Happy Holidays !!

A belated Merry Christmas to all, and I suppose a slightly early Happy New Year to boot. This year, as usual, found me working on Christmas Day at the airport, but don't cry for me Argentina... As I take Thanksgiving week off to rest and/or travel, I try to work Christmas Day to allow fellow workers with children and family to enjoy that day. However, it is generally an easy, cookie-filled day - but not this year! For the first time in 14 years, it actually rained on Christmas and the couple of days before. Let me state emphatically that I do not like this :) It really dims down the gloat factor when your weather is as bad as the friends and family back in the Midwest. However, since then our weather has turned beautiful again and we are boasting the low 70s for the remainder of the week.


As for Christmas Night, some friends cooked a wonderful dinner and invited us to partake. It was a nice evening of new and old friends, and made the day a special one.


Then the next morning Caryl dropped me at the airport to catch a 9 am flight San Diego. This was for the purpose of finalizing a deal and taking delivery of a little Christmas present to myself - a 2002 Audi TT ALMS edition coupe! I had driven one of these about a year ago, and finally was able to obtain a deal on this car that I could not refuse. It was a fun drive home, with a stop at a great lunch place in El Centro, CA, called Burgers & Beer. The name says it all, and how could you not like that, right ? And you cannot drive through Gila Bend, AZ, without taking a picture of the Space Age Motel, an institution there. Since then it has been back to work, and wait for this next weekend, when I will celebrate my impending birthday. That's right, the big 5-0 !?!?!?!


I will post next week to let you know how that feels. And to to top off the week, I was able to get together with about 50 Tiger fans to watch our exciting (and more than a little lucky) win over Northwestern in the Alamo Bowl - GO MIZZOU !!!



Happy New Year !!!!!