A New Post May Be Coming Soon...

Yes, today is Friday, September 28th. The month of September has flown by just like most of this year thus far. As the title states, I will be starting a new blog soon to go along with the other blogs I currently haphazardly manage. Why am I added another blog? Well I want to be able to focus on the wonderful joys of good food, good company, and good eats (both locally and possibly internationally). I want to be able to feature many of the wonderful outings we have with our friends, and together as a couple. I am also culinary trained and make weekly succulent gourmet dishes and would like to show case some of my skills. With that stated, the state of my union is doing well today. This has been the first week of my training schedule and I believe (or rather know) that next week will be an even more demanding training week. But it is now or never to launch another blog. When I have the details available, I will share them in a posting. In the meantime, have a wonderful weekend :-) 

September 11th

Today, Tuesday, September 11th is definitely a day to remember and honor those who lost their lives... I remember parts of that day clearly. It was also a Tuesday. That morning I was at work in a meeting with my supervisor as she talked about planning a conference in the Washington, DC metro area. As she talked she mentioned that maybe she should hold off her plans for a bit because of what had happened. She realized by my lack of reaction, that I did not know what was going on. She actually suggested I go to our big conference room and see for myself and I did. I was shocked. I was not sure if the world, our world was coming to an end (like America is under attack) or what. I watched for a few minutes, completely stunned. I to promptly called a few family members and friends to inform them (if they had not already heard) what was going on in New York. A few had not heard. That night I was teaching, the first night of a night session and my students alarmed me with their level of apathy (or maybe they were in shock). I actually informed them early on that I would be letting them out earlier in light of what had happened earlier that day and that I too (like many other Americans) wanted to rush home and hear the president's address to the nation.

Anyways that was a really surreal day, not to be repeated but definitely to be remembered.

Labor Day Weekend

I hope everyone is having a wonderful and safe Labor Day Weekend. It has been close to 3 weeks since my surgery. And I am almost ready to get back into shape. The last time I exercised was the day before surgery. Per doctor's orders I needed to recover before I could begin exercising again. Normally one to two weeks is sufficient for recovery but I stumped my own recovery a few times by over doing it some days which set me back a few days each time... I am now finally feeling better and have healed considerably and I am almost ready to begin exercising again. I plan to start slow (probably with the treadmill) and gradually increase the level of difficulty and the amount of exercise. I will write soon with more details when I have them. Take care and have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend.