Last week was my first week out of school, but I still had some “work” to do… I attended a week-long workshop dealing with behavior and difficult students. It was a lot of fun- I’d hardly consider it work. I learned a lot and now I am even more excited about being the Behavior Support Teacher next year at Athens Drive. I really look forward to applying the concepts I learned in the classroom.

This weekend, Joe and I headed to Morganton to visit my parents. We had a great time. Both days we slept in really late, which was nice after all those 5am wake ups that I had been doing during the school year.

Saturday we went for a mountain bike ride in the Gorge, and the weather was perfect. It wasn’t too hot, and it even sprinkled a little on us while we were out. When I was waiting on Joe at the top of a climb, he came riding up with a turkey feather stuck in his helmet like an indian cheif. It was great seeing him enjoy the ride so much. His new Titus switchblade has really gotten him back into riding. Now I am just waiting for my new Titus Racer-X to arrive!! The order went in today (Monday), so hopefully that will be on my doorstep soon!

Sunday we went out to Table Rock and went for a run. Table Rock Mountain is the symbol of Burke County. It’s a very distinct mountain, and you can always see it in the distance. There is a gravel road that climbs up to the top of Table Rock, from about 1200ft to about 3000ft total.

So we started out our run at the base of this road. I ran the whole way up. The road twists and turns through the forest and you cover several mountain passes. I’ve biked up the road before, but never ran it. I didn’t realize that it was as much of a climb as it is until Joe told me the GPS data.

We spent some lazy summer evenings at home with my parents, and Joe left last night to go back to Raleigh to work. I’ve stayed behind to visit with my parents some more and take advantage of the wonderful training this area has to offer.