It was an eventful week. Christian’s and Jenny’s wedding reception in San Antonio was fabulous. I could barely sit for five minutes. I much rather see old friends and family at a wedding reception than a funeral.

On the way back I had my first highway casualty. A coyote walked in to the rode. It passed a truck that was in the right lane, I in the left, and it was unavoidable. Very sad and alarming. Oh well, my car survived with a scuff.

I was officially reassigned to Awareness director for the Environmental Issues Committee of the Student Government Association of Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University this past week. I am no longer co-director of recycling. It is now a singular position with my friend Bobby at the helm. Good luck to both of us.

This past weekend marked my third annual Sulphur Springs weekend trip. It was wonderful, because I got to meet Mikey. Brett introduced himself to Mikey on Saturday morning, but was quickly told, “He doesn’t talk.” I took not thought of it. I’ve heard of plenty of kids, well really only in movies, who do not talk. It was not until Mikey was in my small group that I was asked, “Do you know sign language?” Oh, he’s deaf. I’ve always heard deaf people described as being deaf, not as those who do not talk. Anyways, Mikey took some time to warm up to me and my American Sign Language, he’s an Exact English Sign guy. I had a great time with him. The best part was meeting his grandmother, who raised him, and hearing that he came home so excited to have met an other signer.

On the ride back to College Station, I finally, got a group of people to play the Name Game that Jennifer, Jeff, Brad, Kimie, and a whole bunch of SMU people I don’t know played on New Year’s. It’s rather simple. One chooses a well known name (i.e. I was Don Quiote on New Year’s), write it on a bit of paper, game master collects bits, reads names, and people go in round asking others if they are this or that person. I was game master on the bus, but still had a jolly good time doing it.

Great fun, great fun.