SnOw!?!?!?

Ok, so I got up for church this morning and there's 2 inches of snow on the ground and it's still coming down. So church was cancelled and it seems there is something to that whole Nathan Johnson curse thing. ;D I've seen more snow in the past 2 months than in the past five years with Big Nate around... Of course I'd take Nate over the snow any day.

P.s. This is just an addendum post, check below for this week's main post.

Episode III: That's no moon, it's a basketball

Well it's been an interesting week for me. The snow and ice has finally melted (well most of it, the big 10ft snow dunes are still around, but that's about all). After the snow days I thought the kids would be riled up and crazy. Turns out not so much, they've been very calm this week. Which, turned out, was good for me. ;D This week we held the first annual Leesburg Christian School: Faculty vs. Student basketball game. Nothing like a little bit of strenous basketball against a semi-professional team to make you feel outta shape. I had plenty of smack talk the day before the game. Lots of "you're going home in bandages," kind of stuff.

Of course there is something to be said for being taller and heavier. Turns out I sent one of them to the hospital... Yikes. Not purposefully of course. We were tearing down the court, all I could do to keep up with the kid, and I jumped to block his shot, he jumped to make the shot, I brought my arms down as he was going up, and well... Wham! Elbow to head, lots of blood, and a drive to the emergency room. I didn't find out about him going to the emergency room until about half time and I feel really awful about it. I've been waiting for word from him or his family, but haven't recieved any yet... I'm hoping that no news is good news... Let's hope together.

Sarah and I also just got back from a school activities outting (that's free for students, nice) to the movies. We saw Music and Lyrics, and I must say, two thumbs way up in the romantic comedy section. I laughed out loud several times and I don't do that a lot in romantic comedies. So if you have a significant other that likes that sort of movie then I recommend watching it.

And last but certainly most important. Baby Brady was born this week. On Thursday if I'm not mistaken (if I am I'm sure someone will correct me). I'd put the couple of photos I have of him up, but I'll wait for someone in his immediate family to do that.

Oh yeah, and finally really for real last. Here's the link to my pictures. I'll try to get some old ones that have been sitting around on my camera forever up soon too. Have a great week. I love and miss you all.

A little update real quick before I go to bed.

I've got some more pictures but I'm adding them to Flickr.com. I'll be sure to post a link for you to click later on. See ya soon.

Post II: Attack of the Snow

So it's been snowing here. Alot. Over the course of two days last week it snowed six inches. I haven't been to school since late Tuesday afternoon. It snowed pretty much all day from Monday night until late Tuesday, then sleet and ice until early Wednesday. Now I've seen ice. We had some while I was still in high school if I remember correctly, covered everything in a beautiful sheet of ice. But this was such a new experience for me. The snow, being six inches deep, looked as if you'd sink right into it. but the ice had frozen all of it and it caused it to be like a solid piece of ground. You could jump up and down on it trying to break it and it wouldn't budge. it was tons of fun. Sliding and skating thorugh pristine parking lots. I had a blast. The roads were covered for days. I must say I like the snow, but I don't like the fact that apparently all this "southerners don't know how to drive on snow" goes for northerners too. That is the worst part about the snow, bad drivers. But it looks like it's finally letting up... Or so we thought.

Sarah and I also had a very fun Valentine's day. Since it was snowing like mad we decided to go on the day before. Our thought was there would be less people out, and we were right. We ate at the Olive Garden and we enjoyed our time there talking about wedding stuff and things like that. I had flowers sent to her school the next day, but she didn't have school so she didn't get them till later. Oh well, what's that they say about the best laid plans? I'm not sure, but I'm sure it's pertinent to this situation.

Tonight we had a fund raiser party put on by the Shenandoah University PA program, of which Sarah is a part. There was lots of Cajun food (not as good as Megan's), music, and prizes (of which we won none). We had a great time, were so tired by the end of it that we slowly made our way to the car, where lo and behold...

More snow. Craziness. I guess I'm going to have to get used to this stuff if I'm up here for any period of time. It's beautiful to be sure, but I'd enjoy a bit of a respite from time to time. All else is well up here, school will be back in session on Tuesday, and it'll be nose to the grindstone again. Until something exciting happens, or Saturday I'll say goodnight.

By the way, if any of you want to leave a comment make sure you choose "other" in the "choose an identity" box, that way you can put your name in instead of being "anonymous". Alright, that's all, see ya later.

A New Hope: Post 1

Wow it's cold up here. So as some of you may or may not know I'm not in Kansas anymore. Actually I've never been to Kansas, but my point is I'm not in Tennessee anymore. I'm in Virginia. That's right, new Job at a school here, new school with Shenandoah University. It's a whole new experience.

Now I just want everyone to understand that I wasn't trying to flee your prescence or sneak away. I'd been planning to do this for several months. I just didn't think things would work out. So instead of telling everyone I was moving away, and then having to explain why when I didn't, I'd just wait to see if everything was going to work out. And then, well things worked out all at the last minute. I got calls from schools that needed teacher "today" and all my paperwork came through with SU and I had a place to stay and well... Things just seemed to work out. I didn't even have time to say good-bye to many of you. Sorry about that. But fear not, I'll be back and I'll come say "Hi" then.

Now for something else that you may or may not know (although I'm sure most everyone knows this) Sarah and I got engaged. It happened in January pretty quick after Christmas (the ninth if I remember correctly). It was a cold but clear day in Chattanooga, Andrea (Sarah's sister) helped me the day before to set the whole thing up. We ran to several places that Sarah and I went to on our first date and placed clues for her to find. Imagine my fear as I left these notes all around downtown, I just knew someone was going to take them without her ever seeing it. But luckily for us they were all still there. Unfortunately I did screw up one note, but it didn't keep her from finding all the rest so it was fine. She had no clue what was happening (or so she claims) and when we got to the last clue I was on my knee (because we were dancing and the move called for her to sit on my knee) and when she put the card down I had the ring in front of her. She was ecstatic to say the least.

Now some more intereststing news, John Kay also proposed to Andrea. We've all decided that since he and I are practically brothers anyway and Sarah and Andrea are sisters we should have a double wedding. It's sure to be a blast and like nothing you've ever seen. Clear your calendars people, it's August 18th.

On a side note for all my TTU friends, this weeks random fact of botswana: The total area of the country measures 231,803 sq. mi. Save Botswana.

Well, there's a little bit from what's going on in my life right now. I'll try and get an update up for you by Saturday night everyweek. We'll see what happens. :D

"Just hope the old man got the tractor beam out of commission or this is gonna be a real short trip."