Relief!

Blogger is going through a migration to a new version, and I was having serious issues. This blog was telling me that it hadn't been converted yet because the owner (which is me) hadn't converted yet. Except that I had. As a result, it was telling me that I couldn't post. That part, at least, appears to have been resolved, which is why you are seeing a new post!

In the last 24 hours, Terri and I attended the COMM banquet, where we were treated to a guest speaker named Mary Margaret Graham. This remarkable lady has a long and distinguished career in the intelligence community, and it was a pleasure to hear some of her stories. We dropped the kids off with my mom, then came home to go to bed.

After crawling into bed around midnight, I woke up an hour before the alarm clock's 5 a.m. deadline. We got up and headed out for another MCQ sew-in in Richmond, which went a bit smoother than the last one in November. This one was hosted by BJ at the Virginia War Memorial, where I got to spend some time speaking with some of those that have gone before us. It was a wonderful day, and we actually finished up and were home by 5 p.m., which has to be some kind of a record.

I've got pictures, which I may or may not work on getting posted tonight. I'm really quite beat and ready for bed, but I didn't take as many pictures as last time so it won't be as much of a chore.

In any case, I'm just glad that Blogger seems to have straightened itself out, and I'll try to get caught up on stuff here.

Things are slow...

Yes, it's that time of the year, the part that you get through to feel like you've earned spring. The weather has been "teh suXXorz" this winter; cold, windy, and no snow. That might change tomorrow, if some of the promise holds out. I think it's going to fizzle though.

Anyway, preparations continue and continue to evolve for Terri to retire. She's dropped a couple of resumes, and discovered more days off that she has to take. We're starting to get more excited about our trip to Hawaii the first week in April.

I've been helping out the last three weeks at the Legion Post, with Bingo on Monday mornings. I'm just doing concessions, but I like the fact that I'm doing something to help out. As a result, I've also been recruited into the local VFW Post. No doubt my mad concession skills were noticed! I may see about getting over there once a month or something, I don't want to spread myself too thin, but something to get me moving on Monday mornings is good for me. Besides, some of the bingo ladies are a trip!

I used to think of all these guys as just the old guys in the funny hats, but now that I've gotten involved, I see that they truly are service organizations, even if that's not what some of the members are all about. The old guys in the funny hats are though, and that's why I'm involved. We've been asked to march in the St. Patrick's Day parade here in Manassas, so that'll be fun again.

Let's see, what else? Jason's District Choir performance was this past weekend, and they sounded fantastic! Terri and I thought that the middle school level didn't sound as good as in the past, but the high school mixed choir was strong. A couple of Jason's friends made All State, with the auditions being held during District rehearsals. Unfortunately Jason won't be able to try out until his Junior year. They are apparently wary of voice change issues. I guess I was lucky, mine changed early and smoothly, so I have a hard time relating to this restriction.

I guess that's about all for now. Same stuff, different day.