For a change of pace, Beth and I headed south this weekend...to Indianapolis. Spent the weekend with PJ and Roma, who Beth hasn't seen in 3 years. We went to the Indianapolis Zoo, which was pretty nice except for the rain. They've got a jellyfish exhibit there, which was interesting...never saw anything like it before...and the big cats were actually up and moving around. Usually they're asleep when I come by a zoo. And Sunday was the first time I'd ever been to a BW-3, where we all split 100 buffalo wings between us. And Lenny the bird is still very upset by my presence.

Beth and I have had a busy couple of weekends. Saturday we went with some friends to the World Pulse Festival, which is a music festival sponsored by a Christian radio station near here (Pulse-FM). They had a lot of really cool bands there, local to national. The rain was the only problem...the day started bright & sunny, high 70's or low 80's, and was so through the sets of Denver & the Mile High Orchestra, Andy, and Salvador, but about the time Plus One started it was really cloudy and started raining. It rained lightly but steadily through Point of Grace's set, and by the time dc Talk was supposed to go on there was a real danger of being struck by lightning. So, dc Talk was cancelled. But the bands we did see were great, especially the opening ones. We spent Sunday in Michigan for Ryan's 3rd birthday party. Just about everything he got was either Veggie Tales or Bob the Builder. Oh, and news from the baby department...the doctor that we had been referred to and had an appointment with in 2 weeks is not in our HMO so coverage has been denied. The HMO wants us to go to a doctor in Indianapolis, who of course doesn't have an available appointment until late November. We're going to try to appeal, but I'm not hopeful. And I found out today exactly how much it costs to store household goods in Fort Wayne for 6 weeks...a lot...we might have to speed up the buying thing if it's going to cost that much to not have our stuff. We have almost had our house sold three times now, but have had one couple not get approved for lending and two others decide to buy elsewhere. According to the realtor, everyone who looks at the house loves it. But, apparently, doesn't want to buy it.

So much for being better at updating, I guess. About every 2 weeks or so is just about all I can manage. At least nothing much has been going on for a while, so I can probably recall most of that time. I went to Phoenix on a bidness trip last week, which was really productive I thought. The machine we looked at is pricey but very cool, and may be just what we've been looking for. So I may get to spend $110k-130k of company money soon. We'll see. Mom and dad were in town (which reminds me, it's his birthday. I'll have to send an e-card and e-present.) and I got to see them for a while. I highly recommend Gordon Biersch in Tempe for dinner if you go there. No progress on selling either house or condo, no progress on getting a baby. Beth's doctor appointment is in a couple days; we'll see what he says. Good news: the plumbing problem at the house was such a non-issue that there was no damage to the walls and the bill was only $82, most of which was just for the plumber's visit. Something just needed tightening, apparently. We've seen some movies lately: Jurassic Park 3 (ok...more of the same), America's Sweethearts (ok...chick flick), Cats & Dogs (ok...Goldblum phoned in his role), Planet of the Apes (pretty good).