Kansas City

Today I fly to Chicago, then Fort Lauderdale. Tomorrow I fly Ft. Lauderdale to Chicago to Kansas City to Denver to Anchorage. Unfortunately I love good deals and this was one. No, it is not possible to just stay in KC and wait for my flight tomorrow. The flight originates in Florida so I have to get on the plane there if I want to go to Anchorage. I'm excited to get home and get to work. I'm excited to listen to a different 400 songs on my ipod and to wear a pair of jeans for the first time in 2 months.

I got a lot done here during the past week. Found out that the high school classmates that said they would work on the reunion really hadn't done much. People were starting to bother me (since I was the president) about wheour 10-year. So I decided to plan it and just make it most convenient to me. I scheduled it for the week after our tourism season is over and before I'm planning to leave for NZ, Sept 26-28. So I've been busy finding venues, calling old classmates to help, setting up myspace, facebook and email accounts for it, etc. I lost the Amazing Race last Monday and did not make it home for the baseball games. I sat in the NYC airport from 6 am to 5 pm, as all the flights to Chicago left full or overbooked (cancellations from previous day's weather). Tried to go to the doubleheader on Wednesday but it was rained out. Tried to race back from the choir competition in Emporia to catch a game on Saturday but Brandon didn't play (was the relief pitcher but the starter threw a 2-hitter). So didn't end up seeing any of Brandon's baseball. Did watch Into the Wild again (love it, identify slightly and less extremely with it), Sicko and Brandon's solo at state though. Took Brandon and a friend to the Royals on Sunday. Of course we got in free. A lady was holding up 3 tickets and saying "free tickets". The guys walked past her, thinking they heard "three". I am learning them the value of listening better. Also, helped Brandon with his homework a little and did some shopping for him a couple of times.