This weekend was the Sara Bareilles concert in Nashville. I hadn’t gone out of my way to do anything about getting tickets, but finally Virginia did, and as the concert got closer I got more and more excited. By Friday I was pumped and ready to go. Her first CD I thought was great, and yet somehow I’ve enjoyed her second as much or more. And ( Read more... )

This year’s OU-texas finally paid us back for the last several, especially last year ( Read more... )

This was originally supposed to be a Tripod Trip, but over time both Mavros and Bolt backed out. Finally I did as well - I'm not going to drive 7 hours to watch a game anymore. Now that I'm not in college anymore, 14 hours on the road on a weekend is quite a bit, and just takes up too much of the weekend. Wednesday or Thursday Virginia wrote to ( Read more... )

I finally broke down and got satellite radio. I got the idea a few weeks ago as a realistic possibility. Rob's had it for a while, and Bolt had it when I went back for the FSU game. And Mavros has had it for a few years. After really noticing how bad Memphis radio was I'd finally had enough and decided to get it. It's only been a few hours now ( Read more... )

This year I finally turned 30. An age I never thought I'd be. Of course I saw it coming, but it was always on the horizon, always a hypothetical. Not a concrete statement of fact exactly. But here I am, 30 years old ( Read more... )

This weekend I headed back to OK for my pre-birthday tour. I took Friday afternoon off from work and hit the road around noon. I hadn't thought to rent a car, so I wound up driving my own. I had just had it in the shop the weekend before, so it was driving well now. I made decent time and got to my dad's house in Muskogee around 6pm. This was ( Read more... )

This year was the 3rd year in a row I've gone on the Ocoee rafting trip. It also marked the 2nd year that Virginia went with us ( Read more... )

This year marked another I spent July 4th not in Oklahoma. The whole weekend started out pretty well - we got out of work early on Friday afternoon (July 2, Virginia's birthday), so I headed to the flower shop and picked Virginia up some roses. With the extra time before she got off work I went by Kroger to get cake mix and ice cream. I spent ( Read more... )

This week I went to New Hampshire on a business trip to visit a vendor. To get there I had to fly into Albany, NY, drive through Vermont, and then across the Connecticut River to get to New Hampshire. All new territory to me ( Read more... )

Saturday started early. I slept on the couch that night after getting home from musicfest. I was woken up at 4:30am by tornado sirens going off. I turned on the tv to check the news, and sure enough, there were major storms headed our way. I called Virginia but had to call twice to wake her up. I coached her through the procedure as I stood around ( Read more... )