Hi A!

Okay, it's obviously been a while. Been busy. Been on other side of the planet. Made it back.

A couple of new developments:

Bill is now working at Peach Mac - the local Apple store and it pretty happy about it. We're all glad he's out from under the fundamentalist folks he was working for, since they were pretty much convinced they were saving immortal souls by not fixing computers for Unitarians. They were even leery of Lutherans. Enough said.

James has his driver's licence and continues to be an impressive young man. He worked as a life guard all summer at a community pool in a local housing project. It was a good experience for him. He's now enjoying being able to go out and drive and be a bit more independent. He's also an excellent errand runner... He's a senior this year, and seems to enjoy his classes - Literature Honors, Journalism II, Drama III, and AP Physics.
We're looking at options for him next year. He maintains he wants to be a pirate when he grows up. Oddly, I think he could do it. But I can see myself at some cocktail party saying something like "My son, the Pirate..."
Well, at least we all can laugh about it.

Dad is getting ready to start teaching Anatomy and Physiology at Athens Technical College. He'll be teaching all the students who are going into the medical programs - Nursing, EMTs, radiology, physical therapy, etc. The pay will be low, but something. And more importantly, it will give him something to do with his time. He's been going to Quaker Meeting here in Athens, playing music with one of our neighbors regularly, and otherwise doing a lot of crossword puzzles, reading the newspaper, all the mail he gets, the National Enquirer, and generally just hanging out. The house still hasn't sold, but we keep hoping... ugh.

And I'm doing well too. I've been working my touchas off, as always, which is good, especially since Bill took a temporary pay cut with the new job. Had 2 weeks in South Africa and Namibia, which was great. Working with Tim continues to be a blast. We were in Cape Town for a big International Waters meeting a few weeks ago, and that was very exciting. I think I may have some new business coming in as a result of it. (Inshallah!) My new office space is progressing and I've gotten a structural engineer to sign off on my plans with a few minor adjustments. It will be interesting, but that's another blog.

We all miss you lots.

I guess we always will...

Kissy kissy