The Gum Tree for 2004 August 16

This was a nice weekend for Louise and I. We went to the graduation of a Friend Adam Rushforth, and then visited with the family afterwords. We all went to Red Robin to eat and celebrate. He graduated Magna Cum Lade, and gave the speech. He was reading Braille and lost his place at the beginning so he had to wing it for 15 min. in front of hundreds of people. I think he did a great job thought and I couldn't even tell that he wasn't going by his notes. As for us, we did a few things around. Louise and I had talks at church so we did that most of saturday. We also watched the Olympics. Louise just loves to see her country take gold. I think that I am also rooting for the aussies a little bit because they are really the underdog. For a country that has a population of 20 million to beat out others (like China and USA) that have many more people is remarkable. Besides, I like the underdogs. It will be good to see Francis and Mom next week as well.