16th Birthday

Today was a big day for the whole family. Sarah turned 16 and we went to the DPS office this morning and she got her license. She' s the newest driver in Texas. Afterwards she dropped me off and drove to school, drove home with her friend Danielle, they stopped at Barnes & Noble and she came home. Whew!

I was carless part of the day since the M-B is... still in the shop. Insurance will cover a rental so I expect to have it another week. I've been joking they come up with a new excuse every day... technician had a death in the family... part not in... backed up with work.... found another problem... insurance adjuster needs to come. And that is just one week.

Being carless while Sarah was driving around remind me of my dad taking the bus to work while he let me use his car sometimes. One of my friends tried to make fun of that situation. Little did he know what a generous gesture that really was on behalf of my dad. What a guy!

Today I walked down the street for lunch since no one wanted to come pick me up. Its amazing what a short walk it can be when youre a distance athlete (like me)

The big Sweet 16 Party is this Sat. night. Ed and Kate are coming in tomorrow so we're planning to golf in the afternoon.

Friday May 14

This month is certainly a time of transition. With Sarah's birthday right around the corner, she'll be driving soon and that should mark more time for me to do... well, that is the question of transition. I'll hope to fill it up with good, productive things.

Decision made: I'll be trading in the M-B after it gets out of the shop with warranty work. I can handle the deductible costs but the downtime is the biggest costs. It's been there all week after having to be towed in and we are expecting it to be out next week. 1 day regular car in shop = 1 week for this one.

This first week of May

Has been a good one. I decided to take off Friday for an afternoon golf game with my new friends who ususally play Fri. afternoon. So as I told Marie, we have to get all the work done since we (she too) are not working Friday. Giving her some extra time off is a backdoor form of a raise, so she likes that as well.

Sarah's Sweet 16 is coming up and getting planned nicely. I'm to look for some baby pictures so that's my project.

I'm watching the Spurs v. Suns tonight. It is a good game so far.