News from Chattanooga

Jenny is right - it's been slow in the Blarkosphere recently. I'll add the news from Chattanooga and perhaps some other cities will chime in too. What can I co here?

Our biggest news is that Tyler has officially left the country. We put him on the plane in Atlanta yesterday morning and I haven't heard from him since, so I'm only assuming he's safe and sound in scenic Osaka, Japan. He'll be there until next August - studying at Kwansei Gankuin University and becoming a very tall Japanese speaking guy. Our plan is to go over there next March when he has the longest break of the year - it will probably be about a 2-3 week trip. If all goes as planned, he'll graduate from UGA once he gets back. (He had a demi-graduation this past May - he finished the coursework for his majors in International Business and Economics, so he walked across the stage at the Terry Business School convocation. But really, he's finishing up his courses for his Japanese major whilst in Japan, so he won't really completely graduate from UGA until that's done.)

Neal is living here for a while, working at Adams Masonry, and has proven to be quite an asset to the company. He's now doing all the bookkeeping/office manager stuff and is doing a good job. And while football season is going on, he's got tickets to every UT home game, so he's in Knoxville on the weekends. And we never have to worry about Neal talking too much. Who would have thought that a child of mine would be the quiet type?

Nick and I are doing fine. Thanks to Weight Watchers, we're skinnier folks than we've been in years, and we're not doing too bad about keeping it off. We're not doing as much bike riding as we've done in past years - I've basically become the lazy slob in the family. I just don't seem to have any time for long bike rides.

I'm glad to hear about Michael's new job and that he loves it and they have a nice house to live in and Clark is growing into an ornery 2 year old. I'd say he's going to grow out of it, but he'll just grow into a temperamental 3 year old, then a feisty 4 year old then a ferocious 5 year old, and so on and so on... Fortunately, all children have their cute and sweet moments and mothers get to remember those more than the crazy screaming moments.

OK, I'm heading off to bed. Let's hear from the other branches of the Clark family.