If you’ve followed me here on “Life as Russ,” you have probably been wondering, "where the hell is Russ?" I really haven't blogged much this year. If you follow me on Facebook, you probably know why... I've spent a lot of time playing there and posting pics, comments and other little snipets of my life.
This year was different, that's for sure. The beginning started out soooo slow at work. Thus my ability to play on Facebook. The economy just kept tanking. Something happened around May, though...at least in our area, and we have been crazy busy ever since, with no apparent end in sight.
Maybe because of this, I just really didn't do much gardening this year (maybe its also because until I built the outside pen, the chickens ravaged my garden to the point of my giving up on getting any summer vegetables...only beets, carrots and potatoes remain unscathed) We have made some good friends with people through Tracy's Derby team and I've been lucky to get to hang with some old friends as well.
Once again, we had another great vacation in Maine at Acadia National Park, which I still have yet to post about. The kids are in school at Waldorf. Grace in 5th and Jeremiah in 8th (his last year) Tracy is still working all but full time there as well as working on survey research projects for me.
So here we are, again this year, checking out what was going on in my life in years past. What were the big events in my history?
5 years ago: 2006/7 - 40 years old
Not a great year... but a life changing one. Lots of stuff happened, and I think in the long run, we all ended up much better for it. Work was booming.
10 years ago: 2001/2 ~ 35 years old
The Biggest events this year? Lets see...
I'm a Dad to a beautiful baby girl.
I started working out, which I continue to this day. We bought a Bowflex and that was the beginning. It's long gone now, but that purchase was a life changer. My back is still weak and healing from breaking it over a year ago, but working out is what stops the pain.
Work has taken a downtown at CHA and we are struggling to keep my survey department viable, but we have had some big projects with Vermont AOT and with the Army Corps to keep us going.
15 years ago: 1996/7 ~ 30 years old
We live in the little red school house on Belvedere Road in Gilsum until late winter, when we move into our FIRST house on Juniper Hill Road in Stoddard.
I'm a survey tech at CHA and I've been travelling A LOT, all over New England on projects for Sprint, AT&T and some others, surveying sites for cell towers.
The BIG thing that happened? ... Tracy and I decided to have a baby on our 1st anniversary at Tony Clamatos (October 7, 2006), so we went back to the school house and made one. On July 10th, 2007, Jeremiah is born! The poor little guy took 14 hours to come out, his heart rate kept going down to almost nothing and when he finally did pop out, his lungs had collapsed and his internal organs weren't functioning. The best and worst day of my life! Actually, that was one of the worst weeks, as both he and Tracy almost died and we ended up in the hospital in Hanover for the week.
20 years ago: 1991/2 ~ 25 years old
Tracy and I are a couple now, and live at the condo on Sugar maple lane with two of my best friends, Molly Legg and Chris Rickson.
In the spring of '92 we decide to get our very own apartment on central square in Keene, third floor above China Wok. Yup, we eat a lot of Chinese food now. Being down town is pretty fun. We hang out a lot in "Beak Alley" behind our building and the Stage.
I’m still kind of a long haired Dead head hippie freak, but at least my old crew chief is gone and I start working with my friend, Bill Cadmus. I also spend a bit of time on the road, surveying in Vermont and Mass.
25 years ago: 1986/7 ~ 20 years old
I’m a Junior at Keene State College. I left the dorm scene and live kind of a nomadic lifestyle between Mom & Dad's house and my girlfriend's place. I'm still a Geography major and still goofing off. Case in point...Spring break in Fort Lauderdale with a bunch of college buddies. We drive down in one 28 hour stint, fueled by chips, beer and will power. One big blurry party all week. We did a lot of stuff we shouldn't and are lucky to make it back to NH in one piece.
30 years ago: 1981/2 ~ 15 years old
I'm a sophomore at Keene High school. I can't say I like school, and to make matters worse...I discover the wonders of beer. I play football on the JV squad and I make the travel team for the Varsity squad, and I even have a few forays onto the field. Its a big deal for me, having just learned about football the year before. I live in Westmoreland, and I dont have my drivers license yet, so its tough sometimes to hang with friends or fit in.
35 years ago: 1976/7 ~ 10 years old
We live in Westmoreland at our new house, and I'm in the 5th grade. My sister Sarah was born a month ago. Dan & I spend a lot of time playing in the woods and swamps around our house, hiking and building forts at the "sand-pit." We draw lots of maps and figure out what all the trees and bushes are. I guess my love of my current career choices of Land Surveyor and Wetland Scientist get their start here.
40 years ago: 1971/2 ~ 5 years old
I honestly don't remember. I know we live in Keene, on Laurel Lane and Nana and Bup live down the street. Dan is just a baby and I think we do a lot of travelling with Dad on his business road trips.
~Hopefully, I have my years straight, but there it is, a little glimpse into the history of Life as Russ
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