Update? What's that?

I realize it's been a while since I've updated our blog. Your assumption that we've been far too busy to post - what with our new lives and jobs here - is absolutely right...

...Ok, actually, I lied. We haven't been busy. I've just been lazy. :) And there hasn't been anything momentous to post. No job yet. No job offers yet. No job news. Which leaves me (Angela) with pretty much unlimited free time and Gus with semi-unlimited free time. So what have we been doing with all this time? Glad you asked! There are a few regularly scheduled activities:

• Most mornings we go for a 1-hour hike around the neighborhood, up in the hills. Hopefully this regular cardio will help us acclimate to the high altitude. At this point, as new transplants from the low lands, even the most innocuous stroll down the road can leave us out of breath. Because of the altitude. Really. It's the altitude....trust me! :D


• On Monday evenings Gus goes to the north side of town for his Warlord gaming night at a hobby/gaming store. (Warlord is a miniatures war game by Reaper.)


• On Tuesdays from 12-1 we go ice skating.


• On Wednesdays (or Saturdays), we go to church at 7pm on the north side of town.


• On Thursdays from 12-1 we go ice skating. And then in the evening, from 5-8 or so we have our painting club - on the north side of town.

We also spend time during the days exploring Colorado Springs. As you might have gathered from the list above, most of the interesting stuff here in town is on the north side. And where do we live? On the south side!

On the job front, while Gus slaves away 10-12 hours/week I've been busy marketing myself and pursuing a few leads here and there. I will soon be meeting with the director of the ESL program at the community college just down the road (on the south side of town!); I am applying for a teacher licensing program through the Colorado Department of Education, so I will be able to work in the adult ESL program in the local school district; I have posted flyers advertising English tutoring in probably 15 ethnic grocery stores around town; and I have sent letters to numerous churches in town, offering my accompanying services (for a fee, of course). Hopefully one of these endeavors will bear profitable fruit soon.

It looks like a few people, at least, are going to take us up on the oft repeated refrain of "Come visit!" Gus's mom will be out here for a week in May. My parents are coming for a few days some time this spring (not sure when, but the sooner the better!). And Gus's brother will be coming for a week in June. So to the rest of you: Come visit! Just don't come when the other guests are here...we only have one guest room. ;)