With some changes going on at our Houston base, our number of reservists has shot up, which has a negative effect on me since I’m at the very bottom of seniority. Basically, I can’t expect many calls to fly over the next month. And as much as I despise going to places like Ikea, it gave me purpose. Now at least I had some work to do. My niece has a small plush beaver named Buc-ee, who is the mascot for a truck-stop style convenience store chain throughout Texas. I enlisted his help in building the overly complicated Ikea bookshelf.