Happy New Year and welcome to 2010, (sorry it’s so late). One of my new year’s resolutions – to update my blog more !!!, starting from now.
I travelled home to England for the Christmas Holidays, time always goes by so fast when I am there, I don’t have enough time to recover from the epic journey it takes to get there, and always wish I could spend more time there. This year more than anything I longed to live back in my home country. I miss my family, especially seeing new addition growing up, and I miss my friends. I miss the amazing countryside that I know I took for granted when I was growing up. I miss road signs that tell you when the next castle is (where do you see that here), I miss the history of what we have……………………..But, when I am there I miss this country too, I miss the convenience of having anything you need whenever you need it. England is not like that at all. The stores all close at 5pm, rarely is anything open 24 hours (it’s amazing what you suddenly want and absolutely can’t wait until 9am the next day when you find out that you really can’t just go and get it). I missed not being able to go to the pool for 4 days because come December 24th everything is closed until the 28th. I miss the laid back everyday life of American culture. I wish I could make the two countries just a little bit closer so I could back and forth easier.
Anyway, Christmas and New Year came and went, and I am back here in Houghton, Mi……………………….. I came back to snow, lots of it, but there was lots of it when I left. It’s really not that cold here which surprises me every day. So far this year I have hiked with my dogs (lots), they both like the snow now which makes it more fun, although I think Blue (my chocolate lab) would rather have green grass to play on that white fluffy snow!! I have downhill skied at the ski hill we have on campus……………. Yes MTU has their own ski hill. It’s fun, I had a good time……………………. Well minus a little hiccup I had a good time. I bought boots and bindings for my snowboard, which I hope to test out next week!!! Oh and work, I started work again, teaching Motor Learning and Development. I am still getting used to the fact that I am no longer a grad student, I have my Ph.D. …………….. It’s weird and it took me a week or so to get back into professor mode, but once classes started again, it was ok.
This week I have two grants to draft for a February submission, and sort out my research lab!!! 2010 is off to a flying start.
P.S. still training, planning a race schedule………….. more to come on this!!!
