July winding down

It seems like things are quiet this week maybe because people are on summer vacation. I did sign up a new client today. Another publicly traded company. I always thought I'd be able to have some as clients and I do. It is interesting that the bigger the company the more people are involved. You're not dealing with the officers but you're still with people with responsibility for their areas. Very Important People

My friend Todd has been saying "You never call" so I caught up with him today and we had a drink and dinner. It was a good time. We have similar ways of thinking. He took me afterwards to pick up Susan's car from the airport. She's driving back from San Antonio tomorrow.

I met the other S 65 Mercedes owner in town tonight. Saw his car and him at the HEB. We had a good discussion about our favorite subject. I had seen the car there before and even thought it was mine. I had wondered "Why did I park here?"

On Thursday I head up to Dallas for the big triathlon with Jeff on Sunday, the River Cities Triathlon in Shreveport. I've heard about it from him for some time so it will be fun to do it together. He's been a real inspiration to me with his marathons and triathlons. We'll stay with his/our old friend Joe Haynes who is the local TV meterologist in Shreveport.

July update

Sarah has been in Houston on vacation this week. She comes back tomorrow. There's a lot going on when she's here and now... it's kind of quiet. So I'll look forward to seeing her.

I've been getting some good golf in this week. Shot an 87 today which was a pretty good score. Held up to the pressure by a birdie on 15, scrambling bogeys after bad tee shots on 16 and 17, and a nice par on 18. So I had a good day. Also played 13 holes after work Tuesday and 9 in the evening Friday. So I'm putting in some time.

Also had a good training day for triathlon purposes. Swam for 25 minutes this morning followed by a 2.5 mile run. Held a pace half way with Larissa who is in college and ran on the UTPA Cross Country team. Then she pulled away but I finished pretty strong.

Next week I've got a dinner Tuesday night with an attorney from Dallas. My local contacts from Merrill Lynch helped set it up. Then Thursday I might go to South Padre Island to see an old friend before leaving for a weekend in San Antonio on Friday. Busy week coming up.

Back from vacation

After a seminar followed by vacation followed by a holiday weekend and a personal day, I was ready to come back to work and earn some money. I started by returning lots of calls, paying the bills, signing up the new clients. It was a good break. I'll have to do it again like this - first time I can remember being so rested. It really helped to get away from it all.

Key West was a great vacation spot. We enjoyed a trip in celebration of our upcoming 2oth wedding anniversary. Its a place we had always wanted to go. We went scuba diving one day, shopping and dining another day, beach and massages one day, wave running, and touring. There was a good book there: Quit Your Job and Move to Key West. A great sentiment.

4th of July weekend seemed a little much after the time off, but it is my favorite holiday so I rallied and had a good time at South Padre Island. We enjoyed the beach, the fireworks, the holiday party. Monday my sister Elizabeth and my 3 nieces came so we stayed until Tuesday night and enjoyed the visit.

Father's Day

It was a good day and good weekend when you get to spend Father's Day with the family. We went to South Padre Island Friday night and stayed until today. Friday night we watched fireworks. Saturday Sarah slept all morning. I went for a run (hot!) and then in the pool. We went shopping in the afternoon and had shrimp for dinner and then met up with Bridget & Ronnie for dinner again later at the condo they were staying at next door.

Today I went fishing with Luis and Dennis. Caught a skipjack and a catfish (no keepers) but I did get to bring back the trout filets they caught.

We got home and I promptly went to sleep. I've got to get to bed soon as I have a 7:30 am. meeting tomorrow before flying to Houston for the week.

Sunday June 13

I was reminded that today was the 2 year anniversary of my car accident. Sounds worse than it was. Again it was no real worry since I had good insurance and no one was hurt. Only some crumpled metal and broken plastic.

I've got a week to finish up the work for the month of June and then I head to Houston for a week and then on to vacation. Throw in the 4th of July and it will be a while until I'm back to schedule. Perhaps that's a good thing.

I read a good book, Breakthrough Triathlon Training. It talked of the importance of rest and recovery in order to free the mind for top performance. Made good sense to me, particularly in light of the long "vacation" I've taken from the triathlon training. But I have re-upped for the remaining 2 triathlons this summer and will continue working on that starting... tomorrow.

Wednesday June 9

Summertime is here and it seems that everyone is thinking about things other than work. Me included.

With my triathlon over, its resulted in a lull. I'm scheduled to do 2 others, but have not been training regularly. Its been hot, I've been resting, etc. excuses. Today the excuse was that the pool was closed at noon due to local flooding that caused dirt from the park to flood the pool. Maybe tomorrow.

Susan is leaving for Los Angeles to receive an award on behalf of the hospital. Sarah and I plan to see "Get Him to the Greek" tonight. We watched the prequel "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" last night - reminded me that it was not a particularly good movie but it was better than watching basketball.

Quiet night

Both Susan and Sarah are out doing different things tonight, so I'm home. I was going to watch a movie but I've been blacklisted at Blockbuster. They claim I haven't returned 3 movies. Can't seem to find them around the house so...

Life's little rules apply

When youre ready to watch TV, there's nothing good on

When you have money, there's nothing you want to buy

When you want to go out, you can't find a date

And so on....