The Road Less Traveled » Bainbridge Island http://www.zenzoa.com/rick What in the world is Rick Gould up to? Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:58:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 New Year, New Roads http://www.zenzoa.com/rick/2008/04/19/new-year-new-roads/ http://www.zenzoa.com/rick/2008/04/19/new-year-new-roads/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:47:13 +0000 Administrator http://www.zenzoa.com/rick/?p=59 Well, it’s been almost a year-and-a-half since I wrote in my blog – I keep meaning to “get caught up”, but of course that never seems to actually happen. :-) I will have to find a way to back-date all the draft posts I have from New Zealand.

I can’t believe that the last time I wrote I was still in New Zealand! So, what new roads have there been for me/us since then?

  • Returned from our year in New Zealand, back to our house on Bainbridge Island.
  • Bought a house in Gig Harbor (about an hour south) to be near Cindy’s family.
  • Spent time fixing up our Bainbridge house to continue renting it.
  • Got a job as a Senior Systems Programmer at Planning Systems in Bremerton (conveniently half-way between Gig Harbor and the Bainbridge rental).
  • Max graduated from Bainbridge High School, and is now in his Freshman year at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
  • Sarah is off for a semester studying abroad in Greece.
  • Cindy is enjoying being close to her family, being in a house she loves, and pursuing her usual creative pursuits!

    • (Now, this blog is about my “Roads Less Traveled”, meaning the meanderings and branches in my road through life. Not necessarily roads less travelled in the real world – for that, go read something like Dervla Murphy’s “Full Tilt: Ireland to India With a Bicycle” or “Where the Indus is Young: A Winter in Baltistan”. Crazy Irishwoman!)

    We came back from our year with the intent of moving closer to Cindy’s family, and then staying put and relaxing for a bit. Not doing any travel, working in the yard… And what do we end up with? Possibly one of the busiest travel years! But that’s fodder for a future post! (Hopefully not a year-and-a-half from now!)

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