I'm on my way to Detroit tonight. Should be a good time. I had a Dr. appt today to get my foot looked at, but all they wanted to talk about was my high blood pressure. My BP is at 145/95 and usually comes up that way, but now they actually want to do something about it. I have to do a 5 day series of of readings, and then we'll discuss medication options.

Got the latest Lord of the Rings movie. I enoyed it. Some day I'll do the whole LOTR movie marathon.

I can't wait for Aidan to get here. He and Shanna are taking for Minot on the 1st of June. They're making another stop over in Wisconsin before heading to DC.

Anyway, nothing else going on that I can think of. Boston has won 5 in a row, so that's always a good thing. I'm going to try and catch them when they play Baltimore again.

More later
Tim

Went here Saturday night for dinner with Michelle, Glenn, Shelly and Tim and their son Chris. We started off by having some vodka when we got there and were waiting for our table. After a couple of round we realized that our table was ready and that we should probably claim it at some point. The food was fantastic. I had venison, asparagus and some oysters and a salad I think (added wine to the list of things we were drinking at this point, although I know I actually sat down with a crown and coke in my hand)...after eating and having some good conversation and being entertained by the violinist, we headed back to the bar (the area also has a piano bar located with the main bar) for more vodka (I was having ciroc..very smooth and better than grey goose in my opinion (of course both are french). I'm guessing we were tipping well and good company, because I inquired about the 150 year old grand marnier, and the bartender brought me a glass on the house. Soon after this I ended up at the piano sing Dream a little dream of me...Not to be outdone, Michelle performed her rendition of Memories from Cats. Had this been American Idol, she would have the talent, but I would win the popular vote phone in... by the time we left, Shelly could barely walk, and Michelle was all about hugging everyone...Michelle got back to our house and went for a 5k walk so she wouldn't get "bed spins", and then came back and made herself throw up anyway... I was feeling good, but had the good sense to have some gatoraide and aspirin before heading to bed... I slept in late on Sunday, but didn't have a hangover...

To go back a little...we went to Rio Grande for mexican Friday night with Wynne and Brian and another couple (Jeff and Cristiana). It was a late celebration for Wynne's b-day. She actually drank for a change...It was very cute, because after 2 drinks she was acting very goofy...

Took my Jeep in to get worked on. The brake lights are out. Not a good thing. Should have it back tomorrow though.

I'm about 5/8 of the way through the "5 People you meet in Heaven" book. It's very good so far.

OK, more later
Tim

I didn't bother to spell check tonight, so deal with it..

Looks like Blogger has changed their settings a little bit. Hope this turns out OK. Sooo, what's been going on with me? My last post was 2 weeks ago, so I'm going to try and see how well my memory is working.

First, it looks like Aidan and Shanna are going to be moving to Germany. I couldn't be happier. I think Aidan will love it there.

Hmmm at home...I went to Detroit last weekend. I had an outstanding time. I'm going again for Memorial Day weekend. Going to an electronic music fest and then possibly to a lake up north of Detroit.

At work...I'm the boss now. I have several evaluations I need to write and a major upgrade to our classrooms I'm overseeing. I'm also waiting to find out what my next assignment will be, but I won't know until the end of June or beginning of July.

The cicadas are here! I don't know if I spelled it right, but they are bugs (look like big flying roaches) that surface every 17 years to molt, mate,die (males) or dig (females). They come out in millions. The driveway is covered with shells right now...Pretty gross.

I've been running pretty good at work. Right now I'm doing 3 miles every other day, which takes me from the Pentagon over memorial bridge and around the Licoln memorial. In the next couple of weeks, I'm going to expand that out to the Washington monument. It adds another mile to mile and a half, but not enough to make me not do it. My legs get soar after running but I'm coping.

I have some new golf clubs. Now if I can just make some time to break them in. I was going to go with Jeff to hit some balls today, but I had to wait for the repairmen to fix my AC and then had to pick up my roommate at the garage where his car was getting worked on.

I just finished reading "Oh,The things I know" by Al Franken. Not quite as funny as "Lies, and the lying liars who tell them", but entertaining in it's own way. Now I'm reading "The five people you meet in heaven", and I have a copy of "The Divinci Code" on CD that I started listening to on my drive back from Detroit, but need to finish.

Going to a Russian restaurant for dinner tonight. I have no idea what they serve there, but I like trying new places. It's also an excuse to put on a shirt and tie, which I feel like I have to do every now and then so I don't forget how...Oh wait I put one every friggin day at work.

...from the Al Franken book as told to him by Buddy Hacket...

man goes to his doctor with a dot on his forehead. Doctor say "Oh my God! I've never seen this before, but I read about it in med school. In six weeks you're going to have a full sized penis growing out of your forehead" "Well cut it out!" says the patient. "I can't," says the doctor "It's attached to your brain--you'd die." "Oh, my God!" says the patient. "So you're saying that in six weeks every morning when I wake up I'm going to look in the mirror and see a penis growing out of my forehead?" "Oh, you won't see it," says the doctor. "The balls will cover your eyes"..

OK...I need to iron some pants and take a shower et al...

Tim

The List

Here's the list of overseas assignments I'm competing for:

Einseidlerhof - 1 slot
Ramstein - 1 slot
Hickam - 2 slots
Incirlick - 2 slots
Lajes - 2 slots
Osan - 6 slots

If I put Osan or Lajes anywhere on my dream sheet, they default to my number one choice because they're short assignments. My dilema now is do I leave them off the list and hope for one of the 2 Germany positions, or do I just go ahead and do the short tour. Doing the short would allow me to choose a follow-on assignment and greatly increase my chances of getting back to Europe. On the other hand, it's a year or more that I'll be away from Aidan...sigh. I'm leaning towards just going to Korea and then getting a follow-on to Germany right now.

Speaking of Germany, I'm going to Garmisch at the end of June for a couple of days. I'm going to take a day or two of leave while I'm over there and try to get up to Sembach (oh and of course Il'Cappriccio).

Going to Detroit this weekend. I have Thursday and Friday off. I was suppose to go camping in Maine, but the plans fell through.

more later
Tim