Back from Montana 2007

It is quite difficult to recount an entire week of vacation, so I'll only share a few tidbits.

Sometimes little kids are painfully honest:

"Andrew!" shouted three-year-old Laela (my niece).
"Hey Laela!" I replied, "How was your trip?"
Before she could answer, a look of concern clouded her face. After a moment she broke the silence, "Why is your nose so big?"
Laela's mom went into damage control mode. Speaking to Laela, "Andrew has an adult nose. That is why his nose is bigger than yours."
Laela, looking for clarification, started examining the other grown ups' noses from her seat.
"So he's the only adult here then, isn't he?"

One scary experience was my sister's poor driving skills. I have been an irresponsible driver. It was a phase I had to work hard at improving, and sometimes I still fall back into my old ways. I know what it is like to have the whole car mad at you because you put their lives in danger. But really, if you put the car's occupants in danger, you kinda need to change your driving skills. Going over a hundred mph and the driver not realizing how fast you are going is disquieting. As is being in the back seat while going ninety mph on a busy freeway with the driver listening to her iPod and texting.

Overall though it was really fun to float on the lake, watch a lot of the Office, go to my first and last Harry Potter release party, and play with my family and Janelle.

But now it is time to move.