Late night musings

Busy day today. A lot of running around, mostly for the job. I got through it all OK. Got home late and since then I've just been catching up with the world. But it's late, and my brain may have had one McChicken too many for supper.

I finally got home about 7:20 p.m. and got two McChickens. At the track meet late in the afternoon (weather: mid 40s F, cool, drizzly), I had a couple hot dogs. I sure was Mr. Nutrition today, wasn't I?

I would have stopped at Subway, but there's no Subway within about 40 miles, nor on the way to the meet, so ya gotta take what you can find. Hey, it's the U.P., after all!

Talked to my son on the phone last night. He's sending out resumes, hoping to find that job he wants in the San Fran area. He visited there while in high school (national business competition, after he won at the Michigan state-wide level) and loved it. More open minds. More positive attitude. Less of a "can't-do" attitude. He liked that. And with the way the Big Three auto firms are going (he works for a bank corporation in the Detroit area), he's getting eager to find somewhere else to live. He's been down there five years, so he put in his time. And he's good at what he does, so I think he should find a good position. Even if it does involve me driving his car cross country.

One big challenge awaiting him is cutting down all the junk he has at his apartment. Many, many movies and games for nearly every kind of console there is. You see, he hasn't found a girl yet. Anyway, I told him to do a triage on the movies and games--maybe three-quarters of them don't make the big trip.

Personally, I'm hoping he finds a nice opportunity in the Chicago or Minneapolis area--which is a lot closer to home than Detroit, much less San Francisco. If he goes to California, we'll hardly have a chance to see him again, since we don't have enough money to travel. Just a fact of life.

He's doing OK without us. But I still miss him terribly, even though he's never been back home any longer than a week and a half at a time--ever since I drove him down to college nearly 10 years ago. So long ago.

I'm just rambling tonight. Maybe I'm tired. Geez, it's close to midnight already. And another busy day tomorrow. C ya!