Made it to Memphis on the long drive home. Gonna try and make it the rest of the way back to Stafford, VA tomorrow. If all goes well I can do it in less than 15 hours. When I was younger I could (and did) drive all night long—now I can feel it in my body after 8 hours or so….well, I am just gonna suck it up and put the cruise control on 74 mph and roll down I-40…..

It was a little melancholy leaving Oklahoma today. Had a great but too brief visit with the parents. When I get back from Korea my folks should be all settled into their new South Carolina homestead. Don’t know that I will have any call to spend much time in good ol’ OK. Lots of nice memories and good friends from my days there. Well, the world keeps on spinning and the only constant is that things change. We move on, but I guess we also leave a little bit of ourselves behind.

It’s late, I’m tired, and have been true to my desire to post some words here each day. I’m at a hotel with wireless Internet, and it took me a while to figure out how to get my new laptop to find the network. I have no clue when it comes to these technical niceties…but I did persevere. And this post is YOUR reward. Yeah, I’m generous to a fault. I know.