Home from Spain

After a long airport saga, Chuck is home safe from Spain. He didn't make it to the finals, but he conducted well, and it seems like he learned a lot and got really inspired. He also got a day in Barcelona to see the sights.

Besides all of the fantastic architecture and interesting shops, he also saw two wire fox terriers.

Chuck will have his Barcelona slideshow ready for viewing for the Russell Olympics. It is the event for "Who Can Stay Awake the Longest?" If there is a tie, Dad can do a slideshow for the finals.

You may have heard that Indiana has had some flooding. Someone from the university took these pictures on campus last week. It is better now, but there was one day that it took me 45 minutes to drive home (a mile!) because there was so much flooding and so many detours.


Our apartment is fine, but my friends Pam and Emily had a lot of damage at their places.


The only problem that I encountered was that the roads to the airport were closed most of the weekend. But by the time Chuck's many-times-delayed flight arrived, one was open again (though down to one lane in one section).




There is a little bit of drama in my office. The three ladies from the other Deans' Office are camped out in mine because they have been installing new carpet. They were supposed to be here Monday through Wednesday. That was before they installed the carpet - crooked. So they will be here at least until Monday. It's crowded but also kind of fun having them here - they're all very nice.

My friend Susie was vacationing in Montana and got to go to a Michelle Obama event. She got HUGGED by Michelle!!!

Susie and a few other people are coming over tomorrow evening to do an Obama button assembly line - hopefully it will be a lot of fun.