DFW airport
I have an hour to kill at DFW while I wait to catch my flight to Vancouver. I thought I would try to figure out how to blog a little not better from my phone. It is pretty awkward, but better than last time.
Month: March 2012
Day 222 of 1000
I got a call from Lorena and the kids late last night at my hotel by the Charlotte airport. They said they had the best seats in the house for the Pink Martini concert at the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC). They all agreed that I had missed out on something great and they got credit for their Jazz class at the community college. What a deal. DPAC is amazing. The only other time we were there was for Kelly’s birthday a couple of years ago. That time, we got the nose-bleed seats for the farewell performance of Fiddler on the Roof by Chaim Topol, the original guy that had the part of Tevye and who also played it in the movie. That was also awesome, even though we had to see most of the play through our opera glasses.
Day 221 of 1000
I learned a lesson today. I was looking forward to getting up early in the morning to catch a flight from Raleigh to Vancouver, B.C. Now I am looking forward to driving 3½ hours from our house to Charlotte either this afternoon or a little after midnight to catch a flight from there to Vancouver. The lesson I learned is that, whenever possible, with my current employer, at least, it is best to book ones own tickets. I hate to leave the family for 4-5 days because I am doing it so much lately and this week, it the lead-in to a three day weekend. Oh, well. This is actually kind of an ironic post coming right after the video I put up yesterday.
Day 220 of 1000
My life was somewhat more difficult than what is described in this video.
Day 218 of 1000
I got off from work an hour early so I could get home in time to have birthday cake with Kelly and the family. When I got here, Kelly was just putting the finishing touches on her pink birthday cake, wearing a pink blouse, and talking to her friend Skyler who calls every birthday. It is pretty mind-boggling to think Lorena and I have an eighteen year old daughter, so it was a nice reminder that some things never change.
Day 215 of 1000
Here I am, back at the NCSU Hill Library, working on work stuff while the kids study and Lorena shops. We got up a little late this morning, so they were no longer serving breakfast at McDonald’s when we got there. Kelly normally gets an Egg McMuffin for a total of 300 calories, but she had to settle for a Hamburger Happy meal today. She was quite excited because we found they now put 100 calories worth of french fries in the meal along with the apple slices. She was well under 500 calories and she got a Rainbow Dash pony to boot. Low calories, tasty fries, and Rainbow Dash–it doesn’t get much better than that!
Day 209 of 1000
Ever since they were born, I have been trying to convince all my nieces and nephews that I am their favorite uncle. I am not sure that is working so well, but they are certainly my favorite nieces and nephews. One of them, seven year old, Valeria is now being featured on a huge billboard in Monterrey. She is quite a precocious child and we are very excited for her. Hopefully, her dad and mom will bring her, along with her brothers, to see us this summer.
Day 199 0f 1000
The high mucky-mucky of the Truth Has a Chance blog and my old roommate back when we were both thin and had hair (well, Warren still has hair), is dropping in for a weekend visit this weekend. Hopefully, a picture or two will follow. We are going to do some very high level consulting on blogging, football, and other important topics. Maybe he can get me kicked off center on my blogging habits (or lack thereof).
Day 193 of 1000
Kelly and Christian both went to see their advisers for the very first time. Both of them found out that they are in good shape to graduate in two more years. Both the kids worked out their schedules and got buy-in from their advisers along with permission to take a summer class called Foundations of Advanced Math (a proofs class that prepares them for Real Analysis). It will be a hard slog because many of the classes are so difficult for the both of them, but hey both definitely have a shot to graduate by Spring 2014.