ThatÂ’s it folks, IÂ’m out of here! IÂ’ll see you all in a week! IÂ’m sure most of you won't even notice IÂ’m away while others will wander aimlessly around looking for stuff to destroy. IÂ’d recommend looking in the nightstands.

I contemplated turning over the keys to the blog for a guest poster. The more I thought about it, the less I liked that idea. Most of the people I would have asked to do a guest post or two I either wouldnÂ’t trust with the keys or wouldnÂ’t want to touch this dark hole in the basement of the internet. (Hey, itÂ’s ugly but itÂ’s mine!) And that really is the main reason I didnÂ’t ask someone to guest blog, this is my blog. I donÂ’t want to share. There is some satisfaction in knowing that I did this by myself.

Just in case someone decides to throw a party here in my absence, I left some party favors out.

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I hope you have a blast!

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This has been an absolutely strange day. Not, bad, just strange in a “that never happens” kind of way. There are so many stories I would love to share with you, unfortunately due to various reasons I cannot. The biggest reason being that two of the better stories would violate federal law. Some people might find prison blogging amusing; I however am not one of them. The next biggest reason is that some of the people involved know about this blog and check it out occasionally, or I’m afraid they will find out about it and read what I had written. No good would come from that either way.

This Friday I am leaving for my vacation. My wife and I are taking the kids to visit her relatives in Wichita, Kansas. While we are passing through Iowa, I have the opportunity to meet a guy from one of my football message boards. HeÂ’s a Green Bay fan that lives in Iowa. Since we were swinging that way, I thought it would be nice to put a face to his name/handle.

Last week I worked up the nerve to put in for another promotion at work. Apparently, IÂ’m doing well enough in my current position in the mentoring area. My manager put pressure on me to apply for a supervisory position that opened up. That does mean direct reports. While IÂ’m not sure IÂ’m quite ready for it, I figure what does it hurt to apply. What is the worst thing that will happen? They say no. Then IÂ’m in the same position I was in if I didnÂ’t apply, I donÂ’t have the promotion. IÂ’d rather try and not get it then to not try and never know.

Football season is right around the coroner. Preseason starts here shortly, and the camps began last week. IÂ’m ready for football; I need it. Maybe this year I can get more participation in my pool and salary cap league (ItÂ’s like fantasy football only easier) then I did last year. Both are run through Yahoo, so you have to have a Yahoo account. Last year I ended up winning the pool, so IÂ’m not complaining. ItÂ’s just more fun if you have more people playing. If you are interested, leave me a comment and IÂ’ll send you and invite. If you donÂ’t have a Yahoo account, you can create one free.

Damn, I wish I could tell you a couple of my stories. They are all that is going through my head right now. That makes it hard to post.

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