Last Saturday I drove down to Oklahoma City to pick up Emma. The drive down was smooth and I spent most of the southerly drive listening to “Execution: The Discipline Of Getting Things Done” by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan. Not gonna lie, if you’re not interested in business and learning how to execute your visions the book is a snoozer to listen to.

Anyways…Got to OKC around 3:00 PM and her mom showed up around 3:30 PM. Four minutes later we’re flying back north dodging thunderstorms. We jammed to the radio and the iPod and caught up.

It’s amazing how much her grammar and language has improved in just three months. She can really carry a conversation and we spent the whole drive talking about everything she’s been up to.

Northern Kansas got interesting as the storms got closer but we were able to duck most of them (Thanks, Corey and Dave, for the weather updates). Driving east from York I was able to watch the lightning flicker and flash in my rear view mirror as we headed towards Lincoln and then on home.

The week has been wild so far. Unfortunately on Sunday evening my car tanked. With lack of time, I was able to borrow a car from a friend while I repair the FreeCar(tm). Today I had time to replace the fuel filter and Saturday I’m going to replace the fuel pump when I have the morning to take care of it (and I don’t have to work).

Battling a sinus infection that appears to be on its way out the door. Today is the first day I’ve been able to breath without having a Kleenex attached to my face. After a week it’s a huge improvement.

Haven’t had a chance to do much dancing the last few weeks. I’m missing my Cha-Cha time. Dancing is such great stress relief for me and normally Thursdays are Salsa night at Rednecks–I just have to get organized babysitting so I can go next week.

Hopefully things will work out. Emma needs pool time and a trip to the zoo. Considering a trip to Oceans of Fun in a few weeks. We went and saw “Kung Fu Panda” last night which was a total blast. The summer is just starting and, if a bit rocky, it’s full of promise.