Welcome Home Little Kat

Today I woke up very early to make it to the airport. Luckily there was not that much traffic and I got there early. It was kind of empty on the arrivals floor. I brought my newspaper to pass the time. Read it from front to back.

Little Kat came out with not much fanfare at the airport. He had a wild head of hair. Looks like he did not get that hair cut he needed this summer. There were a number of people on his plane. But they were mostly just passing through to their destination. Little Kat said about 5 people got off the plane in our city.

Strangely enough Little Kat said he stayed up the while night last night. We still made him come to school in order to assist Momoko set up her classroom. He was a bit cranky. He crashed hard on his bed when we got back to the house at dinner time. Little Kat went to bed without eating even a piece of the pizza we ordered for dinner.

Kit Kat Returns

Today Kit Kat was scheduled to return home from visiting her dad. I work closer to the airport. So I was supposed to pick her up after work.

During the work day, I got a call from Little Kat. He said that Kit Kat had no boarded the plane. What he meant was that her flight was delayed. I called her and found it was at least 30 minutes late.

With the extra time, Momomko instructed me to eay on my own since it would be late before I got home. I went to the local BBQ place and got a burger and fries.

After dinner I ran into some heavy traffic on the highway. Then I was surprised at the airport when they closed the garage level where I normally park. It took a while to find a spot on another crowded garage level.

I though I was okay because it was still early. However Kit Kat's flight made up some time in the air. Luckily I met Kit Kat at the baggage claim. We got home pretty quickly and celebrated Kit Kat's birthday a day late.

Intuition

I stayed a little late at work today. So I had to drive straight to school after work. Traffic was good, so I had time to stop off and get a steak and cheese sub. I got to the college campus with time to spare.

Now I had already read the chapter for this week. However it was not a meaty chapter. So I decided to read ahead into the next chapter before class. I almost finished it. Turns out this was a good move.

Our instructor breezed through the chapter for the week. Then he moved ahead to next week's chapter. I was prepared. The instructor also cancelled the final exam. Bold move. He said he already knew the grade he would give each of the students in the class. If I was not already making a strong A in the class, I might have protested.

Never Again

Some time ago Momoko and I went into the city to visit this Italian restaurant. We used Momoko's car because it has GPS navigation. That was little to no help. The GPS kept telling us to go the wrong way. That is no fun when you got a lot of city traffic on the streets.

Momoko wanted to return. But there was no way I wanted to be driving back in that mayhem. Well Momoko said that if she got her diploma from grad school, she would like to return to the city restaurant. Her diploma came in the mail. So today we headed back.

As soon as we entered the city, I knew we were in trouble. The traffic was heavy even though it is the weekend. There were people walking the streets everywhere. And there was a lot of traffic. Random lanes were closed down due to traffic.

We enjoyed something called The Bookmaker Salad as an appetizer. It has salami, boiled egg, tons of shrimp, and a delicious house salad. Although I loved the food, I definitely don't like this evil city driving.

Dinner on the Cheap

I had to work a little late today. It is my school night. So I had to drive straight from work to school. The highway was bumper to bumper traffic. It was moving very slow. I only had time for McDonald's drive through for dinner.

My plan was to eat off the dollar menu. I got a McDouble for $1.00. Then I added a small fried for $1.00. Finally I asked for a cup of water. That is free of charge. The drive through line was slow. What was taking them so long?

When I got to the window where they give you the food, I got a bag with the burger and fried. However the dude handed me a bottle of Dasani water. I did not question it. That's a $1.29 value right there. Maybe the guy was new. Or maybe he was giving me a deal. I don't know. I did hit the gas before they asked me to pay for the water. Bank error in my favor this time.

Theme Park Adventure

My company had an employee appreciation day this weekend. They rented out a theme park for us. I only got two tickets. So I went with Little Kat. The traffic to get there was terrible. I almost turned around and went home before arriving. However we charged on. It was raining at our house. However after 2+ hours of driving, we found the theme park to be sunny weather.

Little Kat and I made a bee line to the go karts. He came in first place after the 10 laps of driving. It took over an hour in line to ride the go karts, But it was worth it. By the time we were done there, we were starved. Luckily there was free food in the pavilions. Little Kat and I loaded up on food. I was disappointed they had no free burgers. Little Kat was more disturbed that there was no chili for his hot dogs.

Next Little Kat tried to get me to ride some crazy spider looking spinner. No thanks. I held his bag as he went on it alone. We searched for some bumper cars next. One was closed for the summer. The other was for little kids. Little Kat tried to win a Domo stuffed animal by playing some carnival game. No luck there. We returned to the go kart. It was fun again. We grabbed some free soft drinks. I was worried about the drive home. So Little Kat bought some souvenirs and we went home.

The drive home had a lot of bad traffic too. However we got home in around 2 hours. Grabbed some burgers at Burger King. After dinner it was time to go to bed. It is a school and work night.

Beach Duty

Momoko woke up early today. She ran errands like getting Kit Kat's prescription and buying sun tan lotion. Then I had to wake up. Kit Kat is done with school, but she needed to drop a form off at school. So I drove her.

Then I took Kit Kat out to practice driving. She did some parking and backing up of the car. We had Little Kat pack Momoko's car. Then we were off to drive to the beach.

Our plan was to eat lunch at Sonic. However we got such a late start that I decided to stop by Burger King first. The ads say that they have Cherry and Coke Icee. However all they ever have at the local one is Cherry. Good enough.

We had some heavy traffic to start. Then it got a bit better until we were trying to cross a huge bridge. Traffic got tough again. We took a small detour to visit Sonic en route to the beach.

Once we got to the beach, we found our room to be very nice. The kids each had their own queen size bed in this huge room. Momoko and I had our own room with a king size bed. The air conditioning is blowing on my head. And Momoko is a bit troubled that the painting over the bed looks like it is about to fall. But I think we can manage. We are at the beach after all.

Chinese Buffet

Today I had to report to our company headquarters to fill out some paperwork. Me and the boys all went there. One of us keeps talking about this monster Chinese buffet by headquarters. We planned to go to lunch there today.

After signing the forms, we wanted to dash out the door. However one of us invited another dude from headquarters. Bad move. This other guy invited a couple other people. I am not against a big party for lunch. But we ended up waiting forever for everybody to be ready.

Whenever I go to headquarters, I need to get on the road super early. Otherwise traffic kills me. The problem was that I stayed up real late last night. I am talking until 3:45am. Was thinking a lot about the possible move to a new house. Then after I shut my eyes, my alarm goes off at 5:00am. Ouch. At least I had enough time to get a couple sandwiches at McDonald's for the ride west to headquarters.

Dangerous Stunts

Little Kat and I went to visit my mom. We did not stay long. So we headed home by highway. We saw two cats on motorcycles. They guys slowed down and were motioning to each other with their hands. At first I thought they were deciding on where to go.

In my rear view mirror I figured out what the commotion was about. The one motorcycle cat popped a wheelie. He must have been going 65 miles per hour. And he rode it for a long time. I told Little Kat to look. But he said he could not look, expecting the guy to fall off and be crushed by highway traffic.

This is where the weird part comes in. The cat rides a wheelie right off the highway onto the off ramp. Whew. Good thing he needed to exit. Little Kat and I drove on. Later one of the motorcycle pair zoomed past us going 90 to 100 miles per hour. Those cats just don't want to live long.

Bumping Along

Well, we have had a pretty interesting weekend. For some reason, I do not feel well rested. I am sure it has nothing to do with 2 feet of snow, loss of electricity, or slowly digging out of the neighborhood. I am glad we did not have to go to work/school today and I just found out we are off again for tomorrow.

I decided to venture out to the grocery store before the next storm hits. They are predicting another 8 inches of snow. Our street has not been plowed but the neighbors all worked together to make a single lane down the street. I had a little trouble leaving because there was a jeep blocking the path but I talked to the person who owned the jeep and he moved it out of the way.

Kit and I headed out and the roads were very slippery. The problem was that traffic could only travel in one direction. We were feeling pretty confident about making it to the store until we saw a big four-wheeler coming straight for us. The four-wheeler saw us and started to back up but he got stuck. After many tries, he finally was able to back up and we were able to pass to the next street.

We ambled slowly to the store and made it there without further incident. We stocked up on more food and drove slowly back home. When I got home, I asked Black to back my car up into the driveway because he is an expert backer upper. WHEW!!!

Now to hunker down for another round of snow.

Down to the Creek

Today I had three choices to get to work. I could go the slow but sure way to work. Or I could take a 2-lane highway that sometimes moves fine. The third option was to take the 4-lane expressway that gets backed up a lot. I chose the third option. The traffic was very heavy. I regretted this choice until I heard the 2-lane highway was actually shut down.

When I finally got back from work, I did not see Little Kat or Kit Kat. That was strange. I got back late. Momoko informed me that she sent them down to the creek at the edge of our property. Momoko needed samples from the creek for tomorrow's science class.

I had a little light left. So what did I do? Yep. I cut the grass. You got to be responsible with your work. After that I got back on the computer and did some work from home. My reward will be to watch some animation late tonight with Momoko and Kit Kat. That animation would be The Twelve Kingdoms.

Vacation Ordeal

Momoko and I slept in today. It is the first day of our vacation. Before driving to our destination, we decided to get some lunch. The line at Silver Diner wrapped outside the door. We went next door to Olive Garden because it seemed empty.

It is a two hour trip to the casino. So I figured it would be an easy ride. No chance. There was a big backup at the bridge. That added another two hours to the trip. I am glad it is not that far to the casino.

We did get lucky and found a close in parking place at the casino. Then we checked in and got some room service. Finally we let the slot machine games begin. I watched the iCarly movie at 8:00pm. Then I woke Momoko up for a night ride to Soninc. Delicious.

Absolute Gridlock

The big boss at work said my team needed to meet him. Of course his office is at headquarters, which is on the other side of town. Traffic is evil if you live near a big city.

I got up super early. Was on the road at 6:00am. There were still times I was stopped still on the highway due to traffic. But I made it to headquarters in good time.

Somehow I got trapped at headquarters. I could not leave until rush hour. That meant I got stuck in traffic, or the highway parking lot as I put it. I could not make it back home in time to see my mechanic, who was changing the oil in my truck. Tough day I tell ya.