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Why I Need My Wife - Reason #851 »

Here is my conversation with the front desk tonight after spending 5 minutes trying to remember my room and testing out my key in 10+ doors….
Front Desk - How can I help you?
Me - Can you tell me what room CJ Mills is staying in?
Front Desk - No, but I can transfer you.
Me - What [...]

Why I Love Business »

I’ve seen a lot of sucessful people today, all with different backgrounds, but all sucessful nonetheless. Amongst all of their different personalities, titles and companies, I noticed that there was one trait they all share - they all bust their butt, and have early on as high school or college kids. I love [...]

Things I Learned Today »

1.) Middle seats suck even more than I thought.
2.) Airports piss a lot of people off.
3.) Traveling without a 2-year-old, a pregnant wife and a car seat allows for much faster movement between gates.
4.) I can fit a week’s worth of business clothes in a carry on bag.
5.) Make sure you confirm with Enterprise that [...]

My View Tonight »

Here we sit tonight after checking in on Asher and having dinner with Andrea’s dad — Andrea’s car won’t start.
So much for enjoying the evening….
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I Love My Job »

To the entire American Specialty Family - THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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Having a baby? »

Yes, we are having a baby early and could use all your prayers as we are many miles from home and 2 months away from the due date. Pray for our little guy!
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My Little Girl Is Truly MY Little Girl »

I LOVE the fact that, more and more each day, Jade truly becomes MY little girl. She loves singing and music. She loves being in service during the music, she loves singing in the back of our car while the music blasts as she randomly yells, “louder Daddy, LOUDER!”
I love watching her, even as we [...]

I Hate Chicago »

I don’t really….not the city itself, or its glorious Ball Park (you know, the one with ivy), just its airport. I’ve gone through it many times, any every single time I’ve had issues. (yes, Andy, I know YOU’VE never had problems….blah blah blah…..).
Jade has been pretty good, but no nap = cranky Jade…regardless [...]

When Was The Last Time You Existed? »

This week, for some reason, has been a very long week. It could have been in part to the limited sleep I obtained this week, or the stress that comes with preparing to be out of the office for a week….regardless, I was looking forward to the end.
Andrea and Jade were out of the [...]