Well, I’m here in the bluegrass of Kentucky. This place is different, Wilmore, and I like it that way. It’s certainly not the Chapel Hill area, where I moved from, and it’s certainly not West Virginia, where I grew up. It’s somewhere in between - a happy medium if you will.
Wilmore is the modern day version of Mayberry. There is perhaps one main street running through the town and a cross street that separates the college from the seminary. I’m estimating that perhaps there are more seminarians than regular residents. For the North Carolina readers, picture downtown Pittsboro, but with a college. For our readers from the Mountain State, imagine downtown Mount Hope, but with a college.
I love it. It’s going to take some time to get used to the differences, but I doubt I’ll have any trouble.
Most of today has been spent unpacking - believe it or not, I’m mostly unpacked - and spending some time driving to Lexington to go to the local mall - a good 20 minutes from Wilmore. (Right now, I’m sitting in a Panera near that mall.) The people are friendly here and I’ve already had my “it never fails moment” when I ran into a West Virginia University fan while leaving. We’re everywhere, I tell you, everywhere.
Tomorrow I hope to find a nice church to worship at and find a nice cafe that will let me abuse the internet usage for a couple of hours while I draft in a fantasy league I’m involved with. (By the way, if you want to here me discuss the upcoming football season click here. The link will take you the podcast for my friend, Greg, who just started his podcast as a complement to his blog. Both are great resources and Greg does a great job discussing theological issues on a level most people can understand. And no, I’m not plugging his blogs to help my chances in the drafting tomorrow afternoon.)
I hope to find some type of gainful employment in the area this week. I’m going to apply to substitute teach in two counties on Monday and I may look at a coaching position at one school as well. So, we’ll see what develops.
Let the journey begin. Game on.
