Its been awhile...

Sadly (or lazily) its been almost a year since my last post. The Edison's have had a bunch of changes since that post:

- Robin has taken the Program Coordinator role at Dawn Farm's Huron Street facility. She runs the residential treatment program for a 17 client facility. She has two full time therapists and a group of resident aids that all work together as a great team providing a great service to the Ann Arbor area. About 3 weeks ago Robin officially went to a 32-hour a week schedule and is getting geared up to spend some more time with her little guy - as soon as she stops working 40 hours a week :-)!

- Bailey has been, among other things, doing two half days at Ann Arbor Childhood Development Center. A pre-preschool program getting toddlers and pre-elementary kids ready for the riggers of school :-) He has friends, likes reading and doing art projects. When not in school he is with his Nana (Robin's mom) and they are always doing fun things - the zoo is a big hit. He is looking forward to a summer filled with visits from Ci-ci and Mia; hanging with his buddy Chase; and getting quality time with grandparents, aunts, aunties, uncles - hopefully sleeping enough for his parents to stay rested.

- As for me, I finally went back to work. I started at DTE Energy about a week after the last blog, in a MBA rotational program. From July 2009 through about Feb/March of 2010, I am spending ~6 months in three different groups within DTE. I am midway through my second rotation now. The first was with the DTE Coal Services group and I worked on a potential acquisition of a coal mining operation. The deal did not go through but it was a great experience (and a lot of hours - thanks to Robin and Bailey for their patience). Right now I am working with DTE Carbon, its a start-up group within DTE focused on developing a business based on the trading of carbon offset projects. We look to invest in project that reduce or avoid the emissions of greenhouse gases. Its very much in line with why I went back to grad school so I am really enjoying this rotation. Besides work, I am enjoying evenings with Robin and Bailey, I have started running, biking and swimming and am looking forward to a couple triathlons this summer. I knocked out the Dexter-Ann Arbor half marathon last weekend - so I am feeling ready for some more.

We have a bunch of fun stuff planned for this summer. I will do my best in being a better poster.

Happy early b-day to Robin (turning 31 tomorrow)!