bags are packed, by the door

i just got home from plains, ks where i did the wedding for a wonderful couple who were acquaintances this winter and are now solid friends. it was an awesome time and i'm grateful that our journey to joy still allowed for me to be there this weekend. at the same time, i didn't get nearly the time with them that i would have liked.

i get less then stellar cell phone coverage pretty much any where but here so the wife and kid didn't know when to expect me home. i made it back to an empty house - even the dog has gone to mei mei's house to enjoy farm life while we are in china. if it weren't for the packed bags by the back door i would've worried the momma and the big brother had started the journey with out me!

i still have no good idea where they are at this moment but i better get crackin' and finish my part of the packing. for all i know amy will want to leave tonight! not that that will make our flight any sooner but it will be forward progress. football camps are starting up and so i'll throw in a football analogy to celebrate. it's first down and we're just pounding right up the middle. haven't broken through for any big gains yet but we're making forward progress. it is a game of inches after all.