Long time no see. I had two nice weeks off to plant 100 trees and finish up the garage wiring and lift. Now I'm in Minneapolis on day two of this week's flying. I only saw Michelle briefly in DFW as I was flying out and she was flying in from an Atlanta conference. We met at my gate for a minute, and we only got to see each other b/c her flight to ABQ was cancelled. Such is love and marriage in the new age of working spouses.
Last night, for the first live leg of this week, I did the thing I always feared...I was late for the hotel pickup. The First Officer lives here, so he was already at the Fedex ramp. The limo driver got tired of waiting for me and called her dispatch, who called Fedex Global Operations Center (GOC), who called the FO. He advised that they should call the hotel desk (duh). They called my room and let me know the limo was waiting out front. At first, I argued that my pickup time was still 30 minutes away, then realized I had the hour wrong. So, now the rush began. Fortunately, I was mostly ready. I was very grateful that the limo driver waited for me, and tipped her well. I signed the release online using my smartphone on the way to the airport, and called the FO to let him know I was on the way. We still pushed early, so all was forgiven. It's not so bad being late if you're the Captain!

Today the weather in Minnie is gorgeous, so I got a Jimmy Johns sandwich and had a picnic in this little downtown park. Rain tomorrow, snow by Friday.