Brady left today for DC…first step on his way to Kaz. He’ll be in DC two days for staging, then off to Almaty, via Frankfurt.<\/p>\n
Packing has been hell…he’s there for 2 years, and needs business suits as well as winter and summer clothes….plus all the accoutrements of life…all in one bag of no more than 50 lbs, and a carry on of 25 lbs. He and Viv were up most of the night trying to get it right. They kept me out of the way so I couldn’t rant about why he didn’t start packing earlier, etc. Anyhow, I was on call, and had to go in around 4 AM, so I could get done and go to the airport with him.<\/p>\n
Once packed, he was quite calm and relaxed. The fact that he can speak some Russian is reassuring…he knows many going can’t speak any Russian at all, yet.<\/p>\n
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been doing some last minute stuff with him. Viv and he went on a camping\/kayaking trip to northern Wisconsin\/Lake Superior for about 5 days….they had a fine time…probably the highlight was watching the Perseids at a campsite with a dark dark sky……then Brady and I went fishing on the Mississippi River. We hired a guide for a day…caught lots of largemouths and smallmouths, some Pike, a white bass and some catfish. The catfish are gonna be TV stars…the Guide is gonna be on a Food Network cooking show about regional chefs, and his job was to supply catfish. Our catfish. Guess thats not even 15 minutes of fame, eh? We had a lotta fun fishing, first time on a boat on the Mississippi for both of us. <\/p>\n
So he’s off….he’ll be writing a blog: http:\/\/kazbrady.blogspot.com\/ I’m sure he’d appreciate you guys checking it out on occasion.<\/p>\n
Scott…I recognize Leigh’s desire to live on the East Coast. After visiting France, I’d live there for a while. Trouble is, I’d tire of the French after a while. As I think Leigh would tire of the East Coast US mentality. Awaiting her pics……sounds like she had a great time.<\/p>\n
Anyway, next, in two weeks we’re off with Tim to St Cloud…then I get my couch back!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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