Still alive. Left Austin on 10/16. Two days driving. Kindof depressing to drive through Mississippi and Alabama. Felt like we were going backward, not forward (lived in those states from 88 to 99), but seeing the cotton in bloom again was nice after so long.
Driving down (fellow UAB alumni) R.M. Scrushy Parkway, wondered if Birmingham will change the name of the road, now that he is charged in 1.4 billion fraud case. (He does still have his fans).
Stayed with MaMa and PaPa for a week in Athens, Alabama. Took boys to get their hair cut at the same barber shop that, 7 or 8 years ago I guess, they had their first ever barber shop experience. Ate Mexican at Casa Blanca in Athens and began to worry really bad that we would never have the kind of good Mexican food we had grown used to in Austin. Tornado touched down 10 or 15 miles north of where we were staying. Damn. It was nice to not have to worry about those for the last 5 years. Wonder if Louisville, Kentucky has tornados.
Two weeks off between jobs. All projects wrapped up at last job. Clean slate at next job. What am I supposed to do for these two weeks. Slept late. Played chess with PaPa.
Made it here. Still upacking, but most of it is done. Twice as much house. Amazing how much more furniture it needs so that it will look homey. We live outside of Louisville in a rural area. Intentional change of pace and lifestyle. Horse farms everywhere up here. Kids forced to play with each other and get along.
The thuhmbnails here are of our front yard and some hot air baloons that lift off from time to time from a field across the road from us.
Found the Claudia Sanders Dinner House and working on becoming frequent visitors. (Claudia and Colonel Harlan are dead, but paintings of them are on the wall, so we felt like family friends). Long distance football betting with Edward. Still don't have cable yet, so no broadband internet, which sometimes causes depression. Patiently waiting on cable company construction department to run a line up our driveway (its over 1000 feet, so they are in no hurry).
Work is great. Fast paced. Lots of issues to challenge me and lots of room to grow. Updated my resume.
Driving down (fellow UAB alumni) R.M. Scrushy Parkway, wondered if Birmingham will change the name of the road, now that he is charged in 1.4 billion fraud case. (He does still have his fans).
Stayed with MaMa and PaPa for a week in Athens, Alabama. Took boys to get their hair cut at the same barber shop that, 7 or 8 years ago I guess, they had their first ever barber shop experience. Ate Mexican at Casa Blanca in Athens and began to worry really bad that we would never have the kind of good Mexican food we had grown used to in Austin. Tornado touched down 10 or 15 miles north of where we were staying. Damn. It was nice to not have to worry about those for the last 5 years. Wonder if Louisville, Kentucky has tornados.
Two weeks off between jobs. All projects wrapped up at last job. Clean slate at next job. What am I supposed to do for these two weeks. Slept late. Played chess with PaPa.
Made it here. Still upacking, but most of it is done. Twice as much house. Amazing how much more furniture it needs so that it will look homey. We live outside of Louisville in a rural area. Intentional change of pace and lifestyle. Horse farms everywhere up here. Kids forced to play with each other and get along.
The thuhmbnails here are of our front yard and some hot air baloons that lift off from time to time from a field across the road from us.
Found the Claudia Sanders Dinner House and working on becoming frequent visitors. (Claudia and Colonel Harlan are dead, but paintings of them are on the wall, so we felt like family friends). Long distance football betting with Edward. Still don't have cable yet, so no broadband internet, which sometimes causes depression. Patiently waiting on cable company construction department to run a line up our driveway (its over 1000 feet, so they are in no hurry).
Work is great. Fast paced. Lots of issues to challenge me and lots of room to grow. Updated my resume.
