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It was a long, busy weekend. We fit in lots of fun, but man oh man will it be nice to have a little breathing room.

Friday night... met Dan Maki at the Monkey for a couple beers. Nice to just sit around and chat. It's been too long since I've done that. Got home, read a little and hit the hay. Nice to get to bed early.

Saturday morning I was up by 5 am. Worked on the Death Star in preparation for it's sale to Todd Duane. Removing files, zapping applications and just making sure the security is setup for Todd. Left home about 7:30 am to participate in a marketing competition at Oregon High School. I was a judge and it was really fun. The kids I was judging had to market a new video game to replace or update Guitar Hero. The kids came up with "Non-stop Pop, Rap Riot, Country Hoe Down" to name a few. Very interesting exercise and a lot of fun. I would do it again in a minute.

We Have a Visitor

We have a visitor now at 569 Apollo. Lydia called yesterday morning and offered to let Arianna and I take Chili. I was shocked to say the least as I now he's her favorite cat. There were some issues with Chili and Stevie picking on Pumpkin so Lydia and Nabeel decided to make a move. They called us, we got all the necessary cat goodies in place and then went and picked him up.

He did very well last night leaving the laundry room and coming upstairs to lay on the bed with Arianna and I. There was some meowing last night as expected... gotta cut the kitty some slack for being in a new place last night. Hiding this morning, but I think all is well in the kingdom.

Worked out well for Lydia as now she knows where her cat is and it's a good home, we get a cat that we like and Chili goes to a "cat friendly" home. Wins all across the board.

Around the Lake

Today is the day. Arianna and I are going to bike around the lake. It will be her first try and hopefully, first bike trip around Lake Monona. Can she make it? I'm sure we'll be fine, but we will have to take our time and drink plenty of water. Should be a fun ride... more updates coming.

** UPDATE **

We made it! It actually wasn't too bad of a ride. It was windy today and we faced a pretty good headwind for the bulk of the ride. In the end... Arianna was a champ. She really did well. : )

I expressed to Arianna that I would like to try to ride around the lake once each week. She seemed pretty excited about that. Doesn't remind me of anyone I know.

Dad and Ari Day

Well, vacation just flew by and it's time to start packing. : ( I can't believe this is day six and it's time to head on back to Madtown. Oh well, life is Texas was good, but hotter than hell.
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Vacation in Texas

Did I mention Arianna and I are heading for Texas? Me, forget to mention it? NOOOOO. : )

Arianna and I arrived at DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth Airport) about noon on Thursday. Good flight out of Milwaukee (incredible savings on airfare flying out of Milwaukee vs. Madison) and we're now we're enjoying some sun in the Republic of Texas.