Diana and I had a lunch date while Simon attended his last day at school. We're very grateful for the people at the Windfall School for the Birth to 3 Intervention program. They were very sad to see him go today, and in some ways I'm glad he's too young to understand that he doesn't get to go back anymore. He really loved it there.
We had a great chance to get out for a bit without the little man. We talked a bit about Simon, and our journey with him. We've been very lucky with him overall, I think, and the challenges we've had haven't been all that difficult. We're impressed with the progress he has made in his developmental delays, but frustrated that he can't continue.
We also had a nice talk about our relationship. I forget what we were talking about, but we made the realization that we don't really get tired of being around each other. That sounds like an obvious condition of being married to someone, but comparing notes, we've both had relationships where it was nice to get away from the other person, and we considered that normal. It's things like this that just continue to amaze me. I don't know how we managed to land each other. We work exceptionally well.
There was interesting discussion about how the world of work has so dramatically changed since the days of our baby boomer parents' generation. It's strange how the days of working for one company most of your life practically never happens anymore. Companies have no real loyalty incentives (like pensions). It's just accepted these days that you and your job are expendable. In some ways that's kind of sad, but it seems like there is also more opportunity, if you really look for it. I think it all has to come around. People are ultimately what make a company awesome.
As you might expect, we talked about travel some more. The cruise bug has latched on. While we totally want to talk the Jandes clan into doing a 4-day with us, in the back of my mind I'm thinking Alaska, or to really exercise the passport, Mediterranean, without Simon. I blame my friends who go all kinds of cool places. Maybe I blame Ohio.
It was nice to get out and just talk. Things have been too hectic lately. There are always things in my life that I would like to go more smoothly, but we've got a pretty good thing going here. I need to give that more focus.
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