Update again

Spoke to Chris again today. He's not moving into Iraq just yet but he wasn't allowed to talk about what's going on. He sounded good but said I probably won't hear from him for a few weeks now. Again "Don't worry". The kid knows me too well.

On another note my nephew, Joe Devlin, currently goes to Lynchburg College in Virginia, where he is a pitcher on their baseball team. He won his 8th game last night (8-0)and is currently 3rd in ERA in the country among Division III pitchers. His dad is real proud of him, as we all are.

Had an interview today which I thought went real well. Hopefully I make it to the next round.

Peace and Quiet

Sean and Scott are away for a few days, visiting their grandparents in Florida, so I have the place all to myself (don't worry, I still have pants on). They'll get a few rounds of golf in although they have been warned about the alligators.

Chris is still in Kuwait until this coming Friday. Then he heads to the base in Iraq about 30 miles from Baghdad. Temperatures have been around 100, which is bad enough, but when he gets to Iraq he has to throw on 50 lbs. of armor and equipment. That heat is going to be brutal. They had a two day sandstorm this week. Not too surprising considering that all you can see is sand. And camels. He did sound good in talking with him, although he expects to be busy this next week so it may be sometime before I hear from him again.

New Music Tuesday

A while back a good friend sent me a couple of compilation CD's featuring female singers. It was the first time I heard Tristan Prettyman and I really enjoyed that first exposure to her music. Her voice is very easy to listen to and fits well with the acoustic guitar on those first cuts. She has a new album out today and the first song is called Madly (another free download, thank you iTunes). It has a nice groove going on, a little louder and more electric this time out. Maybe it will get her a little more notice.

Ahhhhhhhh

A couple of nice days here in NYC with temps in the mid-70's and the sun out. After a long cold winter the breasteses are blooming, in time for the summer browning season. Ah, springtime.

Chris has made it safely to Kuwait. I still don't have information on how to reach him there. His platton has moved out of his engineers battalion and been attached to an infantry division. He did give me the contact from the engineers who hopefully can put me in the right direction to keep up with him. It doesn't appear to be springtime in Kuwait. A check of the weather shows tempuratures prdicted in the upper 90's this week. On top of everything else you have to deal with that.

Sean and Scott are now 3-0 for the golf team and their team remains undefeated. Their coach tells me they are both paying really well, which means I really have no chance against them anymore.

Update

Although I haven't been able to speak with Chris since his return to Germany I have found out that he is deploying to Iraq as of today. If you can keep him in your prayers it would be appreciated. The more the better I would think.

Both Sean and Scott are playing on the high school golf team this year. So far the team is 2-0 and both have won their matches, Sean both times by 5 and 4, Scott by 10 holes and 5 and 4. Scott is a freshman and is playing with guys who played last year. The rest of the team has been chiding Sean that it looks like Scott will be better than him, which gets under Sean's skin. So he went out and shot 37 (4 over) for 9 last week to try to shut them up.

Nothing new on the job front for me. I have my resume at 2 companies but they haven't moved on the position in a few weeks (at least that's what the agencies have said). Fucking Republicans screwing up the economy. ;) Still working the crappy job just to keep food on the table and getting the house cleaned up so I can sell it. That will give me some relief from the money situation. Hopefully.

Another sign

that we're just moving too fast as a society.



If you can't take the time to get out of the car for your kid's party you need to re-adjust your priorities.