Summer comes to a close

It's Labor Day...post party. Gustav seems to have shown a slightly softer side to NOLA. And I can't help but reflect on the summer.

IT WAS WONDERFUL! W and I had the chance to travel to many places we've never been, including Portland, Oregon and Asheville, NC for two weddings in two weeks. We spent time at the beach with our Mebane friends, visiting Oak Island for the first (and hopefully not last) time. We went to two concerts...one OK....one great. REM with Modest Mouse and Counting Crows with Maroon 5 and Sara Bareilles. You guess which was which, it might surprise you. We visited with the family at the beginning and at the close of the summer. We finally made up for Christmas and were able to have dinner at Filomena's in Georgetown.

Friendships came and a few left. That's the way it is every summer I guess, from the time you are 5 until you are 95.

I ran many many miles and decided to start training for the Cannonball Half Marathon in October. I also began riding a new bike in training for the 3-Day and my role as a route safety crew member this October in DC. W did well in his bike races and was in great shape...until he crashed at a high speed and got run over by a chain ring to the head. He's back in form now and ready to finish the season. (Oh yeah...and go for tenure in October.)

I feared losing my job all summer, only to have the tables turn at the 11th hour and an extension through the end of 2009 fall in my lap. So this weekend, I finally indulged in my many year long passion and bought a very new and very large camera.

We celebrated the 15 year anniversary of our first date...and a few other momentous occasions. In November it will be the big 10. We're looking forward to celebrating that around the same time as our friends' wedding in Huntsville. It's going to be a busy fall....the 3-Day, tenure applications, rafting on the Gauley, Elon football games, travel to Alabama, and maybe an anniversary trip and a GMAT class.

We're looking forward to it. Hope to see you soon!