One of the things that I enjoy about living here is the great people. A couple housed my then girlfriend from April until October. They were in our wedding (the wife was the matron of honor). They took our stuff and drove it from Minneapolis to Omaha and loaded it into our apartment on the top floor of a complex. This weekend, they also hosted a reception for us.

We had about 30 – 40 people attend, including folks from my office. It was a lot of fun to wear the shirt again, to see Laryssa in the wedding dress again, and to watch football with my friends. I feel truly blessed to be surrounded and honored by so many.

My thanks to everyone.

Last night, we decided to join some folks at a friend’s house for a game of nerts. I had never played, but I think I did okay. It’s the kind of game that you have to process a lot of things at once, so it provides a wonderful distraction.

Last week, there were a lot of things rattling around in my mind. Having a chance to have some fun felt great. It was also fun to see Kurt Busch win the the Nextel(r) Cup. Say what you will about the chase, but the last race of the season mattered, down to the last green-white checkered finish. It is also of great comfort to me that under the old point system Jeff Gordon would have won the Nextel(r) Cup quite handily. Why? Because I don’t root for Jeff Gordon. I root for ‘Little E’ and for whomever can put Gordon into the wall.

Anywho, back to work for the short work week.