A quick visit home

I flew home to Michigan this weekend in order to get some work done on my house. A friend of mine is becoming my roommate, so I had to get things ready for him to move in. In the process, I achieved a significant milestone. Three years after I bought my house, I finally moved in to the master bedroom. It was a little weird sleeping in a completely different room, but it felt good to be sleeping in my bedroom. I still have some minor work to finish on the room, such a terminating the phone and network, but the room is quite liveable. I'm hoping that I can put the finishing touches on it when I'm home again later in September.

In other news, my brother is moving from DC to Denver next week. He has been desperately trying to move out of the DC area, and he finally got a reasonable offer. It's going to be really weird for me to not have him in the same state, let alone the same time zone. Still, I totally understand his desire to get out of DC. DC is a fun place to hang out and visit, but it's not for everyone. What's interesting is that I had looked at Denver as a possible place to live about two years ago. The tech industry has a significant presence out there, and I could probably find some decent contracts out there if I wanted to.