Before the move I am trying to get in as much kayaking as I can since I think I will not get to do a lot while in Texas. Things could change, I am just assuming that there will be more flat water, and less whitewater for me to enjoy. I have no video of the river itself since I have no way of keeping my phone dry, but here is a short video of the drive (it takes 1.5 hours from Asheville to get to the Nantahala) and a little bit of the river from nearby the takeout.

I heard today that some folks were trying to contact Teresa and myself via this here website. There was only one option before today and that was to leave a comment on one of our posts. All you have to do is look towards the end of a post and click on the link that says No Comments yet, add one », or Read the # Comment for this post, or add your own ». Both of those links will take you to the same place so you can add your own comment.

Let’s say that comments are not your thing and you want to leave a private message for the two of us, well now you can do just that. If you look up top, not all the way, just under the big 10gallonhat up top, you will see the new contact tab. Clicking that will send you to our new form page where you can write us an email. Please note that this email will go to both Teresa and myself, so do plan on us both reading it.

We hope to hear from you soon.

Have we mentioned that we have an apartment? I don’t think so. Or maybe I forget. Well, we have an apartment! The image above is from the road in front of the house. We just got some photos of the inside of the apartment, so now we know that the whole thing is real and not a scam. Or if it is a scam, it’s a really good one.

So, the place looks cute from the outside, and it looks pretty big on the inside. We might need more furniture. Or we can just see where we end up next year after this Texas adventure before we start to fill up this place with stuff that might not fit into the next place.

I got the new iPhone 3G S today, and it now comes with video, so I plan on uploading a few to the 10gallonhat. This was my first little test today, so don’t expect too much.

So, the happenings of last weekend are old news at this point–with Wylie posting the walk score and the crime stuff (I am happy that the closest things to where we will be walking seemed to be a fire, a traffic stop, and a “resisting arrest”…a stabbing and a controlled substance were a little further out…but I will still be glad to walk around our new digs…), but, I am here reporting on them anyway! I totally kicked the Nantahala’s arse on Saturday in a ducky… and Mighty Atom got to strut his stuff with a roof rack on. Such a cute little sherpa car. For those of you who don’t know, I have been engaged in a ridiculous love affair with my car since about May of 2005, which was 3 months before I owned one, and 6 months before I owned this one (the first one got smashed to bits by a lady not paying attention coming out of Kroger. Thank goodness it was the car and not me that was smashed to bits!!)….

Also, we did, in fact, see a DeLorean on the way home. Everything Wylie said about it is true.

In other news, this week I am doing some of the last grading of papers and talking to classes at Auburn that will happen. It’s a little bit strange to remember all the things it has taken me 4 years to learn about doing my job and to put them down on paper for someone else to do…a reminder that we’re kind of replaceable, which can be a discomforting kind of thought at times…but also a sign that we are on to bigger and better things! I also turned in the paperwork to get approval to do the first part of my dissertation data collection. This does not sound that exciting, but to have it done now will make this next year much more pleasant–for Wylie and for me!