Getting back to normal. . . sort of.

This is Tony writing. I got back to D.C. and started my externship at Ernst & Young on Monday. I spent three days in orientation with other new employees. I made some good connections as one guy had done transfer pricing at Deloitte, although he's now doing valuation of complex derivatives at EY, and another lady just came in from the IRS and will be working with people in transfer pricing and international tax. FYI, transfer pricing is where all the juicy IP tax stuff is. The guy is actually in the Atlanta office, so I'm not sure he'll be much help, although he might, however, the gal's office is right around the corner from my office, er, cubicle.

I found out the other day that I'll be traveling while at EY. One of the gals I work with is does tax return audits, among other things. Basically, attorneys go in after the accountants prepare tax returns to audit them from a legal perspective. She wants to take me along.

Not everything is back to normal. Stacey stayed behind in Utah indefinitely to help my mom with the kids. It's only been about a week, but I'm starting to relate to Nick Anderson.

Finally, I wanted to share something a bit funny that lightened up a rather dreary week. On Saturday we were at the cemetery after the funeral. I went up to the casket to give it a gentle kiss before leaving. Unfortunately I didn't think it through very well. I approached it from the end rather than the side. Once I put my weight on it. . . the casket started rolling away. I have no doubt Kristy got a good laugh out of that one, as did I.

Thanks for all the love and support lately.