Highlights of My Life: Family, Fitness, and New Beginnings

Here are Four Highlights of my life lately:

1. I never shared a picture of Halloween Night. Here are Mr. Man and Nugget right before we went out for Trick-or-Treating evening with their friends on Halloween evening. I feel comfortable sharing this photo because all of their friends faces are covered.

2. Daily Movement: Mr. Katie and I recently decided to rededicate ourselves to an almost-daily movement plan. I have been back and forth in my brain about whether I should use an app that I already have on my phone or keep track of my workouts with Google Photos. For a while, I was keeping track of my workouts with my watch and taking pictures of myself afterwards with my phone camera and storing them on my phone. What I found though was that doing that didn’t make me feel excited. So recently both Mr. Katie and I decided to make a change.

In the past, Mr. Katie and I really enjoyed tracking our walks, runs and bike rides in the Run Across America app. One thing that we really enjoy is the sense of community that we get from looking at the pictures of other people who also participate in the app. Run Across America is part long-term virtual run- walk event, part exercise tracking program, and part social website. I don’t work for this app or receive any sponsorship from them but I wanted to report that both Mr. Katie and I are really getting something out of belonging to the app this season. It is a pay-to-use app but it comes with a t-shirt or other item every season. I do not always use it to track my workouts, but sometimes I really get something out of using it. This season I am finding it fun and exciting.

Here are out pictures after a workout. Mr. Katie’s photo is his own was used with permission.

3. I got a new job! I got was hired by Northampton Community College to teach an online class next semester for their Library Technical Assistant Program. My class will start in mid-January of 2026. Right now I am in the process of submitting all of the paperwork that I will need to have in to begin. I am also starting some training and planning for my class. This will be a work-from-home job. Here is a picture of me on-campus on the day that I met with a campus official about the position.

4. Mr. Man turned 10. I know I wrote about this already however I never shared any pictures of the actual day. Here are two pictures of him with his cake and his candles. He is growing up fast.