And, finally, my home for the evening ( Read more... )

The post-game festivities ( Read more... )

Football game ( Read more... )

It's been a long weekend, with good parts and not-so-good parts, but there's a lot to get through so I'd better plow ahead. Apologies now in case not everything is coherent; I've slept poorly for a couple days now. Oh, that will be part of the tale ( Read more... )

I've had a fair amount on my mind this week. It's Homecoming at NCC, and it's my reunion year, so I'm going to the reception. I won't be home tomorrow because after work, I'll meet Avery for dinner, then we'll go to the concert, and by the time I'll get home it'll be after 11 at the earliest. Saturday morning should be standard, meaning grocery ( Read more... )

Homecoming is coming up, and it's my 20th reunion year. Avery and I have been in discussions about it, in an I'll-go-if-you-go sort of way. I haven't gone to a reunion since our 5th, back when it was held at Lou Malnati's. Our 10th happened when I wasn't working, and was held at a bar, and I did NOT wish to give what precious little money I had ( Read more... )

We're getting to the busiest part of the year at work. Things will really pick up in the next week or so, in part because of the sheer number of work things coming up. I needed to figure out when things are, and what we need to bring to them (or drop off beforehand in some cases), and my plan first thing today was to go through my emails and ( Read more... )

The forecast for Saturday hadn't looked good ever since it first showed up in the outlooks. Cloudy, low to mid-50s, chance of rain. The rain seemed to pull out the closer we got, and forecasters thought the rain would hold off until the evening or Sunday. I still felt like I should be prepared, because that's my MO. I ended up pulling out my ( Read more... )

( This was the second of three Fridays where Avery and I would be getting together. )

Because Friday wasn't enough excitement ( Read more... )