Well, after Cheryl and I got done with work on Wednesday, we drove over to Houston and settled in for the night at our favorite La Quinta, a short drive from M. D. Anderson. We got up at the crack of dawn and headed over to start the adventure that …

Today is the last day of the Fall term at Austin Community College. After a flurry of last second lab submissions, all I have to do now is finalize the grades for four courses, then I am done until January 20 when we start up again!

Yeah!

We were sitting at the Airport in Kansas City last Sunday, after Thanksgiving with our family there (and working on our second house!) I decided I needed something to read before we got on the plane, so I headed to the newsstand in the waiting area.

The clerk reached up …

Today, after an intense day of air traveling back to Austin from KC, where we spend Thanksgiving visiting with family and working on our second house, we went to visit Dr. Scholl. It has been 11 days since Dr. Yu did the "debulking" surgery at M. D. Anderson, and it …

Tuesday evening, after my night class, Cheryl and I jumped into the truck and headed out for our standard 3.5 hour drive to Houston. We had a bit of a hassle getting started due to a semi that decided to spin out on the I-35 parking lot (he probably …

Just for the record, I want to replace all the "Austin City Limit" signs with this:

Austin is full, go away!

When we moved here, 15 years ago, traffic seemed bad, but not overly so. Today, rush-hour starts at 1AM and runs to midnight! The nut-cases in the Texas Legislature …

It has been a while since I posted anything, and it is time for an update. The good news is that Cheryl and I went over to M. D. Anderson last night for a morning appointment with my Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Yu. We barely had time to say hello to …

This is a place-holder while I get my pictures from my 50th High School Reunion under control. I took a bunch, and I am sifting through all of them, remembering names, or trying to remember them.

Cheryl and I had a ball in Falls Church, exploring my old haunts, and …

Anyone remember this?:

They say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too, yeah
They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you

Well, today was my birthday! Celebrating that would have been nice, but Cheryl was busy with work …

Today, while in the middle of teaching my evening class at ACC, I got the phone call Cheryl and I (and more than a few of you) have been waiting for! The lab results are in and all tests came up cancer free! Hurray! And, thanks to God for this …