My friend Leah and I recently visited the Big Apple to watch the mens semifinal matches at the infamous U.S. Open. yes, THE U.S. Open. We got to watch Roger Federer put Novak Djokovic to shame, and Rafael Nadal try his best to do the same to Andy Murray. But the Scot was too good for the Spainard, and I rode the train back to Manhattan quite sad that evening. In the end, Roger prevailed over Murray in the final, which was very exciting, since it was Rog’s 5th straight win at the Open. One more and he’ll have the record! But I don’t know if I can support that…especially if Rafa’s in the running next year.
On the home-front, Russ is back in school. Four classes this semester (impressive!), in addition to work at DRI and grading for one of his professors. He’s also been playing regular gigs at a local pub with his band. I just happened to have a camera with me at the last one…
I continue to do my horse thing. I’m still leasing a horse part-time and taking a weekly lesson, and now am exercising a horse at Hearts Adaptive Riding twice a week. It’s a great opportunity for me to ride while also helping out a wonderful organization.
We spent a week in Denver last month, which was wonderful and exhausting all at once. We rode horses, wrangled chickens, hiked, ate sushi, played music and just generally enjoyed ourselves. I realized that it had been almost 2 years since we had been on a true “vacation” together. Much needed, to say the least. Here’s one of Russ’ beautiful shots of a prairie sunset…
Blessings abound…
