Merry Chris...Happy Hanna...uh. Festivus!

Hello everyone,

I guess I saved the best entry of the year for last (or so I think), but I want to wish you all the best during this time of year, whichever holiday that you celebrate. As for my Chirstmas, vindication feels good as I recovered from some breathing troubles last year and I did great in the Race Around the World. I finished a 2.1 mile trek in 19:28. Overall the run went well and I've been thinking doing something more with the running side. A couple people I've ran into think I have that runner's build, but I've never really tried to do anything about it. I did five miles on a treadmill earlier in the month and one of the goals that I'm looking to do before I depart this world is a marathon. After the 5 mile stationary trek in high altitude, I think that a half marathon isn't out of the question. So in the meantime, I better eat my Wheaties, vitamins and say my prayers.

I hope that 2011 goes as good if not better for you than 2010.

Peace

*pant, *pant. I'm...still around.

Greetings,

It has been some time since I've been back. Even though things have been generally quiet, that means that I had more time to take care of pressing matters around the office among other things. The Met crew and I have been adjusting to our work life fine; some things to work out here and there but generally fine.

After Thanksgiving weekend (which went great), I had one of my new experiences as a manager...Manager's Cook Day. Traditionally, we say thank you to the kitchen staff who prepared our Thanksgiving dinner by giving them the day off the week after. At that time, a lot of the managers from other departments chip in and prepare meals for that day. I was part of the Science and IT group for lunch which consisted of grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. I helped out on the vegetables and fries. I had a lot of fun and people seemed to enjoy what we were able to do for one day.

The spirit of volunteerism still burns bright. Take care everyone!