No, that is not the condiment you use with fries.  🙂 

Of course, that depends on what part of the country you come from.  Spending time with my brother the early part of this week was a session in cultural awareness.  Rob has traveled extensively around the U.S. as a result of his nearly 20 years in a singing/speaking ministry.   He has since gone back to reviving his ministry since getting married a little over two years ago; leaving his church in Louisville; and moving to Belle Vernon, PA.  He entertained us, as well as our friends who were with us.

From Sunday afternoon through late Tuesday afternoon,  Jo and I, and some friends from the church were either going to, in, or coming back from Pittsburgh.  I have come to several conclusions.

1)  I am not as young as I used to be.  Well…duh!  I can remember when marathon trips did not bother me at all.  I can remember twice pulling a 16 hour trip from Terre Haute to Knoxville and back when Tami was in college.  Not this boy!  Not this time, or any other time for that matter!  🙂

2)  Catch up is a bear.

From 2000-2005 we lived in a small town called Castalia, OH.  There was a really cool place called Back to the Wild.  Mona, as the link shows, took great pride in rehabilitating animals of all kinds.  There were some though that were unable to be released because they could not survive.  An eagle with one eye missing.  A white fox that was blind from inbreeding.  One of her examples during her presentations was an owl (broken wing).  This dude was big.  One of the features she showed was how the owl can almost literally turn his head completely around.  Sort of like those cartoons you see.

THAT. IS. WHAT. CATCH-UP. IS. LIKE. TO. ME.

The head spins and nobody knows where or when it will stop.   You’ve been there I know that.  So you know exactly what I am talking about.  I had a great time.  No, make that a really great time (made better because the Pirates won).  Sorry Steve and all two of you Reds fans out there.  Wait a second! I’m not sorry!  What am I saying? 😛

Since I am an early riser, I did have some good alone time.  It turned out to be me, God, and Chloe (their dog).  But today’s work day brought me back to reality as I tried to…well…catch-up on things.  As I sit here writing this at 4:30 in the afternoon, I am not sure if I accomplished that or not.  Oh well, least I have a head start on Thursday’s work day.

One thing I must do is apologize for not commenting on your blogs.  I opened up my computer to over 70 posts to read.  Ain’t no way I can do that and have a life.  So, I read but did not comment.  Thanks for coming by here and commenting on Adam’s story.   I will try to be more socially conscious now.  🙂  Have a great Thursday.