Hopefully we won’t see this on Sunday.

It has been a rough 48 hours for me lately.  If you are a regular reader to The Park you know that Postman and I are foster parents.  We adopted Little Smoke in November 2008 and have been having a blast.  By the way Little Smoke turns 6 in a few weeks.  At the beginning of the year we thought Little Smoke’s half brother was going to be joining our little family, but things just didn’t go through like we thought.  But sometimes things happen for a reason and we just have to let God lead the way.  With that being said, we have a new little addition to our brood…a 6 month old little boy.  That’s what I said 6 months.  And I am a little tired.  He is only a week older than Little Smoke’s  half brother.  He is a cute little boy and has the contagious smile.  Sorry folks…can’t post due to legal issues, but you are going to have to trust me on this one.  So right now my posts may be all over the place.  Trust me I am still watching NASCAR and keeping up with things, but for the next few weeks until the routine gets going I will be in and out. 

Congratulations to Brian Vickers for earning his second pole in a row.  I wasn’t sure who I wanted to choose this week on my fantasy teams.  There are so many good choices, but I have to go with who I think can get me the most posts.  In “One and Done” I have chosen Juan Pablo Montoya.  He is a pretty good road racer and I am thinking…points racing…but also since I am mired in the pack what the hell.  This will allow me to keep some of the other high profile drivers for later racers (i.e. Tony Stewart for Brickyard).  I adjusted my other two teams on ESPN and Yahoo.  It’s all about maintaining position this week for me.

Yep…I turn 39 today.  I am actually working today (shocker I know).  I usually take my birthday off because well frankly one shouldn’t have to work on one’s birthday.  But here I am sitting at my desk tyring to push some paperwork around.  I will however celebrate my brithday with Little Smoke and Postman tonight.  I haven’t decided where I want to go to dinner, but you can bet I will have a grand old time.

Greetings from somewhere in Texas…

The family is headed back to Raiderland since our vacation is coming to an end. We all had a wonderful time enjoying our time together on our first family vacation.

I just had to take a picture of this store sign. While traveling down to see my father we passed by this store. I just had to share it with everyone out there. I thought only in Texas would you see a sign like this.

Still on vacation…only a few days left.

• Qualifying for Pocono has been rained out…bummer, but that’s ok Tony has the pole for Sunday’s race.
• Speaking of rain, the Prelude to the Dream even at Eldora was also rained out this year.  What is it with Mother Nature?
• Double file restarts…love them, maybe it will put some excitement into Pocono
• Carl Long situation, you know the rules of NASCAR and you know what happens if you don’t abide by the rules.  Is it fair?  Not always, but you can’t have two different rulebooks..talk about opening a can of worms.  I hope message was sent and received to ALL the raceteams big and small.  Don’t monkey with things.
• Little Smoke loves the surf and the ocean.
• Tired of not being able to sleep in my own bed
• Forgot how easy it was to catch up on soap operas…haven’t watched them in several years…and forgot how cheesy some of them can be
• Tired of people not carrying their weight
• Summer time is here and I am ready for school to start already for my five year old

This post coming from somewhere in Texas…

Day Two of my vacation is coming to a close and I have realized some things…

• Don’t wear flip flops if you are planning to tour a museum with a five year old.  My feet, knees and back hurt.
• Big Red makes a nice red moustache on a five year old
• Replace your car tires before they turn 5 years old.
• Humidity sucks and does nothing for my hair.
• I love satellite television.
• I turn 39 in 14 days.  That’s two weeks people so that makes it 1 year and 14 days until I turn 40!

That’s about it for now.