What a weekend!!

Because of my job, my weekend is actually Sunday - Tuesday. I had to adjust my schedule last week so I had off Saturday also. I was supposed to pick up my son John from his mother and meet her about 2 hours from my house. I had asked my elmer, W3MGL (Larry), if he wanted to join the rest of the family in the little adventure. He said yes, so we were off!! The only problem is that my ex decided to call and have John ask me if he could stay an extra day. So, I agreed. We then decided to have our own little adventure, which wound up having lots of ham ties. We visited my barber Sully, AD4RG, who cut my oldest son's hair and then did mine. Sully had not seen Larry for years, so it was a great reunion all around. Sully is now the EC for Middlesex County and has been a friend for many years. People wonder why I drive almost an hour for a haircut, but I am a loyal client. Sully did John's first haircut 10 years ago and John has only had his hair cut a couple of times by anyone else. We left from Sully's and had a wonderful seafood buffet at Carolina Barbecue at Gloucester Point. When we finished, we decided to drive along the beach at Yorktown where we found N1LO (Mark). Mark often operates from the park there and he had just finished operating and was going to play the banjo for a little while before he left. He showed us his rigs and told us how he operates and how a number of "homebrewers" meet there at the park to work, swap stories and have some great fun together. Mark is always coming up with ideas on operating and it was interesting to see some of his ideas in person. So, it was an unexpectedly fun day. Sunday, I finally worked YU6AO. I have been trying for a while, but just have not been able to get him. Actually, I worked him twice on 20m!! I did make a number of contacts, but in a casual manner as I was not feeling well. Now, most of the family has some type of summer bug that my wife brought home from our vacation. Yesterday, I had the interview for the Deputy Director of Emergency Communications position where I work. I realistically do not think that I have a chance for the position as I am not a political person and there is a lot of politics involved with the position, but I am going through the process anyway just to let my bosses know that I am interested in moving up.