Long Past Due

Okay I am finally going to update my blog....

LOTOJA

In September Isaac completed Lotoja and stayed with me a few days while he was getting used to the higher elevation. It was good to see him since it had been almost a year since I was in Chicago last. On his first day here he totally guilted me in to riding with him. I hadn't ridden much since the MS150 due to an injury and then of course my complete and total obsession with the Olympics. It felt great to get out again and I have been riding an average of 3-4 times a week since then.

Isaac at one of the rest stops (photo courtesy of Sheila, coach Mark's wife)

ECHO



My family went boating up at Echo and had so much fun. Michael once again showed us all up. I guess it doesn't hurt that he gets to go out all of the time and demo boats. He is getting really good at surfing and even Christopher got up once. I always sit up front and this time I fell asleep and no one noticed. I had reapplied sunblock 45 twice, but I still was fried. I was so sore the next day it hurt to even change positions.

Chris trying to surf

Mike surfing

Natalya is BACK!!!

Natalya came back from her home in the Ukraine on September 24th. It was so weird to have her gone for four months. She has become a part of the family and it is nice to have her back. I hope that she is able to work out the visa issue and bring her daughter over soon. Michael went over there for two weeks to meet her parents and see her home country. I will post some pictures as soon as I can get her to send me some.

ESS

Ali left ESS on Sept. 12th. It has been lonely over in my corner since she is gone. I still see Em every now and then, but she is soooo far away :-).

Ali, Em and I on Ali's last day in front of the office

Actually, I have been extremely busy since she left. I have become the go to person for several fraud investigations. It has been very time consuming. I am always amazed at what people think they can get away with. I have also been reviewing files (R12s) for 3 out of 4 of the assistant controllers the last two months. I am so sick of looking at them I wanted to scream with joy when I finished the last one on Monday.