are flying there too since my grandparents moved to San Gabriel earlier this year. Here's a cute pic with my grandparents from the wedding. I can't remember the last time I took a picture with them. Probably Laura's wedding.