Sunday, May 21, 2006

Bloody Sunday

I'm up at the office this morning sending out an order, so I'm also taking the time to get in some genealogy as well. Even though I have time to do this during the week, there are tons of other things I like to do during the week as well.

I was glad to see that Jake had responded to my last emails to him. I hadn't heard from him in several days. Apparently his "days have been hectic" as he tells me in the email, "we had some coworkers over for dinner on Thursday and spent Wednesday and Thursday trying to get everything ready," then "we went up to [Livingston, Texas] to check on [our new dog] Diego and do some more bonding with him..."

I'm glad that it wasn't an emergency keeping him from posting on his blog,Careless Memories, and our blog, The Keytar Players.

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Can I get a Witness?

Two-person teams of proud Jehovah's Witness are frequent visitors to the apartment complex I recently moved into. The last time I spotted them, there was a two-man team and a two-woman team. Fortunately I was pulling out of the parking lot when I spotted them and avoided an unfortunate encounter.

Sooner or later, however, one of the teams was bound to knock on our front door. Once again, I avoided the encounter, but my wife didn't. She told them that she couldn't speak to them at that time, but their conniving demeanor got the best of her. She told them that I didn't get home until about 6:30 in the evening and that they could come back to visit with the both of us (out of curiosity).

An appointment for a visitation was made for tonight at 7:00pm. As I did not want to shun these people away when that come and could not contact them to cancel the visit, I reluctantly welcomed the opportunity for religious debate.

After thinking about it, however, I realized that I was not going to change their beliefs, and the certainly were not going to change mine. Therefore, nothing good would come out of a religious debate with Jehovah's Witnesses. Still, the appointment was set...so what to do?

Well, apparently my wife has already taped a letter, along with the information booklet that they gave her, on to the door. I suppose if they still show up I will take the situation as it comes and one step at a time. They will definitely leave regretting that they came.

Friday, May 12, 2006

GPA 4.0

I made it through my first full semester of school with an 'A'! I'm glad that it's over and that I have some time to relax now. I'm only taking one small class online this summer.

Right now I'm over the Smith's house enjoying their faster internet connection. Zoom! Today, Dayna called me at work from home saying that Hudson was acting crazy, destroying everything and making messes. So I got off work early so that I could come home. Dayna's about six months pregnant right now (with twins) and can't chase him around everywhere. It's getting hard for her to even get out of a chair. So she needs as much help as possible.

It's a good thing that Grammy is coming home with us tonight. She's going to help us out a lot. And when she's there, the apartment rarely gets dirty. Grammy is a mover and a shaker when it comes to cleaning.

I haven't planned anything for Mother's Day yet (two days away) and Dayna didn't like it when she figured that out. I have been so stressed out with everything else (money, bills, health insurance, FMAH, etc.) that I haven't really wanted to think about anything else. It doesn't matter. I'm sure I'll come up with something. If not, the day will come and go just like every other day.

Anyway, it's hot in here and my head is sweating, so I'm getting off now. Save Africa and for god's sake peace in the fucking Middle East.

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

A/C's & A+'s

A/C
This morning is the first "back-to-normal" morning since we moved into our new apartment this past weekend. We're still living from boxes spending extra minutes searching for the box that has this or that in it. Normality is slowly coming back to our lives.

Yesterday the A/C was fixed in our new apartment, which was broken when we moved in. Our first night staying there was dreadfully warm, but we made it. Now we're waiting for the oven to be fixed.

A+
Last night I had English class before I went home. I wasn't expecting to receive my research paper back until Wednesday, but Ms Daily returned them last night. I was a little nervous because I didn't think I did so well executing my paper. To my surprise: 97 A+. I was so proud to see that. Here's what Ms Daily wrote:

"Fine work! Essay reflects good use of concessions and refutations...Again, I appreciate the effort you put into this assignment! EPD"

Monday, May 01, 2006

We're finally done! Moving, that is. Although it may be several days before we're no longer living out of boxes. Also, we discovered last night that the A/C in our apartment is not working, nor is the oven. I'm hoping that by the time we get home this evening those will both be repaired. I sent a repair request letter by fax to the apartment office this morning. Since they know Dayna is pregnant and we have a 18-month-old they should get right on it.

We'll see.