Weekend Update

Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day......I drank beer and gave ladies of all ages many many high fives. Today I worked and got Dad some free gifts courtesy of Fastenal. Tomorrow I will go to church with Laura and do some homework. I will now attempt to go find some lunch. Happy Saturday everyone !

Another Day.....

Today was pretty normal. I Hit the snooze button once more than normal......yeah I'm livin' on the edge. I went to work. I worked. I came home. That's about it. Now I'm just listening to my cd's that I bought yesterday and playing some euchre online. I'm pretty bored tonight and don't feel like doing homework so I guess that will wait until the weekend. I think I'll go to bed early tonight. I am very tired. I don't enjoy getting up at 5:30 in the morning but I guess that's part of the job.

In other news the Pistons beat the Bulls last night and clinched a playoff spot. So we can all look forward to a fun post-season. Does anyone think we'll get to see the Tigers in the post season anytime soon? How cool would that be......the last time they won a world series I was 2 months old.

Alright that's all I have for now.....I'm going to go crash on my bed. Happy Friday tomorrow !

My Day

I'm just hanging out in Toledo over my break. It's not that bad with no one else here. I've been over at the church the past two nights so that has been keeping me busy. On Tuesdays a few college kids get together and have a bible study and just talk about whatever. I really enjoy it and get a lot out of it. Tonight they had a service at the church so I went to that. I must say I miss the music from back home but it was a nice service anyhow.

Today I went to the mall and got a hair cut, a raspberry julius, Bob Seger's Greatest Hits 2, and The Temptation's Ultimate Collection.....both Cd's we're in the 2 for $22 bin and I love both so I couldn't pass it up. Then I decided I'd swing on over to Guitar Center and play some of their acoustic guitars. I like going into their little room and playing guitars that cost over 2000 dollars. It felt good not to be the least talented guitarist in the room but then I tried playing the banjo like the odd-looking kid in "Deliverance" but it didn't work out so well. Then I plugged in one of the electric guitars to like a 300 hundred dollar amp that did all sorts of cool things......how do I know it did cool things you ask ? Because it has 5 different settings you can put it on. They are as follows: Clean, Blues, Metal, Crunch (yes crunch), and the winner of them all INSANE. I tried them all and the insane setting is exactly that......it doesn't even sound good.......it sounds like static mixed with someone stepping on bubble wrap. Also this amp had an echo and a delay setting that made whatever you were playing sound pretty cool. I hadn't changed my strings on my guitar in about 4 years until about 3 weeks ago. Dad bought me some new strings on his way home from Georgia and man does it sound better.

After my Guitar Center adventure I went to a place called Plato's Closet......it's like a pricey version of Goodwill. You don't pay full price but you don't get super great deals either......I ended up buying 3 shirts. Two American Eagle shirts and one Tommy Hilfiger shirt. Just what I need more shirts.......I think I might try and take some clothes I don't want back to this place.....they said if they are acceptable they'll give you some money for them. I'll have to look into that.

Then I came home and ate some sloppy joes that Mom had sent with me and went to church......and that was my day.

Hmmm what else? Oh I had a dream that the country group Rascal Flatts had a concert at Grafton Inn and I missed it. I was so upset because I knew that it would probably never happen again. I'm glad it was just a dream.

I think that's all I have for now........I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week !

3, 2, 1.........

Chauncey dribbles at the top of the key and runs down the clock as the pistons hold for the last shot 10, 9, 8, 7.........he works to the right a bit 7, 6, 5.......you can see Rip Hamilton running and coming off screens and he curls as Chauncey dishes it off to him 3, 2, 1.........Rip lets it fly.............and swish !!!!!!!!!! Pistons go up 98-96 with 0.2 seconds left on the clock and they go on to win a well fought game against Seattle. What a game they played last night. The game had somewhere around 20 lead changes and about 8-10 times where the game was tied.......it was pretty close the entire game and the better team came out on top. We are now 48-10. Way to go guys !

In other news....I am finally on break ! WOOHOO........I'm so glad to be done with school for a week. I only have to go into work for 3 days this week so I'll have Monday and Wednesday to do whatever I want. Maybe catch up on sleep.....maybe go see a movie....who knows.

Well I'm going to go watch some golf with pops. Catch y'all later.

It's March

We are 1/6 of the way done with 2006.....and I believe only 1/6 of my brain is able to function right now. Hopefully after today I will see a light at the end of the tunnel as far as school work goes. I just want to have a day where I don't have to do anything.....no class, no homework, no work work, just relax and enjoy myself......soon enough I suppose but for now, time to keep working......well I'm off to class. Have a great day everyone!

Pause

I'm drowning in a sea of work......I will be on spring break soon although it seems like it's taking forever to get here. I have a test tomorrow and I haven't even been able to start studying for it yet. I also have a group presentation to do tomorrow not to mention another big group project to complete before Thursday. Oh yeah I have to go to work and all my other classes besides that. I wish I had a pause button like they have on all the video games. Just stop things for a while and figure out what my next move should be. I'm very tired and need to sleep so I can get up and study because from past experience.....studying before you sleep when you can't concentrate doesn't do much good. I will be so happy when I get to see my house and parents on Friday.......it's been almost 3 weeks since I've been home and I miss the fireplace and the fridge full of food and all the other nice things about home. Well time for bed.....Night y'all

Like Father Like Son

Dad if you're reading this....get better fast. 102 fever doesn't sound that fun. I myself have sort of relapsed into my sickness. I was up all night coughing and wasn't having a fun time sleeping or trying to sleep for that matter. When I did wake up this morning I looked at the clock.....7:30. Oh crud....I'm supposed to start at 6:30. So I got out of bed and felt like I was going to puke. Luckily I didn't but my stomach is still feeling uneasy. I was feeling really good last night and all the normal cold symptoms were gone.....no stuffy nose, no eyes watering....all I had was this ever-present cough. I don't know how many of you can relate but the way I feel right now is the same way I used to feel after the first day of conditioning for high-school basketball. It feels like someone ran you over with a bulldozer and squeezed out every drop of energy from your body and replaced it with a lot of lethargic qualities. So anyways, I called my boss and told him of my situation and he kind of knew from the way I was coughing on Tuesday that I might be pretty sick. I told him I'd try and come in but he said to just take the day off and try to fully recover and come in tomorrow.

So here I sit with a ton of work to do for school and no energy to do it. Oh well, it will get better soon. Hopefully we'll all just get better and not have to deal with anymore sickness. Well I'll keep y'all posted (I hope) on what's happening. Have a great day !

Down But Not Out

Hello all........I'm sick so don't get too close. I'm tired and stuffed up and have watery eyes but I'm hanging in there. Sickness is only temporary anyways right ? In other news I'm really busy with school and work and everything that goes along with that. Only 2 weeks until Spring Break though. For spring break I will be traveling to the wonderful place we all know and love called...Work. While hard to work on your tan I actually get paid to go there so I can't complain. Well I better do some homework.....I hope all is well.

Ok, here goes....

Here's what I remember from the weekend. Last Friday I rode up with my friend Jeff's brother Dan. We arrived in Rose City around 8:15 after a pretty easy 3 hour drive. We were welcomed by a cabin full of friends. So for the next few hours we sat around and talked, played cards, listened to music and drank some beer. That last activity seemed to be a reoccuring theme throughout the weekend. I can't remember when we started the Polar Bear Club initiations but it was fun to put the rookies through a series of extremely cold tasks. After that was done I just remember hanging out in the cabin for a little bit and then going to bed at 1:30 which is very early but friday was a long day for me.

Saturday I woke up around 8:30 and sat by the fireplace for about an hour and a half before I decided I'd get ready to head on over to East Tawas, the place where we jump. When we all arrived in Tawas we met up with some of the guys who were staying at the hotel instead of the cabin and decided to go register for the jump. After that we decided to walk around town and get some lunch. A few of us went to G's, it's a pretty tasty pizza place and we got a pretty good deal on some pizza I thought. After lunch it was time........JUMP TIME ! We all went and got changed in the hotel and headed out to the lake. Waiting in line to jump is almost as fun as the jump....we get kinda crazy and yell and jump around and some people weren't too thrilled with us since they we're kind of worried about the thickness of the ice this year. Oh well, we like to have a good time. So then we all jumped in 2 by 2 and I will say this year has been slightly warmer then previous years. My friend Shaun and I decided to stay in a little longer than normal this year. Seeing as how we only get to do this once a year we wanted it to last as long as possible. Once I got out some guy pulled me off to the side and started asking me questions and had me talk into his phone....I'm pretty sure I was on some local radio station. When I stopped answering questions I ran into the hotel with everyone and jumped in the pool and hot tub.......it felt soooo warm.

Everyone got changed into some dry clothes and we all headed down to the beer tent.....my favorite part of the weekend. We were there from about 2pm to 6pm. We drank, sang songs as loud as we could and I even met 2 new friends in the process. Their names are Candis and Heather......I'm not sure how but it wasn't too long and Candis and I were talking about the Red Sox and it turns out she's from Waltz ! We talked about the Waltz Inn and coconut shrimp.....so whenever you can cover the Red Sox, Waltz, and coconut shrimp in the first few minutes of meeting me I think you've got my attention. Next up we have Heather. Heather is from Garden City and besides my main man Tiger Woods, Heather has the nicest teeth I think I've ever seen. I'm sure everyone is glad they know this now. Candis used to go to highschool with Heather in Garden City before moving to Waltz....so that's the connection there. I knew nothing about Garden City and according to Heather there isn't much to know. So for the rest of the night Jeff and I talked to our new found friends and had a blast.

So much more happened than I could ever try to write and everyone who went has their own hilarious stories. A good time was had by all and I think we'd all stay for weeks if we could.

It was extremely hard to come back to school on monday and sit through 5 classes after having such a fun weekend. Not to mention today was the busiest day at work since I've been there.

Anyways.....that was my Polar Bear Club experience for 2006. That makes 5 years now. I can't wait to go back. Well I hope everyone has a great week and happy valentine's day to everyone.

What a Weekend

Well Polar Bear Club was amazing as usual. Met some new friends, drank some brews, and jumped in a lake. There are so many memories from the weekend it's tough to know where to start. I'll have to sort them all out at a later date and expand on the weekend. I'm pretty tired so I'm going to get everything ready for school this week. Hope everyone else has a great week. Bye !

Busy

Today I've been going non-stop since about 5 am. Here's my day in the worst constructed sentence ever.....Woke up at 5, work by 6, out at 1:15, class at 2....out at 3:15, library from 3:30-5:45, church from 6-7:30....homework from 7:30-8.......and I have yet to attend my meeting at 8:45 that will probably get done at about 9:30.....oh yeah I have a test tomorrow too. Needless to say, I'm very busy........Polar Bear Club this weekend though. I can't wait til Friday at 4 pm. Well I better get going so I'm not late for my meeting. Hopefully I can update when I don't have so many places to be.

Start of Another Week

Just hanging out in my apartment watching the Pistons right now. They're currently winning so I hope they can continue to do so. They showed a picture a Tiger's pitcher Todd Jones who I actually got to talk to yesterday at TIGERFEST 2006. I was lucky enough to get 5 autographs while I was there. They included Todd Jones, Curtis Granderson, Placido Polanco, Tony Giarratano, and Jeremy Bonderman. I was about 5 minutes away from getting Pudge but he left. Oh well. I went to Tigerfest with my friend Kalee and her friend Ryan. For those unaware Kalee has the biggest crush on Tony Giarratano. I snapped a picture of her and Tony while Ryan was kind enough to write her cell phone number on a chunky soup coupon and hand it to him while we got his autograph. He kind of laughed and talked to us a little bit and seemed pretty nice. Just being around all the baseball stuff made me wish it was Summer again. The Pistons are amazing but it's a bit pricey to drive to Auburn Hills and pay about 25-30 dollars to see a game as opposed to driving to Detroit and paying 5 dollars for a ticket. Maybe one day everyone will play dowtown.

This morning I went to church with my friend Laura and her brother Andy and went to Applebee's for lunch afterwards. That has become somewhat of a ritual for the Sunday's I stay down in Toledo. This afternoon I sort of cleaned while watching the DVD I got for Christmas from Uncle Mark. It was all about the history of sports in Boston. It was very interesting. Larry Bird is a funny man.

I think that's all for now. Hope everyone has a great week !

Same Old

Nothing much going on with me. Just going to work and school. It's boring but it's my life. Pistons are still doing well....they just can't beat Utah. That's all I have. I'm sure there is more to say but I'm drawing a blank. Have a good weekend everyone.

DEEE TROIT BASAKET BALL !

I went to the Palace to watch the Pistons play the Orlando Magic last night........it was a good game and the Piston took care of business down the stretch to win easily. We are now 25-4. Yahoo.

I've been working everyday at my job in Toledo and it's very interesting to learn the ins and outs of how that place runs. Today we had another new hire come in which no longer makes me "the new guy." I can't say I'm disappointed about that.

In other news I had a fun New Years Eve and even sat down and watched a 3 hour movie with my grandparents before I went to party, I can't remember the last time that happened.

Well that's all for now....bye everyone !

P.S. Happy Birthday Amy !

Merry Christmas Eve !

Merry Christmas Eve to everyone. Hope all is well. Pistons won last night over Golden State so we're 21-3 now. The Red Wings also had an amazing comeback last night. Down two goals to none with a minute left to play.......we get one with about 38 seconds to play.......then another to tie it at two...OVERTIME ! Overtime periods last 5 minutes and the Wings decided to use 4:59.8 until they scored for the final time and won. It's not very often you have shots in hockey that just beat the buzzer. Anywho, it was a good night and fun was had by all. Merry Christmas to everyone tomorrow. Bye Bye !

This Can't Be Happening !

It's nights like tonight when I hate the money that is involved with pro sports. My favortie Red Sox player Johnny Damon has decided to sign with another team......anyone want to venture out and take a guess at what team. THE YANKEES. If you're going to leave Boston, just please go to any other team than the yankees. It is a sad day for Red Sox fans.

On a brighter note the Pistons pulled out a 93-89 win over Portland tonight. Winning 4 games in five nights is quite impressive and I hope the guys can get some much needed rest before Friday night. We're 20-3 and just keep on rolling. Alright it's past my bedtime. Night Y'all

How Many Game Winning Shots Does It Take ?

How many game winning shots do you have to make to win a game? One. Obviously. How many chances do you usually get to take a game winning shot at the buzzer? One. Normally. Last night the Pistons fearless leader, Chauncey Billups had not one, not two, but three count them THREE chances to make a game winning shot at the buzzer. One at the end of regulation, one at the end of the first overtime, and the last one at the end of double overtime. Thank goodness he made the one at the end of double overtime. It's always nice to get a phone call after the end of the first overtime. Who would it be you ask? My Mother. "I'm leaving it up to you to get them a win son, I gotta get some sleep." Nice to know there was support elsewhere for the boys in red last night. So I stayed up and watched it go back and forth again and again. Until finally I could breathe easy when Mr. Big Shot, Chauncey Billups hit the game winner and the Pistons won 106-104. That improves us to 19-3 and we now get to come back to the Palace for 5 games or so. Always a good thing to come back home.

In other news I went to work again today. 7:30-5. I'm tired. The work is not as fast-paced as it was at UPS which is nice but when you're on your feet for 8 or 9 hours....it hurts. But I'd rather have some soreness in my legs than to have unbearable pain in my back which was the case at UPS. I got to go on some deliveries today with Chris.....one of the workers there. He showed me at least 20 places where he delivers to and kind of pointed to them as we drove by. I'm gonna have to drive around them about 50 more times before I remember where all of them are. We even went in one place that makes stabalizer bars. That was an interesting place. Lots of heat and lots of metal.

Well that's the exciting life of me....Hope you enjoyed it. Bye !

Hex Cap Screws, Flat Washers, Button Head Cap Screws, Plow Bolts, Wing Nuts, Elevator Bolts....You name it

Those are just a few of the products I got to handle today. I started my new job at Fastenal today. 8 am to 5 pm. I actually enjoyed getting to know my way around the store as the day went on. Finding different bins for different products takes a long long time when you don't know where anything goes. All in good time. There are four guys who run that store, myself included. Soon it will be five guys though, another part-time guy starts on the first of January. I'll prolly get to train him since I'll have a few weeks in. The guys are very nice there and laid back. They like to joke around and don't mind helping you when you have a question. They really seemed to appreciate having me around today since the boss just returned from vacation and it was just two guys running the store for the last two weeks. On Wednesday or Thursday my boss said I'll probably get to ride along on a delivery or a call and see how things get done on that end of the spectrum. I would like to do that since that's what I'm going to school for. All in all it was a pretty good first day.

In other news I'm on Christmas Break for school and am glad that I don't have to attend class for a few weeks. The Pistons continue to play amazing basketball and are still the best team in the NBA at 18-3. Way to go guys. That's all the news I have for now. Bye y'all

All Jazzed up

The Pistons lost to the Utah Jazz the other night. Not cool guys. Better beat Sacramento tonight.

Congrats to my sister getting onto grad school.

That's all I got....Take it easy everyone.

Lazy Saturday

Well I'm back now. The hot chocolate was pretty tasty. I should start to study this afternoon. I don't really want to but when does studying ever sound appealing? I could go to the rec. I went there last night for the first time this semester. Joel and I played some pool and then went and played some basketball with Nick. My back doesn't hurt today so I must have not overdone it. Go me. No matter how fat I think I'm getting I'm still the lightest guy in my apartment. 160 pounds with shoes on, after an entire semester of eating like crap. We had weigh-ins at the rec last night and Joel came in at 176 and Nick came in at 195. I'm pretty sure we're all within 2 inches of each other in height as well.

Pistons Update: As you know we traveled to Oakland to play the Golden State Warriors last night. It was back and forth the entire game and like usual we turned up the defense in the last few minutes. We didn't run away with the game but it just seems like the guys turn it up a notch in those last few minutes. Rasheed Wallace gave us some big buckets and came up with a key steal down the stretch and my man Chauncey Billups got a lay-up off that steal. We were up 4 in the last 9 or 10 seconds and Golden State hit a 3 pointer to come within one point. They started fouling us to stop the clock but we made our free throws and held them off. The very end made my heart skip a beat when Rasheed Wallace decided to make a full court pass to Ben Wallace.....I was hoping he wouldn't have it hit off his leg or arm or something and give Golden State the ball back but everything worked out and Ben caught it...took two steps and slammed it home. So we're up 3 with the last few seconds ticking off the clock and Golden State launches a 3 pointer from way back and................it just hits off the rim and the Pistons escape with a close victory to improve to 14-2. Way to go guys.

Red sox Rumor: I heard there might be a chance Boston might get Nomar Garciaparra back. Even though he's like the Grant Hill of baseball and gets hurt all the time I still would love to see him back in a Red Sox uniform.

After the game Joel, Tiff, and I watched Home Alone because we find that movie hilarious.....we watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation earlier in the day and that too is a classic Christmas movie. I fell asleep about half way through Home Alone and that was the end of my night.

Well it's time to start that studying. Happy Saturday everyone.