Could I get a 5 day weekend please?

Had a good weekend but I really need to catch up on sleep! Saturday night Snooky & Michelle came in from Lexington and we all went to see the Black Crowes at the Ryman.

Some more boxes have been unpacked, we have towels and rugs for our bathroom, and we've even talked some with the neighbors. Steve has been cleaning the old house and taking care of lawn type things at the new house. He got a cheap lawn mower off Craig's List and mowed the yard Sunday and tonight he seeded the back yard.

We spent a few hours on Sunday finishing up the cleaning at the rental after a much needed nap and we've been watching random old movies from Netflix (Predator, Airplane, Animal House, and Blues Brothers)as we patiently await the installation of our cable.

It's very slowly coming together and yet there's so much to be done to fill in the gaps but we'll get there.

ALS Walk

So me your udders!

This is where I stayed last night - in Belmont, WI. The only thing off the exit was the Baymont Inn, The Crazy Cow Saloon, and a BP.

This has been a great trip so far, good weather, pretty scenery, nice people - and indecent cows.

On my way to land of cheese and cheese heads!

Say Cheese

Thanks to an air card thing-a-ma-jig I have internet access for the time being. It's weird being disconnected from the usual media and info suspects - TV/Internet. We've been watching movies and I finished a book I started before we moved, but it would take some getting used to not having the comfort of the TV on a regular basis.

It's also taking some getting used to being in a neighborhood - the last place we lived there were only a handful of houses on our street and not a lot of coming and going - that and we lived mainly in the den which was in the back of the house. You could walk around naked beating your spouse and no one would bother you. Here though it feels like every time you go out your front door there's a neighbor saying hi. No more naked spouse beating. ( I have no idea where the spouse beating came from - it was either that or clubbing seals and I thought that might be even more offensive)

I don't mind the neighbors or the lack of privacy much; it's something that time and curtains/blinds will remedy, it's just a definite adjustment.


I'm headed to WI this afternoon to do another rock n roll campus tour. I'm sure my fans are already lined up waiting to get a peak. Ha. This one is going to be better than the last; we've got a souped up PowerPoint and my nerves aren't as bad. Rock on!

Getting settled in the new house. Unpacking going well first shower, violet is sniffing everything and spence is playing. No cable or internet for who knows how long.

Headline: Fallout over Obama Comment

President Obama called Kayne West a jackass regarding his 'performance' at the MTV VMA's and there's supposedly a fallout.

A politician tells the truth and there's a fallout. I know I know some would rather shout out 'You Lie' but in this case he got it right - Kayne is pretty much a jackass.

Slow news day.

First Home

We move into our new house on Friday. We closed yesterday and overall things have gone very smoothly and quickly. We are as packed as we can be and still live and have been eating a lot of fast food or microwave dinners - yuck!

I know I should be excited and happy and I am but more than anything I'm a giant bundle of nerves and anxiety. It's easing as we get closer to move date but this is a huge deal and I'm having a lot of anxiety about the responsibility of home ownership - co-ownership but still. I would assume this is normal and I know there's a lot more in life to be anxious over but I'm still nervous.

Soon it'll be home sweet home.

It's Official

I had to give a presentation earlier this week to a group of college students. I was nervous as can be expected, what I didn't expect was how old and dorky I felt after it was all said and done. It's been 10 years since I was in that college building taking classes and it didn't feel like it had been that long ago to me until I stepped up to the podium and realized that these kids were YOUNG. I'm talking 18 year old fresh faced freshmen and slightly older grad students who were super over achievers - something I never was - and I suddenly felt my age and very uncool.

It was a weird awkward experience and lucky for me I get to repeat it 2 or 3 more times in the next several weeks.

Whirlpool/Habitat Build - Atlanta

Some co-workers and I went down to Atlanta on Monday to help with one day of a Habitat Build. It was my first time. I really enjoyed it and I thought it was great that the families help build their home right along side the volunteers.