Another Rainy Day

Today I decided to head outdoors and run down to the marina. I got dressed for a run, expecting it to be colder, so I donned wind-pants with shorts underneath as well as a long-sleeve shirt with another short-sleeve over the top. I also clipped my ipod to my pants and slipped a stocking cap on my head, but the weather I was expecting was a little further from the truth... in the wrong direction: colder. I'm not sure what the temp was exactly, but I do know that while my lungs may have felt like they were burning, my legs and fingers did not. I made it down to the marina ok though... using the nice jogging trail by the bay. When I arrived at my viewing point, though, it started to rain... ugh! just when I thought I could have a nice run. crappy weather. Sorry, no pictures from my run today, but the following pictures are what you could have seen if it were a nice day out. (I took these at an earlier date.)



After my run, I came home and talked to my girl. I also went to the grocery store and decided to buy a few more cleaning supplies while I am off this week. Figured I could get the house looking a little better while I have the time.

One thing to remember about tonight people: Set your clocks back. I'm going to do my happy dance as I waltz around my place setting back the clocks. Yay! an extra hour to sleep! or eat! I haven't made up my mind yet. :-)


PS. 43 days, 16 hours, 19 minutes until I get to see my girl!

Adventures in Laziness

Ok so I know I haven't posted in a while and I know I should feel some kind of remorse for that but eh... who cares right... ?

But in keeping with the name of the blog, I thought I might change it up a bit.

I have a week off now and am sitting around doing nothing. I just recently finished a bit of ground school and my start date for my next ground school isn't for another week so I plan to be a bit lazy. I figure I've earned it... what with all the countless hours of studying going in to the last class. whew! nuts!

I guess lazy isn't the right word for it. I plan on being lazy in the sense that I will not feel bad if I accomplish nothing of importance in the day, but that is not to hold me back from fixing up the condo or going for a run or just sitting here working on this blog. (as you can see I now have a third column... decided to putz with my coding skillz earlier and walla.)

A few weeks ago my desktop computer crashed. I was moving the office previously located downstairs in the lower bedroom upstairs into the dining room area. Not to excited with the move anymore and I plan to move it back sometime this week. I guess one of the screws from the top of the case fell out and landed on the motherboard (which lays on the bottom of the case) subsequently shorting out the motherboard when I plugged it in and turned it on... not knowing this bit of information about the screw. The computer is now useless except for a few bits and pieces which I plan to salvage (ie. my DVD burner, graphics card, wireless card, and possibly some RAM if I can find another system that will take it).

Good news to the story though is that my renters insurance has a computer policy on it and I am currently in the middle of trying to get another diagnostic run on it from a guy up the street who can then fax in to my insurance company the final results of it. My insurance company also said that if it isn't fixable and the damage is covered, they will replace the computer with another comparable computer. Seeing as how this system was custom-built by me to be a screaming-fast desktop, I'm thinking another new computer will be nice to find.

But alas, if only things could work out the way we want. Until then I will be sitting here on the new mackbook I purchased a few months ago (which has again come in handy with the loss of the windows desktop) and type this out to the world.

More good news... I think I've found a church to join. My beautiful girl and I were looking online the other night and I stumbled across the Anacortes Christian Church. I think it sounds promising with all the programs is offers on the side as well as the spiritual foundation to the church. I plan to attend this Sunday to see if it will fit to our liking.

One more thing before I take off for the day...
Fall is now in full effect and this area is gorgeous. I plan on taking my camera with me on a few *cold* bike rides or runs this weekend/week and showing off the area to the world. Its so serene in the morning with the fog banks rolling through the hills and the trees glowing in colors that you've only seen visible in a fire before. Kinda reminds me of the story of the burning bush.

ok, well I'm off now.

Adventures in laziness, here I come!

who would have thought

I know people are stupid but I never thought I would see the day.

oops, one more

ok, so I couldn't help myself this time. I decided I had to put one more up. ha, enjoy


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100 days

I decided its been too long since my last post. Things either get hectic or I put it off long enough until I just don't feel like posting to this. I don't see how you all do it all the time. I have, however, been looking up more funny things to post on here and I believe I've found something that I believe no one else should have to see. So... here it is. :-)



So there, now I feel like I've done my part for humanity this evening. I hope you all enjoy.

Don't worry, I'll be back :-)

100 days til I get to see my girl!

Human Tetris and Internet Lingo

Just when you thought the internet couldn't put out anything more stupid... these guys come along.

Quick note to all

I thought it appropriate to place this... I don't plan on posting every day. This is new to me and I will slowly get into it but for now it is an easy way of spending time with my girl and sharing pictures of my life with the world.

I love you Hun.

Rambles

Ok... so life as I know it has never been better. I'm in love with a great girl AND I received my wings about a week and a half ago and am now sitting around doing nothing until I get shipped off. I leave to go to a wedding in almost 5 days. I cannot wait to get out of Pensacola and fly to Atlanta to see my darling. She is picking me up and then we are driving to her mom's house where we will stay for a couple days until we leave to drive up to West Virginia for her step-brother's wedding... more to come on that I'm sure. Anyways, I'll only be gone for 5 days but it will be the best small vacation I could imagine. Not a bad way to get away I say :-) wow... ok, too much.

This isn't going to be a blog about anything really. Just a way for myself to get back into the swing of things and put my thoughts on here (where I hope they will never be lost).

Its 4:15 A.M. right now and I cannot sleep. I ask myself, "what is it about doing nothing during the day that give you so much energy at night" and for the life of me I am stumped. No idea at all. I try to fill my days with movies and video games and I've also started to redo all of my computers. I have three... well, two now. I had a server, a desktop, and a laptop. Now I have a desktop and a laptop. My server died on me last week for no apparent reason. I've diagnosed it a couple times; I think I know a fair amount about computers in order to be able to say that I should be able to detect the flaws. Hmph, but no. Nothing shows up out of place except for when I turn it on. I thought it might be the video card because the motherboard is registering, the LEDs are registering that activity in the HDs is taking place... heck, even the network router port LEDs are registering that activity is taking place between the computer and the network. But I cannot make anything appear on my screen. I tried different video cards... everything (oh, btw, the monitor and both video cards work... I double-checked with my desktop). Enough with that crap...

YAWN... there we go. finally a hint of sleep heading my way. I want to get a few hours in before I wake-up and call in to the squadron to say that I am alive. Ta Ta For Now