Monument Games was a glorious occasion. It actually happened! Well, for one day. The girl’s team got screwed over on fields the day before The whole event, so that part was up to par. Some of our games were on the IM fields, some on the soccer fields and some on the lacrosse field. Actually, since it was out tournament, Kristen, Kara, Sarah and Allie were smart enough to plan the first day so that the RedHotz had all IM games. mhuahaha. I went to practice on Friday with the team and played the entire time. Ran my ass off. [View Full Entry]

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Friends, Relatives and Co-Workers...Thank You We just returned from a night out with our dear friends Don and Lindsay Mears. We went to BW3s for dinner (to continue our all American food binge) and then went to Starbucks to have drinks and play games for most of the evening. As the evening drew to a close we returned to Don and Lindsay's house to take some photos with them so that we could have pictures to show people while we travel and something to make us feel better when we get home sick. Don gave us a usb jump drive [View Full Entry]

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"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot-- And whether pigs have wings." Lewis Carroll The Walrus & The Carpenter, 1872 Kel quotes this poem often and has, in my opinion, little knowledge or care of the true meaning of the poem. While I know the poem has a deep seated meaning of corruption and political commentary, I quote it hear because it always makes me think of anticipation. I’m sure it has everything to do with the first phrase in the [View Full Entry]

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First and foremost, welcome new subscribers! I realize many of you have signed yourselves up (or in the case of the W&M group, been signed up by Kel) since the last blog entry was created. Obviously there will be more entries after the trip begins and I hope they will all be more frequent and more interesting. For now, be content with knowing that we are thinking of you all every time we look at this blog page. Time Dwindles As of today I officially have 25 days left at work (Kel has more like 30 because she's choosing to work [View Full Entry]

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One can only plan so much... My wife is not one who likes to plan. She is incredibly spontaneous which is a marvel to me. I ,on the other hand, am one who fears spontinaity. I like to know where I'm going, when, and how I plan to get there. At the beginning of this trip planning I was gung ho about reading everything I could about each country of Europe. Then after being informed, I would make some choices about whwre I'd like to travel and what our timelines would be like. I started off reading about Portugal, Spain, Italy, [View Full Entry]

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Sirs, Ma'ams: How are you? I've just dropped Caitlin off at work and am now looking forward to an afternoon's cruising around Downtown Richmond in the Miata. The seats are still wet from driving back through a downpour last night, from an outdoor concert in the Botanic Gardens . Thankfully the thunderstorm held off until "Special Ed and the Short Bus" had finished their set. It's difficult to pick out a favourite song but the highlights were definitely the dolphin chorus and the armpit solo. Wet pants seem to be a way of life here. Back on Roslyn Hills Drive, I [View Full Entry]

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So, its been a few months since our last entry. In that time we have gotten answers to some of our questiosn and done some initial planning. As our plane leaves on the 7th of November, time appears to be disappearing quickly so the sense of urgency to get things planned, or at least partially planned, increases. Questions and Answers What to do with our house Thanks to much cajoling my co-worker and friend Jeffrey has decided to rent our house fully furnished for the next year. It took a little convincing that moving further from work.city was a good idea [View Full Entry]

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The greyhound trip from Atlanta to Richmond was less eventful! The only mentionable thing was that we were nearly two hours late in departing, due to over crowding on the coach! I wonder if we will ever go on a journey on the greyhounds that leave on time?? When we arrived to Richmond we took a taxi to our hotel. The driver got lost and it ended up costing us more!! Ripped off. But we were happy to just get there after a 11 hour journey! The lobby of our hotel appeared to be nice and the man behind the front [View Full Entry]

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Since this is our first entry, I feel the need to give some background. As I’m sure many of my friends would agree, I am a little impatient at times so I may not cover everything in this first entry so, expect more entries to come. Also, I’m sure Kel will want to add her two cents in here as we progress. She is a MUCH better writer than I am…you’ll see. Some background to start this whole adventure off: Kel and I met in 2000 when we both started working at Capital One. While we worked in different departments, we [View Full Entry]

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One more week here in Richmond....working, trying to save my last bit of valuable shopping money! Trying to figure out my new camera so I can take TONS of amazing pictures on my trip. Also trying to put all my favorite music on my MP3 player so I don't have to take up any valuable space in my luggage with CD's. Putting off packing up what's left in my apartment until the last possible minute (as usual). This will most likely be a very loooong week. [View Full Entry]

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