Week 9

Time for the ole weekly update. I started the week off in Orlando, on another auction trip. Man, I love the traveling for business, but some of these 2-day auction trips are getting difficult. Anyways, my flight down there Monday morning was full of a rowdy group of sixth graders on their way to Disney World. Normally, I would be upset when faced with a two-hour flight full of loud, excited kids, but this was a bit different. It was actually a group from my alma mater, Davidson Academy. The sixth grade Disney trip has been a rite of passage for students there for I guess almost 20 years, including way back in 1992 for a 12 year old little Nicky. Of course, I did a little reminicing. It also made me realize how far I've come since then, and was another reminder of the life I still have ahead of me.

After a few more days of work, Colleen and I set off for BBQ Fest in Memphis, TN. I can only describe it a massive celebration of all things Pig (and other tasty animals). Anyways, I have a friend that is part of a competition team, and he invited us to come hang out all weekend as honorary team members. We had a blast, although I ate WAY too much and stayed up WAY too late. The biggest surprise was that Colleen was able to put up with it. Not only did she have to sit around for hours with a bunch of strangers, but she had to do it surrounded by one of those foods that she has an aversion to now. I don't know how she did it, because that place was shrouded in a cloud of BBQ smoke. Anyway, she did it, and it actually didn't bother her as much as I thought it would. Don't get me wrong, she wanted to go and hang out with friends, but I know that she had to put up with a lot and it makes me appreciate her as a wife that much more. I guess I owe her one.

Well, we finally made it back this afternoon and did some (healthier) grocery shopping. Time to start focusing more on her (and my) good eating habits, for what's in her belly as it grows and so mine will stop. I guess that's about it. I'm still trying to recover from my food coma, and I have to get up early tommorow for our big 10th week gynocologist appointment. I'll update what happens with that in the next few days.