Interesting Week

So I am sitting there last Monday minding my own business when my boss calls me. There are some major problems in our Marietta, Georgia facility and I was volunteered to go there for the week. It definitely was not in my plans but hey, I am always up for a spur of the moment road trip so I got some directions and went. Tuesday through Friday I went there, helped out with some things, went out and delivered in Marietta and the surrounding area. All in all it was a pretty boring week. Work....go back to the hotel...same routine the next day. Sometimes the life of a FedEx manager is SOOOO boring

I text messaged my friend Diane who lives in Athens, GA which was about 1.5 to 2 hours away from Marietta. Diane is the one that I emailed most of you about that broke her leg in a car accident when she was 8 months pregnant. I have also sent most of you pictures of Kyle, her now (almost) 2 month old son. The premise of the message was that I was staying in Marietta this week. She figured out how close it was and we arranged for me to go meet her. She did volunteer to meet me half way, but (a) there is very little 1/2 way between Marietta and Athens and (b) I would not feel right having her travel with a 2 month old. I know how babies can be to travel with. This turned out to be a wise decision because the after-effects of Tropical Storn Ernesto dumped a ton of rain on the area that afternoon which would have made her travels even more trecherous than before.

Anyway, we met at Logan's Steakhouse in Athens in the midst of a good old fashioned drenching. We talked (and ate of course) for a little over two hours. I had a really good time seeing her, getting to talk with her and of course, holding and admiring Kyle. He is such a little doll. Even more precious than his pictures show. I got to hold him a majority of the time we were there. It was great. He was awake for maybe half an hour. Sleepy boy. He fell asleep in my arms. There is just something about holding and watching a baby that is so special. I held him for so long that I ended up propping my elbow up on the table to keep him (and my arm) steady. Some of the waitresses came by and admired him.

At about 9:45 or so we had to leave so Diane and I (and of course Kyle) said our good-byes and I headed back to Marietta. I had a really nice time getting to see Diane. We talked and talked. We hadn't gotten to do that in a long time. It was great to get to see her. Hopefully soon we'll get to get together again.

I got back to Tuscaloosa about 7 p.m. last night and worked this morning. Things should get back to the normal routine soon. I am still working on a special project here at work that will keep me out of the facility all of this coming week (thankfully a short week due to the holiday) and part of next week. After that, I should be back in the office a big majority of the time.

I hope and pray that everyone has a very safe and happy Labor Day weekend.

God Bless