Crack(er) Head

I’m sunk. I’ve hit an all time low. I gotta eats me some Cheez-Its. Get your own box. Abby, Evy and Jessica don’t stand a chance, I will eat them quicker than they could get into them. As a provider for my family this is a humiliating confession, but I have to eat these small, square, orange bits of cheezy love.

There is hope though, I hear that Hi-Ho’s are also good and can offer an alternative addiction…

Neighborhood

I used to write blog posts about the neighbors that lived above us but now we’re living in an actual housing development with real live yards and some different issues. Before I had to worry about noises such as loud fighting – now I have to worry about my neighbor who barbecues and fills the air with fantastic smells that make me hungry even if I’ve just eaten. I’ll have to find out what he’s marinating and grilling and further the issue for neighbors around us.

We also went down to the Anderson’s this evening after taking a walk and playing at the local school’s playground and sat on their front porch enjoying fellowship and good conversation. We’re truly blessed to live here and to have good neighbors and friends.

We’re Back

We’re back in Aurora, CO and it feels good. We are completely tired and I’m going to bed in a few minutes. I was going to try to record the Pordcast for this week but just had to stop trying since I tried recording things about 10 times and it just was horrible. I’ll give it another shot tomorrow when I’ve had a bit of sleep 🙂

It’s good to be home.

Heading Home

Well, its been an awesome 11 days in Texas. Thanks to friends, family and other foreigners (non-Texans) who made this trip successful, and entertaining. We leave tomorrow morning to go back to Denver Internation Airport. I’ll be picking up a keyboard shortly for playing the musique on and then the pordcast will have even more funky intros. I look forward to future trips to Texas and hope that when I come down again I’ll have just as much productive time as this trip – plus seeing friends. I saw more friends during this trip than I have on any previous trip down combined.

Also, thanks to the following folks for making sure I had some things to whine about:

The car rental place

For charging me an arm and a leg for insurance, the rental and being on airport property so they could tax me even more money.
Sea World
Could you be more capitalistic? Probably. They could charge for air. By not letting people bring in water you violate basic standards and probably endanger people’s health.
San Antonio
Who let the heat out? I swear that San Antonio should so buy an Air Conditioner or maybe even a swamp cooler. It’s freaking hot there.

To everyone else I came in contact: thanks 🙂

Coincidence

On September 11th 2001 I was at Alt-N for exactly a year. I don’t actually remember if I had a review scheduled that day but the terrorists threw that day out of the window for productivity. Traffic was slow that day on the highways, but not backed up – no one wanted to rush home. We were all pretty somber. Today the terrorists attacked in London. My review is scheduled for about an hour from now. I know its coincidence but it still feels a little weird to have those things align.

I’m praying for the survivors, the families of those who are lost or are dead, and the sanity of world leaders in this time of crisis, pain and suffering. The lives of those involved will be forever changed, the reconstruction of the damage will take time and of course the nation will be in the defensive mode for a while as well. Pray.

Home Cooked Meal, Please

I have officially eaten out too many times and I think I’m going to have to turn my internal organs in for a new set when I get home. I don’t want any more grease, large slabs of (tasty) meat or more iced tea or soda. When I get home I’m going to eat a salad and drink about 300 gallons of water and as many gallons of green tea to detox (both of the beverage rations have already been started). I enjoy being served food as much as the next guy but I’m starting to feel the sluggishness of malnutrition.