Hey - It's me!! I'm still around...

Yes, I'm still around! I'd like to say I have been too busy to post but we all know it only takes a few minutes to type out a paragraph now and then letting the world know what's going on. :-)

So to quickly recap since the last post...
School is going great. I started my junior year at East Carolina in August. I like the program and the school but it is completely online and I miss being in the classroom with other students. I feel like I am missing out on a lot of valuable interaction and networking, especially now that I am taking the higher lever education classes.

I am still riding when I can. I went to New River Trail in VA and rode 40 miles last Sunday. It was chilly when I got there around 9am but quickly warmed up after riding for a few miles. The fall colors were amazing and the first 30 miles or so was great. Then, as I began to run out of steam, it became more of a workout and less of an adventure. :-) I picked up a contraption that turns the bike into a stationary bike for riding indoors during the winter. I can still workout but it is pretty boring.

I have been working as a substitute teacher for Randolph County. I have subbed at ATMS a few times over the past month or so and even spent 4 days subbing for the shop class while they interviewed for a permanent replacement teacher. The original shop teacher moved from this area to become a policeman in South Carolina, near the beach.

Had two birthdays this last week. Landon turned 24 and Jessica turned 16. Miranda came home to visit yesterday so we were all five together for a little while at least. She is still living and working in Raleigh and Landon now lives and works in Greensboro. We do not get to see them much but we talk to them often and we are proud of them for doing so well. We have such good kids. :-)

Yesterday we visited my grandmother and helped her celebrate her 92nd birthday. She is in a nursing home but still in decent health and has most of her mental facilities intact (in comparison to others her age I guess). She seemed to enjoy the company and the cake and ice cream.