I thought I’d take a break from all the fun in the sun to write a quick post. This week I’ve been in the Outer Banks, NC with my family. This vacation has become an annual family gathering in recent years and is always loads of fun. The weather has been perfect! There has been lots of biking, running, swimming, playing in the ocean, kayaking, and eating and drinking, of course. Here are some pics of the week so far.
Nancy, Beth, Katie, Diane, and Michelle, and Leiana and Darcy, too – I wanted to write an entry just for y’all. I’m really sorry for falling off the face of the earth. I was really sick last fall – in September I contracted an extremely severe kidney infection that took over a month and 4 different antibiotics to get rid of. Nothing like your own bacteria trying to kill you. The recovery process has been long but it looks like I am finally done with tests. Today is what I hope is my final doctor’s appointment for a long time. I know I was doing a poor job of keeping in touch before then but I promise to do better. Two extra special shoutouts - Beth, congratulations on the latest addition to your family - I read the email during one of my moments of lucidity while I was sick and it really cheered me up. I hope everything is going well. Diane, congratulations on the new addition to your family – I loved the website. I hope everything is going well with you also. Hello also to my yoga group – I really miss all of you and everyone at the Museum.
So what has been going on here in Gainesville? Not too much really – other than two consecutive basketball national championships and a football national championship. Go Gators! You know I had to put that in somewhere. Don’t worry the Gators still rank below the Terps, Longhorns, and Blue Devils, but it’s been fun being here for all the celebrations. Brian has settled into work. The first year was rough – it took forever for his lab space to be ready so that has made it difficult, but everything is up and running now and he is very busy with teaching, students, writing grants, and papers – all the stuff a professor does. Check out his website if you want to see what he’s up to. As for me, I still haven’t found a job that motivates me enough to get me back to work fulltime. I taught summer camp at the Florida Museum of Natural History and will do so again this summer. Other than that I have been concentrating on my triathlon training- more on that later. I hope everyone is doing well and I look forward to hearing from you.
Hi everyone! I’ve been thinking about starting a blog for quite a while now and have finally decided to do it. Mostly I’ve gotten so bad about keeping in touch with everyone that I thought this would be a good way to communicate - which brings us to my New Year’s resolution. I have been so out of touch with everyone in North Carolina that I actually made a New Year’s resolution to send everyone an email to let them know I am still alive and thinking of them. I started that email three times now so needless to say I am failing miserably. (North Carolinians - stay tuned - the next post is just for you.) I also try to send regular email updates to my family and have been remiss about that as well. So I am joining blogland in an attempt to keep everyone up to speed about the goings on here in Florida. I hope some of you actually read it. This goes out to my family - I can track what towns the hits on my blog come from so I will know if you are not reading it. So read – I will quiz you later.
For the four of you that actually know what is going on in my life, there will be posts about events that have already happened and are not new to you. Bear with me as I bring everyone else up to speed. Other than keeping everyone informed, it’s hard to say what else I might write about. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. By the way, if anyone has events, photos, or websites they want me to post, just send me an email. I look forward to your comments. (Yes, that’s a hint.)
