So much, so little time

Time flies. It's already been about two weeks since my last post. Since then, there have been visits with the village people, parent-teacher conferences, ick, a bike race, some bitterly cold days, a soccer game or two and a halloween party. I just got home from said party.

I have been so busy, and so, so neglectful of my friends and family in other places. I feel like the work never ends, and I guess it never really does! I've been coaching soccer, doing a climbing activity, reading, posting (for my class), trying to figure out wikispaces, trying to get some exercise, trying to stay warm, trying to spend some quality time with Dan, and trying to stay at least a little bit social. Oh, and occasionally I sleep, it just doesn't feel like it's ever enough!


So, there was this bike race. I knew it was mountain biking, but thought, "I can hack it!" Oh, how I have so much to learn. Dan and I went with borrowed bikes, thinking we were going to do one 3.3 km lap. It turned out to be three. I still only did one, in large part because I was scared out of my mind. I had never gone down such steep hills on loose dirt, and the fact that these were followed by 90 degree turns didn't help. So, I sucked big time in that race, not even finishing. Later I picked up a little slack in the team relay, a different, significantly safer route. Our team didn't finish first, but we definitely didn't finish last either. What follows is a great picture of me looking as unathletic as humanly possible. If I look like I'm not really enjoying myself, it's cause I was way behind everybody else. There I am though, sporting a lovely hat my granny made me!


The race was last Saturday, and since then, I can barely remember what happened. I ate, slept, and worked some and on Friday I finally got to spend some time with Dan. Today was beautiful, so of course, I spent it inside!! It wasn't by choice, though. I had signed up for a first aid refresher course a while ago, thinking it would be a morning or an afternoon. Afterall, if it's a refresher, I would imagine it's basically some practice. WRONG! We were there from 9-5, but it was so unnecessarily long! I suppose there's no point in crying over it now though. It's done, and at least I'll have current certification.

Tonight we went to a Halloween party. It was fun, I just dressed up and I made Dan be a candy man (we used double sided tape to make his jacket very sweet). It was a few people I knew, and a lot more I didn't. I had a couple of drinks, some food, and danced my booty off for a few songs. It was the most gay men I've seen in one place since college. Ah, the good 'ole days. For pics, see: http://picasaweb.google.com/RLMohr/Halloween?authkey=wZ3jhgqB81E

And now I'm going to bed. Here's hoping we wake up in time to get some brunch somewhere!