Did'ja Miss Us?

Well, we're back from Texas/Oklahoma. Which is to say, I'm back in Washington DC and Lilah is Back in Washington. We got into Seatac on Saturday evening about 6pm so that I could fly out on Sunday for DC. It's a long and frustrating tale about cancelled Travel plans from my Employeer, etc, but in the end I got a better trip on Alaska Airlines (come on MVP status!) that got me back here at a much more reasonable 5pm, vice my originally scheduled 11:30 pm arrival on United Airlines... through the DREADED Chicago, the great and all powerful cess pit of late (United) flights. Sorry to all my native Chicago friends, but I've yet to ever leave the O'Hare airport on time. Ever. Not even once. If someone sneezes too hard they shut the airport down; and their baggage handlers must have one iron clad union contract because the last 5 times I've flown through there the reason we were late was because of baggage. Not to mention the time earlier this year when I was stranded at O'Hare along with 100,000 of my closest friends for 3 days because of delays caused by... rain.

I digress. The point of the story was that when we woke up Sunday morning and went to check out, there was SNOW!!!! Not just a little snow, but big fatty flake snow! The first snow of the season and Lilah and I got to share the moment together. Now that's God smiling down, eh?

Of course, if you're a Monday night football fan, you saw the Seattle white stuff in all its glory. Not the glory of Jeremy "butter fingers" Stevens, mind you. Sure, he caught a touch down... eventually. But after his Superbowl performance I expected him to make a point of not dropping another ball for at least... oh I don't know, a decade, or something. So when he stopped running the route while crossing the endzone?!? JEREMY STEVENS! How could you? Now, Shawn Alexander... WOW BUDDY! How's that for a triumphant return? 201 Yards on 40 Carries?!? Yes! My only regret is the 3 hour time difference that sent me to bed steaming mad at just after the half. Thankfully, there's TIVO. Sure, I know the score, but I'll still be watching that glorious second half this afternoon after work.

Well, anyway, the next trip home is actually next Monday. I'll be in Bremerton for a week and a day: long enough for a conference and to take care of Lilah as she braves the removal of her last wisdom tooth, via surgery that will result in cracking the tooth into 3 or four pieces and then removing them right off the root. Keep us in your prayers.

Just a short two weeks after this return to DC, I'll be heading back to Bremerton for Good... or is it? We're still waiting on an offer from both Japan and from NAVSEA. Round and round and round we go... Where ever we stop, there better be snow!

Take care everyone. We'll keep you posted.