Tim and Jolene

i have been a bad blogger on our vacation (and before that), so thought that i should put a little something to make up for my lack of bloggerry.  jolene and i are hanging out with de (of hendrickson/long beach fame) although lately she’s been going by archimedes… not really sure what that’s all about.  we met up with her a few days ago and have been having a good time.  we came to nafplio from athens and have been just relaxing mostly.  we did a day trip to spetses though yesterday where we rented bikes and road around half of the island.  at one point we stopped at this little lagoon, went swimming, jumped off rocks, and made friends with a naked dude and his son.  i have an image of jolene nervous about jumping off this rock standing up top with a naked man to her left, and the naked man’s son in flippers running by them both to jump in the water.  at least it was memorable.  at one time in a funny greek accent he said “hope you don’t mind the display,” and then he jumped in the water.  our visit with rach was really fun before that, although i don’t know that i can think of any stories as good as that… those dots are where i sat in front of the computer thinking for like 30 seconds and got nothing. but it was fun anyways despite my spotty memory.  we went to mykonos, santorini, and a couple places in crete (crete was sans rach though).  jolene and i both powered through little sicknesses, and by powered through i mean jolene walked around acropolis when she had a high fever, and i lay in bed when i had a booboo on my elbow… but all is well now that we’ve rounded the halfway point of vacation and are getting ready for the home stretch.  i’ve been keeping up with my little nephews and fam and looking at their sites every time i get a chance and it has been great watching them up to this point in our service.  we passed our 1 year in country mark not too long ago and we’re both really looking forward to getting back and getting things done… it’s amazing how quick two years is and that we’re half way done already.  sorry again for slacking lately

-tim