Busy week

This week, as per usual, has been pretty busy. Nice thing about that though is that Friday comes a whole lot faster that way. Not that the weekend slows anything down because Monday seems to come pretty darn quick as well. Although, I've got only a couple more weeks until my vacation comes. We're still not sure where we are going, what we are going to be doing or how long we'll be gone, but it will be nice to just hang out with the wife and kids. That's the best part of not being at work; being with them. Plus my best friend from grade school is getting married and my wife and I are going to that big event in Massachusetts, (sans kids!).

This week a couple things happened to me that are relatively unusual. 1) I got to be on TV. It was CSPAN, and it wasn't even shown live, but hey, it's something. Good luck finding it. 2) I was within 10 feet of Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer, and a few senators and members of the house (that I frankly wasn't prepared to recognize). Despite the old adage, the camera seems to take off a few years and a few pounds...

Interesting story

This article shows at least a little bit why I've chosen to be pretty anonymous with my blog. I still have only told 2 or three people, besides my wife, about this blog and I still haven't decided to tell the rest of my family about it. I don't know how it would impact what I post and how I write.

"You look like twenty bucks!"

Which isn't too bad considering a light bulb looks like six bucks.

Of the many things our kids are, they are hilarious. The things they say and do just crack my wife and I up. Sometimes we have to do our best to not let them know they are making us laugh, because really, as the responsible adults in the family, we shouldn't encourage some of the behavior that busts us up. Other times we do everything we can to encourage their silliness. Especially now that Meg faces forward in her car seat, the two of them sometimes sit in the back of the minivan having a laughing contest. Their loud, goofy laughing is a lot more palatable than the alternative.

I remember distinctly my second grade teacher telling me that I was a riot. I didn't know what the heck she meant back when I was at Wolf Swamp Elementary School, but my guess is that if our kids inherited some of our sense of humor from us, they will have more than just their second grade teachers thinking they are riots.

London is not falling

Just a quick note of solidarity. I can imagine what the people of London are thinking and feeling today as they walk the streets, their world completely different than the one they opened their doors to 36 hours ago. I have spent more time in London than probably any other city outside the U.S. (besides maybe Rome and of course Luxembourg City) and remember the city fondly. Kings Crossing was a tube stop I was very familiar with as the hostel I stayed in for several days/nights was very close by.

I pray for the families and friends who have lost their own family and friends. I also pray for those injured, physically and mentally, in yesterday's tragedy and I hope that all wounds will eventually heal. I also hope that with each and every act of violence, that it brings us closer to a world that recognizes the outright idiocy of these acts. The outrage should be universal and one day I hope that we will all no longer live in fear or trepidation.