It's amazing how much has happened within the last couple of weeks. Work has been insane, but should now be back to a somewhat more normal schedule. When I left at 6:30 last night, they were starting to burn 20 laptops to be shipped out by 8:00. Makes things a little crazy. Oh well...
We have been pushing hard for the last three weeks to meet a deadline of last Monday. It finally got pushed back to Thursday, but it's a big step for Benefit Harbor as long as everything goes well. And I have no reason to think that it won't.
Last weekend Dezi and I went to College Station. It had been a couple of years since I had managed to visit last. We had a great time. When I realized Thursday that I needed to get a hotel, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had no troubles getting a hotel room. A couple of years ago it would have been impossible to get a hotel room without making reservations a couple of months in advance. They have added an abundance of hotels and I managed to make reservations and get everything prepared for our trip.
Last week was crazy at work and I know I worked at least 80 hours and would be very scared to know how much time I actually spent up at work. Thursday night I didn't go home and managed straight on through until Friday afternoon. I did spend a few hours Friday morning over at Dezi's but that's a different story. I went home to pack, spent a few hurried minutes cramming stuff into my bag and ran out to go pick up Dezi. We got to the hotel, checked in and I promptly fell asleep, but not before realizing that I had left the tickets on my dresser at home. I was more than a little upset at myself for doing something so stupid, but it all ended up working alright.
Friday morning after spending all night at work, I got a call from Dezi to let me know that a good friend's mother had passed away unexpectedly. She was one of Dezi's pseudo mothers and she felt the loss greatly, but more so because she knew that the kids were going to be hurting. Ryan 12, Holly 18, and Heather 22 (I think). They've had a real bad spot for the last few years. The father got laid off and they've been scraping by for a while. I know it's going to be hard on all of them and I don't think that they know quite what they are going to do at this point. I know Guarantee National Bank has an account set up for them, but I'll have to get the details and I don't have it on me.
Back to Aggie Land... Saturday was fun, we went up to Wesley for old army reunion. There weren't very many people there, but I had a good time and got to catch up with a lot of people I haven't seen for a while. We went on a tour of campus while the game was on and then went over to visit with some friends. That night we went to play pool with some of my buddies from High School. I had a great time, but Dezi was well over on her quota for being social and bowed out early to head back to the hotel room. We finished our pool and played a little air hockey before I ran off to make sure I didn't get into too much trouble.
It was a very pleasant weekend. Monday was the funeral and it was an emotional time, but only the grieving remains. And now that the week is almost over, things are definitely looking like they will calm down for a little bit. I'm happy about that. Hopefully I'll catch up on some of my sleep and won't be as grumpy as I have been lately. I'm hoping to take in a hockey game at some point. It would be nice to go to the fair, but I don't think we'll make it. Camping would be good... Yes... Some definite relaxing is needed before my move on the 25th. Why do I do this to myself?
