This weekend...

I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of Dan Price and Jennifer Sandoval in Phoenix. It was one of my slingshot trips (fly in Friday night, fly out Saturday night on the redeye) but it was alot of fun.

Stayed at the Arizona Biltmore/Waldorf-Astoria resort which was very very nice. Had an opportunity to visit a couple of clients beforehand which was convenient. But basically spent the afternoon with Dan and Jennifer and their respective family and friends. The party wrapped up early but I thought I'd spend some last minute time with friends before heading out. (as the earlier flight was oversold and I was stuck with my original flight...c'est la vie I suppose. Besides...I was driving a 2007 Mustang Convertible....so I had no problem driving around to kill the time.

Went down to Tempe... after a quick stop at the HRC-Phoenix for my shotglasses and pins. Grabbed dinner down at ASU and got to the airport with plenty of time to kill.

It was nice to see Biola friends and acquantances...albeit bittersweet in some respects. This being the last wedding of my circle of friends from undergrad...I expect that with the passing years the get togethers will be fewer and further between especially with all of us scattered across the globe. It was ...amusing...to hear of some of my exploits in college retold in that setting. Or to quote Roland Morgan during the wedding reception..." Bob only has one testicle". wow...just wow...

Not to sound fatalistic...but I don't expect to see many of the people I saw at Dan's reception again...it was just surreal at best... So it was a good last hurrah...and what better to finally close the Biola chapter of my life with the nuptials of a good friend.

Congratulations Chaplain 1st Lt. and Mrs. Daniel Price. May God Bless you with many years of happiness.

ok...so better late than never...

announcement #1- I have been offered and accepted the position of Director, Government Affairs with Michigan Wing, CAP.

More details to come later.

invoice for what?!?!?!

ok...scratch that idea about having 3 or 4 years at best. my niece Katie just handed me an invoice for labor because I have her and her brother cleaning my house. mind you...I think she's planning on keeping the money for herself...and not paying her older brother.

*sigh*

my little megalomaniac in training...

A new post.

Hey, I figure it's been a month. The kids had a blast during Halloween. It was a tough month with Gram's (liz's grandmother) death and it looks like they are starting to recover. Yeah yeah...kids are resilent. We know that. But each kid is different. We had some bonding time on Monday, where they basically used me as a human jungle gym. I'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts...I figure I've got 3 years, maybe 4 years at best before I'm just the old guy that hands out allowances and makes the screwy rules. Since Liz had her midterms, I took the munchkins out for Halloween. The kids got tons of goodies (not to mention what my inlaws bought and didn't give away) so I figure if they consume all their candy by Christmas...that would be just too soon. We have my sister and her husband coming here for Thanksgiving since they are back in the states. So it will really be a full house (thank God we got my Mom and the kids their own house...life woud be just too crazy with that many relatives around) for the holidays.

Got some sad news yesterday that an old family friend who my stepmom has been friends with just passed away on Friday.

Two of the major annoucements I hope to make next week. I have an appointment that will drastically change things. I hate being cryptic but the people that need to know already do and once its official, I can make it public knowledge.

One annoucement we can actually make right now. We've tentatively decided on moving to either Rome,Italy or Wisconsin for Liz's Ph.D program. It's of course not official, but given her grades and what she's doing...I'm not worried.

Looking forward to going to the Valley of the Sun for Dan's wedding next weekend.