Boom, I'm back

Kind of surprised this thing still exists. No removal for inactivity, I guess. Plus, I've been twittering like crazy, trying to keep Chad Ochocinco in line.

So here we are - late April of 2010. Life moves along, and I've been in St. Louis for nearly two and a half years, and Courtney's almost done with Year 3 of her PhD program (two years to go!)

I can directly trace my lack of blog posts to 1) a lack of ideas; and 2) taking on more responsibility at work. And maybe 3) PQ. But work has gotten busier. I survived multiple rounds of layoffs and it appears things are getting better. I'm now part of a national "Enterprise Marketing Team" that consists of about a dozen people who come up with marketing tips for the company.

We spent Christmas in Mexico with my parents and brother and had a great time. Courtney's really worked hard to get in shape and (sappy) I'm pretty proud of her.

In March, Scott came out to visit St. Louis and, incredibly, we avoided the plagues of hot weather (Sleepy) and food poisoning (Justin). And the Spaulding brothers visited just a week ago, so it appears that the curse of visiting us in St. Louis may be over.

The biggest news, of course, was Wake Forest's firing of Dino Gaudio and the subsequent hiring of Jeff Bzdelik. If I'd bothered to update this blog, I could have given you the scoop.

The summer promises to be busy. I'm headed to Alabammer in May for a golf trip with Sleepy, Carl and Burns, taking a long weekend along the RTJ Trail. In June, I'll head back to the Hyphen to play in the Pine Brook Member-Guest with Sleepy, and in late June, Courtney and I will head to Europe for a week, visiting Portugal and England and attending her friend Beth's wedding in the process. Finally, in August, we will be headed to Boston for her friend Laura's wedding, and hopefully taking in a game at Fenway, Courtney's first visit.

PQ remains the most active subnet on the Intertubez. Isle is NOT excited about adding to his family, and Bish is now a Lakers fan. If you don't understand this part of the blog, consider yourself an outsider and lucky.