The last several weeks have been very busy for me. I started my new full-time position at UK in July. I finally finished with school last month. Because of school, I missed work during regular hours that I had to make up. Thanks to Kent and my mom I was able to get through it. Kent picked Carrie up for me when I had to work past 5PM. Mom came up to be with Carrie when I had to work a few hours on weekends. In any case, we all survived it and life is beginning to appear normal.

Today Kent, Carrie and I went to Mammoth Cave National Park for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the hike-and-bike trail. The trail is 5 miles long (and mostly uphill one way). Carrie rode behind me in her Burley trailer. She seemed to enjoy it. The whole roundtrip ride took about an hour. Once we loaded the bikes and other equipment back in the truck we headed back to Lexington stopping in S Grove for lunch. We also went to a couple antique stores. Carrie tried to touch as many things as possible, but we managed to get out without her breaking anything.

We had been home about an hour when I noticed that Carrie had a slight fever (about 101 degrees). I gave her some children’s Tylenol and some juice. She took a short nap in addition to her naps in the truck. When she woke up her fever was gone.

We went to Will & Toby’s house in the evening for Toby’s birthday party. Carrie did really well in the crowd. She wore the black and white dress that DeShae bought her in July. Nearly everyone made a big deal about how cute she is. She ended up in the living room “playing” the piano most of the night. She ended the evening in the family room playing with a set of coasters. Jay taught her how to toss them like a Frisbee.