It's Autumn!

The weather so far this week has been nothing short of perfect! It's been in the 70s for a high, and in the 40s (yes, folks, FORTIES!) for a low. GREAT sleeping weather. Washed the blanky and put it on the bed. Also, bought a new lawnmower over the weekend. The original one lasted 7 years. Pretty good for a piece of equipment that only carries a 2-year warranty normally, and trust me when I say it wasn't used "normally". The backyard of my home did not get mowed unless it was a foot or higher.

Watched the Razorbacks game this past Saturday, and damn near lost my voice (and my mind with the 4th quarter collapse). Great 3 1/2 hours with my son though. We enjoyed watching the game together. He's finally willing to sit and watch a full game, rather than get bored after 15 minutes and go do something else. For that matter, so am I!

Not much else going on. Hate September for all of the extra bills. Insurance, car registrations, garbage bill, Ann's birthday. At least October and November should be fairly quiet. Electric bill will definitely be lower (no A/C on), gas bill should still be non-existent. Only use gas for heat, and right now that's staying off!

TTFN!

Good vacation

It came and went. Thursday actually bought Halo: Reach for my son (and for me .. I played it while sitting around with nothing to do). Saturday (that was yesterday, DUH!) Ann and I went to Downstream. Unfortunately after dinner she became a bit ill so we left earlier than planned. Got to listen to the NWA Naturals (KC Royals AA affiliate) win the championship vs Midland on the radio. Today did my grocery shopping (all 5 items on the list) and will start laundry soon. Basically a normal weekend. I have been bitten by the poker bug again and would like to go today to Cherokee to play in their 2pm tournament, but with Ann not feeling well will probably not go. Better to stay home and make sure she is OK.

That brings you up to speed. Short and sweet (1/2 like me .. I am short!)

Happy Hump Day!

Yes. I am counting down the hours until my first vacation of 2010. Granted, it is only 2 days, but HEY, I'll take what I can get. Also, it's payday! May celebrate by getting some lunch today.

Tomorrow is my wife's 50th birthday. I originally took off the next two days in anticipation of her having vacation and us doing something special. But recently she switched jobs, so no vacation. I thought about postponing mine, but I have some changes coming to my own schedule at work, and this week is quiet, so I decided to leave it alone and take the time. This will at least give me a chance to go and buy her gift. Things you want to buy are very difficult when the place you have to go has the same hours as you do, dontcha think?

The NWA Naturals have made it to the AA Championship!! (Did I tell you that already?) Anyway, games 1 and 2 were last night and tonight at home. Perfect! Wasn't planning on going. DID, however, kid around with Ann that if they WERE playing at home on her birthday we could go if she wants. Well, guess friggin' what?!? Last night's game was postponed due to "poor field conditions". You have to ask "I don't get it? The sun was shining yesterday afternoon." Yes it was. However, it poured in the morning. AND, the grounds crew did not put the tarp on the field after the Monday night game. Soooooooo, cancel game 1 on Tuesday, move it to Wednesday. Guess when they play game 2? Tomorrow. On Ann's birthday! Guess who may be going to Springdale .. AGAIN! Leaving it up to her.

I do know that we will be going to Downstream this weekend. Not for an overnight trip, although if we had planned it better maybe we could have. But definitely doing a day trip. We both enjoy it there. It's very player friendly comfortable. Personally I wouldn't mind going to Bordertown. They have an OTB (Off Track Betting, not On The Border!). I do know I'm going there in November for the Breeder's Cup. I so miss watching horse racing. They are such beautiful animals, and when they run, it's amazing to watch the speed and coordination. Plus, the jockeys make me feel tall!

I think I told you I wanted to be a jockey when I was a kid. I was short and light enough. But my mother was afraid I'd fall off and get hurt. I was lucky to get on a merry-go-round! Ah well, now I'm way too fat! I'd get on the horse, and I swear it would pull a Mr Ed and look back at me going "you've GOT to be fucking kidding me right?!?" Such is life.

Still haven't forgotten

Today marks the 9 year anniversary of 9-11-2001 and the terrible terrorist attack in New York and Washington. I am in Arkansas now, far away from where I was then. This morning I was watching TV, and flipped on MSNBC just to see what coverage they had on the tragedy from 9 years ago. They are showing the actual footage of their coverage of that fateful morning. These are reports and images I had not seen, as I was at work and TV was not available. We only had radio.

Thank you President Obama for pulling our troops out of Afghanistan, for putting an end to our part in the war in that country. Please, however, do not be fooled that this is over. They will not rest until they complete what they set out to do, and after reports of EIGHT planes that were originally unaccounted for on 9-11-2001, and only 4 landed with what we know were terrorists, we have to ask...where did the other four end up?

What a weekend...

Where do I start? Well, we went to the Naturals game on Saturday. I was really excited too, because they had the chance to clinch the 2nd half title (they already won the 1st half), but they lost. Beautiful day though. Sunday I did my shopping and laundry (yes, I'm that wonderful a person .. ha ha), and played some X-Box. During this "downtime" my wife mentioned about going to the Naturals game on Monday. It was a day game (1pm start) and the weather was going to be good, so I went online and bought tickets.

Monday comes and we go to the game. We were in our seats about 4 seconds before someone from the Naturals staff comes over and asks us if we would like to "upgrade" our seats. Mind you, the stadium holds roughly 6,000 people and EVERY seat is good! But they got excited, so we moved. The catch was be in the seats during the 6th inning so we could be announced and put on the jumbotron. OK, cool. Move me to the other side of the stadium, so if I want to have a cigarette, I have to walk 6x as far as I did originally. Anyway...Monday is also Baseball Bingo. What they do is with each home team batter (except the DH), whatever they hit corresponds to a bingo number. Get bingo and you win. Well, we needed 0-65, and the batter that was up needed to fly out. I told my son "he hits a fly out you run. WAIT! Take the bingo card with you." Sure enough, the batter swings, and as soon as the ball goes up in the air, my son is up waiting for the card. We got bingo, and we won. I made the mistake of sending him up for the prize. He had a choice. Tickets to tonight's playoff game 1, movie tickets, or a "goodie bag". He was afraid to choose the tickets to the game, because dammit, I was there twice this week and I was tired! Long story short, he took the tickets. Sooooooo, we are going to the game again tonight (weather permitting). I am beginning to dislike the town they play in!

Welcome to Labor Day weekend...

Woohoo! It's here. A legitimate 3-day weekend! Well, kinda. I will still be online for work, but I will not have to STAY online all day. Also, why the hell do they call it "Labor" day if nobody works? Yeah, yeah, it's an old joke, but I've yet to hear an answer. Frankly, dammit, I want one!!

Anyway, I am working from home today. Usually it's Thursday's but I took a 1/2 day for myself yesterday and today my son had a dental appointment. So instead of starting home, then having to shut it all down, pack it up, only to take him to school then trekking into the office to unpack, only to repack again at the end of the day, I asked my supervisor (and she graciously said yes) to let me work from home today. So I was online at 7, worked until 8, then got back at 10 and right back to work. Will be here all day, hopefully will be a fairly quiet day. It's actually been fairly quiet all week, which is scary. Waiting for the explosion.

Played poker Wednesday night. Had a great start. Flopped quad J's, managed to suck almost 2 grand out of an opponent. Then caught trips from a small blind, which I played without looking at my cards until the turn. Unfortunately, those were the only highlights. I got moved to another table, went all in, lost and left. Hopefully going this weekend again. Then I'll probably be done until next year.

Have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend everyone!

Random post...

Are you a wrestling fan? I am. I follow one particular site that has all kinds of news and stories about the wrestling business and the wrestlers. It's kind of like an internet tabloid, except they have bloggers that also give their own opinions of things, ideas they have for "creative" and the like. It's really a good read. I enjoy it.

Other than that, I guess there isn't much to talk about. I don't even know why I am blogging, except I have random thoughts in my head I need to put somewhere I guess. I am, for starters, tired of stupidity. You know the saying "if everything around you is right and you are wrong, then it's probably you" or something to that effect. Well, I've come to the conclusion that it IS everybody else. Everyone thinks that because I am no longer a "social butterfly" at work, and I keep mostly to myself on personal issues, that there is something wrong with me. Nobody bothers to ask. To hell with them.

I am still bumming about not going to New York this year. I'll get over it though. I have my memories, and will visit them often over the next few months to keep myself from going totally nuts. Next year, like I said in a past post, will be a better time to go. What things am I looking to see? Well, for starters the ocean. I want to walk on the beach and the boardwalk, stay for awhile. Sit in the sand and listen to the waves crashing to the shore, the birds flying above. I also want to go through the old neighborhood where I grew up. I want to see what became of the house I lived in for more than half my life. I also want to drive by the park that was on the other side of town but I never went to because I didn't KNOW there was the other side of town until I started driving, then I hardly went there. I also want to visit an OTB (not On The Border, it's Off Track Betting). I had some good times there talking with guys about horses. One strange place I want to go is to a diner. I haven't had diner food in quite awhile.

People? Not particularly. This trip is more about the place. I want to go fishing (have to find out what is in season when I go). In case you haven't figured it out, I am drying out, and need to get wet again. Did you know there is a huge lake here, and I've never been to it. Seven years, don't go. Not even sure where it is. On Long Island it was easy to find water. Go 5 miles north or south, you find water. Go 6 miles north or south, you drown. Easy!

Finally decided on a title for the post. Yes, just typed it in. What?! Got a problem with it? I could have named it "fuck off" but that would defeat the purpose, because I would read back on this later, see that and think I should just stop reading altogether. I won't remember why I titled it the way I did. I type this to remind myself of the past. Some of which I should be forgetting.

Have to go to my son's school tonight for a "class meeting". Don't I seem excited? The class is called "Forensics" but it has to do with presentation and debate. That is not the definition I know for Forensics, but why not. If it's got to do with debate, my son can (maybe) learn from me. If not, his problem. He isn't the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree to begin with.

It's funny. I follow other blogs, and the parents there are so fucking funny. "Oh, my child is SO GREAT, they do THIS and THAT!" Have you stopped and looked at your child? If you didn't drag them to this and that, they would have nothing to do, because frankly they look too stupid to know what they want. And with parents like what they have, they are in alot of fucking trouble!

Well, that's about it. Not enough? Oh well, I'll save it for the next one.