My last post said it was a pleasant experience to walk Obi. That changed as cold weather moved in. I know it's not as cold as almost everywhere else, but walking in the low 40's requires more than two layers of sweatshirts.
One purchase I made for our New Zealand trip a few years ago was a 3 season jacket. It has a outer layer that functions as a jacket and a zip out liner that can be worn alone keeping you warm down to freezing. For below freezing, you wear both layers. It has gotten a lot of use on this trip, in all variations. But the forecast for Dallas was fairly warm, so it's in the trailer. I brought a hoodie and a fleece jacket. So for the past two days, I've borrowed coats to walk Obi.
But at least we didn't get snow. Apparently, DC got 6 inches and it barely made the national news. What a winter! It's warmer today and the high here tomorrow is currently predicted to be 79 - at least on my iPhone.
Mike has a marathon of games at home the next two weeks. Having home games means we'll see a bit more of him, although not a lot, as they prepare for the games. The NBA has a grueling schedule. We're watching them play the Celtics right now. I think they played Oklahoma last night. I'm at the kitchen table and Olga and Natasha are on the couch cheering on the Mavericks. Olga knows all of the names of the players and follows all the games, as does Natasha. Occasionally we get a glimpse of Mike on the sidelines, but he's not always on the court. Most of his work is done before the game and during training sessions.
Mike's university, Suffolk University, did a nice article on him in their alumni magazine. For those of you Steve didn't send the link to, here it is:
http://www.suffolk.edu/magazine/152.php#.Uyes9Hm4mlI
This is the first time I've added a link, so I hope it works.
Tomorrow Steve comes back from Indiana, so I get to drive the big truck in Dallas traffic to pick him up at the airport. The Dallas traffic bothers me more than the big truck. I'm really fairly comfortable driving the truck. We had originally thought we'd go with a smaller truck, but the one ton diesel does pull the trailer nicely. We're glad we took the advice of all our farmer friends to go with the big truck.
Although we have seen bigger. We spotted this one as we pulled into Disney's Fort Wilderness. It actually had "Private Vehicle" printed on the side.
I'm sure it does a nice job of pulling the trailer!
Deb
