Hi again

Well, it has been a while (ok a long while) since I've blogged. I don't know why I get in such ruts where I don't blog, but I'm going to try to do better. I think it's because sometimes I feel like no one is reading and what am I doing, but then I need to remind myself this is just as much for me as it is for anyone else.

Hmm... I'm not going to make this one super long but just going to fill in on a few things.

I'm poking my head into the job market again. In particular, I'm looking for faculty positions and possibly postdoctoral research positions. I just interviewed at UT San Antonio, and it went really well. I actually liked it there more than I anticipated. So, we will see what they say. There is a fun group of core school psych faculty, and they have a brand new SPSY masters program (literally just started their first group of students through this fall), so there's a lot of potential to provide some good leadership in research and in training. I'm looking around at a few other positions, too. So we are just praying that God will lead us wherever we are supposed to go. So far we've had a pretty good track record with that!

Ricky is still struggling with his injuries. The concussion symptoms are better but not 100% gone. He will probably go back to the doc sometime in late January to see if he can be cleared to return to umpiring. That will mean another trip to Pittsburgh, and he doesn't really enjoy those quick trips. His back has been bothering him quite a bit lately (well, really it's his leg that hurts but because of his back), and treatment has been pretty disjointed because it all has to get cleared through workman's comp. So that has been a blessing (in that we don't have to pay) and a pain (in that it takes forever for things to get figured out). So we are praying for healing in that.

We are looking forward to our upcoming visit to Arkansas. We haven't seen Ricky's family since last Christmas, and it's been since June for my parents (they came out for graduation). I'm looking forward to a break and some time to relax. I've been worn out working full time and looking for/applying to jobs. It's like another full time job.

We had a fun trip to Boston with Kyle, Laura, and Abby back in mid November. It was Ricky's first time to Boston, and he enjoyed the city. We did a tour of fenway, walked the freedom trail, and spent a lot of quality time with our great friends. I'll try to post some pictures of that, but they are up on facebook.

Oh. We've really enjoyed college football this year! Go Ducks and Go Razorbacks! Two of our favorite teams in BCS games? That's hard to believe!

Well, there you have it for a quick update. Hopefully, I'll be back on the blogging rhythm now and can be a bit more interesting.