Well, I was kind of waiting to post again to see if Scott wanted to say a few things. He has been kind of busy though, so I guess I will give the latest update. Scott has a new job!

Scott finally got Fairbanks Natural Gas to listen to him and realize that he would be an asset to their company. Thank goodness as we were needing him to work, both for the money and our sanity. I have decided that Scott is not the type of guy who will be able to “retire” easily without some big projects to keep him busy. Scott is liking the job. It is much different than the high pressure situations he was dealing with in Florida and he is having to learn new things. but it is keeping him motivated. Once he gets up to speed he will be turned loose to maintain their storage facilities, meters and other equipment much like he did for FGT. However, on call is a rotating thing with four other people at least and he gets paid on call (9 hours) and paid for call outs. So, all in all it will be much less stressful than it was in Florida.

Scott is still playing Hockey about four nights a week as well. So, he is staying busy and for the most part happy. As for me, I am working away and have settled in quite nicely. I am working on some interesting projects and continue to teach in Florida. The Florida teaching is challenging and rewarding this semester and helps to keep me current. I hope to get to go to a few conferences in the near future. One conference is in Flroida I believe, so maybe I can take an extra day or so while I am there and check on the house, see friends, catch up on sunshine…

For exercise, I have been walking home for lunch. It is a vigorous 10 minute walk. I am really enjoying it as it gets me outside, out of the office and I have to walk back, so I can not be lazy :-) . There were a few days (-35 and -40) when the temperatures made it a bit difficult, but I will say I still walked and I survived! Actually I enjoyed it even at those temperatures.

Other than these things, our lives progress like normal. Hope all of you are having wonderful winters no matter where you are or what the weather is. I will write more as something exciting (or at least different) happens.

Take care! S&S