Job Interviews and Updates

I just got off the phone with the National Audio Theater Festivals' search committee who took me through my paces in the first interview. This is for the position of Executive Director, which sounds more impressive than it is. It's a part time position, but it would give me the chance to be part of a national organization for audio theater. As of now, NATF (as it's known) is basically one conference held in Missouri every May. What I'd like to see it become is a national academy similar to the motion picture academy which runs the Oscars each year. And though I wouldn't be 'in charge' as an executive director (I would answer to the board of directors) I would have a lot of practical power. I figure I need to pick up another job for the next decade or so while the kids are in college. What better job than this one?

Everyone is doing fine, though we are a little snuffly. The kids have the rest of the week off school and are going on a church retreat Friday afternoon. I'm getting ready for the Halloween show on Oct 26, and Diane has Family night next week and teens pizza and games tomorrow. All is well. We have all our reservations for train, hotel and car rental, and are looking forward to Christmas.

Family Update

It hasn't even been a week since I last posted but what a week it has been. We thought Stephen had gotten a bug bite on the back of his neck but by Sunday night when it was spreading down his neck we decided we'd better take him to the doctor. He has shingles and has had a long week of dealing with phantom stabbings in his neck and shoulder and a nasty rash that itches and burns.

Rachel and I spent Saturday at the pool. It was Shiverland, the annual junior high swim meet. Nine schools, about 150 girls spent six hours swimming. Rachel did very well in her first and last races. The middle two races were not her best. We continue trying to figure out how to keep her energy levels up for an entire day. I helped sell programs and concessions and cheer Rachel on.
She has another meet tonight and will get home about 10 and have to be at school tomorrow, so the dual meets on school nights are always hard to adjust to, but when you live two hours from everywhere that is what we do.

Hope everyone is enjoying fall and staying healthy. Let us know how you are doing and what you are doing.

Diane

September 14th - Winter, right?!

Well, we may be in for a snowy winter. But it may also be too early to tell. But what it isn't too early to tell is that we had snow flakes in the air this morning. We had a frost and killed a few plants earlier in the week. I have harvested all my tomatoes (green as well) and beans. The growing season is over here this year.

This has been a very busy week for the Adams family, but find me one that hasn't been recently and I'll be amazed. Rachel has had two swim meets and another one tomorrow. Jeff is working and volunteering and doing sound jobs and more. Stephen is keeping up with school work and not much work at this time. I am working and baking and dealing with preparing the yard for winter.

Enjoy your fall wherever you are.
Diane

Madeline L'Engle

I know this is our family blog but Stephen let me know this afternoon when he stopped by to fax in his calculus assignment that my favorite author died yesterday at 88. Madeline L'Engle died of natural causes in her home in Connecticut.

I have read almost everything she has written and own about 75% of her works. She is the inspiration of one of my Advent readers' theaters. A great author with a very wide range of stories and non-fiction. She will be missed.

Diane

Swimming

Hello, I am doing alright except for some first term worries. my note books won't get here till tomorrow and I highly doubt that They will get her before 8:00Am when I leave for school so if we do anything at all I have to write it all down in one notebook so when I do get my real notebook I can copy it all down again. I am a little nervous that they will check supplies the first day of school. But it most likely won't happen.

Swimming is going okay we just had our first real meet a couple of days ago I won the 200 meters and the 300 meters races. My team didn't win the meet but it was one of the nicer pools and we had fun. I have another meet the first day of school, but thankfully it isn't an away meet and I have to miss some of my classes.

That's all for now
Love Rachel

School Year

The new school year officially begins on Tuesday, September 5th yet Rachel has had swim practice for the last two weeks and a meet again today so she is in the school mode and getting back on a schedule. She has found all her classes and lamented the fact that she seems to need to go from one end of the building to the other and back again between classes.

Stephen is taking one online class and began that on Monday, August 20th so he has been back in the school mode for over a week now and is still working each day at the beach life guarding. But summer is definitely winding down. We are beginning to see trees change color (part of that might be the drought conditions more than the seasons) and the mornings have definitely been cooler this past week.

We received our school calendar for the year and wanted to let everyone know that graduation is Thursday, May 29th at 7:00 p.m. and anyone who is interested is welcome to join us. We will be having a graduation party as well. When is still be figured out. If you would like to come, please let us know and we will work on making room for you. We will be renting the neighbor's second floor for some people to sleep and she is a dear retired music teacher who goes to our church and loves having people stay with her. We have three floors of space and as long as you don't mind being somewhat squished we can probably accommodate three sets of adults and various children tucked in at our house and one set of adults at the neighbors.

Swimming

Swimming has started!
we have a new coach this year ( Mr. Reed retired) the new coach is Kylie Mr.'s daughter she is doing okay so far but we ( me and my friends) and swimming Varsity for the first time and so we are really far behind everyone so we finish after everyone else has had a long break then Kylie immediately jumps up to tell up how many laps to swim next so we don't get any rest! We are very tired after swimming as you could imagine.

Other than that I ma waiting for school to start in a couple of weeks, and to get my schedule. they come out on Monday and after swimming that morning I am going to go and get it with one of my friends on the swim team.

That's all
Rachel