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The last time I was at work was August 10th and I have enjoyed my time off, but alas, I have returned. This may come as surprise to most of my readers cause generally bloggers are kind enough to say “i’m going on vacation.” The problem is I figured that I would post as normal during my 11 days off because I was at home for 8 of those days.

I guess I just wasn’t inspired.

Blogging has become more a part of a way to get through the work day than anything else, so perhaps a vacation from work translated to a vacation from blogging. I barely was on the comp at all really. It was nice… so, let me hit some quick highlights:

* In my brief time on the net I decided to look for professional athletes that have a blog. Not many out there, but I did find this: Alyssa Milano on Baseball. My wife says she’s actually a pretty good writer…

* Most of the week was family oriented. Our eldest starts 2nd grade next week so it was kind of a “One Last Hurrah” kinda week. We went bowling at the Main Event, Skating, and the highlight of the week for the family: Fossil Rim. I’ll probably post a handful of pictures from the Fossil Rim trip soon, but basically it’s a hands-on wildlife experience. The animals come right up to your car and often stick their heads in your window. It can be a little freaky, but it’s fun. Here’s my 7 yr old feeding a giraffe:

* The wife and I went to Corpus Christi for the weekend. We had talked about going Deep Sea Fishing, but decided it against it for a variety of reasons; not the least of which was the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin and the imminent threat of Hurricane Dean. Instead we went to the Texas State Aquarium, which was less than expected, but not bad.

* We went to celebrate our 8th anniversary.

* School officially started for me this weekend. The first class is online: Comp I, which for week one includes 70+ pages of reading from an English Comp book (exciting) and an essay. I’m about halfway through already because I’d like to stay ahead; I have a second class starting Thursday on campus.

* On the 6.5 hour drive home, we heard Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry” at least 6 times, four of those were in the morning. Did you know at any given time on Sunday mornings you can listen to 4 different “top 20 countdowns?” And did you know Casey Cassum (sp?) is still doing one?

* One Fantasy Football Draft down, 2 to go.

* We saw The Boune Ultimatum. Good good stuff. The character transistion in this one is top notch, but I wont give it away. And for those of you who rarely enter book stores, the author of the books (yes, they’re books) already has the fourth book out: The Bourne Betrayal. I’m not going to read it, but I hope they make it a movie.

Later folks…

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