Welcome to 2010!!, originally uploaded by docfranxusc.

Holy moly! Where did 2009 go? 2009 was an amazing year - full of travel and races and lots of time spent together AND lots of work. In brief: in January, I was in Diego Garcia and Justin was skiing in Hokkaido. in February, we were split between work and home. In March, we ran the Tokyo marathon. in April, we ran a 1/2 marathon - and justin BEAT me. (That won't happen again!) We also had my aunt and uncle visit and we took a trip to Kyoto and Hiroshima. In May, we did another long race (triathlon kind). in June we went to Hong Kong, where i presented at an international family medicine conference. In July, we kicked off the month w/ a great big birthday dinner for Justin, who turned 35, and my brother came to visit for 2 weeks. We climbed Fuji and did lots of exploring around Tokyo. August brought mostly a LOT of work, but I also went canyoning (rappelling down waterfalls, etc). in September, I turned 30 -- took a solo trip to Okinawa while Justin was traveling with the Boy Scouts in Taipei. We spent my birthday in Tokyo and saw a Cirque de Soleil show...October and November FLEW by. Justin did a 3-day 70mi/day bike ride with friends AND was offered a full time job as a District Executive for the boy scouts! November was pretty quiet UNTIL I got word just before Thanksgiving that I was chosen to deploy to Afghanistan.

Hence, December was a blur of getting ready to go, spending quality time with friends, figuring out how the next several months were going to go, and buying the appropriate electronics to endure it!!

2010 promises to be VERY engaging -- i'm in California for 2 weeks, then New Jersey for training and then off to the middle east for 6-7 months. Justin is working full time for the boy scouts and will undoubtedly keep himself very busy. our friends have promised to pull him out every now and then and keep him in touch

God bless you all. We will have more interesting things to share, no doubt. I'm going to blog from this site while i'm away and hopefully post some pictures! Justin is learning to do the same from his corner of the planet.

The Cimino-Davis clan will be apart this year but with you all in spirit. Keep in touch with us!