I'm BACK!!

Been a long time since October and my last post! Change of seasons, change of attitudes, change...change...change!

Today is the first day of vacation. So I thought I'd start this up again and you could be with me on my journey. Hopefully I'll find time to keep it going even after vacation. Why is it so hard to sit down, relax and write about the happenings of the day?? I just can't seem to follow through with it. Lately, my life has been that way...never seeing anything through to completion. Damn, I hate it! I think that's what causes stress...incompleteness!

If you are reading this, then that means you have followed my invitation. Most of you may have visited this site before, some are newbies. To the newbies, click on the Archives and read what I've written before. I started in August 2004 and ended in February 2005, except for Easter 2005 and the event of the century in October 2005. To my new friends, you'll find out some more about me, whether you really wanna know or not!

Saturday I worked in the yard...and worked ...and worked. Looks pretty sharp, until all the crud grows back! Went and bought a bottle of Beringer White Zin to celebrate and also picked up a bottle of beer...from the shelf spot marked LATVIAN. It's named Biržiečiu (I am testing this to see if the little birds show up over the z and c) and I thought that almost sounds Lithuanian. SO I bought it and just opened it this afternoon after washing the car. I started reading the bottle and WHAT! It is Lithuanian!! It's a dark beer with a heady flavor. I like it...can't have too much of it as it really does feel like liquid bread. I bought it at Frugal's here in Nashville. I'll have to go and see what else is on that shelf!!

So today I had to go back to the office for a meeting. Not too bad, since I knew I was leaving right after it! Too bad all days can't be like that. After a trip to Target and a stop for lunch at White Castle (I just can't pass them up), I came home and washed the car for my trip tomorrow. Now washing clothes and packing.

I'm going to spend a week in Chicago. Yep, back to the old home town and stomping grounds. I am attending the National Genealogical Society Conference at the O'Hare Hyatt starting Wednesday. It runs through Saturday. Pretty excited about it as the sessions are very ethnic in subject with Central Europe, England and Germany being discussed too. Since I need to have a research class for my certificate from BYU, this counts as 2/3 of a 3 credit hour class. So I have to write an outline and short summary of each session I attend. Most of them run an hour plus, so it won't be bad.

I'll have my laptop with me, so I'll post from the road! Yeah, another Kerouac! I will try to include some pics as well, but I'll be using a wireless card, so I don't know about the speed. I'll try! I'm going to be hitting some of the old places and hopefully document some of my life in photos. One task I want to do is take a picture of all the places I've lived, so that'll be three in Chicagoland. Maybe even try to get one of Mercy Hospital where I was born.

So, hope you'll join me on my adventures. OH, and I will be doing some extracurricular activities as well...the Tigers and Indians are in town and I have a tocket for Thursday and Sunday night. Good guys wear black!

Well, sudiev (Lith. goodbye) for now (get used to either German, Italian or Lithuanian being peppered through these blogs). Check back again soon!

Mark