Traveling!

I don't know what kind of hellious storm went through Detroit yesterday prior to my arrival there, but that place was a mess and gave all new meaning to the words incompetent ground crew. I should have flown through Chicago. The good news is that once I move, I will use a different airport as my home airport and I will be able to use Memphis as the hub to get to South Carolina. Its 5:30 am and most of you know I am not a morning person so this is dang early for me because technically it is 4:30 for me. The engineers wanted to be at the supplier at 7 am this morning. Truly not my favorite people at this time of the morning. I keep adding another lamp to the "I will wake up this morning" mix here.

So Detroit - Our flight got into Detroit early. I had an hour and a half lay over, during which I was planning on enjoying a burger from Fudruckers. For anyone who has flown into Detroit the new terminal is like ten miles away from where you land so you taxi forever. We get over to our gate and we stop, not at our gate but away from it waiting for another plane to vacate it. 5-10 minutes later the pilot comes on "they are getting ready to move the plane we should only be here a couple more minutes." Ten minutes later, pilot comes on "Ladies and Gentlemen, they have gone ahead and changed our gate, we will be entering in Bravo 6. We should just be a few minutes to get over to that gate." So off we go to that gate, but again don't pull up to it because there is no there to wave us in. Ten minutes later the pilot comes on "L and G, we are sorry for the delay thank you for your patience, please stay in your seats with your seatbelts fastened we should only be a few minutes more." I have no patience, especially when my bladder is screaming! We get to the gate finally, people start standing up, my bladder is anxiously awaiting deplaning. No gate agent to manuever jetway to the plane. We waited another 25 minutes for that to happen. The pilot actually came on at one point and said "L and G, we are beginning to wonder if we will be spending more time on the tarmac here in Detroit than we did in flight to Detroit.

I can only say that storm that went through prior must have been a mammoth one, because it certainly caused a cluster. Once I got inside, no time for a burger, and there were people at my gate trying desperately to get to Greenville. And then a guy from the supplier I am seeing today showed up. He had been in Detroit since the night before due to storms. It must have been bad if O'hare looked better.

Not sure where we are at with the house. Haven't been there since Saturday. But my realtor got home from vacation last night so I am certain he will go out to the site today and I will get a report.

Thats all for this morning. Dolce Beijos.

Ancient Paths

So I went to this seminar in Pawnee, IL this past weekend called Ancient Paths. I had read the book, it was recommended to me by a friend. I didn't read it right away. I was still in school when I got it. But one day I read the bio of the author and realized he got his MBA from UChicago and being the MBA snob I've become I thought well he must know his stuff. (Granted not really an MBA snob well at least I hope not. I was impressed with the credentials though). The book is great and explained a lot about my family dynamics and helped me understand my brother more too. The seminar helped me a lot when it came to my relationship with my dad. Can't say I agreed with everything but I was definitely intrigued by everything.

While I was in Springfield, I went on a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright house there. AMAZING! The man was pure genius. I decided while there my next vacation will include a stop at Falling Waters.

Craig Hill, the author of Ancient Paths, also has a program on finances which the premise I found interesting. To live completely debt free. He states that if you follow his program that anyone can be completely debt free within 10 years (this includes your house mortgage!) I'm quite curious about this as I am able to sign away a huge portion of my future earnings into this house I am building. And let's not forgot the student loans incurred by my fabulous time spent at Gleacher Center. I'll be sure to post what I find out about this as I investigate it further. I know some of my friends have or are in process of getting to this point...Kudos to them. I want to get there too.

Anything but the same old, same old

Let's start with the house. I drove by the land on my way home from Springfield, IL on Saturday night. Hole has been dug, footings are done, gravel in the bottom, and even a couple walls were poured. I was shocked at how much they had done. And as anticipated there was a Case on one side and a CAT on the other side of the hole. I called and left a message for my realtor trying hard not to laugh as I asked him if they couldn't have found someone that used Deere equipment....hello? I have pics but I don't know how to get them off my phone yet.

AJ, I do remember the time it was pouring, because I remember I was soaked to the bone in a most unfortunate shirt. I think I glowed red for the first ten minutes of the movie. I miss the buffalo wings from the Irish Pub. I went through there a couple of years ago with some colleagues and we stopped there, it wasn't the same place anymore and the wings weren't nearly as good.

I was at a supplier in Mayville that week I called you about Michael's and the president of the company was telling about his son going to Madison now. Said he had just turned 21 and his son had gone to Nitty Gritty for his birthday. My eyes just lit up and I said all excited "Its been over 10 years and I still have my Nitty Gritty Birthday Mug!" I bet Aileen still has hers too.

Speaking of birthdays since mine in coming up....Aileen remember you and I going out to celebrate my 22nd at the Big Ten Pub? I drove by your old apartment on my last trip through Madison. I forgot to tell you about that on the phone today. And I drove by the old place on Walnut that I shared with Heidi and Jen. LOL I wonder where those two are now.

I'm all over the place tonight in thought but I can't sleep. I should go try again. Night all!

Dolce Beijos.

Its a BIG day....BIG BIG day!!

Alright, so I am moving. The song Boston comes to mind every time I say that. Relocation has been a major pain you know where!! I must have looked at 100 houses and couldn't find what I want. There is a very good chance that one day I am going to have my parents move in with me so that I can help care for them, so some things were just not negotiable in necessity. (Though there is a part of me trying very hard not to rethink that after my dad's moronic outburst at me earlier this week when he made me feel about 2 inches tall. He is completely unaware of what I was doing in buying a house and will remain that way. Anyway, I felt 2 inches tall until I got off the phone and had a little verbal therapy of my own.) I digress in parentheses which somehow makes it less interruptive. I made an offer on a house one night. A house I was completely settling for, the offer went out and I got so sick to my stomach. I seriously thought I would vomit on my favorite realtor! The offer wasn't accepted, the guy came back at full price and I said, "uh, no. I'm going to build. Set up a meeting with the builders next week, I'm building."

Today is a very BIG day! They break ground today! You can't see me dancing but trust me I am. I unfortunately can't be there. So no pictures of it I believe which is probably good. I don't know if they will be using Deere equipment or not, and having a picture with a piece of crap CAT in it would be BAD!

Adam! It has been good talking with you too. FOD was something cheesecake. I got chocolate! Directions were great. Thanks so much! I got to explain to my colleague Spontaneous Movie Nights. I miss those, I don't have a Spontaneous Movie Night person in my life anymore.

I'd write more but I have to hit the shower or I will be late for work!