MIA

First of all, let me say that the BYU game was on ABC in our neck of the woods and about every five minutes, a scrolling marque across the bottom of the screen would come on and say:

"The ABC network is responsible for deciding which games to show. Your local WJLA-TV affiliate has no say in which games these are. Thank you for your understanding."

It's kind of like they were apologizing for showing BYU. Well, after that showing, I'm sure ABC won't make that mistake again.

OK, enough of that. I know I have been a stranger to the blog for the last month or so. I kind of feel like Chaz (except that I'm not 195 lbs. quite yet). In a similar fashion to Chad's work schedule, I was also forced to spend late nights and early mornings away from home and my lovely wife. Yes, Hawaii was a difficult place to spend three weeks. It takes a special person to wake up, go to the beach all day, show up to work in the afternoon for a couple of hours, and then go out to eat, all the while getting paid per diem to be out there. It's tough but when you're called on to sacrifice for the good around you, you do what you can.

So, now that I'm back, I thought I would share with you all some of the enduring trials I had to go through. It was no Iraq, but... well, you judge for yourself.

The view from my hotel; sucks to be me.


A view of Waikiki from Diamond Head.


Oh, wait, how did that get in there...


The sunset off Waikiki.


Believe it or not, the reason I was there...


Anyways, thank you all for worrying about Mayka while I was gone. Needless to say, she did an amazing job taking care of the three kids in Connecticut while I was gone.

BTW, we also got our ticket for Christmas. We get there on the 24th in the mid-morning sometime and then leave on January 4th. We're excited to see everybody and Riley and Sam are especially excited to push Tio Chad in the snow.