Shufflin' home

After answering the "last call for alcohol" we made our way back to the hotel. 3 AM after an early morning, travel and a bit of drinking. Not bad for a bunch of old guys.

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The Admiral Room

The first stop of the night. OK, the second stop, but I'm not counting the hotel bar.

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On my way

One bloody mary down. 

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On my way

One bloody mary down. 

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It is done

This is what I am traveling with and what I will be living out of for the next few days. Compared to what it is like to travel with the family, it's amazing that I can do it all with one backpack. Heading to Minneapolis for a baseball weekend and a beer or two. Cheers!

Monster Truck

That GINORMOUS truck belongs to former Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Orlando Brown. He was at the gym today working out while I was there. The truck was an environmental hazard while parked, so I can only imagine the carbon footprint when it's in motion.

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Bachelor Pad

It's official, I am now a bachelor. Dani is back in MI with the kids for the rest of the week. My task is to stay out of trouble and get the house cleaned up before I head out on Friday. Both of those could end up proving rather insurmountable. Missing the kids something awful. Gotta get through the next few days and then I'm off to MN for the baseball trip. Looking forward to hanging out with the fellas and exploring the new Target Field and some quality dive bars.

Going Out

Dani and I are headed out to dinner to celebrate the last night of our "kid-free" freedom. It's been a semi productive week, but with a lot less stress. Dani leaves tomorrow for Detroit to spend the remainder of the week there with the chil'uns. I will hold down the fort here. Like two ships in the night, I leave on Friday for my baseball trip and Dani and the kids return on Sat. I miss them tremendously and can't wait to see them when I get back. I think two weeks may be a bit too long for the kids and for me. For now, however, a glass of wine or two and a peaceful dinner will have to suffice.

Meeting hell

Long and final meeting of the day.

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Day one in the books.

Today was the first day of being kid free. Not much different than any other day except that no one had to pick them up. We celebrated out new found and short lived freedom with dinner at a local wine bar/restaurant. The food was good and the wine was tasty. Now I am going to try and get more than 5 hours of sleep for the first time in 5 days.

Humans just absolutely suck

One more symbol of the rising global demand for rhino horn and its devastating effect on rhinoceroses in both Africa and Asia: The Guardian reports that the female white rhino in South Africa's Krugersdorp nature reserve has been killed by poachers--who used a tranquilizer gun, fired from a helicopter, to bring down the animal, prior to hacking off its horn, leaving it to bleed to death and orphaning its young calf in the process...

Today is the day...

Dani and I are currently in MI and are approaching our departure time. We are leaving the kids here for two weeks so they can visit with cousins, get some quality Nana & Pop time and, of course, swim, swim, swim. Today will be the first hurdle. Leaving for us is the first hard part. Getting home and realizing that we are sans kids is the second hard part. Then for the first few days it;s a nice break to not have to think or worry about lunches or messes or breaking up any fights. Around day 4 the "missing" begins to kick in. By the end of the first week, I'm ready to have them back. Week two begins to get really hard and by the end of week two I can't wait to see them. This, of course, lasts for about 30 -45 minutes until I have to break up the first argument and then I remember the peace longingly. In the end, it's a good break for us, for them, and a treat for all the family in MI that miss them.

Why I left Facebook

I know, I know, you've heard this before, but I really am done this time. I'm pretty sure anyway. I first checked out FB when Dani joined it a little over a year ago. I ridiculed the whole concept at first until suddenly I was chatting with people from school that I hadn't seen in a long, long time. I thought it was cool and an easy way to stay in touch. For a while, it was. then FB decided to improve the site. Suddenly I had lost control of what I wanted to see. I was seeing what THEY wanted me to see. I quickly realized that I was missing out on entire postings, photos and other content that I wanted to see. Then came the constant changing and tweaking of the privacy settings. It seemed that every other day there was a new warning about something that I needed to enable or disable or check or uncheck or some such nonsense. It began to become too much work. Add to that the stupid amount of time that I wasted on it and it just seemed like time to go. I'll be leaving my account active for a while. I will post links to this site from my status and will see how everyone is doing. I hope that you all will stay in touch and please come and visit.