It's been a while

Hi there Marjorites.

Can you believe we're leaving in less than two months?

I'm not sure if you missed me or you've noticed, but it's been a few weeks since I last posted on this blog.

I've been a busy boy and so have a bunch of the rest of you. March is always the most frantic and exhausting month in my business. Things will start slowing down for me to a more usual pace starting about now, so I promise I'll resume bombarding you with fresh posts.

I regret that I blew the opportunity to do my planned April 1 blog post announcing that the Marjorie 2 had a serious kitchen fire and was out of service for the summer, the travel agency wasn't offering us a refund and I was having to call off the trip. It's just as well I guess.

A little news.

Cathleen has had fairly major surgery but is back in fine form and ready to take France by storm.

Teri has been overwhelmed preparing her Ad Team and all the other projects she has taken on--they compete next week. Teri has been on physical therapy for her bum knee the last few weeks. For you "Biggest Loser" fans, she has nicknamed her physical therapist Jillian. It's going well--she's walking better than she has in years and she's lost a bunch of weight in the process. Significant weight loss seems to be a trend with the ladies in our group--not a trend I've shared, I'm afraid.

Mike became our personal symbol of the economy--he was laid off and then re-employed by the gigantic insurance company he works for--and now Mike, Jen and the kids will be moving to Richmond.

Steve and Mel have a new home, which they absolutely love--and their permanent Austrian houseguest has departed for good. Hey Steve, thanks for the book! I'm bringing it with me to read while we're on the trip. Seems appropriate.

Colleen has been jet setting--most recently to Los Angeles--and now she's preparing to be descended on by a bunch of rabble rousing Jazz Festers (including moi).

I don't have any Beau and Kathy news--what's up with you guys? Oh, Beau, I'll walk the streets of Paris with you any time! Also I hope you join me on a couple of bike rides along the canals of Burgundy.

Teri and some of the other ladies are planning a Biloxi shopping trip in May.

I'll be a kept man starting June 1 as I'm taking at least a year long break from toiling for any organization other than myself, my church or the Henley Family. I keep reminding Teri that I'm not going to be unemployed--I'm going to be self-employed--but I can see the doubt in her eyes. I'm sure we'll all have long discussions of this over dinner along the way.

Oh, who is up for a second CD of French songs? I've got one ready to burn, but if y'all didn't groove to the last one I won't bother, so you have to beg me to do it. I will tell you that you haven't lived until you've heard "These Boots Are Made For Walking" and "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Bikini" sung in French.

That's the news from Lake Woebegone.