Wine Country

Man, there's a lot of grapes out here. We had a great grape arbor at our house growing up. I loved it when the grapes were ready and I'd eat them for days! Well, out here in Sonoma, California...nobody eats 'em. They just squish 'em. Wait. Then drink 'em.
I'm not wine guy...I am a whine guy. That flight across the country was long! And now they don't have pillows on Southwest because of the swine flu. I had to ride in the back of the car from Oakland to Sonoma and felt quite car sick. See, I'm a whine guy.
This road course is fun. It is pretty out here and the drivers seem to like the change of pace. The new double file restart will be huge this weekend. Coming out of turn one and into turn two double file will cause all kinds of problems all day. Now there generally aren't a lot of yellow flags during this race, but when there are some, lookout!
It's been awhile since I've updated on the boys and Sandy. The boys are out of school for the summer, but have been having wrestling practice 4 or 5 days a week...sometimes two-a-days. I really think that all three of them can wrestle varsity this year. It will be a huge year for Zach. His confidence is high and he is focused on being in the best shape possible when the season starts. Alex and Andy are the new guys on the team, but have been to so many practices, that they are already accepted. Zach will probably wrestle 145 this year. Oddly enough, Andy is about that same weight. Andy has lost a lot and has grown so much taller. He wants to get lower, around 140, so he and Zach can both wrestle on the varsity team. The coach is wanting Alex to go at 112, but his natural weight right now is 119. I think he'll stay at 119, but he could tighten up and make 112, if he'd just stop growing. Sandy plans on wrestling at....wait...wrong topic. Sandy is in Texas this week preparing a recertification routine with some other ladies for the TaeBo class in California next weekend. Shelley Blanks, who now runs TaeBo International, just moved to Franklin...about 5 minutes from our house! Sandy is renewing her friendship with Shelley and could be instrumental in helping Shelley get TaeBo headquarters started in Nashville.
I, of course, am still out every weekend...watching cars turn left...and, for this weekend, right, too!!