It’s time yet again to pull out the passport and head out of town. Friday, I leave for two weeks in Europe! Yay, vacation!

First up is a week in Amsterdam for the European Controller’s Cup soccer tournament. Should be a great time. I’ve been twice in the past, first in 98 in Lisbon, Portugal, and the second time in 2001 in Prestwick, Scotland. Officially, the team is from New York- the only non-European team in the tourney.

Unofficially, this year Seattle is making up a big part of the team. There’s a total of 7 guys that were going to play with Seattle connections; 6 of us who are here now and one guy, my buddy WeenieBoy, who was in Seattle until a little over a year ago when he transferred to a different FAA facility.

Unfortunately, one of our guys, Sean, blew his knee up big time (torn ACL, partially torn MCL, damaged meniscus, broken bone) playing in a game against the controllers from Vancouver a couple of weeks back and will not be making the trip.

It should be a great time. We’re looking forward to playing and of course partying, since, after all, we’re not all that good compared with the Europeans. We should take a set of softball equipment along and challenge them to OUR kind of game.

The second week… I don’t really know for sure where I’m going. I have done trips in the past where I planned everything out, and I’ve done trips where I just go wherever I feel like going. This is shaping up to be one of the second type, although right now I’m leaning pretty hard towards going to Rome for a week and just seeing everything.

Anyway, blog entries might be common, or they might not happen at all. I don’t know yet.

Soooo… hasta la vista! See you in a couple of weeks.

Sanjaya stunk. No doubt about it. But, like I said, it took a lot of guts to keep going out there and stinking every week.

The American Idol winner, Jordin, agrees with me. (She’s such a smart gal!)

It DID take a lot of guts for him to continue on, and I admire him for that. Someone with that much drive is bound to be a success in life.