Nebraska Weekend #1

We just returned from the first of two trips to Nebraska this month. This trip was originally traveled to visit Grandma Joyce and Silent Bob for their Christmas Party. What really happened is we got the first snow of the season and didn't make it to Grandma's house. We could have made it (Mom and Dad were only 20 minutes away) but Karri "can't" drive in any weather condition other than sunny and dry roads. After driving 35 mph for an hour and a half, I told her to turn around. It ended up still being a fun day. The entire family went bowling (Markie brought the hammer and bowled something like a 172 to kill us all) and took all the white elephant gifts and did our own exchange. (Which was nice because we didn't have to worry about what Kim brought). Sunday, we went to the Christmas Cantata at ALC and listened to the choir sing "Night of Miracles". I was actually really impressed. It could have been the best I have ever heard the choir sing. The chorale part was well balanced and on pitch, with each part holding their own. The only downfall was a couple of solos were pretty darn bad. I won't name names, but Mark can if he wants to. The also got to spend time with Mark and Krystal, which was nice. Karri also volunteered to help with wedding details sometime next week, which she is excited about. I don't care, as long as I don't have to help. I didn't help plan our wedding, so I sure don't want to help with someone else's. On the way home, Karri had to drive through fog. Not thick fog, just enough so you could only see about 100 yds ahead. So what should have taken us 6 hours, took about 9. My goal for pretty much the entire way home was to not yell at my wife for driving 40. I spent a good majority of the time reading my Kindle and installing new apps on my phone. No fighting happened and the weather cleared up around Julesburg, CO so we could talk the rest of the way home after that.

Weight - 212.6 Up 5.0 lbs from when I weighed in on Friday. Oops. I not to worried about it, I expect to be down a few lbs next week due to not having to travel, then possibly back up over new years. I am going to try and be more aware of what I eat the next couple weeks, but not fret over it. I'll begin to hit it hard again the first of the year.