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Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings

Kind of a melancholy morning. I missed my flight to Houston. Actually, I didn't miss it, I was just prevented from getting on the plane....

I got to the ticket counter at 7:30. At 7:37, I had my receipts for my ticket and was ready to check my bag. The ticket counter lady said, "you're too late". What? "You have to check-in 30 minutes before departure". It was 30 minutes prior to departure when I got checked-in, but she didn't get to me until 7 minutes later. Even while I was talking to her and trying to get her to check my bag, I heard my name over the PA system for final boarding call. I asked her, "can you please let them know I'm on my way". She went over to the phone and talked to them. Then started typed on her keyboard furiously. I thought, "great, she's working with me." She came over with a printed ticket and set, "This is your standby ticket for the next flight to Houston." Whatever, Continental Airlines. I'm sitting in OKC on standby hoping to make the next flight.

I haven't been home since Friday the 12th. I had to flee from Houston. I miss being home.

I haven't seen my family since Monday morning.

I have to fly to Houston to connect on a flight to Midland.

I have to drive 550 miles from Midland to Houston...today.

Did I say I miss my family? So much. If I were with them, all of this other stuff would be so minor.

My work/home balance has been off-kilter for the past several months. Things are slower, so now I can start to find a balance.

But, I did find this beautiful bacon scene. It cheered me up a little.

I Was Confused By The Shower

I like to think I'm as intelligent as the next guy, but tonight I was challenged.

I'm in a hotel in okc and decided to take a shower. I got the water running and let it get nice and hot. I was ready to step in and wash off a full day of airports. But I couldn't figure out how to switch it over to shower.

I spent a couple of minutes trying and then weighed my options. I could either
(a) fill up the tub and take a bath.
(b) call the front desk and ask how to use the shower.

By chance, I happened to see a sign hidden by the shower curtain that had directions on how to use the shower.

So, I guess I'm not the only idiot who couldn't figure out the shower.

Crazy Week For The Chandler Family

Ike came with a vengance. I didn't decide to flee until after my family left town.

When I did leave, I decided I'd be smarter than everyone else and head south, then west, then north into San antonio. I got stuck there a couple of days, then was able to head up to DFW to be with my family.

While I was there, I remembered I had a conference I has to be at on wednesday. I found out my flight was cancelled out of houston and I'd have to depart from somewhere else.

My family went back to Houston on Monday and I had a dilemma. If I went back to h-town on Monday, I'd have to leave again on Tuesday to drive out of town to another airport. So I decided to stay. My parents offered to llet me go west and stay with them in midland for a couple of days. So, as I write this, am in an airplane...HEADED TO HOUSTON! That's right. Flights were rescheduled through houston. I'll be john brown!

Even better than that...I'm going to Oklahoma City!

The 80's Were The Best

 

Hair on my head. Rolled up sleeves. Snug shorts. Doesn't get any better than that...can I get a what-what?

1500 Subscribers - Thanks Everyone!

I logged onto Feedburner this morning...perhaps because I'm a bit narcissistic...to see all the fun action with this blog. Lo and behold the blog hit a milestone. 1500 subscribers as of this morning! Yeah!

here's what we look like by 9 pm

So, with all the staying late, we've all gotten to know each other pretty well.

Here's a picture of Paco, one of our designers, at around 9:15. He's tired. He looks rough. In fact, he looks drunk. But he's not (I don't think).

And here's David(another designer). Apparently he hasn't been to the bathroom in over 12 hours.

Me...full of energy, ready to go another 12 hours.

Rusty's so focused. He wouldn't even look at me.

long days

The clock on my dashboard says 11:13. This was after a 16 hour day.

Flickr Interlude

One of the pics I took when I decided to attempt to take a self portrait of myself everyday for a year. I only got to the 70's before I had to hang it up.

Take A Chance On Me

Me and my guys goofing around...it was a late night at the office. We were there until about 11:15. This little ABBA rendition was probably around 10. Enjoy!