Thursday, May 13, 2010

Some travel

I'm alone in the DFW airport, traveling once again. Familiar sights and sounds surround me--a pilot scarfing down a sub sandwich, a wife talking worriedly on the phone, a business man trying to look busy on his laptop, and a bunch of bored people wandering aimlessly or hopelessly from gate to gate.

Matt and Tiana had a great wedding yesterday, the remote control helicopter ring bearer really stirred up the crowd. Everything went as planned, and they're off and married now. I witnessed (and participated) in one of the most efficient wedding cleanups ever. The church members all pitched in, and so did 15 or so college students. Becca and I were on the road for Fort Worth by 5:15.

I found a comfy lounge area in DFW with the some really awesome lounge chairs. I selected one that looks almost like a child's playground slide but leather instead of lightning-static-plastic. If I didn't like this airport so much, I'd probably take a nap. The internet here doesn't appear to be free, so I'll post this when I get back to Cedar Rapids. I miss the cold North. Texas is just so hot.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Futbol

Today my team kicked off the May futbol season. I have a great team with a few excellent forwards and a light footed sweeper. Our team didn't have any subs (they had ~4) or dedicated goalie so we were pretty tired by the end of the first half. In the end, we won 2:0. I'm looking forward to the side effects of playing soccer again: team camaraderie, toned muscles, and the ability to breathe.

A few other notes:

I'm reading "Mind Performance Hacks" by Ron Hale-Evans. Excellent book on memory and thought processing.

Becca and I found a possible rental house for the same price as our apartment, closer to work, and with a fenced back yard.

Mass Effect 2 is all they said it would be (the good stuff anyway).