1) Pleasant summer nights with my sweetie out on the back deck.
2) A two-week vacation where *all* of us get to stay home, sleep in, and be together.
3) Spending time with good friends, doing things we like, and feeling home away from our house.

Not a long entry. I've tried posting twice and haven't been able to get through them.

I am thankful for my wonderful wife, my amazing little girl, and my family in Texas. I love them all so much. Thank you, my friends, for helping me enjoy my life so much.

I am thankful for music, for my job and my students, especially for loving my job and ( Read more... )

My parents finally got power restored in Manvel! That's been 10 days without power. They are, to be sure, relieved. Things for them are slowly getting back to normal.

Today we met up with fiannaharpar's dad while he's in town for a few days. We had dinner with him last night, and went to the Phipps Conservatory today followed by dinner at Mitchel's (formerly Charlie's, formerly G's) for wings and bar food. It was fun, and nice to watch him interact with Pookie ( Read more... )

I had a great Father's Day. LJ has eaten my wonderful entry about VeggieTales, Sonic, grilling tools, and listing all the dads I know on LJ. I will not attempt to recreate that entry. Sonic is yummy, and if you are a dad out there, I hope you had a fan-fricking-tastic Father's Day. Thus endeth the truncated entry.

One more day of vacation, then back to work. Lordy, lordy, this was needed.

Thanksgiving was wonderful. The company was nice and the food was superb. The 'buzz' mentioned refers to the haircut I got at SportClips on Wednesday that opened up near the new Target in Wexford, touting to be a sports themed salon for guys. Well, there were TVs in ( Read more... )

Interview prep ( Read more... )

Everything is going well with Dave ( Read more... )

The update is that there's no update. I called my mom around 2:20 last night, spoke with her a bit, and she agreed to call once she knew something. When she called, *she* still didn't know anything further. Because I still haven't heard an update, and because there's no answer at my parents' house, I am taking that as a sign that the liver was ( Read more... )

He just got called to get a liver transplant. I will know in a couple of hours if the doctors approve it. This will save his life, and necessitate that Lake and I not fly to Houston tomorrow as scheduled.

I do not pretend to understand how the Lord works. I do not. Lord, have mercy.