Mr. AJ!

Take Me Out...

To the ballgame we went on the best Saturday of 2007 up here. On a gorgeous day, Angela, AJ, Bic, Titus, and I went to watch the Hokies play top ranked North Carolina. Bic’s cousin is a pitcher for the Tar Heels and his kin were there as well. It was a great lazy day to watch baseball. We brought a Weber grill and sat under the thin shade of a tree about to bloom. The greatest thing was we actually won, 6-3! Though we lost the three game series, the new coach will build a good program in the ACC. AJ had some difficulty sitting still despite several other dogs nearby he wanted to sniff, but we gave him some hot dogs… which is only mildly ironic. The small stadium was packed and many students enjoyed sunning themselves on the adjacent hill. We are playing UVA this weekend there, and are considering a bigger grill out this time, as well as learning interesting tidbits to yell at the wahoos.

The Huckleberry

Due to the great Spring weather, we were able to enjoy one of the great advantages of living in the New River Valley. An old railroad grade has been turned into a paved trail connecting Blacksburg and Christiansburg through woods and well tended farms. With a warm day reaching the low 80s, we got AJ out of the house as he had become stir crazy from a lack of walks. Parking on campus, AJ immediately made friends with Tech’s cows. AJ sniffed out the cows, and then his tail started wagging as one came up to him, which scared the little guy. His barks attracted other cows, which proceeded to follow us along the fence. Angela is skittish around cattle, so we quickened our pace as a silent, ominous crowd of cows followed us. But after jogging and bike riding the Huckleberry many times as students, we enjoyed the coming of warmer weather! We didn’t find where that crazy guy, Morva, was hiding out. Nothing was really in bloom yet to hide anyone.

Spring!

Angela and I were able to eat lunch outside for the first time today! The 70 degree weather is great after months of frigid temperatures and wind chills. Seeing daffodils bloom on campus is a welcome touch of color!

Ferocious Hunter

Stuffed mice beware!

The French

St. Pats

We had intended to celebrate St. Patrick’s day in style as usual in Blacksburg, but Angela came down with a bad sinus infection, so we relaxed and watched basketball all day.
Tall James brought us some green shamrock bread, which was really good! Unfortunately the Hokies lost to the Salukis… but really, when are we going to make the NCAA tournament again?! Our roommate, Bic, was in Columbus for the game and seems to have had a great time on Ohio State’s campus.