WHEW!
June 20, 2008 by admin
I’m home again ….. and for the foreseeable future too. The past 8 – 10 weeks have been incredibly packed with travel. Yah …. that comes with my job but usually it is "day travel" and I make it back in the evenings. Hasn’t been alot of that recently – most has been for extended periods. Anyway – for now things are good again – I do not currently have an overnight trip on my calendar for the next few weeks. I know one or two will come up – they always do – but right now …… they arent there and it really feels good to be home again. I think I slept better last night than I have in a couple of months!
Got the big grant I was after for Glenrock yesterday. Feels really good to be able to help out small communities like that. Got them $1.5 million for assistance with constructing a new building and underground ballistics testing range for a rifle manufacturer that will now relocate to Glenrock. More jobs – diverse jobs – hey …. that’s what I am supposed to be doing. Gotta love it when a plan comes together.
Also had my annual personnel evaluation yesterday in Cheyenne. Did good and will receive a little pay bump on July 1. Also had a pretty good week in California so all in all – not a bad way to end my congested "travel season".
Roofers finished the roof while I was gone. It looks really nice – and a little weird. It is a darker brown than previously and after 31 years with the lighter one it will take a few days to get used to it. WOW – Vic & I have lived in the same house for 31 years! Who would have thought that would have happened! Well – it’s not a house anymore – it is definitely "Home" and would be quite a change if we ever moved on. I have days where I really want to move on (particularly windy ones) but there are a few days (this looks like one of them) when it is absolutely beautiful here and I wonder why I ever think about leaving. Unfortunately – the "wanna move on" days certainly seem to outnumber the "content to stay" days. Oh well – if you don’t have dreams and plans where would you be? Probably running for President or eh! That’s a whole separate issue and I think I will leave that one alone for today.
Suffice it to say that O’Reilly commented last night that Michelle Obama has accomplished an incredible "media makeover"! Sheesh! Then he shows a clip of her appearing on a show called "The View" with Whoopi Goldberg!! WHEW! I KNOW I FEEL BETTER ABOUT HER NOW! We are in for some serious consequences folks …. this can’t be good if O’Reilly considers that POSITIVE! What channel do I watch now??????
Not alot on the calendar for this weekend. I expect I will dig a little more – yard is looking a little bit better. I still have to "edge" 21st street side of the yard and i should probably start on the rock bed next to the driveway (sometime this summer 
). I also need to decide if I want to paint some trim on the house or hire it done. I know I want to hire it done but I’m thinking it will be pretty expensive and might be hard to get painters booked this late into the season.
Well …. Peace & Love. It’s good to be home! I think the B is headed up here this coming week to do the college interview and to interview with the local McDonald’s group. Hope that works out for him – would be fun to have him living in the basement this fall. The bad news is I’ll have to clean it so he will fit. The good news is I should have cleaned it a few years ago anyway. All I need is motivation I reckon!
The DAD
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