depending how long it takes to box stuff up and whatever, this may be my last day on the internet for a lil while. Should anyone need me for anything, give my cell a call.

I confirmed with my CSM and Station Cdr; I am headin to Lufkin. I will be inprocessing in Houston before rollin to duty assignment. That means Colleen is headin your way, John. Not so sure about Belen yet. that gutless heap.

Again, yall be safe and I'll see yall here whenever I get internet access.

Have a safe trip... This will give me time to catch up and pass you on post count

have a safe move, we'll miss you around here, and you'll prob miss my branding. so by the time you come back ill be a man! haha

Stay safe Rich, and hope to hear from you soon!

Stay safe ,dont forget about us now.

Good luck with the move.

update: yep, I am currently in Houston for the night (thanks for the sofa-crash, John. I appreciate the free place to sleep). I am trying to buy a 2,000 sqft house on a 1/2 acre lot for 180,000 USD. The deal's lookin good so far. The wife and kids are doing great, albeit as ready as I am to finally be in our own place and not in with my father-in-law and step-mother-in-law. Dont get me wrong, I couldnt be more pleased with their tolerance and hospitality, but theres that feelin of inadequacy that Im having a hard time shaking.

Met my Station Commander and a couple of my co-workers already. Seems like a good bunch of folks to be working for. The area seems to be very friendly and accepting. We'll see how that perception of mine holds up. I sure hope it holds. I really do.

I thought the 'Bird was gutless before, boy she sure dont like high-humidity, sea-level hills, thats for sure. Texas's Hill Country has made the car pretty much an expensive paper weight. I have a BUNCH of work to do just to make her streetable.

But, point is: me and my family are all alive and well and trying to get through this transition as best as we can.

BTW: my internet access is still not available, so yall are better off tryin to get ahold of me is still my cell. John certainly has that number.

Thanks for the update. Here's hopin all goes well with the house.

Thanks, Bob. Lookin forward to being a regular around here again.

I'm glad things seem to be going well, even if you are backpacking around. I hope your deal goes through, then you'll have a nice place to call home (and somewhere to slap the bird around with a big wrench).

Im happy to hear that its all working out for you. Good luck with everything!

You know I'll be moving to Fort Worth in about 12-14 months from now. Once I'm settled in we'll be able to do a GP meet at my place and caravan to TMS for laps for charity. If they keep doing it.

how come there cant be any meets up in the northern states ... something closer to me

Most clubgp meets are northern. I was beginning to wonder where the heck Rick has been.
Welcome back!

Glad to see everything is going good for you! I got some things to catch up with ya about. I'll leave you a PM