Nick Postagulous
Monday, May 03, 2004
11 O'Clock Is Zero Hour
Our Dossier To China (DTC) date was 9/9/3. We've heard that people as late as 9/twentysomething/3 have gotten their referrals. Our agency has not called us yet, but, another person in the Sept2003DTC Yahoo group did call and they said they had the referrals but always check to make sure they are all in order before making the phone calls.
By the way, this means that Fedex got the papers from Guangzhou to Denver in one day. Freaks.
The gal who called was told that they would start making phone calls today at 10 am Eastern time, aka 11 am Central. They will call Alison first. However, they will send the pictures they scan in to my email address. I need to empty my bulk mail folder to make sure I have enough room. But it's not like they'll be sending 3 meg images.
Tom Went To Church
One of the most eventful things that happened over this weekend was that Tom, Alison's brother, went to church for the first time since he was a teenager. His daughter, Christine, goes with us every Sunday, but until recently, she was the only one in their family who went. Then Brad decided that he wanted to go. And with Brad going came Teri going because, even though Christine can drive, they are trying to shelter her a little from crazy areas, and our church is in a great place for car wrecks. Actually, it's the Lowe's next door. If you were going from Lowe's to Sam's Club, you go through an excellent wreck intersection.
But because everyone else in Tom's family, besides Jessica, who really has been family-distant for the last three years, has been going to church, Alison's mom asked Tom why not come to church too. His answer was he didn't have the right clothes.
So, Alison's mom got him a gift certificate at JCPenney for enough to get a suit, some shoes, etc. Tom called up Alison, the supposed mastermind behind it all, and told her she was evil.
Short Aside: One of my church gripes, and it's more a southern US church gripe, is that we get dressed up for church. And not that I see anything wrong with that, except that there is no command in the bible to do so. However, these are commands in the bible to not judge people by their appearance and actually mentions clothes being one of those criteria. And there are commands not to overdress for church, which would be like wearing an Armani suit, well, actually that might fit in fine. But people do judge on what you wear. I know I'd never wear jeans to church, because people would look accusingly at me. Eh, maybe not really. I've never tried.
But Tom showed up and looked very sharp. When I wear my suit, I look OK. But Tom is one of those people that really looks sharp in a suit. He was like James Bond that eats a little too much.
Tom, however, when we were eating out at Wings afterward, got hot sauce on his pants and ranch dressing on his tie. Oops.
Best Taco Bell Ever
Last night, after even more running errands by Alison and me, we went to Taco Bell. Taco Bell has been beign unfresh and lousy for a while now. But this was the freshest, best prepared Taco Bell that I've had in years. I even had to tell the guy who made our stuff. It rocked. It's amazing how good Taco Bell is when they do it right. My new, favorite Taco Bell is the one to the east of Madison Square.
