personal post - weekend update

Saturday night I headed up to Sioux City, kinda on a whim. Hung out at the house there that night and then headed to Sunnybrook on Sunday morning with Klein. Had the most amazing Buffalo Wild Wings of my LIFE (6 months without it) and then headed back to Stromsburg.

(I know the pic is super confusing...it's my jalopy at an I-80 rest area)


The trip to Sioux City was a lot of fun. I had a chance to just sit back, merge onto I-80 and watch my little car's engine wind up to 3500 rpm@80mph, enjoy a Monster and a Camel menthol Wide or two and just generally relaxed as I buzzed my way across Nebraska headed for I-29. I used my new bluetooth handsfree headset pretty heavily - it makes life so much easier. Left the blackberry plugged into the car charger and was able to shift, signal for turns and fun stuff like that.

SoI have this thing about stopping at rest areas. I am a fairly good-sized guy and when I'm driving a 1985 Accord econobox, well - it's just a great excuse for stopping at one of these wonderful places. I flat out enjoy rest areas. Picnic tables, great for chilling and contemplating while enjoying a pipe or cigar. A nice long sidewalk to get blood moving after contorting yourself into a tiny car for a couple hours. Coke machines. Air conditioning. Toilets. All that stuff necessary for life, crammed into one beautifully landscaped area conveniently right off the highway.

Seriously, seeing one of those blue signs is like showing a smoker a pristine pack of non-FSC premium smokes. Gotta have it.

Anyway, Sioux City was a blast and I got to indulge my wanderlust - even if just for less than 24 hours.

Yesterday Lacey and I went into the doc to induce labor. No go. Found out we'll just have to wait, but at 39 weeks - well we won't have to wait long.

Right before we went in to the doc's office we stopped at Mormon Island State Recreational Area to have some chill time to reflect and pray together. It was awesome - I love that place. Even if they charge $4 to drive in (hint, park at the gas station and walk in; they won't charge you!)

Currently I'm at work. I will be at work until 8pm tonight, but at least I get to live vicariously through a certain travel addict's status updates as he heads towards Washington.