That's Right - A New Design

I have just finished working for the day and am about to enjoy a couple consecutive days off. First, new bar on the north side with some new/old friends, hot dougs tomorrow for lunch and a birthday party tomorrow night with becky. I can't wait. We'll have a great mid-week weekend.

My landlords/downstairs neighbors are on vacation. I get a few days rest from cigarette smoke, loud CNN and elderly marital bickering usually envolving things like the appropriate way to turn off a garden hose. I'm hoping that by the time I'm seventy five I'll have run out of things to yell at xtina about. In all honesty, they aren't bad neighbors or landlords and their antics are well worth it to live here.

We have decided on a vacation destination for mid October...Great Smoky Mountain National Park. It isn't exactly on the way home from kansas city but it'll be warm enough and we finally have enough money saved to be able to go somewhere fun. We have our site reserved and everything. Site C63, here we come!

block party

This weekend marked the 11th annual hideout block party. Xtina and I were in attendance with some new friends. Among the headliners were Andrew Bird and the Frames. My favorite act was mucca pazza. Becky, you were right about mucca pazza this whole time and I'm sorry I didn't go see them with you sooner.

Things are fine at work. It appears I didn't get the position at NW law - I'm not particularly surprised at this. I'm having a hard time applying for something new as I'm not actually aspiring to do something else. I simply don't know what else I could do. At least I have a job and I'm making an income doing something. All in all, I don't have too many complaints.

It's markedly cooler in the city today. The air is more crisp and I'm ready to spend some quality time in the outdoors. The family camping trip will be made, this year, in-conjunction with the Garcia-Campbell wedding in beautiful Kansas City. The problem is - there isn't much to do around that area and we can't exactly camp in the rockies in mid october. The plan at this point is to return to Great Smoky Mountain National Park - which isn't on the way to anything. Does anyone have any other ideas? The Ozarks, perhaps? Dogpatch, USA?