I actually went jogging this morning and made it a whole 2 miles. Pretty miserable considering that I got up to about 4 miles in Switzerland. Of course, I was hiking every weekend there. I need to hike more. But where, oh where, in flat ugly Texas.

A chemical plant in Pearland (that's about 10 miles away from here) blew up today. There weren't enough fire hydrants in the area to put out the fire. So, they just closed all the schools in the vicinty, shut down the roads, and they are going to let it burn until it runs out of fuel (expected fire length: 72 hours). Anyway, in order to combat pollution, Houston has lowered its speed limit from 65 mph to 55 mph. Talk about trying to kill the beast with a pebble.

And the most exciting is...

Drum roll please.. I am randomly going home for the weekend. There was a bargain airfare, and so, thanks to mom's help, jumped on it, and I fly back home on Saturday afternoon and come back for work on Monday morning. So, a little whirlwind family, eat well, sleep a bit, maybe hit a bucket of balls with Granddad and see a movie with Grandmother.