Travel and More Travel
January 24, 2009
Sorry for the absence, but the new job (within same company) has a bit more travel required. I just recently returned from a trip to Alabama and have another pending trip to Hawaii – yeah, that’s a rough one. Suzanne will be tagging along on that trip. Her parents are going to drive in from Texas and stay with the kids so that she can go. Being retired sure must be nice!
I also have pending trips to Kansas, Florida and Washington DC. Thank goodness that inauguration mess is over. DC is busy and frantic enough with out all that going on. There is also talk of possibly a few more trips too here in the first quarter.
I have been lucky and really not had to travel a whole lot in my career. I had one stretch of about 4 years where I had some international stuff going on and had to go to Germany and Italy. That was a couple 2 or 3 trips a year, so not too bad. Plus, our company policy allows business class travel overseas, so I guess you could say it was better than not too bad. 
These short haul domestic trips are another story. Air Travel has gotten anything but friendly. Perks and service have been reduced. Basic costs and add on costs (baggage, etc) have gone up. Of course, being business travel, I don’t have to pay. These days planes are more and more full on each leg too. And the planes are smaller and smaller with regional jets covering more of the routes.
On another note, its only Saturday and I am already going into withdrawals knowing that there isn’t an NFL football game on this Sunday. What is a guy to do??
Sean’s Football Season Comes to a Close
October 25, 2008
Today was the last game of the season for Sean’s football team. It ended much the way it began, on a bad note. They lost again today by a score of 45 – 14 to Benson. It also closed out a winless season for the kids.
The game today was never close as Benson raced out to an early 27 – 0 lead in the first quarter. The Huachucha City kids actually played them tough in the last minutes of the first quarter and the entire second quarter holding them scoreless and putting up 7 points themselves.
The second half was all Benson and the game was never really in doubt. I think I said this last time we played Benson, but they sure grow their kids big there. They have one 11 year that is 6′ 3″ tall – at 11 years?? And he is not a lanky or skinny 6′ 3″ but a well built tank. He ran over several kids when he carried the ball. Sean was actually one of the few kids who had success tackling him as he went low and cut him at the knees though he too missed him a few times.
It also figured that the last game of the season was also the hottest game of the season. The temperatures for the games have been surprisingly mild this season. Today, however, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the sun beat down on us in about a 90 temperature – still not too bad.
After the game, we headed to Sierra Vista for my once every three or four years shopping sprees. I really, really hate buying (spending money on) clothes. I hate even worse having to shop for them. So, I just don’t do it very often. I tend to have a minimal number of clothes and wear them until they are too ragged to wear. That time is now and I am just about out of wearable clothes for work and other functions, especially the upcoming cruise.
So, off we went and replenished my wardrobe. I don’t even want to know how many hundreds of dollars I spent – it would just depress me. Hopefully, I am set for clothes for another 3 or 4 years. Suzanne will likely have to pick up and item here or there, but I hope to not have to clothes shop for some time.
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