{"id":2119,"date":"2006-05-11T11:48:55","date_gmt":"2006-05-11T11:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/the-plan.html"},"modified":"2006-05-11T11:48:55","modified_gmt":"2006-05-11T11:48:55","slug":"the-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/the-plan.html","title":{"rendered":"The plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m leaving for Birmingham around 12:23, getting there around 3:30. On to EWTN, dinner, do the show, then hop in the car I&#8217;ll rent and drive to Knoxville. Yup. <\/p>\n<p>Get to my dad&#8217;s house around 12:30 am, I hope. The next day, it&#8217;s off to Christopher&#8217;s graduation from UT, where I&#8217;ll also see David, my second oldest, who will be down along with his dad from Virginia to witness the event. <\/p>\n<p>Go to graduation, lunch, back in plane to here, just in time to see the first of this weekend&#8217;s gala performance of <em>Bye-Bye Birdie. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and David graduates from college this weekend, also. He&#8217;s not walking through the ceremony, but he&#8217;ll get his props anyway. It actually worked out well for me to do <em>Life on the Rock <\/em>tonight &#8211; it gets me down that way, at least. <\/p>\n<p>Expect maudlin posts about having my two oldest sons graduate from college&#8230;soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m leaving for Birmingham around 12:23, getting there around 3:30. On to EWTN, dinner, do the show, then hop in the car I&#8217;ll rent and drive to Knoxville. Yup. Get to my dad&#8217;s house around 12:30 am, I hope. 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