OMG...It's a Post!

[countessmouse]

I cannot believe it has been a month and a half since my last post. Oh wait, yes I can.

Work continues to be incredibly busy and I've been traveling a few times a month for the last few. In fact, I'm leaving for San Jose in the morning. The flights are so incredibly booked that I am taking an extra change of clothes in the event I fly home Friday morning instead of Thursday night. I'll take a voucher for my trouble and count_gunthar won't have to pick me up after midnight that night.

We managed a long weekend in New Orleans last month to see my parents and celebrate Dad's 70th birthday. Gunthar was ecstatic over our dinner at Restaurant August (which he posted about in detail) and I was just slightly worried that he'd go all fangirl on me if John Besh actually made an appearance -- which he didn't. We had typical New Orleans weather and got rained on while we walked around the French Quarter, which caused me not to get beignets at Cafe du Monde. Major pout on that. But we had fun anyway.

The family reunion for my Dad's family is this weekend, so we'll be getting up at some ungodly hour Saturday morning to drive to DeRidder, LA for a couple of hours. The number of family present gets smaller and smaller every year -- Dad and his siblings and cousins continue to age and the members of my generation are just too busy to attend. When I was a child, we would have upwards of 100 people there. Now I'm lucky if 20 show up.

And it's hot. I hate Texas in the summer.

Comments

[shonao.livejournal.com]

I was going to shoot you an email tonight had you not posted, finding out if you were still alive! ;)

Also, if you want, I can pick you up Thursday night so McG can sleep so as not to be dead for work the next day.

:) Missed you bunches :)

[lady-eliz.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the offer, but it's highly likely I'll be coming in Friday morning, in which case I'll take a cab to the office (since the company pays for it). If not, G takes his chauffeur duties quite seriously. ;)

Yeah, it's been busy. And now the prep for Crown starts.

[shonao.livejournal.com]

That reminds me!!!
tell McG that if he gets his shield scraped off after Thusday's practice, I will have it done before next Tuesday's practice.
-OR-
give it to me at least 3 days before Crown. So it's nice and fresh for crown.

I also want to talk to you about garb for crown. But I can talk to you when you get back. Take you to dinner next week?

[lady-eliz.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, the shield painting will probably have to wait until next week since he's getting it re-eged by Bill this Sunday. He won't be doing any fighter practice after Tuesday and that would work out fine as long as we had the shield back before we leave early Friday afternoon.

How about dinner next Tuesday if G goes to practice?

[shonao.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a plan then. Maybe bill can strip it while he has it? Just a thought.

And yes, let's do dinner Tuesday. Hell, even if he doesn't, he can come along to dinner, too :)
John might not join us, he's on deadline, but we'll see. I'll email you or call Monday for us to finalize and figure out where we want to go to eat.

[lorelei01.livejournal.com]

Wow! Busy month! Welcome back and have a safe flight :-D