Home again, home again

I made it home, doing the last part in chunks because Greg and I kept stopping to see the northern lights which were not only early in the evening, but completely spectacular.

Yesterday was a long one: I signed papers to allow Sherwin-Williams to do a background check on me to make sure I'm not too violent or psychopathic to sell paint. The assistant manager at the store told me the checks usually take about a week for the corporation to do, and then I'd be able to start training in sometime next week.

After the great signing, I went over to Sarah and Sammie and Plinio's place and helped them rip half their roof off so they can replace it with a model that doesn't leak. It was a good time, and nice to get outside to do some physical work. Of course, I still have six or seven cords of aok waiting for me at my place, too...

And after working on the roof (and rescuing the wife from the *spray paint fumes* in her office; yeah, Claudia, what were they thinking?), I went home, got a shower, shoveled down "dinner," then headed off to birthing class. I think the students in the class are starting to take over a little. Last night, people just started asking questions about the things they really wanted to know, rather than just letting the teacher keep going. We didn't get a chance to see one of the videos, but I'd much rather have a decent discussion in class than see yet another birthing video. I'm pretty excited about Wednesday's class; We're going to have a tour of the OB ward, so we'll finally get to see where things are and what they're like.