2009 ....

It is a couple of weeks into 2009, well I guess technically 3, and I just thought about the fact that I have not posted anything on want I want to do in '09.

The year is already shaping up to be an interesting one:

• Martika is busy training for her trip to Italy in mid February to compete and she is also working on her art to do everything she can to make it into the residential Governor's School
• Kris is doing great in her first year in High School and is now in the midst of her first High School midterm exams.
• Sam is now 13, going on 20, and thinking about a possible trip to Las Vegas to compete over Spring Break.
• I have already signed up for two races, both running events: The Cherry Blossom Ten Miler and the LAWS Half Marathon in Leesburg. Now it just needs to get warm enough for me to get out and run.

I missed sign up for a couple of triathlons that I would have liked to do so I will jump into some local sprints and maybe an olympic distance if I get more comfortable with my swimming. In the meantime some road races and maybe a duathlon.

Work looks like it has the potential to be a lot of fun with interest from a few groups to look at how I can help advise them on securing parts of the US National Infrastructure - more on this as it becomes more solid.

I expect 2009 will also be an interesting year for my personal life. I have been seeing someone for the last 3 months and things have been going well. So well in fact that Kris joined myself and Laura for coffee. Well Kris actually had a Chai Tea Latte - I had coffee.

So it is looking like in a year of a new President and a changing world environment things may also be very full for myself and my girls. I am looking forward to all teh positive things that 2009 will bring.

I hope to see you all in '09

.... cu