Our First Anniversary...

... was spent at TU Homecoming October 13-15, 2006.

Those of you who know Dave can truly appreciate how meaningful it was to him to spend his first anniversay married to a Taylor woman at Taylor Homecoming!

We left home only 30 minutes or so later than planned. But what should have been approximately a four-hour drive was squeezed into SEVEN! We spent over half of that time getting out of Chicagoland because of construction.

To illustrate my frustration about this, I share the following:

My friend Diane once told me a story about her first visit to Chicago. The story goes that she was while listening to traffic reports on the radio in Chicago, she kept hearing the announcers refer to the "d*mn Ryan Expressway." At the time she told me this story, she said she thought to herself, "Boy, they must REALLY hate that highway!"

Of course, the highway is actually called the DAN Ryan Expressway. But given all the construction as of late, one can understand why it might be called otherwise.

But alas, I digress.

It is always a blessing to be able to reconnect with friends, most especially ones you haven't seen in a long time. I was so happy to see my good friend from college, Brenda, again. And Bren, we know, you're still "cold, tired and hungry!"

The only down side of the weekend was that while trying to be "artistic" for an anniversary picture by Taylor Lake, I pulled a hamstring running to get in the picture before the camera timer expired.

I hope to never feel pain like that again. I had no painkiller with me and a four hour drive home. Thankfully it didn't take us seven hours to get back to Chicago!

But since I developed plantar fasciitis in my left foot earlier this year, I now have only one decision to make -

Which leg do I limp on? :)