Some Random Musings

Man it is hard to believe that my niece is now five years old. Time certainly flies. It seems like only yesterday that I was sitting there, looking at my new niece in my arms for the first time and now, here it is, five years later and she will be entering kindergarten in the fall. Of course her growing up is natural and is a fun process to watch. I called Friday to wish her a Happy Birthday and she answered the phone. She talked to me for several minutes....that was fun!

Here is something you don't hear everyday. I was at work talking with one of our drivers the other day. He has a 19 year old son who is very sick with cancer. Naturally he has his good days and bad days, but the recent reports from the doctors don't sound promising. Anyway, his son is apparently a big American Idol fan and last year really liked Chris Daughtrey. I am not a huge fan of Idol but anyway, apparently Daughtrey is on tour right now. His studio/contract people want him to play in smaller venues to start out with. My guess is that this is a business move...building up the anticipation for his BIG tour debut. Well, he is playing in Birmingham pretty soon at a venue of 400 seats. On a longshot the driver called this venue and explained his son's situation to the people who sell the tickets. They told him that they'd be in touch and see if they can get him some tee shirts and a signed photo or something. The really cool thing is this: she called them up on Wednesday and told them that she spoke with Chris personally and he told them to hold 4 tickets for the guy and his family. That is really cool to me. He apparently has not let his new found fame go to his head.

I'm still looking for vacation ideas. My initial plan to go to Colorado in May has been set back due to my having to go Phoenix, AZ for work for two weeks. This may end up being pretty fun though. It's a two week training class. A former co-worker from Texarkana is going to the same class and I am meeting up with a friend of mine in the Phoenix area and we are going to go to the Grand Canyon on the weekend. I've never been there and have always wanted to see it...so there ya go. More than likely I am going to take a week off in March and April and just end up losing a week at the end of the fiscal year (end of May). Thats the breaks in a small facility where there is more work than people can legitimately handle I guess.

Other than that, things here are going great. I am truly enjoying my time here in Alabama. Recently started playing football with some guys on Sunday afternoons on the University of Alabama campus. It's me, a co-worker, some of our employees who are students and some of their friends. Seems to be a good group of guys. After a couple of weeks of initial soreness things are going well LOL It's a fun way to meet people and get some good exercise at the same time.

Until later....I wish God's abundant blessings on each and every one of you!

Greg