On the road again

I'm really only blogging here because I had another travel first.  I went to NY again this week.  But this time back to upstate NY.  Seneca Falls to be exact.  Before I digress into how much I love Seneca Falls and would move there today, I must first address the new experience I had.    While on the airplane cruising comfortably at 39,000 feet and going roughly 540 mph, a woman sitting in first class (I was in coach this time), had a seizure.  There I was sitting comfortably working away on my laptop when over the loudspeaker one of the flight attendants asked if there was a doctor or registered nurse on board.  The man sitting right behind me was an MD and jumped out of his seat and ran up to first class.  Well I guess after he assessed the situation, he determined the woman needed to get off the plane ASAP.  The captain made a quick announcement stating we would be landing in Omaha to get this woman some help.  We literally went from 39000 feet to sitting on the tarmac in 15 minutes.  Normally a decent from that altitude would take about 30 to 40 minutes.  Doing it in 15 made my ears pop about 6 times.  We landed, the fire truck and police officers were there.  They rushed onto the plane, put the woman on the stretcher and took her away.  What the captain didn't know in advance was that 757's don't land in Omaha anymore.  Meaning, getting back onto the tarmac to take off was going to be tricky.  They had to go search in their maintenance shed to find the appropriate steering bar that connects to the little cart to push us back out.  That took oh about 1 hour.  Long story short, I missed my connection and had to spend the night in Chicago.  

Now on to Seneca Falls.  I don't know what it is but every time I go there its just fantastic.  I'm not one for details, but suffice it to say that it would be a cool place to live.  I asked my wife if we could move there and she said no at first.  Then she said OK but she had to be able to come home any time she wanted.  Then she said that if she didn't like it at any time we had to move back, then she said maybe we just shouldn't move...........well long story short, we won't be moving...

Next stop - Phoenix!  

Apparently...

Apparently I just turned 30. Isn't that great? I'm 30. While I am very happy with my life as it is right now (I could lose a few lbs though) I can't believe I am 30. 30. If you keep saying it, it just doesn't get any better. 30. I expressed my thoughts about on the matter to my brother who promptly said "now we can make fun of mom and dad and tell them they are old". Classic Kevin. When did it all happen? 30! How did I go from sitting on the dock at Lake Mary every summer fishing with my Dad and grandparents to now going to Lake Mary (this year lake maime) and my son is fishing with his Dad and grandparents? How did I go from playing soccer at the age of 4 to being head coach of my son's under 6 soccer team? All things considered though, I do have a hot wife...can't complain about that. But apparently I'm 30. Thanks Em and Brian for a celebrating with me in Seattle. By the way, if you go to Snohomish on July 4th, bring kevlar and a helmet. It was a literal firework battlefield until 2am. I've never been in combat but played enough play station games to know battle sounds (its an accurate comparison I'm sure to the real thing) and it was CRAZY. I swear I kept hearing some sargeant in the background calling out orders...or was that my wife telling me not to blow up my hand firing off Roman Candles... But that was before I was 30. I don't stress about much of anything...but 30 is causing me stress.