Reliving Old Times
It had been since last Aggie football season that we had been to College Station…We were due for a return trip to Aggieland. The occasion was Justin’s birthday, a ring dunk or two, and the Maroon & White game. We ended up having a few last second hic-ups with scheduling and finding the dogs a place to crash, but Brent and Sarah were able to hook us up with a place to stay. They were even nice enough to let Touché’ and Rex harass their dog and cat all weekend. Overall, it was great to see everyone again and to share a drink or two (I think it was just two, I can’t remember) with some of our best friends. We just need to find a way to keep in touch with everyone.

To-Do List
The To-Do list on the iPhone has been growing larger and larger, but it’s actually a relief. Jessica and I have moved passed the huge stressful house projects and have moved onto the numerous little things that we need to get caught up on (Change air filters, write more in the blog, work on getting started on some of our long term goals in life, find out what’s making that noise in the attic, etc.). These are much less stressful and easy to knock out in a day. Usually if I can knock one or two things off of my list every day I’m pretty satisfied. Thanks again to Jessica’s family to help us with the landscaping
Social Networking
This is where I get nerdy, so feel free to skip this section if you just don’t care…but really it’s ok to be nerdy. No is watching you read this anyway right?
Besides the blog, I’ve been working on ways to stay in touch with the people I know, trying to find ways to get back in touch with people I used to talk with, and trying to meet new people that could become great contacts in the future. Now I’m set up on Facebook (have been for a while), LinkedIn (the business version of facebook), I even have a twitter account that I’ve hooked up to the facebook account. Social networking is much more fun and beneficial when it’s social, so why not sign up and give it a try. Here are links to my profiles…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Hollis-Miles/8308074
http://www.linkedin.com/in/hollismiles
http://twitter.com/hmiles619
Astros Baseball Game
Old friends always ask, “How do you like living in Houston?” …And my answer is always the same, “Well, at one point, Houston was last on my places in Texas where I want to live. But now I love it, It really is a bad place to visit because of the traffic and sprawl, but it’s a great place to live because you’re never bored in Houston.” Well that rang true again last week when I got lucky enough to get the free company tickets for the Astros game vs. the Dodgers. Justin, the girls, and I had a great time. How can you not have a good time with a view like this?

Marathon Man
For those of you that don’t know, Chris ran a marathon (26.2 miles) this past weekend in Oklahoma City. Most of you know that I was a pretty serious runner when I was younger, which means two things,
1) I can seriously respect what a huge lifetime accomplishment that this is… As much as I ran in my lifetime, I doubt I ever broke the 7 mile marker. So this is at least 20 miles longer than my longest run ever. No matter what happens from now on, Chris knows he’s tough enough to finish a marathon, low blood sugar and all.
2) I’m so burnt out on running that I don’t ever see myself gaining the desire to do anything like this ever in my life. But either way, congrats Chris on the 4000 calorie workout; I’m sure you’ll be sore for a while.
Finally A Free Weekend!
For the first time in 10 weekends, I’m scheduled to be at home doing nothing when Saturday and Sunday roll around. In the last ten weekends I’ve done the following…
-Attended 4 weddings
-Traveled over 5000 miles
-Slept in 8 different beds (if you count the floor as a bed)
-3 Baseball games (Astros, CC Hooks, Aggies)
-Spent way too much money on food and travel
-Participated in about 20 toasts
-Played 3 rounds of golf
-Hung out with nearly every good friend I have
Well, good. Now we’re caught up. I can cross you guys off my to-do list.