A “Pyle” of Stories

Looks like a grey morning outside in Houston. Maybe the weather is grey, because it suits the mood of the town of Houston after they ran into the streaking Tennessee Titans and the VY/CJ duo. Might be my guess.

Patrick and I continued our tradition last night by attending the MNF game in Reliant Stadium. It was by far the most exciting game he and I have attended. The game in September had much more action, but this one was electric. The atmosphere was great and there was no shortage of energy due to the nature of the rivalry, the state of each teams playoff aspirations, as well as the MNF telecast. Well fortunately for my boys in the powder blue, we were able to pull out of the Bayou City with a W. I must admit, I have never been a fan of VY, but the style of offense we play, and the way he is protecting the football, I’ll have to roll with him. Maybe I’m becoming a believer. Maybe I’m just really hungry for some more victories. Who knows, but he looked good last night and has looked good over the past 4 weeks.

So now we are off to Lafayette. We are actually in the act of packing as we speak. Well, Patrick, Amy and Elizabeth are packing, I’m of course blogging. I’m not actually sure what time we are heading out of here, but I think there is some pizza in our future before we leave town. Who knows … I feel like a cargo item. Fly down, drive here, drive there … drive back, fly back But I’m just saying, I’m not complaining at all. I feel like a I’m going to need an overweight tag put on me, since I’m cargo, and since I’ve done nothing but eat our entire time down here. From mexican, to burgers, cajun food, bbq, free beer tailgating. Just a lot of goods have been consumed in a short timespan. And from the sound of the conversations this morning, we are eating mexican tonight, then of course Thanksgiving is coming up in a day or so. And I’m sure mom will have lots of tasty treats for us to devour.

I am enjoying this last week or so before I have to have my surgery next week. I haven’t really said much about it, but I’m having a hernia fixed next Friday. So, get a good week in of eating and indulging before I spend a week laid up, and then FINALLY I can get back to exercising. It has been about 2 months since I’ve been able to exercise since I’ve been concerned about tearing anything worse than what it already is. Next Friday really can’t come soon enough.

Time to do my part. Shower, pack and get ready to head out. I’ll have some more updates as the trip rolls on. Enjoy these photos in the meantime

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Wings were some kinda tasty last night. For some reason lately they have not been as good. A big part of this is because they haven’t been spun with enough sauce, so they basically just tasted like fried chicken. While this is normally 100% OK, it is not when you are expecting that habenero flavor. Well last night they did not disappoint. We actually had a larger crew too. Adam showed up, as well as Jeb, who is becoming somewhat of a regular. It is nice to have the 4 of us, and then when other show up, its pretty much a bonus.

Conversation was good … We spent some time talking about all of our Thanksgiving plans which was nice. I’ll tell everyone we will be down south because there will be someone staying at our place the whole week. So not really worried about security. Then we discussed our Holiday Mixer that we are setting up for some point in December. Should be a lot of fun.

I can’t believe we are already at Thanksgiving. What I mean to say, is I can’t believe 2009 is almost in the record books. And with that comes age and life. Some of us are having our first kids, some of us are turning late 50s and 60s, some of us are close to dipping into our 40s, some of us are having surgeries, and lastly some of us are in their 40s. Just seems like it goes by so quickly, and continues to accelerate. Feels just like a roller coaster. Starts off so slow as you hear that tink tink tink … and then next thing you know you are flying for 30 – 45 seconds and its all over. So I guess my point to that rambling was to enjoy your time doing whatever it is you are going to do over the next week. Have fun with family. Have fun by yourself. Eat the heck outta some turkey and celebrate life. I’ve come from some pretty dark places in the past 18 months that I care to never visit again, and you can bet my last dollar I’m going to enjoy this next week with my wonderful girlfriend as we tour the places my family dwells.

Oh, and if you are looking for some good travel music, the new John Mayer Battle Studies album is good as well as the latest Norah Jones. Enjoy!

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Things are on a roll this morning. I’ve got no AC at the house, I shipped our Death Cab for Cutie tickets to my old apartment, my car is in the shop, and I still have a little bit of fallout from last week’s big changes. Nothing major I guess, just a lot of little things that add up to either cost time and/or money. Such is the way life goes though, and honestly, I’m not upset, because then I’d just be upset and dealing with this mess. I have to deal with it regardless, so whats the point of being mad

Pretty good weekend. I helped M & J’s family do some demolition on their new house on Friday night. Nothing like swing a crowbar for a few hours. I can honestly say I was extremely sore on Saturday and Sunday. Then proceeded to have a very laid back weekend after that. I did my usual yard work and chores, and then went to the Franklin Main Street festival on Saturday night. We had a really good time. I think we stayed for about 2 hours? And then went for Mexican food. Just a very good afternoon and evening. As for yesterday … more yard work and hedge trimming, followed by some household chores and grocery duties. Without AC, it gets awful hot up in the bonus room, so I tried to stay outside with Chip and lay in the grass until it at least got down into the 70s in the house. I think at one point, it got up to 84. Not that cool, to say the least …

Nothing major so far lined up this week. I actually don’t have any plans for any night, so I guess I’ll just play it by ear and see what kind of shakes out. I appreciate all the comments lately, and I’ve got some pretty cool emails checking up on me. Life is really good these days, and I’m so pumped for summer. I think the pool will be open soon, and I can’t wait to get in there and splash around.

That’ll do it for the updates … I may get some more Chip photos up this week and of course, I’ll have some more content as the week rolls on.

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