My two brothers.

Here is my older brother Josh (with the dog's nose in his crotch), his semi-x girlfriend (also Rachel) and my little brother Nic out at my Dad's right after Christmas. I don't think I have mentioned either bro yet. Josh lives currently in a trailer in Lake Tahoe, CA. I call him our family nomad chef. He has "cooked" as he calls it all over the country (he calls it "cooked", but it is not just cooking, he creates amazing food). He graduated at the top of his class from Johnson and Wales Cullinary School in Charleston, SC and he did his internship at the Biltmore Estate. After graduating and interning, Josh moved to Lake Tahoe where he has lived on numerous occasions. He is currently living there for his 3rd or 4th time. Last year, he lived outside of Bozeman, MT working at an exclusive lodge called Papoose Lodge. He has worked at some pretty swanky places including Blackberry Farm close to K-town up in Townsend, TN. He is an AMAZING chef/artist/mountain biker/writer/brother. He moves when he gets tired of where he is living. He pretty much lives out of his truck with his dog George. George is the most human like dog I have ever met. He also moves to where there is amazing mountain biking and/or snowboarding. He leads a pretty interesting life. Right now, he is helping some friends expand their pizza place he helped open in 98'. Josh comes home in between jobs usually during the winter holidays. When I got married, he had just moved out to Bozeman, but I made him PROMISE to come back for my wedding. So he did....he drove 24 hours back to K-town and stayed for the weekend festivities, and then drove straight back. He is such an awesome brother. :)

My little brother Nic is nearly 22 and living on the farm with Dad and Joyce. I'm very unsure what he is doing besides sleeping a lot. I think he is in school at Pellissippi. He is a pretty funny kid to hang out with. He talks like he knows everything about everything. You gotta love him though.

It is POURING rain again today so I am going to be forced to swim in the indoor pool. I could very well go home and ride the spin bike, or go into my health club and do the elliptical machine, but I would rather poke myself in the eye than do either of the latter choices. The indoor pool at Fort Sanders is pretty nasty, but it isn't so bad on Friday afternoons after school.

It looks like I will NOT be racing the Tsali race this weekend...too much rain. I need LOTS O' Miles anyways for Cohutta now only two weeks away!!!!

There is a shoreline clean-up tomorrow morning at the Ridge, so I am hoping I can get myself up early to help pick up! I despise how rednecks feel it is their priviledge to throw anything and everything out their car windows or their fishing boats! Litterbugs SUCK!

Have a nice weekend!