So this week has been kinda different than the norm. jakothewoods is on spring break this week so I decided I'd take my last personal day this week so that we could spend a day together during one of our spring breaks. I took Monday so that I would get an extra long weekend. Monday was really nice out so we decided to go out to McCormicks Creek and hike out to Wolf Cave and Twin Bridges. Of course along the way we had to stop and hug a few trees, especially those who have gone through years of abuse from park visitors who like to leave their mark by carving their names in the poor trees.


A few more of our pic's from McCormicks Creek: (Temporary cut removed)

Wouldn't this make an awesome Halloween tree?


Wolf Cave


Jack inside of Wolf cave just before he whacked his head on that stalactite (?) that's hanging down nearly giving himself a concussion.


Jack at Twin Bridges.


Another view of the Twin Bridges area.


One of the many poor abused trees along the trail.


One of the many benefits of being the photographer in the family is that you are rarely in the pictures. This is the only picture of me from the day.


When we got home on Monday I had a message waiting for me informing me that I had jury duty on Tuesday. Thank goodness it hadn't been a day earlier. I would have had to miss out on the lovely day in the park. Jury duty wasn't horrible. I of course got picked to be on the jury and the trial lasted two days. So I got out of two days of work, and earned 40 bucks a day plus mileage for basically just sitting there. I have to admit it was kind of interesting at first. Unfortunately our case was less than exciting so after the first couple of hours it was kind of boring. When we went to the Juror's room to talk about our decision I was reminded of the movie 12 Angry Men. It's great movie about a jury trying to decide the fate of a young man who has been accused of murder. Only one juror believed he was innocent and the movie is about how he tries to convince the others that he is right. I'm gonna have to see if Netflix has it because now I'm all in the mood to see it again.

Today, I had a teacher work shop at another school. We got done early so I got to come home a little early. I bet my students wonder where I am. I haven't been in all week. I'll go in tomorrow of course and then it's Spring Break! Yay! I don't really have much planned for the break. Jack has class so I'll probably drive him back and forth between class so he won't have to ride the bus. While he's in class I'll probably work on some of my knitting projects. I've been teaching myself how, and I'm really getting into it. I may play some Neverwinter Nights, and do some reading. I'm also going to find some time to work on my resume. I'm thinking about trying to get a teaching position here in town. I really like my school, the people I work with, and I'm comfortable with my position, but it sure would be nice to not have that commute. If I'm gonna do it, now's the time. I can only take 5 years of experience with me and the longer I wait the harder it will get to convince myself to do it.