I can’t seem to think ahead, planning-wise, past the end of the current month. So events scheduled for the beginning of the next month are almost always a surprise once I flip a page of the mental calendar in my head. One of my coworkers mentioned to me last week that she was going to…
For anyone wondering, Joanna and I are safely in Highlands, NC. We had a wonderful dinner, and will probably spend tomorrow hiking. It’s awfully nice to be out of Oklahoma, even if it’s only for a little while.
Berck has bungee-corded me to the lawn chair that serves as my desk chair and is forcing me to write about the events last weekend that almost kept us in Chicago much longer than we intended. So, here goes. I consider myself a lucky person. I am even lucky in my misfortune. When something unlucky…
We’re in Chicago. We drove from Norman Friday morning. It’s pretty easy… you take Interstate 44 until you get to St. Louis, then I-55 till Chicago. I-44 passes through Springfield, MO, the first house Berck remembers living in. We got lunch at Arby’s, and with Berck’s description of the neighborhood to his mom, and his…
I have tomorrow off. Happy 4th on the 2nd! That meant that we were supposed to get off every day this week at 4:30. Ha! We did on Monday and Tuesday. Then we were hit by some humongous orders. Yesterday we got off at 6. Today we finally got to leave at 6:45…and that was…