I’m back in Gainesville, with the first post of the new year! I hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas, and that the new year has started out well.<\/p>\n
My break has been great. I’ve gotten some much-needed downtime, and that’s always a plus. And I was able to see a lot of friends that I hadn’t seen in a while. I drove up to Birmingham and saw Ricky and Tammy for a couple of days. I went to church with them on Sunday. Ricky sat with me so I wouldn’t be all by myself among a couple of thousand (Dawson Memorial Baptist Church<\/a> is not exactly your small church) while Tammy sang in the choir. It was kind of funny when at the end of the service, a lady sitting in the pew in front of us turned around and said, “I just enjoyed your singing so much; you two should be in choir!” Ricky should have told her about 1122 Productions’ duet career.<\/p>\n I also got to see my friends Chad and Karen one night; we saw The Two Towers<\/a>. All of us had already seen it, but we wanted to take it in again. We also cajoled Chad into going bowling. I promptly rolled the worst two games I’ve bowled in a while. I’ll mark it up to not having my shoes and my left-handed ball…yeah, that’s it. I had hoped to see my friend Amanda some over the break, but I wasn’t able to get in touch with her other than seeing her at church once. So if you read this, Amanda, e-mail me!<\/p>\n I got to play golf for the first time since May, and found that not only does absence make the heart grow fonder, it also makes the golf swing better. I played better than I ever have before. I even made my first-ever birdie! I’ve updated my golf page<\/a> accordingly.<\/p>\n