December 14, 2009

There were 4 posts published on December 14, 2009 (this is page 1 of 1).

Fallen friend

Marty Glendening

I’ve been spending a little time here and there sorting through the hundreds of videotapes I’ve created over the years. I watched one tonight from my Navy days, featuring a tour of my ship. One of my shipmates walks up and says hello: a guy named Marty Glendening. He was soft-spoken but a heck of a guy.

After watching the tape I popped his name into The Google to see if I could find him. That’s when I got the sad news that he is no longer with us. He died at the young age of 31. I found his obituary on this site:

Martin Glendening

STANTON – Martin Alan “Marty” Glendening, 31, of San Diego died Thursday, May 29, 1997, in San Diego. Graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements are by Gilbreath Funeral Home.

He was born Aug. 16. 1965, in Las Vegas. He served in the Navy for 12 years. Survivors include his wife, Deborah Glendening, and two daughters, Michelle Glendening and Chelsie Glendening, all of San Diego; his parents, Jeff and Michaeleen Glendening of Tarzan; four sisters, Debbie Smith of Stanton, Tracy Paulk of Lamesa, Jill Allred of Mesquite and Elizabeth Washburn of College Station; his grandmother, Virginia Glendening of Midland; and numerous uncles, aunts and cousins.

Learning that one of my friends died makes me feel old.

Tele Europe 2

A friend got a mysterious automated survey call from the phone number 678-253-6210. This supposedly is from an outfix known as Tele Europe 2. According to 800notes.com, many people have gotten hang-up calls from this company and are not happy. If you get a call from this company please let me know.

Weekend o’ fun

It was a weekend of fun. Friday afternoon the kids went to their respective lessons: Travis to piano, Hallie to riding. I took Travis from piano over to meet Kelly and Hallie at her lesson, where Hallie and her trainer were just putting away the horse. I said goodbye and went to Durham to spend a little time at a holiday party.

Saturday morning we enjoyed sleeping in a bit. After breakfast, I said goodbye again to the family to spend four hours in a “producer’s workshop” from Raleigh Television Network, Raleigh’s community access channel. I’m getting trained on video production as it’s something I’ve been interested in for a while. While I was in class, Kelly took the kids over to the neighbor’s house to decorate Christmas cookies.

I met up with the family after my class and we took the kids to the birthday party of one of the kids’ friends. It was at a gym in Wake Forest and we all had a blast chasing each other around. Afterward, we went to a holiday party at a friend’s house and enjoyed meeting more of our neighbors.

It was a fun time for everyone.