So much to catch up on...

I feel like I've got enough material swirling around in my head for about five blog posts, but unfortunately time constraints limit me to just a "weekend recap."

Thursday Night - Drew and the rest of his first-grade homies put on "Dancing Around the World." It was great. You haven't lived until you've seen your child perform in a school program (with an added bonus that we got to see him dance a little French jig to Frere Jacques and some sort of Israeli/Jewish dance). What was Drew's speaking part in the program? "Did you know that the water of the Dead Sea is so dense from salt that people can float in it without even trying?" We are so proud.

Friday - Our office officially moved into the new federal courthouse. If you think moving a family is a pain, increase that frustration/chaos by about tenfold for an office move.

Friday Night - Missi and I attended the Oregon Law Students Public Interest Fund Benefit Auction at the law school. It was a really great time!

Saturday - We just kind of hung around, did housework, relaxed, took naps, etc...It was nice to be together as a family for a lazy Saturday.

Saturday Night - One of my best friends in the world came down to Eugene with his girlfriend to watch the Ducks - Huskies basketball game. We had dinner at our house first and then made it over to Mac Court. The energy in the building was INTENSE because of the rivalry between the two schools. Fortunately the Ducks were able to pull it off. After the game we had some amazing dessert at Sweet Life. Later that evening we went to Rennie's to meet up with my friends Mike and Cassidy who had come down to Eugene for the game. There are few things better than being able spend time with some of your truest friends.

Sunday - We went to church, watched Garden State (maybe a 6/10), and then celebrated our anniversary. We went to the mall together, got pedicures together, and then had a great dinner at this new restaurant here in Eugene. It's called Bates' Steakhouse and it has this Westernish feel to it, but it's really great. It was a really nice evening reminiscing over our seven years of marriage and looking toward the future.

Here are a couple of pictures:



Jeff and Meghan



Me and my better half

Day in the life...

I've been struggling with posting entries lately so I thought I'd just post my schedule for today.

SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY 2/22/07

6:00 AM - Wake up, feed the dog, try to stealthily sneak out of the house to avoid waking up the fam
7:00 AM - Play two games in the Legal Basketball Association (LBA). Our team (The Litigators) was 2-0 today against Quasi-in-Rim and The Rainmakers!
8:30 AM - Go to work at the U.S. Attorneys Office
8:45 - 11:45 AM - Work (packing up boxes in preparation for our office's move to the new federal courthouse)
11:45 AM - Drive to the law school
12:00 AM - Moot Court Board meeting
1:00 - 2:15 PM - Legal Profession class
2:30 4:20 PM - Business Associations class
4:45 PM - Drive home to the fam, eat dinner, play with the kids, etc...
7:00 - 8:30 PM - Go to my son's first grade school program ("Dance Around the World")
9:00 - 11:00 PM - Study, work on writing a paper

Recent Pictures and a Video of Zeke

He's growing so fast!

The Latest Chapter from “Kid’s Say the Darnedest Things”

So Drew and I are at the grocery store on Saturday morning and we are walking through the meat section. Drew turns to me and says, “Dad, it says they have sliced LION back there! Can you believe that?” As a matter of fact, no, I couldn’t believe that, so I turned the cart back around to see what he had read and do you know what it said? “Sliced Pork LOIN”. Ah, what a difference a letter makes…

3 Things

1. Quote for the day: "Lawyers are sort of like sausage: You don’t really want to see either of them being made…"

2. This, this, and this sickens me. How can stuff like this still happen in this day and age?

3. Thanks for the comment Amber-Rose. Glad I'm not the only person with a "misspelled word" pet peeve.

Ah...the glamorous life I lead

Here's what I'm looking at right now:




I think more than anything, this post is a memorialization of the fact that I really don't have a life, and I think I'm OK with that. Here I am at 10:45PM on a Friday night in the journal office working on editing an article discussing qualified immunity for police officers.

Why I am at school this late on a Friday night? Well, my entire fam is up in Portland for a few days, and that, combined with the fact that I have a really busy week next week, was my motivation for being here to work. The way I figure it, the more I work now the more, the less I have to work when my wife, kids, and dog get back home.

Currently listening to: Josh Ritter - Golden Age of Radio

Pet Peeve Alert

Only those who know me REALLY well know that I have a pet peeve with public misspellings. These include such things as “BIG SAIL TODAY!” and “THE BEST DEALS ARE HEAR”. Signage with such egregious abuses to the language just drive me crazy.

So of course I spotted this jewel on my drive to school today: “WE EXCEPT VISA/MASTERCARD.” Just another sign of how successful our public school system is.