Came home last night about 10pm last night and the power was out due to storms. I immediately felt very hobbled by my own life. I was humbled. Immediately. I had plans to jump online, nuke something to eat, and probably fall asleep in front of the tv. All of those plans were cancelled. Oh wait, I'm supposed to say "I went green". I stumbled around and found some candles, (thanks again for the cool christmas gift of a homemade candle in a christmas coffee cup, Gette!) I cooked some turkey on the stove, read by candlelight, ate my turkey sammich, and was all ready for my new green life to start when the lights went on. I of course, put the book down, and decided to see what was on tv. It only took 20 seconds to jump back into the old life! It amazed me how spoiled we are! Power at the flick of a switch. And how screwed we are when it all goes away! I was even in a little bit of denial. Was it just my house thats out? I looked at all the neighbors houses and they of course were out too. I watched a great South Park episode a few nights ago about this very thing. Say what you want about South Park but its a very inciteful show at times! The whole community freaked out when all of the internet went out. Somefolks jumped on the oregon trail and headed west to Californy because there was word of internet still out there! Its a farce of course but I kind of share the same common idea right now. Its a complete shock when my little electric world gets turned upside down for just an hour. You immediately think now what do I do? All my plans changed. I dont mean to make a huge deal out of this, but it really got me thinking about how really lucky we are and how much of our lives actually depend on electricity. And when some of us decide to rough it and get away from it all and go camping. What do we bring with us? For some of us we have Fifth wheel campers that are just smaller versions of our homes. Actually I have seen campers that are nicer than my house, but due to my not wanting to completely bum myself out, I am not going to dwell on that idea at all! So, I suppose I should get going. Gotta go see how much generators are. Just kidding.  ¶ 7:16 AM 1 Comments

  Well, summer is unofficially here with rain pretty much every day. Seriously. This sucks. Its like living in Washington state all over again. No wonder I have no energy lately. Anyway Mom came to visit from Phoenix 3 weeks ago. It was really nice to see her again. She left this morning to go back already. I actually did pretty good about finding the time to see her. Ready for this? 3 weeks, 2 weekends, guess how many visits I squeezed in. Pencils down, pass your test booklets to the front of the class. 6 times. Thats huge for me! Big good son points awarded!

Works been going good. Found plenty of work lately. Except today. With all the damp weather my sheetrock mud from yesterday wasnt dry yet when I checked it this morning so its been a big stupid day off for me so far. I am going in later to see if its dry. Maybe. Been cleaning house today. It needs it pretty bad with all the steady work lately. Thank you Lord!

Had a date a few weeks ago and went to see the new Indiana Jones flick! Good stuff! The date and the flick! But enough about her. i am a huge Indiana Jones fan! And have been one for many years. In fact I have the box set. ON VHS! Thats how long! Great movie! Worth the wait! I really like the fact that they didnt try to hide the fact Indy was 20 years older and instead used it to their advantage and built the story around it.

I have seriusly underestimated my cat. I used to think he was afraid of his own shadow, only to find him batting around a baby garter snake today! Never thought I would see that! Freakin cool. Well, thats about it for now. I bid you Good Day!  ¶ 1:56 PM 0 Comments