m e a d o w l a r k

I did not realize how sad and pathetic I am as it has been almost a year since I last posted my last blog.

My last entry discussed my return to college life, so I thought that I would start there.

I am currently on a 3 week break before starting the fall semester. Since my last class was Statistics, I thought that I would write in that context.

1- The number of years that I have been at this “school” thing

1 ½- How many years I have left. As much as I wish that time would generally slow down, this is one area of my life that I wish would go a little faster than normal.

90- The percent of statistics that Travis says are “made-up” on the spot.

816- The number of miles that I have commuted to work by bicycle this summer. I would like to get to 1000, but the days are starting to get short. Technically, I don’t know if I am “sticking it to the man” by reducing my carbon footprint while commuting to an oil refinery, but it sure feels good.

65- The number of miles that Onjya and I biked last weekend on our Father-Daughter camping trip. (Way to go Onjya!) It was extremely fun. We camped, swam, canoed, fished and ate smores…good times!

3- The number of teenagers in our home that are helping out so much while mom is away. No fighting, the work is getting done, everyone is staying fed. Yeah!

1996- Driving distance in miles from Farmington, MN to Napa, CA. It seems like an awfully long way away, but I know that is where Renee’ needs to be, and where our thoughts and prayers are all directed. Get well soon Shari and Fred.

5- The result of 4 + 1; also the number of people that I will look forward to sleeping in their own beds again soon.

3- The number of days that are left in the kids’ summer vacation! Yippeeyeah!! I hope that my cell phone can get used to not ringing continuously from 9am-4pm daily.

My first class in the fall will be a professional writing class. I’ll have to figure out a way to make that the theme of my next blog.

Chuck

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