Today was supposed to be a last fun cookout day with our Chicago friends. Well, Chicago weather, never our friend, intervened. Thunderstorms and flood warnings the whole day. Looks like I'll make a good dent in the 42 films I have to watch before school starts!

Backtracking . . .

Friday was a great day for my company. After 2.5 years of waiting, I finally led an enormous fleet of 31 Geekmobiles down Lakeshore Drive and all the way down Michigan Avenue, escorting our founder and CEO to a luncheon at the Chicago Hilton and Towers. I will post up some pictures when I get them. Needless to say the sight of 31 identical VW beetles rolling down Michigan Avenue caused quite a sensation. A bus driver was just hypnotized, so much so he ran into the SUV ahead of him. People were going crazy, running out onto the street after us, insane. We encircled the entire block the hotel is on with cars (a cop was driving around saying "The Geek Squad has arrived . . ." on his PA system). Felt very much like a handoff to this new generation of agents and I wish them well.

Yesterday was a cookout. Only knew a couple of people there and anyway, felt really tired and wanted to be home most of the day. Nice to see the folks we did know, though, although G was suffering some stomach problems this morning as a result of her cheeseburger.

So today, a disappointing day, but a reminder of one of the many reasons a move to sunny CA is the right one . . .