I thought I would leave a post. In reality I do not really know how to use this blog thing. I just had one written partially and it is lost. Oh well. Tracey and I are training for a marathon on Halloween this year. It is on a small island off the northwestern coast of Okinawa. It is a 2 hour boat ride from a port up north and it should be awesome. Here are some pictures of the course and the port.

Anyway, it should be a beautiful course and looks to be fairly flat with elevation changes no greater than 20 m at any point. I am also training to do the Tour de Okinawa the following Satuday. It is a 108 mile bike ride along the Northern tip of the main island. This weekend we are going to do a 40 mile ride up on the point. I guess it is the hardest part of the ride and should get us more prepared for it. I just remember the guys coming back last year with numb legs and hating life so I am not really sure what I am doing. I am loving biking though. I rode to work today and last friday. It is about 8.5 miles to and from work and again, not to hilly. There are more hills on the way home but at that point I am just excited to get home so it makes it an easier ride. I will take a picture tonight perhaps of me in all my biking gear. To do it right you really do have to be all decked out. I always laughed at the guys with the tight pants but now I reside in them.

I was previously at another clinic that was about and hour and twenty minutes away and have now switched down to a clinic much closer. It was great being with the people at the old clinic and we had a pretty tight knit group but it has been great getting to know the people down here and I enjoy it a lot. I get to work out of 2 operatories and a surgical suite and I have 2 technicians most days to myself. Therefore, I can practice more multichair dentistry to get ready for the time in the future. As I am sure most of you know, Dave and I are planning on working together in the future and we recently got the plans for the new clinic and they look awesome. It is almost torture to see what will be. But, good things come to those who wait, and we will be waiting another 2 years to realize those dreams. But, for now I just continue to try to improve my skills to make the transition as seemless as possible. We had an awesome time this summer and look forward to many more vacations in the future. I better sign out. We are totally addicted to dominion also. While Tracey was gone me and some other guys here were playing it at least 3 nights a week. Thanks for introducing it to us. alright, signing out.