Long time, no blog

Its been almost 3 months since I posted, and quite a few things have happened... I'll go for the short list below, and will probably get some stuff out of order... or maybe not, since, as Chad likes to point out, I'm anal about which day of the week it was, and what people were wearing, and other pointless details when recounting a story.

My Sister graduated from Mount Carmel High School - oh God, I'm getting old! Congrats Donna!

Republic of Texas (ROT) Biker Rally - my first real Biker Rally - was a good time, except for the fact that my bike died the Thursday night before! The wires that go from the alternator to the battery (for charging) got disconnected when I installed my new foward foot controls(oops) - didn't find that out until a week or so later, so I was riding around on battery power. But I did get to see George Thorogood sing "Bad to the Bone". Anyway, pictures from the rally here.

So Chad has accused me of nesting! I've purchased furniture, flowers, and plants for my patio, bought a few paintings and hung them on the walls, bought a violin and hung it and my trumpets on the wall in my "music room" formerly known as the dining room, and put all my car posters up in the garage. Does that constitute nesting?

A few weekends ago, Diego and Anna came to visit the Riche's and we rented a pontoon boat and spent a few ours out on Lake Travis. We also took them to see the Bats under the Congress Ave. Bridge - good times had by all.

And of course, no blog post is complete without mention of cars somehow. A few weekends ago I went to two car shows - the Corvette Summer Celebration and the Texas Heatwave, which, incidentally, I realized I've gone to for the past 4 years and have never had the same person come to the show with me... was it something I said, or just the rediculous amount of scorching heat? And on the opposite end of things, here are some pics from the Car Museum at the Imperial Palace Casino in Vegas - most of these cars with in the $150k-$1m range - crazy.

So Vegas... This was my second trip there, and a bit of a different experience than the first 10 hours of craziness Chad and I spent there 5 years ago (think 7pm-5am). A group of 13 of us went to Vegas for Victor Garibay's bachelor party - it was actually much tamer than I was expecting, but we still had a good time and got in the necessary debauchery. Also learned how to play craps and won $200, and came out +$100 as far as gambling (would have been more if we hadn't stayed up till 11:30am the last night teaching these three sisters how to play blackjack!), so overall good trip!

I was going to write about another major event in my life, but decided it really deserved its own post, so expect that soon... Along with updates from me in Germany - I'm going to try Taylor and Chad's suggestion and try to blog as I go...