Sorry for not posting for a while. Our family has been exceptionally busy and to top it off, at least half of us have been sick. Nathan, in particular, has the flu. That's not good. He has been up and down, but keeping him down to rest has been hard. The doctor prescribed Tamiflu and let me tell you, that stuff cost us $75! We had to cancel his b-day party today and reschedule for next week.
In other news, at Nathan's guitar lesson yesterday, I spotted drum head silencers at the music store. Cool! I bought a set for Pierce's kit and installed them. They work well. The heads are still able to be tuned well, but the silencers cut out the resonance of the drum nicely. That cuts down dramatically on the noise and produces a tight sound. Not a bad enhancement for $44.
Here's a water leak update. The total bill was over $910. After working with the City and applying the leak discount, we are paying about $700. The City was nice enough to allow us to split the payment over two months. Awww, sometimes I'm really touched by their kindness. I wonder what the wholesale price would have been...
Last week, I had to fly to Amarillo for a pre-proposal meeting. Of course we scheduled the flight to leave at 0800. That meant I had to leave the house at 0600 to get to the airport by 0700. The flight left on time, but when we arrived over Amarillo, the conditions on the ground were unacceptable for landing. The visibility was less than 800 feet with freezing fog. So, we circled for 45 minutes before heading to Lubbock. Once we were on the ground in Lubbock, the meeting in Amarillo had already started, so we decided to head back to Dallas. Four hours of standing in lines later, we were able to get on a flight to Dallas. I got back around 1630. All day on an airplane or in a line, no meeting, I just went home. I also had to go to Longview, and I might tell that story later.
OK, last item. If you were wondering about the picture at the top... I have seen this person several times on my way to work. BG and I have laughed about this license plate since the first time I saw it. So this time, I quickly grabbed the camera and snapped this pic. Sometimes seeing is believing!
