Dismal Start — Beautiful Finish

That describes the weather today.  It started out damp and cool, but this afternoon was really gorgeous.  The leaves have passed their peak now, but we are still enjoying the colorful display of the leaves.  These have been some beautiful weeks here in the Shenandoah Valley.

House Update

Big news!  The sheet rock is installed and sanded.  We are ready for paint.  All the trim is painted and is ready for installation.  HVAC is completed except for trim items.  The best news is that our local power company came and finished the electrical hookup.  So there is now power at the house and we can now have heat for laying tile and electric for finishing the floors.  Everything is really coming together now — it shouldn’t be long until we make the move to Staunton.

School Bus Driver Training

This week I began training to drive as a substitute for Augusta County Schools.  Tonight I finished day 3.  I want to thank my great group of volunteers at church who helped me out tonight.  Thanks a ton — you guys are great.  I am learning a lot about transporting students.  We finish up next Monday night with the classroom training and then its on to road training.

Hi-Speed Internet

Yesterday, we had high speed internet installed at the church.  Yea!!!  I spent some time getting the modem working and tomorrow I need to spend time in the attic running Cat 5 cable to the router.  At the moment you can get internet in the storage closet, but that should change tomorrow.

Running Update

I already mentioned how well my run went this morning — that only means that I will need to begin to work harder to get the same results.  The good news is that I have lost another pound or two.  I didn’t weigh myself until this afternoon, after we had had lunch.  I still had a one pound loss despite that.  I plan on getting a better measurement tomorrow.

That’s about it — tomorrow will be another big day and Sunday is Friend  Day and we are expecting a big crowd.  Looking forward to it.  Seize the Day.