Lovin the New River Valley

Moving back to Blacksburg has been a huge blessing for so many reasons!! Life is so much slower, that we are actually more healthy...reducing the amount of stress. Both Bryce and I could not rant and rave more about how little time it takes to get around town, to and from school, to the grocery store, even to the big town of Christiansburg to go to the mall (aka my community college). :) Bryce often rides his bike to school. I'm also so thankful that Bryce is really loving what he's doing. He is being challenged and getting to problem solve, research, and continue learning about his field in his classes. I think he will forever be in academia because of his personality and love for learning and teaching...but I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'm also enjoying what i'm doing with my time. For those who don't know, I am working part time for Rotam North America, the same company that my Dad works for. I help with marketing and market research, and also have some secretarial responsibilities. On the side, I'm taking 3 classes at the local community college as prerequisites to eventually get my Masters in Education. I have grown to believe that I would love to be an elementary school teacher. I will be taking these prereqs this semester, and next semester, and hopefully will enroll at Radford for the Masters program in Fall 2010. Life tends to change fast, so we'll see. It's really fun to be so close to the mountains and the river. Speaking of which, we skipped out early yesterday to go fishing at the New River. Plus we got to use our new canoe for the second time!