Quiet weekend

My wife and I spent some time on Saturday evening driving through neighborhoods in our general area to get a sense of how they're laid out and what kinds of lots and houses they include. This is the very beginning of a house-search that we hope we'll be able to press forward more decisively in the next few months.

Right now I'm still in the "wow, everything is really expensive" stage. I'm told that might not end. The Denver area has relatively high property prices compared to the midwestern prices with which I'm more familiar (and more comfortable).

I've also been taking some time to read up on a few topics I haven't recently been following and to brush up some skills that might have otherwise been falling out of practice. For example, I spent a while on Saturday reading sample land survey field notes, decrypting various parts of the official BLM survey manual, and reviewing the Colorado laws on the conduct of surveys by registered Professional Land Surveyors.

Exciting times, let me tell you.

Actually, these are potentially exciting times, but I don't know yet whether certain possibilities are going to pan out. I hope to know more later in the week.