Long time - second blog

Hey guys! Sorry I didn't follow through on my promises with becoming a blog-aholic. However, I wanted to write one in here and let you all know what's going on in my life.

So... where to start? On Sunday, I'm going to Panama for a week and then to Brazil for a week - both for work, of course. I enjoy the travel, but MAN things always seem to get backed up here at home whenever I'm gone for that long. I'll meet in Brenham on Saturday to drop Luka off with him - that's a HUGE help to have Mom and Dad watch him while I'm out of town. I can't even imagine how much money I would have spent on doggie daycare!

One of my neighbors will be taking care of Koshka. Of course, there's not much to do with a cat who doesn't even use a litter box!

For those of you who know me pretty well, you'll know who Kara is. We've had an on-again, off-again relationship for almost 7 months. Well, it has been more off than on, but that's a different story... Kara's moving to Arkansas during my deployment overseas, so I'm a little bummed about that, but I think it'll be a good move for both her and me. The distance will either make the heart grow fonder, or will let us move on with our own lives.

First post - YAY!!

This is kind of a boring first post, but I'm just getting started on this, so cut me some slack. Last night we had an emergency software launch, so I was up at the office until close to 3 AM. Follow that up with a 7:30 AM conference call and a full day of work, and you end up with one tired guy!! Today, I got to have a meeting with State Rep Mark Strama and State Sen Kirk Watson. I pretty much unanimously disagree with their politics - particularly around social welfare - but I'm part of my employer's PAC and I wanted to make sure that my employer's interests are being well-represented. You see, the conventional logic is that "if my employer is happy, the employees are happy". I'm not 100% sure it works that way, but heck - we'll see.

Britten did the cutest thing this morning! I had her helping me pick out clothes for the day, and she picked out my jeans and one of my "western" shirts (my baby loves me for my pearl snaps), and then she goes "Daddy, do you have your cowboy hat?" I said, "Yeah, I do. Why?" Britten answered with "Well, you have to wear it because it's part of the outfit!!" I didn't have the heart to tell her that there was no way I was gonna wear a cowboy hat around inside all day!

Anyway, just thought that was cute, and in keeping with both of my sis-in-laws, I figured I couldn't go through a single post without mentioning something about the young-un.

Maybe when I get better at this, I'll graduate to posting pictures and stuff. For now, this is all you're gonna get. Mwah, hah, hah, hah!!!