Vacation +

Couple weeks behind now. Karen and I went on vacation to Maine in the middle of August to escape the VA heat, and visit a place neither of us had ever been. It was amazing! There were a few hiccups along the way including a whale watching tour that sent both our stomachs for a loop, and getting rained out of Baxter St park and Katahdin Mt. and sleeping in the "boat house" aka a shed. But we were on vacation and in Maine, so it was great! We visited some great people along the way and got some bike riding in and had a great time together. Here's a picture link if you haven't seen them on Facebook or Google+ yet.

Coming back to work is always a rude awakening, but we're back in the swing of things now. And new swings too. I started class last week. One class on Wednesday afternoon and another class Friday morning. Nutritional counseling and Nutritional Biochemistry. After one class of each, so far so good. They will be interesting and helpful.

Here's another call out to see if anyone has any suggestions on blog names for my new blog. Karen and I have come up with several good ideas, but I just wanted to throw out a line and see if anyone else had any good ideas.

This past weekend, after my Friday class, I dropped off Maddog, and headed up to Northern VA. Scott and I went to the shooting range and also had a great mountain bike ride at Fountainhead park. What a great trail! And then I finally saw "The Avengers!" and what a great movie! Saturday night I caught up with an OLD friend on the phone on my drive home and then met up with good people at Avalon. Sunday included some clean up and then some school reading and hanging out at Karen's in the afternoon and having dinner with her and her mom. Another great weekend!