On the road again

We just got back from a glorious 4 day weekend in the Big Easy with the Turley & Pollard sides of the family. We had a great time visiting with all the relatives, at the Battle of the Bands, and at the Bayou Classic. We decided to pull for Grambling over Southern, so it was a bit of a disappointment when Grambling lost. However, the final score of the game worked out for us in the pool we had going and we made five bucks off of Southern's victory. Traffic was a bear getting back this evening. We got kicked off of I-10 just into Mississippi after a long hall of bumper to bumper traffic only to be sent into more bumper to bumper traffic on the the new route. All in all, our 5.5 hour trip took us 7 hours.

This wonderful delay now leaves me with an 11 hour turn around as I prepare to go to Tampa for a conference this week. Monday and Friday are travel days, so I will be home Friday night. Well, I better get on with the un-packing and packing.

Has our blog absence been puzzling?

Yes it has!

LeMar and I have been keeping ourselves busy working on puzzles. We had been working on the hot air balloon puzzle for ages. I got the Bear Lake puzzle for my birthday, and we finished both of those on the same day. Then we started going into puzzle withdrawal, so we went to Wal-Mart and picked up the huge puzzle of Times Square. We have loved working on this one together, and I can hardly wait until it is finished!

Heading Home

Though it seemed like it would never come, the last day of class is here! We finish up with a test and a "graduation ceremony" tomorrow morning. I will be home on Friday! Happy Halloween!

Hello from Ohio

Dear friends and family,

I am getting settled in at my temporary home of a hotel (VOQ) room for the next three weeks. My typical week day will consist of 7 hours of instruction, 1 hour of lunch, some evening reading/homework/study, and it seems like a fair amount of racquetball. If you happen to be reading this from a location near the great state of Ohio, drop me a line. I would love to hang out and catch up. Please keep LeMar in your prayers. These TDYs are always more hard on him than on me because the AF tends to keep me busy while he must go home to an empty house every night. If you are in Florida, give him a buzz. He just may get out and do something if you invite him to tag along! ;) Much love and God bless, Em

Picture & another TDY

This is me at Phoenix Warrior, and I know it is hard to see but that is a Blackhawk just over my shoulder.

I leave the day after tomorrow for my next TDY. This one takes me back to Wright-Patterson AFB in OH, this time for 3 weeks while I take a class. The downside is of course my time away from LeMar, but on a happier note, I will get to see the wonderful Kaisers of Indianapolis and some friends from previous TDYs. Please keep LeMar and I in your prayers during this current time we must spend apart from each other.