Charlottesville: Year Two in Review
A look back at last year’s review brought some surprises. The girl, at this time last year, was 5′3″. She is now 5′7″. That’s a lot of growing in a year. Also, last year at this time, I thought I’d travel about nine times in 2007. Whoops. I traveled 14 times.
We’ve been here in Charlottesville as a family a full two years. I’ve been working at home for 24 months and am still happy with the arrangement. The kids are still doing well — the girl is in her last year of elementary school and the boy in his last year of high school — this spring will see two graduations for us. We both still like our jobs — good news and the first time we’ve both been so happy in our employment for so long a time.
Charlottesville was good to us again in 2007. I was named one of C’ville Weekly’s 20 People to Watch (and it’s creepy how people have been watching me ever since). Mark starred in was an extra in Evan Almighty and we enjoyed watching his screen debut in upstate New York over the summer. We took a couple of fun trips — to Vegas, to Williamsburg, to New Jersey and New York (upstate and city). I traveled mostly to St. Louis but also went to Chicago, Miami and Orlando over the course of the year.
It’s interesting when people ask us if we plan to move back to St. Louis. When we’re together, the person asking is treated to our emphatic “No” in unison. That’s the simple answer. No. We don’t. We like our lives in Charlottesville. We’re not going back to St. Louis to live.
In 2008 I will be focusing on finding additional clients in Charlottesville and staying here much more often. I’ll continue with my volunteer efforts with PACEM, the Charlottesville Community Scholarship Program, CBIC and the Center for Nonprofit Excellence. I’d like to get downtown more often and travel about nearby, exploring the little towns we have just outside of C’ville. I’d also like to get to the ocean this year.
What do you want to do in 2008?
January 1st, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Your list for 2008 is nice. I posted mine at my blog and kept it short this year. I think the three goals I set myself will keep me busy enough as it is.