Killing Time

I am sitting in an airport waiting to go home. What a great time to blog!

I have been in Louisiana all week conducting Employee Benefits Meetings. One of my bosses and I started out early Tuesday morning to head out to Tyler, TX. It took us a little while to get out of town, as we had to load up some supplies from the office, have a sit-down breakfast at Chik-fil-a, and find a Starbucks. You'd be surprised how elusive they are when you need one. We passed up one because it was on the wrong side of the freeway. A little too inconvenient for Starbucks. We finally found one in Conroe, and then we were REALLY on our way!!! (at about 8am - Good thing we started early!!!)

We had a lunch meeting in Tyler, and from there, we headed East to Bossier City, LA. We stayed the night there in a cassino...because that is pretty much the only option...and then made our way to Hodge, LA, for another lunch meeting on Wednesday. After a...delicious??? catfish buffet at the only restaurant in town, and another successful presentation, we took to the road again and drove South to Lafayette, LA. We had dinner there with some of the ladies from the office, and gave two Benefits presentations on Thursday morning. We had lunch with the ladies again, and then hit the road again for Harvey, LA, which is about 20 minutes outside of New Orleans.

We went into New Orleans and had dinner at Brennan's. Yum!!! Then we made our way to Pat O'Brien's and sat in the piano bar for a couple of hours. That place is fun!!! The musicians are very entertaining. After that, we went to the Cat's Meow and hit up some karaoke. Yes, I did!!! It wasn't like when I did it in college, though. I only sang one song, and this time there were other performers, though non quite as talented as yours truely! :-) Finally, we ended our New Orleans experience at Cafe Du Monde with some famous pastries, which I do not know how to spell. It was a good time for sure!

This morning we had our final presentation in Harvey, LA, and finally got to head to the airport, where we have now been since noon. It is 3:29pm. Our flight was supposed to have left at 1:45. I don't know what you folks in Houston did to bring all that rain today, but it sure has delayed us!!! But they are starting to board our plane now, so it shouldn't be too much longer.

All in all, a good trip!

Since my last post...

Hello fellow bloggers! Since my last post, I think I have actually taken some pictures! They are not loaded yet, though. I'll try to get some pics up to accompany my list this time (that's for you, Summer!).

So, what have we been doing???

• Few Astros games
• Celebrated Father's Day with both of our dads
• Dinner with friends
• Lynda flew in for a weekend and spent one night with us before we left for Family Camp
• Family Camp
• Celebrated Independence Day with friends
• Celebrated my Dad's birthday with the fam
• Went to Ft. Worth for a friend's wild and crazy bachelorette pary and shower
• Visited Stacy, Wes, Jake and Derek one last time before they move to Costa Rica
• Spent some time with our boys, Royce and Joey, while their dad played baseball and their mom is in the jungle
• Fun times with the greatest nephew in the world (Trey)
• Went to Dessert Gallery with Trent and Rachel and played some games
• Dinner with the Oliverios
• Astros game where I finally got my Lance Berkman bobblehead!!!
• Went to see Wes one last time before they move to Costa Rica (and to pick up the recliner we bought from them)
• Went to Ft. Worth for the Worley-Rebolledo wedding (Congrats Jenni and Rod!!!)
• Stayed with Summer and Jason and Judah - we missed Elijah because he was at camp

Ok, so that's all we've done. Tonight, we are going to a wedding, and tomorrow night is Second Saturday at our house!! Don't forget! It starts at 6pm!!!!! Next weekend, we'll wish Matt Tisdale well as he heads off to Harding (I think). Toward the end of August, I'll be traveling for work, and possibly into September as well. In October, Craig and I are going on VACATION!! WHOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!! A legit vacation, too - we're going to Walt Disney World!!!!! I am very excited. Craig has been a couple of times, but I never have, so I'm glad we'll get to go while we only have to worry about the two of us. Someday, I'm sure we'll take the wee ones (who don't exist yet...no rumors, please! :-) ), and then we can walk around like we own the place and let them have all the fun!!! But this trip is for us! We're going to drive there, so if you have any suggestions for cool places to see on the way, let us know!!!