The Goodrums

The graduate

May began with a crazy close to the legislative session for Jennifer and bills getting left out in the cold because of the some crazy, last minute political shenanigans.

Jennifer spent a few days in Washington for a work conference and hung out with my parents. I began traveling for work too. I went to Amarillo, TX, Los Alamos, NM, and Sheridan, OR.

Oh, and I squeezed in graduating from CU. A small contingent of family and friends came to celebrate the event as I officially became just a full-time employee (Jennifer says whoop! to that). We checked out the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs while graduation visitors were around.

We also participated in the Rugged Maniac obstacle/mud run in Denver with some friends and neighbors. The morning of the race it was in the mid 30’s and raining. Dozens of participants were treated for hypothermia (and we had signs of hypothermia by the time we finished). The race email later told everyone they were ultra mega super rugged. I think it really meant we were more maniacal, but anyway.

I also signed up for a Ministry Leadership Training (MLT) at our church because I had previously volunteered to serve on a committee at church and figured I should participate in said training. What I didn’t know at the time was a) I was going to spend the month of May in hotels, and b) that MLT really meant “Seminary light” and expected you to have superhuman reading powers like Jennifer, be able to consume several hundred page books in a matter of hours, and routinely share brief exposes of said books in written form. I do not have superhuman reading powers like that. My superhuman reading powers consist of reading at such a pace that I can process and remember what I read. It is December; I have one and one-half books left to read for MLT.