Wow, this cold/cough thing has been haunting me for almost a week now. WTF?

The Wii is coming out November 19th...

http://www.ebgames.com/gs/wii/wii_signup.asp

Can't preorder it yet. Hopefully soon.

Among other news, World of Warcraft's expansion is coming out as well:

http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=646436

Not sure if I'll be playing it when that comes out (probably), but we'll see. I haven't played it in a month, so that's damn good from being hooked on it. Chris is hooked on it still, probably because he's still jobless.

This was just a short one. Lates!

Gay-ass mofos playing the drums again...

Well, despite not liking to paint, our room looks quite good. I like it this deep, red color. I still have to touch up a few places, but the big job is done.

Not much news lately. Been watching Takeshi's Castle (MXC in the US) pretty much every night for the last week or two. That show is damn funny. Laura and I have some laughs at the eliminations.

Kip seems to be doing well in listening the last couple of weeks, but we've been having trouble with things like digging, whining/barking in the morning and mischievious things like that.

TJ seems to be doing well with his new job. We've been sort of talkin on Gmail since we both have it up sometimes during work.

Ashley e-mailed me a couple of days ago. She seems to be doing well. I'm supposed to take some pictures, make a video, etc. and send it to her. I'll get to that soon I hope.

Otherwise, work has been good, actually, the last couple of days, since moving to the new office. I've been busy through the day and the work day is passing by quick.

Laura seems to be doing good with school as well.

Chris? Well, I haven't talked to him in like a week and a half. I'm sure he's just lounging around not finding a job like always. He's set on the FBI thing. Just hope he doesn't wait until he gets it.

The neighbors haven't been too bad the last couple days. Last Friday, however, they got ridiculously loud and it was like midnight. I got so fucking pissed. I called the non-emergency number and reported a noise complaint. The cops came about 40 minutes later, but that didn't matter since they were still playing music. The cop finally stopped them at around 1am. Motherfuckers. I will kick them out of their house if I have to.

We arranged our study after we painted it and I like it. I like change, so anything probably would have looked good for me. I think there's a lot more room since the desks are worked around the dog bed. Speaking of which, we need to buy a port-a-crate soon. I am tired of lugging the heavy cage around, plus we need it when we stay at Chris'.

Anyway, things are well. Life is progressing, yada, yada.

Until next time.

I am tired of painting!!!

Okie dokie.

I'm do for a blog here and I'm going to update about what's been going on.

First things first, Laura is gone for this coming week and then some. She's coming back next Monday, which is quite a long time. She's out in OK to help her sister move. I already miss her! Kip misses her too I'm sure. He's actually in our bedroom right now just hanging out. A few times today he just went into the room and stared out the window for some reason.

I've been into World of Warcraft again. Good or bad? I think more on the bad side of things because I'm on the computer way too much. I did cancel my CC subscription this month, which means I have until the 19th to play. I'm not sure if I want to stop playing for a little bit or what.

Work has been good. Did some cool video ingesting the last couple of days of this week since the main dude was gone. Time really goes by faster when I don't have anything to do. Hopefully they'll get me doing more stuff soon.

TJ and Ashley's visit here and where they went (camp, FoCo, etc.) was good. We camped the second night they were here and we had a good time. We climbed to the peak (Laura and I) the next morning and took some nice pictures. I should start an online album or something. But yeah, we just hung out, had some fun, we even went to The Melting Pot the first night and splurged on the Big Night Out. Wow, expensive but there was so much food that we couldn't finish it. Otherwise, it was nice to see them again and catch up. They're, if I'm not mistaken, in Chicago now, probably settling in to their new place. It seems everyone (well, except Chris) is moving on with their lives and stuff. Incredible stuff if you ask me. We're what, 23-25 and starting our lives. It's just weird to think of it like that.

I'll sneak this one in here, but the biggest news for this week was probably my present to me and Laura...a 32" LCD TV!!

Check out the details here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824022006

I think it's a great price for the unit and I've heard some good recommendations about it. It'll be here next Wednesday and I actually ordered a cheapo (but good reviews) new DVD player to go along with it to make full use of it since our current DVD is old as fuck! It's my first (and only) DVD player purchase from, crap, 1997? '98? I don't even remember. Anyway, we're excited as we're going to put it in our bedroom so we can watch movies on it on our bed as we sleep. The best thing about it is that we can finally start making use of the widescreen format. Good thing I've been purchasing WS editions of the DVDs since we started. I knew it'll come in handy some day.

We're what, already halfway through Summer? It's going by so fast. But yeah, I'll leave this one ending here. I'll be back soon. I promise!

TJ will be visiting this week! Woot.

Yeah, I'm too lazy to update still.

Holy shit, it's finallly happened...it's been over a month since my last report! I need to get going on this puppy.

Which reminds me, I don't think I've ever written about our good ol' Kip that we got!

I'm tired, so I'll have to push this blog again to next time...I really will write most things up to now.

TJ, you need to put something up on your blog, even if it's just one word...

Not going to make it almost a month without writing! Well, this one's going to be really short. We're off to go camping within the next couple of hours...and it's raining...great.

Well it's a Saturday night and I'm sitting here on my bed listening to some music. Some things to talk about.

Earlier this week Laura and I sent a flower delivery via FTD to Ashley and she said that she liked it. They were blue tulips.

Last night was my last day as full-time at CHC. It was a struggle as always since one kid wanted to act up. Still, at the end of the night, I talked with a couple of kids since I was leaving to become ER. Had a good talk with them. We'll see if I come back. :)

A couple of hours ago we finished watching The Da Vinci Code with Laura and Laura's parents (they came up to help work on the house and hang out). It was good. I didn't really compare it to the book since that's something I don't do, but it did seem to follow it right. Still debating whether Silas is pronounced "See-las" or "Sigh-less", but oh well. They said it both ways in the movie.

Monday I start my new job as the administrative assistant at Thought Equity. Hopefully that pans out well and I get hired on as salary at the end of 30 days.

But that's about it to report for now since Laura is laying here pretending not to read it while I write this.

Hope all's well with everyone.

Just writing a quick little update from our new office! We got our desks on Friday, but we finally put it together today because the desks were so damn heavy and I couldn't carry upstairs by myself.

TJ, I'll take pictures and stuff from our new place soon and send them to you via CD or something because on your dial-up it'll take forever!

Hope all is well for those that read this.

Finally done with my work week. Damn I'm glad. I have no more 9-9 Saturday shifts...I can't wait for that. Hopefully I can get started on that computer business soon because I'll need the income!

Otherwise, all is well, but I'm tired as fuck, so I'm heading to bed.

Just a quick little update. Although it's almost been a full two weeks. A lot has been happening. Firstly, we've completely moved into our townhome. We're almost done with settling in. The last thing is the study, which we can be done by early next week because the desks that we ordered are finally getting here tomorrow. To e honest, it does seem like Laura and I have been fighting a lot about the home, just because of things like what to buy, where to put things, etc. It'll pass though. It always happens when we move...I hate moving! Second, my last day as full-time staff at work is going to be next Friday. After that, I had better find another job!!! But yeah, those are the two biggest updates so far.

I've been having the itch to start the computer building business. I e-mailed my brother to see if we could do it as a subdivision of Motogolf but he said he'll get back to me. If he doesn't seem to want to try it, I think I might give it a shot myself. I think I can do it. I have most of the logistics down. I just need to try one out to see how well it works.

What else...oh yeah, our new dog...that we don't have yet. We've moved a little forward in the application process. The volunteers came and saw our place. Now we're just waiting whether or not the lady who runs the rescue thinks that we can handle a border collie. The weird thing is, I have been waiting for this dog a long time, but the other day Laura mentioned that she wanted to go to Manitou Springs again to head to that bed and breakfast we went to a few years ago and ever since then, I've been wanting to go. But she thinks that if we reserve the room now, we'll be having to get the dog the same week or the week before we'll be going on the couple-day trip...I don't know. It seems that we haven't done anything like this in a long time, so I want to hang out with here. I think it'd be fun and I really liked that bed and breakfast we went to, so.

But yeah, it's getting sort of late and I have a long next two days, so. See ya later.

Hope everyone who reads this is doing well.

Very quick update...about 75% moved in...got a bunch of misc junk and food back at the old place. Hopefully we'll be done mid week.

Yippee!

And no word from the BC rescue yet. I want a dog so bad.

Phew, finally a chance to sit here and write a bit. I'm listening to some tunes from Sky.fm right now, going to work in about 20 minutes. So, back to the vague statement from last time. I finally decided to give this job a rest, at least for the summer, possibly (probably) longer. My last day full-time is going to be May 19th, but might be shorter depending on some other plans.

Today I had an interview with the recreation department for the city...I'm thinking that this is just a volunteer position, but that's ok. I have an interview tomorrow at the UPS Store, so hopefully that goes well and I get hired because if not, I'm going to be searching for a job quick! The thing is, I told my boss that I already had a job lined up and that I'll be working at this business in FoCo. I just don't want to have to get a job in town where I might have a chance of running into my staff. Oh well. I'll still be an ER, so I'll probably work here and there to cover shifts and stuff, but yeah, if all goes well, I'll be able to get the UPS Store job and start part-time or something if they let me and then move into full-time after May 19th.

The CRAPPY thing is that we start our new schedule this coming weekend I guess. Which means that I work Thurs-Sunday...wtf. Ha, oh well. If the hours weren't so crappy, I wouldn't mind, but it's 5-10 Thurs, 3-12 Fri, 9-9 Sat and 12-10 Sun. How much worse can it get? The thing that's going to keep me going is that I'm stopping on the 19th...but hopefully that Monday the 15th. I'll see if I can get out of it.

I would apply this this desk clerk job for the Best Western but it's like being built still and I'm not sure where to apply. It just says apply in person, but I don't know. I'll try to get an app or something tomorrow maybe.

But yeah, I'm in like that transition phase so it'll be a little weird for a few weeks.

On to the good news. We're officially going to have keys for the townhome on Friday! Sucks that I'll probably be working Sat and Sun pretty much all day, but fuck, such is life.

No word from the dog people yet. Hopefully soon. I think Laura was going to e-mail to make sure that our application was received or something. Other than that, the new house thing is going well. We're starting to pack everything (well, Laura has done much of it) and we've got utilities ready and stuff.

Last weekend we were in Fort Collins and I spent quite a bit of money getting stuff for the house. Namely tools like a circular saw, jigsaw, drill, etc. I spent about $160 for that set. I'm all pumped up to build stuff for the new house now. I also bought some new clothes and, holy hell, new shoes too. I haven't worn it yet, but I'm going to be breaking them in here pretty soon. I hate starting to wear new shoes. They are just so bright.

But anyway, I have 15 or so minutes left to get ready for work and stuff, so I'll catch you later!

P.S. I guess the other bigs news is that I'm finally debt free...from loans, from credit card debt, etc. It's a nice feeling. I'm going to try pretty hard to keep my credit card from being used. It's evil for sure.

Today's going to be a quite a day if I'm gonna do what I've been talking about!!! More later.

I'm typing this from my new (old) laptop. I'll write up a more detailed explanation of why I have this laptop, but yeah, it's nice. Laura's mom is using my old laptop, so I couldn't go without one for long.

I'm still finishing up tweaking everything to how I want it, so I'll catch you later.

I'm being late again with my posts. Anyway, the biggest news since the last time is that my loans are FINALLY done. The cool thing about that it that it's paid off and I still haven't used my tax return money yet. That'll probably go towards house stuff, like tools, desks, chair, etc.

We're moving in roughly 2.5 weeks! Not that moving is fun. It's never fun, but hopefully we'll be staying here for at least a couple years...it's crazy that we've moved every year since I went to college. That's a lot of moving.

Working is going ok. Things seem to be on a "smooth" cycle again, if you know what I mean. Other than work, hanging out, I've been playing WoW still. I finally hit level 60 on my mage character a few days ago. It wasn't that big a deal as I was waiting for it to be. I'm starting to go down in interest though since I hit 60. I started a priest character, but I HATE having to level up AGAIN.

Nothing else really. TJ STILL hasn't put up a blog yet nor sent me his brother's home address so we can send him a thank you letter for the living history farms experience.

The weather is finally changing to spring and it's been getting warmer and warmer. It's raining even. I like the rain although it makes my car dirty. Tomorrow is supposed to be a hot one. I don't like summer just for the fact that it gets so hot sometimes. I'd rather be cold than hot.

Right now I'm trying to see if there's a way to get my old laptop back from my Mom while I get her a cheap desktop computer from Best Buy or CompUSA or something. I saw some cheap eMachines for like $380.

A few more weeks until we get a dog! I hope we get the ones that we are looking at on the border collie rescue website. We're going to send in the application sometime this week. Exciting.

Laura is done with her homework now, so I'm going to go and head to sleep. I'm tired as hell.

Laters.

A new week and almost April. I can't believe it's been 4 months into 2006. Come to think of it, I've been at this job for almost 6 months now, despite all the complaining. Hehe.

Anyway, hopefully this week will be a good one! I'll write more later. Oh yeah...and time to file my taxes!!

I am about to head to sleep so I can be rested up for the long 12-hour shift at work tomorrow...I don't want to work!!! It's just a damn long day. Hopefully the next 2 Saturdays one of the other staff that owes me hours will take my 2nd half of my shift, so that'll be something to look forward to.

I'm FINALLY done with my taxes. I'll hopefully be triple checking everything and then filing it over the weekend. If I have any luck, I won't have to pay back some money like I did last year and I will get around $1100 back. That's a nice chunk of change that I can use to pay off my loans finally and then spend it towards stuff for the new townhouse.

We'll definitely be moving in last week/first week of May, but hopefully we'll all be done in a couple of days. Thank god that it's not that far away from where we are now. About 30 seconds away by car. Haha.

We're getting close to putting in our application for our dog. Hopefully we get the one we like or something similar. I think the criteria is a bit too strict for the rescue, but oh well.

Laura is doing good overall. She's been busy this past week and the next week because of tests and essays and stuff. I'm still waiting for TJ to send me the address for his brother so we can send him a thank you card and all that...he must be busy. Haha.

It's weird to say, but I think I'm finally starting to lower in my addiction for World of Warcraft...well, that is probably until I start my next character...haha. It's neverending. But yeah, I'm getting tired of it because I'm running out of things to do (even though there really isn't). It's getting sort of repetitive, but you'll have to be playing the game to understand what I mean. But it's still fun though. Chris is more into than me. He's spent quite a bit of money in real life to buy golf for the game. Lol.

But anyway, I'm going to watch Laura play Harvest Moon for a little bit and then head to bed...gonna be a long day...

P.S. Write in your blog TJ!!!