Wow, get ready for dissapointment... First of all, I will not be geting Lasik eye-surgury. I had my pre-op exam yesterday and was informed I was not a good candidate. My vision is -8.5 diapters and my cornea isn't thick enough for the surgury. Apparently they would have to laser off so much of my eye to get it to focus I wouldn't have much left. Yeah...that sounds real good. They have another version of the surgury that I am supposedly qualified for called PK. However, in this scenario they just laser off the top of your eyeball and let it heal. It is painful, has a long recovery period, and has to be done one eye at a time over the course of many weeks. Blech, thanks, but no thanks. So, it's back to contact lenses and glasses for the rest of my life.
Now, about London. I won't be going to London. The busisness trip involves a group of people scattered all over the world. We all voted on the date and place. Then, the main people organizing it just unil
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Just a brief post. First of all, I am reading my friend David Metzener's weblog and he is doing a great job keeping up with the election news with great links and commentary. Over the weekend, let's see, what did I do. On Saturday I attended the High School band competition in Washington, Missouri to watch my daugher compete. On Sunday our company got tickets to Six Flags for all of the employee's and their family. The park was closed to the public and the kids could ride every ride in the park, over and over again, without any lines. So they did. Me, I don't do amusement park rides, I just hiked around the park and got my exercise.
Yesterday I took my kids out of school and took them down to the Cardinals first division series playoff game. It was unbelievable! The Cardinals rocked the Dodgers with five home runs! My kids had a fantastic time and were very appreciative.
I'm taking my friend David Whatley to game two tomorrow evening. I want us to win a world