Cleveland update
I had company on my journey to the airport this morning. Today's the day Chaz's mom and dad took off to go to Europe on their vacation. They accompanied me, and I made sure they got in through security and all settled at the lounge prior to their flight. TSA guys at the gate surprisingly didn't give us any flak despite needles and liquid medicine.. they just hustled 'em right through the gate, wanded her with her metal knee, and we were in. Her quart baggie didn't even get a once over. Was probably a shrewd move on our part to put the Marine Corps hat on his dad.
Speaking of his dad, there was an interesting moment when the person checking their IDs said she hadn't seen them in a long time. Evidently, she remembers Norman from 20 years ago when he was a bus driver for greyhound, and she was riding the bus back and forth from places afar. Norman didn't know her from anyone, but her recognition reminds me its a small world.
They enjoyed the lounge, had a good call with Chaz on the speakerphone, and as I write, the three of them are in Chicago about to board AAL88 to get to Brussels and Rome, while I'm waiting for my late flight to Syracuse.
I'm now convinced that the entire sport of cycling is populated with cheating asshats. Armstrong too. There's smoke there.
Saturday's motorcycle ride to Dallas on the weekend was a bit drizzly, but a good ride. I was 2 hours late due to a non-charged battery and wasting 45 minutes at the worst honda cycle dealership ever. Chaz and Matt met me on the road in Hamilton, and we had a good ride in to Dallas, getting a little damp from some showers. Sunday Chaz grilled some meat for us and my family and some friends to welcome us in to our new pad. It was a nice gathering, complete with my dad's eyes bugging out at NASCAR on Chaz's HD tv.
Being in Austin in the empty house was a bit difficult. I think I'm ready to get it sold and be done with it. I had neighborhood association meeting last night, and the new guard is ready to take it over. In the meantime, the neighbors are nuts - one is building a fence across the front of his yard against convenant, and the latest vagrant hangout is the front of the vacated Albertons where they're sleeping and crapping where the carts used to be stored at the front of the store. I'm glad they're out of the elements, but its probably frustrating for those neighbors closest to it. And the one house that was listed at 230K that I was hoping would sell, looks like its being rented out. We need one to sell above 200 this month.
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