The End of Summer 2022

Places Visited:Omaha, NESan Antonio, TxAustin, TxDeming, NMSanta Fe, NMAlexandria, LA In August, we stayed in Omaha, Nebraska just a few blocks from where dad spent a few of his childhood years. We also made our first trip to an Aldi’s and bought an embarrassing amount of chocolate, because how can you turn down $2 chocolate

New Mexico to New Jersey

Mike and I finally did something “tourist-y”. We visited Carlsbad Caverns on our way out of New Mexico. I had been to the caverns twice before with my family, but this was Mike’s first time in a cave of any kind. It took about 2 hours to hike down the natural entrance and around the

On The Road Again…

Well, I know it’s been a while but I think I have a good excuse: I got married! Mike (the new husband), travels for a living so we have been living in Holiday Inns all across the country. This past week we moved from St. Louis, MO to Alamogordo, NM. It’s amazing how quickly the

12-hr shifts are technically half-days.

Weekly Stats:Tickets: 1Miles: 439Listening to: Moving Pictures – Terry PrarchettReading: The backs of my eyelids…. There are pros and cons to making 30 hours of overtime 5 weeks in a row. The pros, of course, include making enormous amounts of money in a very short period. The cons, on the other hand, are that you

Wait. We’re staying wHeRe!?

Weekly Stats:Tickets: 1Miles: 400Listening to: The Last Continent – Terry PrarchettReading: 30,000 On The Hoof – Zane Grey Man, it’s amazing how a two-week project has turned into a month of work. Dad and were on site from 7am to 7 or 8pm every day this week, Monday to Sunday. We spent most of the

Is it legal to have this much fun at work?

Weekly Stats:Tickets: 1Miles: Basically none, except for a trip to AtlantaListening to: Dead Ringer – Louis L’AmourReading: The instructions in these fiber cable enclosures… So, if you work an 80hr week and then a 60 hour week without a day off in between, is that a 140hr week? Dad flew in Monday evening, so I

Wait, is that supposed to be smoking?

Weekly Stats:Tickets: 6Miles: 2,581Listening to: Andrea Vernon and the Superhero Industrial Complex – Alexander C. KaneReading: The Travels of Jaimie McPeeters – Herbert Lewis Taylor (It’s long, okay?) I have officially learned my lesson. If the scope says “tech must have a soldering iron” DO NOT try to work the job before church. #yikes So,

We have GOT to stop traveling like this

Weekly Stats:Tickets: 3Miles: 2,845Listening to: Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon HillReading: The Travels of Jaimie McPeeters – Herbert Lewis Taylor (Still. It’s actually hilarious) Well, the dreaded Dallas Curse struck again. Big Kerry and Little Kerri left San Antonio at 6pm Sunday evening, arrived in Dallas, and changed planes in plenty of time. Then

Girls Don’t Wear Hardhats!

Weekly Stats:Tickets: 3 Miles: 3,382Listening to: Goals and Vision Mastery CollectionReading: The Travels of Jaimie McPeeters – Herbert Lewis Taylor Note to self: You really do have to be at the airport an hour before your flight. Due to complicated and unforeseen circumstances, I didn’t actually get to the airport until 4:00pm. What time did