Coffee or tea?

This first paragraph is going to be a metaphor because sometimes I like to be shady. And sometimes I like to tell some people all of the stuff I know, and all of the people some of the stuff I know. Anyway, there's a pot of water boiling on the stove right now. I'm used to drinking tea every day, but maybe this time it'll be coffee. The strange thing of course is that even if it is coffee, I can still drink tea instead. The annoying thing is that I have no idea when the pot will come to a boil. I thought it started whistling earlier this week, but I was wrong.

Anyway.

Things have been a bit slow here at work, but I think they'll break one way or the other pretty soon. The big news on the home front is twofold: Our house has got a basement now and Walz got married (photos on flickr.)

Ah yes, the house. I had the meeting with the construction guy yesterday at lunch. It went very well. We went over the options and the blueprints, and overall I have a very warm and fuzzy feeling on the process. They're open to visits anytime, and if we need to move an electrical outlet a foot this way or that, it's easy to let them know. He also mentioned several times that it's really a beautiful house we've got here. Now, I suppose he does maybe say that to everybody, but it certainly got me to thinking -- damn right. This is a freakin' nice house.

Per Walz'z wedding. We drove first to Lancaster to see the parents on Thursday. We left at 6 a.m., which I was pretty stoked about. The 5 a.m. departure was a bit ambitious, but hey, 6 is good. The drive took 9.5 hours with two pretty healthy stops and another small stop here and there. We were really in no hurry which was nice. Thursday evening, ice cream with Keli & Preston. Friday evening (after a day of chilling) we went to Ilamor in Doylestown. (That would be friends Ila & Amor. Get it?) We stayed there until Saturday morning (more chilling at Ilamor, playing with Asim, etc., (the weather was pretty bloody hot on Saturday)) and then off to Center City Philly for the wedding.

Here's the thing.

It was bloody hot.

Maria and Asim stayed at the hotel while I got my social on at the wedding. And just as well for them, I suppose. There was a non-air-conditioned church and then a good bit of strolling about outside. Oy. I seriously considered going to buy another dress shirt since the one I was wearing was disgustingly soaked. But here's the thing. That was the only issue -- and really, not anybody's fault. The whole rest of the wedding was spectacular. The ceremony was well-timed and emotional, the smaller guest list easier to manage and the reception a good time to catch up with friends.

Sunday morning we had brunch with many of the wedding guests and then headed back to Lancaster for an hour or so. Then back to Indy! We moved things along a little better and made it back in 9 hours.

As if I didn't do enough driving, I got to work on Monday and was asked to drive to Cincinnati for the afternoon for some work-related stuff. Yay! Four more total hours of driving!

Tuesday I rode the bike in. Very nice. Had to change a flat tire before the ride. Not very nice.

This weekend we're off to Louisville and Nashvegas.