Cold Front...

As you may or may not know, our world in North Texas (specifically Dallas) came to a screeching halt this past weekend. This, of course, was due to the massive cold front that swept into the area on Saturday morning. We all hung up our flip flops and shorts for our winter parkas... I noticed a sizable increase at local grocery stores where frightened citizens were stocking up on all the necessary items to sustain life during a prolonged crisis event. On Saturday the temperature plummeted to a low of 36 and a high of an unbelievable...

Are you ready for this...?



The further north you are the less funny this will be...




A high of 59 degrees.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE THINKING… How do people sustain themselves with such cold temperatures? However, we are fighters here and some how managed to get by…

Now this would be funnier if it weren't actually true. I know, pathetic. Remember, in Texas a morning low of 36 is the equivalent of all of you waking up to 6 inches of snow with the degrees in the teens.

Y’all will be happy to know that everything is back to normal now with a high of 74 degrees… I’m sorry, what is the weather up there??? I know, I am going to pay for that comment…

I have been really busy at work. Two of my locations are under performing (operationally) and at best are going to downsize and worst be closed. This means I have to decide on reduction of staff. This, of course, is a polite way of saying i’m going to have to can people for reasons they don’t directly control. It is odd that when I fire someone for not performing, theft or integrity I actually feel like I accomplished something good. And in some ways even good for them. But reducing staff to help make an operation profitable is something else completely. I'm still uncertain how this makes me feel. I will have to let you know that later...

Nothing especially exciting to report. I have been seeing and talking to Megan a little less each week. I believe this is beginning to flame out. Since our age difference and business/social lives are VERY different we really only have two things in common. One is conversations and the other I will leave to your imagination. I am at a point of exchanging emails with a women I met on E-Harmony, but that is too soon to tell anything. I still have a few “usual” hangouts that I like going to. One is the Restaurant/Bar in Grapevine that is similar to Hooters. My favorite radio station and radio DJ have a “weekend” party there every Friday from 7-9. There is always a “theme” and Friday’s is a Bikini Spelling Bee. Lets face it, a spelling bee can ONLY by entertaining if it has “of age” girls in bikinis.

Well, that is it for now. I am excited to see everyone that I can when I am back in Ohio for Thanksgiving and Christmas...