Stranded in Casper

Casper's been having a lot of snow this holiday weekend. So has Denver. We were supposed to leave Casper tonight around 4:40pm for home. The girls at the United desk, who seemed more than a little busy, let us know when we got there that the weather was bad in Denver and that our plane had not even left Denver yet. After loitering in the airport for an hour, we had in effect missed our connection flight on to Houston. And this being the Sunday after Thanksgiving, there were no open flights tonight or tomorrow morning. So, the ladies were happy to hear that we would prefer to wait and leave Monday afternoon and have another night to spend with the Sheppards instead of spending the night in Denver, somewhere. I'll miss the presentation tomorrow afternoon at work, but Rich can cover for me.

This holiday has been fun, except that A&M lost to Texas. We spent a night at Pat and Jessica's, along with Caroline. Caroline (she doesn't have a nickname yet, except for maybe Sugarbutt... ask Jessica about that one) was pretty good, sleeping from 8:30pm to midnight. Meanwhile we played Texas Hold Em Poker. I think I would enjoy playing poker once every other week or so, maybe some of our friends in Houston will be up for it. Jessica won one time, Jen the other. Pat and I just can't bluff our wives that well. But they don't seem to have a problem bluffing us.

There's probably a lesson in there somewhere...

Meanwhile I finished book two of the Homecoming series by Orson Scott Card. If I haven't mentioned it, Card has long been one of my favorite authors. In fact, I may decide he's my favorite. The series takes place a long time in the future on a world far, far away. It seems to be a retelling of much of the Old Testament, with a sci-fi flavor that fits it very well. If I could be half the author that Card is, I'd be happy. I've never, ever been bored reading one of his novels or short stories. And I've read many of them. He has very intriguing premises, exploring how people of certain character act and react. Some of these themes are religious, some moral, some both. Card's work always provides much food for thought.