It's Over

Our meeting is over. It went exactly as planned. These people crack me up. I did fly to Louisiana yesterday. Louisiana is not a state that you often describe as beautiful. I was looking through the chin bubble at the Cyprus trees in the swamps and actually found it to be aesthetically pleasing. Then I thought about all the alligators that were probably swimming around those Cyprus trees. Then I thought about a Rolls Royce turbine engine flame out. Nothing makes you feel as vulnerable as knowing you could be another creature's after dinner treat with one simple hiccup of a complicated mechanical device. Sorry No Pictures. I haven't been in the picture taking mood lately. Maybe tomorrow.

Blah blah Blah Quack Quack

Tomorrow, me and all the rest of the managers at my company gather for our quarterly leadership conference. One hour into this thing all the eloquent dissertations will be heard as blah blah quack quack because after it it pointed out were the pastries are, all the important things have already been said. Not unlike any other corporate meeting, we will all gather so that a select few may exalt our company president for his absolute brilliance. Others will get the opportunity to say "Dig Me" with an over-animated powerpoint presentation about nothing, while yet others just get another chance to use that fancy new buzz word they heard on television the other day. It won't be complete until Upper Management drags out the sunshine pump and gives us all a rosey outlook on things. So you ask, Where do I fit in...Well it's hard to say but you can bet I can be found not to far from the free donuts and coffee. Heck! Maybe I could join in a little and loose some of this extra twenty pounds I'm carrying around. I don't know if I can stand three days of this wonderfulness. I am supposed to get a reprieve on Thursday because I'm supposed to fly a helicopter to Louisiana for mods. I can only hope!

Counting Blessings.

Yesterday was one of those "what if" days. My wife called from the Doctors office and said "meet me at the office". I met up with my Wife and Son and they were sending him to the hospital for a blood test because his white count was in the 40's. Cristy and I are both fairly versed in medical things and our hearts just sank because a white count that high could be Leukemia. The next two hours were the most tense hours I have ever lived through. We finally got the phone call which showed a much lower white count but indicated that Josh most likely has a bad infection or virus that needs to be treated aggressively. I made a phone call to my mother to let her know the good news and when I ended the call, Hannah, my 3 year old, was singing the old hymn "Count your many Blessings". We have never heard her sing that song before but today we are doing just that. Counting Blessings.

Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant, because you adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethern that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while make you perfect, stablish, strenghten, settle you. 1 Peter 5:7-10

This *$&&^% is for the Birds!

Here I sit in Pennsylvania. The weather is... vis 1/4 ceiling obscure. We can't take off. I made bold statements in a previous post saying that huge weather delays wouldn't be a problem. I've got to quit making bold statements. I think Pennsylvania must want me here or want to simply make my life miserable. We are too far from Philly to go into town and the little town we are in is pretty dull. GRRRRRRR!

Here Fishy Fishy

I went fishing on New Years Day. I caught this monster large mouth bass. I think this picture completely illustrates the magnitude of the situation. I had a great time.