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I've been kind of busy lately, I guess. I went to Austin to visit Lisa, Eric, and Miles at the beginning of the week, and then I've spent the last few days hanging out with Matt, who was finally released from his hellish fall tax-extension season. It was particularly bad this year, with lots of late nights and one all-nighter, and it didn't help that his partner was up in New York working with AIG for over a week. But anyway, things are good now, except that Matt leaves tomorrow for training in Montreal that lasts until Friday. Boo!

Last night we went with John and Susie to a Lake Highlands football game. It happened to be homecoming, and the Wildcats kicked Richardson's booty. We had a really great time watching football in the wonderful cool fall weather.

On Thursday night I subbed for my old flag football team. We lost pretty badly but it was enjoyable. It's much easier to accept a loss when you aren't actually on the team. I am sore though...playing center and hiking the ball makes you use some really random muscles you wouldn't otherwise! Speaking of football, we were proud of the Ags for not getting slaughtered today by Texas Tech. I predicted they would score at least 66 points so I'm happy to be wrong. We actually led several times, which was more than either of us expected. It is kind of sad though that we've been reduced to hoping to not get killed rather than hoping for an actual win this season.

Austin was quite fun. I got there Monday afternoon and drove back Wednesday night. Miles is getting to be quite the little boy - he was so busy and active. While I was there, I got to spend a lot of time playing with Miles. We met up with two of Lisa's neighbors and their little boys at a pumpkin patch - I have some great pictures I'll try to get up on the internet tomorrow. Miles LOVES his pumpkins. We had lunch with cousin Michael on Wednesday, and afterwards I went with Lisa to take a tour of the hospital in which she is delivering baby #2 (she switched doctors and hospitals since she had Miles). We also ate way too much, repeatedly. It was great.

The biggest news I have is that I think we're going to HAWAII over Thanksgiving! Just for fun! It's what Matt wants to use part of his bonus on and I am in full support. I think we're going to be there for about a week and stay the whole time on Kauai. If anyone has tips or recommendations for visiting Hawaii, we're all ears. We haven't made any reservations yet, but it's most likely going to happen. Wohoo!