The End......Or a Beginning

Today was the high school graduation for my oldest son, Kyle. It's weird to believe that I can actually be old enough to have a son almost 18 years old. I can't believe that this youngster

has now turned into this fine young man:

Congratulations on a job well done and I can't wait to see what happens next!

Another Brush with Celebrities

My wife and I were fortunate enough to be able to get away for a few days earlier this month. I guess to be correct, I got away while she was working a trade show in Las Vegas. We did take a day after the show was over to walk around, gamble, see Blue Man Group, etc.

Anyway, on our way home I was wearing an Indianapolis Colts t-shirt and waiting for our plane to arrive when a lady leans over to me, points quickly at my shirt and then at a man just sitting down to wait for his flight, too. "Isn't he on the Colts?" she asked. I looked up to see All-Pro center Jeff Saturday. When we got on the plane, I was seated in the row behind him and his wife. As others were getting on the plane, many people appeared to recognize him but I don't remember anyone speaking to him (probably because he was in the window seat and had a hat kind of pulled down a bit). When we landed, he was directly in front of me while getting off the plane so I said, "Hey, Jeff, it's great to have you signed back with the Colts" to which he answered, "Thanks."

The flight had been pretty rocky during the last hour so the pilot had us strapped in our seats and everybody was headed to the bathroom as soon as we got off the plane, me included. As I stepped up to the urinal, Jeff (I can call him by just his first name since we're friends now :) was at the one right next to me. Now........if you remember in an early post, I also stood at a urinal right next to Peyton Manning once while at the Murat Theater for a show.

Got me to wondering...how many people do you think can say that they've actually shared a bathroom with an All-Pro center and QB from the same team? I HAVE!

Yes, I'm Still Alive

Many people have asked me what happened to my blogging since I haven't posted anything since February. Well, basically as the president of the Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors, I've been focusing a lot of energy and my communication through that organization. Being president has certainly taken more of my time and energy than I ever anticipated.

Anyway....as for some updates: My oldest son, Kyle, is about to graduate from high school and will be attending Ball State University in the fall majoring in actuarial sciences. The college selection process was interesting to me and the financial aid end of it was very intriguing. For anyone with a child about to go to college, contact me and I'll share with you information I learned during the process to help get scholarship money.

We're full bore into both soccer season for my younger son, Brad, and dance for my daughter, Libby. Brad's team isn't doing so well but he's found a love of playing another position - goalkeeper. My wife isn't nearly so fond of seeing him in goal.

Libby has had a solo this dance season and has done well with it. She certainly has a different perspective on solos now as she knows all eyes on her and if she makes a mistake, it will be very noticeable. She's done a great job with it while fighting through a hamstring injury that just won't seem to go away. She's got a great physical therapist, though, who is also a dancer so she is able to help Libby to learn how to do moves a little differently so she's using the muscles she's supposed to be using.

So there's my last three months wrapped up in a few short paragraphs. Keep checking back often and I really promise this time that I'll do a better job blogging.