Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!!!
A quick recap here, then on to new things.
Since returning to Fort Wayne I've been working with the IPFW-AS crew. Did a few days survey work for the City of Fort Wayne but most of my time there has been in the lab helping them where I can to get caught up on work left over from the summer and fall excavations. It's been good to get back and caught up with everyone.
The holidays themselves get a mixed review. Christmas was just fine. Got to spend the day with the family down in Huntington. Had a great time. New Years was a bit of a let-down. Found out at the last minute that our hostess for the night's festivities had been called out of town to attend a funeral. Kinda brought the night down a bit. Stopped in there briefly anways to say hey to some others, then headed downtown with a friend for a couple of hours. Ended up back home and crashed for the night well before the turn of the year. And on top of that I had to try and fight off a nasty cold all week (which I still haven't shaken off completely).
Otherwise things seem to be going quite well.
Recall that cold snap we had a couple of weeks ago? The one that left everything here covered with a sheet of ice that downed trees and power lines across town? Thousands of people were without power for days. Stupid me, braved the arctic weather that weekend to take advantage of some choice photo ops on campus. Rather pleased with the results despite the fact that I had no feeling in my fingers during most of the time I was out playing. Here's a sampling ...
A quick recap here, then on to new things.
Since returning to Fort Wayne I've been working with the IPFW-AS crew. Did a few days survey work for the City of Fort Wayne but most of my time there has been in the lab helping them where I can to get caught up on work left over from the summer and fall excavations. It's been good to get back and caught up with everyone.
The holidays themselves get a mixed review. Christmas was just fine. Got to spend the day with the family down in Huntington. Had a great time. New Years was a bit of a let-down. Found out at the last minute that our hostess for the night's festivities had been called out of town to attend a funeral. Kinda brought the night down a bit. Stopped in there briefly anways to say hey to some others, then headed downtown with a friend for a couple of hours. Ended up back home and crashed for the night well before the turn of the year. And on top of that I had to try and fight off a nasty cold all week (which I still haven't shaken off completely).
Otherwise things seem to be going quite well.
Recall that cold snap we had a couple of weeks ago? The one that left everything here covered with a sheet of ice that downed trees and power lines across town? Thousands of people were without power for days. Stupid me, braved the arctic weather that weekend to take advantage of some choice photo ops on campus. Rather pleased with the results despite the fact that I had no feeling in my fingers during most of the time I was out playing. Here's a sampling ...
Pretty cool, huh?!
As for the current state of affairs, well, I've had a chance now to regroup a bit and relax with family and friends. Doesn't really seem like I've accomplished a whole lot in the last 3 weeks or so, but I like to think I have. Now its time to get serious about launching into the new year. I expect it to be a good one in many ways.
Although its still winter I anticipate being back out in the field before too long. Quite possibly by next week in fact. Word is that we will be recalled back to Tell City ASAP. When exactly will be determined primarily by the weather. Should have a better handle on that situation by the end of this week.
The way it is sounding now, that should be followed shortly (in mid- to late February) by work at a hydroelectric plant near Cincinnati and a 20 mile power line survey in Kentucky. Other projects are still waiting to be assigned a starting date but I expect they should fall in line immediately following these two. So, all in all, it looks like I'll be back on the road working again before too long.
And there shall be play time as well. I'm already quickly filling up my calendar for the coming months. Have a euchre tournament to participate in back in Tell City at the end of this month. Hopefully that will coincide with our work down there but if not we'll be making the trip down just for the fun of it. And, depending on work, weather, and such, that weekend may get extended into a week-long camping trip in KY (provided I can also scrape together the $$$ for the camping gear needed yet!). Other camping/hiking trips are in the works as well as a trip to Mammoth Cave, a weekend or 2, each, to explore both Knoxville, TN and Louisville, KY and especially (No I haven't forgotten, Todd!) an eagerly anticipated overnight stay at the Waverly Hills haunted sanatorium.
Yup, lots of things coming up to look forward too!
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