Sore, Really Sore.
Posted on April 23, 2008
The MySQL conference was fun. Made a few new friends from the Netherlands and Germany. Part of the Phorum dev team. Also got to spend some time with Jaime. It was good to see him and he is doing well. I took and early (6:30AM) flight out of San Jose so I could get back to go camping with Abbey. The security line was long but moved quickly. I landed in Denver to change planes. We’re on the plane and the pilot says there are bird feathers on the front of the plane and it has to be checked. 45 minutes after we were supposed to take-off, they switch us to another plane. I landed in Huntsville nearly 90 minutes late. But that did not hamper the weekend. We had a great time camping. Found some vines to swing on and some frogs to chase and watch a couple of eagles tend to their nest.
Brady’s campout was equally fun. We’re learning that the Fords are not great fishermen. We try every campout and catch nothing. I know dynamite is illegal, but c’mon, cut us some slack.
Emily is registered at MSU. She heads off for a band trip today to VA.
I started back to lunch karate yesterday. Then Ben and I went to class last night. 3 hours was probably too much for a first time back after 6 months of being lazy. I’m having trouble moving today. But it felt really good to get back into training. And I’m looking forward to the time with Ben.
Go, Busy?
Posted on April 11, 2008
Things are a little busy around Ford Manor these days. Seems like April and May are killers with all the end of the school year stuff. Emily is registered at Mississippi State and is working on refining her schedule based upon AP credits. Ben promotes to adult shodan (blackbelt, first degree) tonight. Brady and I had a somewhat wet but mostly fun camp trip to Cha-La-Kee. The tribe built a potato canon which was an obvious hit. Abbey is working on her tribal banner and has done a fantastic job. Carol has been busy with some photography. As for me, yeah, I’m busy too. Off to CA next week for a MySQL conference. Flight leaves CA Friday at 6:30AM, lands in HSV at 2:30PM and I jump into the truck and head to Cha-La-Kee with Abbey.
Posted on April 1, 2008
Emily survived prom this past weekend. I think she had a good time. Benjamin is prepping for his adult shodan promotion, so he’ll be moving out of the kids class. Brady is promoting to 1st brown and has grown 2 5/8 inches in the last six months. Abbey’s desk arrived and we started the assembly last night. April is a crazy month for the Fords so you may not hear much out of us. Take care.