Other Than Innkeeping...

I just got back from orientation for becoming an adjunct professor at Southside Virginia Community College. If I get enough students to make the classes, I'll be teaching Intro to Early Childhood Education and Guiding Children's Behavior. I am excited about this opporunity as it will be a great way to supplement our fluctuating B&B income, and I enjoy teaching adults who want to learn! I may also be teaching elementary-age students who are on homebound this year. I've done a little of that in the past and really liked the one-on-one focus.

Paul is working part time now for Family Preservation Services. He's a mentor for troubled youth and also monitors others who are on house arrest. For the mentoring part, he gets paid to "hang out" with the kids! (What a job!) The monitoring involves resonding to a page every time a client goes out of range and making sure they have their ankle bands on by doing weekly checks. It's great having a job that is so flexible because we can work it around the B&B and other commitments. Here's a recent picture of my guy- taken during a recent camping trip... Isn't he a cool cat??? Speaking of cats...
Scroll to the bottom to see a slide show I created of our pets. I managed to include all but one of our cats who is always in hiding. It was a lot of fun to do! The link is there if anyone wants to make their own...