As usual when I start writing these things, I am strapped for time. Fortunately I don't think I have much to put here today. I just feel kind of bad that I haven't written in a while. My birthday weekend was a success. Matt, Lisa, Tiffany, and I had a great time touring the wine country and enjoying our time together. There has already been some discussion about doing this again. Over the course of the weekend, we visited a handful of wineries, as well as the Garrison Brothers bourbon distellery. That place was amazing. Travel tip: if you want to drink extra boubon, take this tour with people that don't drink bourbon. As we were leaving that place, we ran into a guy that I went to high school with. He also worked at HEB back in the day, so he recognized Tiffany and Matt as well. It was fun to see him, and we all had a good laugh about it. It's weird to run into people you haven't seen in 15 years. Matt posted a slideshow of the pictures from this trip on my Facebook page if you haven't seen them.
I have spent much of the last couple of weeks doing research for our upcoming trip to Paris. I am starting to get pretty excited, even though this wasn't at the top of my list for vacation spots. I am excited about rocking out to Metallica with 80,000 European fans. My guess is that we won't be the only Americans in the crowd. This morning Ethan told me that Metallica was his favorite band. I promise I am letting him make up his own mind about this. A couple of weeks ago, we took him to the civic center to see Veggie Tales Live. He seemed to enjoy that pretty well too, so he doesn't have perfect taste. We also have tickets to see Elmo Makes Music in a couple of weeks. I will try to endure that as well as I can. To make up for that, we are going to see the Toadies next week. Last weekend, I had to work, so Tiffany took Ethan to the zoo. His favorite animal was the jaguar, or at least that is what he remembers the best. I guess that's everything for now. I told you I was in a hurry. I have to stop writing so I can find some cute pictures to post. Have a great weekend.
