At Large 1696 days

"She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up." –

This be a short entry saying we are home from Austin. My senior grandson's team won the state championship for Texas Lutheran middle schools. I would have really enjoyed the weekend except for the price of the rooms. The Drury Inns and Suites Hotel is a good mid size hotel with a really good free morning buffet. It was nice that the team and its supporters were all in one place along with players and supporters of the other teams. When my wife traveled with me I lloked for Hotels with amenities so that we did not have to leave to eat and relax. Now a hotel is just a place with beds. I paid a $100 per night per room and ended up sleeping in a recliner with a fan blowing directly over my head.

I find it almost impossible to sleep in a regular flat bed. Fifty years of heavy smoking did a number on my lungs and decades of heavy labor wore out my hips and spine.

I think my wife may be coming home this week. We won't really know until Monday afternoon.

Good night all. It has been a busy tiring weekend.