First Week of School Down

Well, the kids both made it through their first week of school. Of course the first week isn't reality, and they are always happy to be back at this point.

Jason has learned something about his big junior year writing project. It's only a 4 page end product, but I guess they are pretty strict on both it's content and the mechanics of it. He hasn't chosen his topic yet. He's been named the class clown in his chemistry class and he likes the teacher I think. Should be a good year for him. He's also wearing braces, with an expected 12-15 month wear time.

Sam is digging high school, but is feeling a little intimidated by being among very few freshmen in a couple of her classes due to the advanced level of some of the classes she took in middle school. She really looks forward to her choir class with Ms. Boley.

On unrelated matters, Terri rode her motorcycle in to work a couple of times last week, with me escorting. The route is actually pretty good when you start evaluating it for risk. A lot of it goes through the Battlefield National Park, which means there are virtually no intersections. Between here and there things can get a little hairy with the I-66 interchange, but we're in the let lane before we get there and most everyone else is already in the 2 right lanes to get onto 66. Up 29 has zero residential entrances, and Pleasant Valley Road has just a few on a 40 MPH road. Braddock has one before turning off of it onto Old Lee, no intersections at all on Old Lee, and she turns off into where her building is right after turning off of Old Lee.

Really, there are very few opportunities for other drivers to cause a problem. There are deer in the Battlefields which pose a risk, but they generally get hit at times that aren't peak traffic. It's really a pretty safe route.

Other than that, it's becoming fall around here and time is flying by.