Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites College Station-Aggieland

... further suffering. On their advice, Socks died peacefully in mommy’s arms on October 28, 2009 in College Station, TX.

People who knew Socks would all agree that he was one spoiled cat. How could anyone not love him? He was a lap cat who constantly purred and was always at the door to greet us when we came home. When he sensed that we were sad, he would sit on our lap and purr.

Socks loved to camp with us and to explore each new ...

... both entertaining and educational.

During his presidency, sweeping changes took place across the globe. The collapse of the Soviet Union, America’s archenemy for fifty years, heralded the spread of democracy and freedom in Eastern Europe. His excellent leadership provided stability during reunification of Germany, a country divided for fifty years during the Cold War. The success of Operations Desert ...

Left Arlington, TX early in the morning. Heavy rain predicted later on in the morning, definitely wanted to leave before the rain. Ran into rain anyway so it took longer than usual. Texas received heavy rain the past 2 weeks that caused severe flooding in the Dallas / Houston area, of course this is where we are .

I guess this was the main reason I came back at this time for vacation. On the plus side - got to see the whole family in one place over a couple of days.

Outside of having to dress up in a tux, it was a good time. And my rental car even got into the wedding.

Made a quick stop by the Traveling Aggies office to make sure everything was taken care of for my Peru / Machu Picchu vacation next year. I was a little worried trying to do everything from across the pond.

Looks like it will be a good trip & I got the names of the other travellers.

Met up with another high school friend living in College Station. Conveniently, his kids were playing flag football at the same time as my brother's step-son.

Then off to the hotel. My suite on the top floor, right next to the Hilton emblem.

This year I only get to make one football game from Scotland. The Aggies are playing Oklahoma State. Krista is able to make her annual game as well. Not sure if the win streak will continue - every game she has gone to over the years, the Aggies have won.

Update - well, the streak is over. Wasn't as close as the final score. But it was a good day out, even if the weather wasn't as nice as forecasted.

... units of blood. He received a bone marrow transplant from his sister just six months ago, in March 2009. He is currently having a trouble with Graft vs Host disease but otherwise was looking great and very thankful that his sister was a match.
They had a cool canvas goodie bag for each of us. The goodie bags have the Lone Star Circle of Life logo embroidered on them, with a hat and some other goodies in ...

... after another look. Saturday was pretty much another hang out with the Burdines day. I played Puerto Rico with the boys. Very fun board game. If you haven't heard of it, check it out. Adeana took a nap, made some phone calls, then we all went over to Justin's parents house for dinner. After that the guys went to go see Watchmen and the girls watched Mamma Mia. Not sure who had the better or worse time :-) Off to bed and an early rise tomorrow to go check out the church. Curt

well i am still in Texas because they delayed my departure yet again. the us embassy has put into effect an authorized departure. What this means is that any us employee that wants to leave Haiti can because the us gov will pay for it. as long as this is in effect no us employee can enter on the gov dime. makes sense because why would they pay for you to go there and pay for you to come back if you don't like it. but wait the peace corps already guarantees that ...