Holy Crap!
It's friggin' hot in this gym.
These folding chairs make me wish I was even fatter than I already am, or at least that I had more cushion in my butt. I didn't think I had a boney butt, but I can sure feel bones in there grinding into this steel pan I'm perched on.
Amazingly, this is only as boring as I expected it to be. I expected it to be pretty boring though. Only two crying babies, but the loud one is sitting behind me.
Thank god I expected it to be hot and dressed for the occasion, otherwise it would be totally Not Scottish.
Krissy and Josh (I came by Krissy's invitation, but I shot portraits for both of them) turned out to be the shortest girl and boy in their class so they got to walk in together. That's about the only cool thing so far. I'm not expecting it to get any better.
I forgot to put the CF card in my supa dupa camera, so no pro shots by yours truly. Rapunzel let me borrow her camera though so at least the family will get some shots.
Roni let Jess use the camcorder to film this since she had a higher vantage point, I don't know what instructions she gave her to film or whatever, but the current development is that the camcorder has run out of batteries (pronounced BAT-trees) and we are only 45 minutes in to what should have been called, "The Caroline Curtis Scholarship Award Acceptance Show" cuz holy shite, that bird is gonna need a satchel to carry out all the scholarships she will be dragging out of here tonight. Seriously, she is getting a free ride to whatever school she is going to this year. She received at least 10 and probably 12 (I know she got a couple TBA ones and there are 8 of them).
Well you're not just waisting your time. Ya know?
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Home sweet home
Made it home from Maryland to Maine today. More about that later.
Who started rumors about my retiring!?
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
Insomnia
I think I might be sensitive to caffeine.
Last night when Lisa and I got back from "First Friday" (in Leonardtown, MD, check it out if you get the chance) I had a Cherry Coke from Moe's (a fast food burrito joint) the I had left over. That was about 9-10pm. That kept me up til 1am messing around and playing solitaire. Now I've been up since 4:30am just lying here (and playing Majong, just a trial, but for only $2.99 I think I'll buy it. At least it's cheaper than the Chuzzle I bought for $9.99, but I think I've gotten my money's worth with that one already).
The birds just started chirping. Usually a beautiful sound, this morning I'm just too tired.
Today we are going to drive up to Washington D.C. and go to the National Portrait Gallery. I think the Stephen Colbert portrait is on display :-) Hold on, I'm gonna look...
Nope. I think we missed it. It was supposed to be at the National Portrait Gallery until April first. Oh well, I hear it is a cool place just the same. Well, maybe not COOL cool, but museum cool.
The sun is up now and it is foggy outside. Not because of low hanging clouds, but because it is so ungodly humid out. I think it will be 97F today. Hell, it's already 75F and 90% humidity and it's only 6:30am. Wherever we go, I hope it's air conditioned.
We can never go back to Arizona!
Last night when Lisa and I got back from "First Friday" (in Leonardtown, MD, check it out if you get the chance) I had a Cherry Coke from Moe's (a fast food burrito joint) the I had left over. That was about 9-10pm. That kept me up til 1am messing around and playing solitaire. Now I've been up since 4:30am just lying here (and playing Majong, just a trial, but for only $2.99 I think I'll buy it. At least it's cheaper than the Chuzzle I bought for $9.99, but I think I've gotten my money's worth with that one already).
The birds just started chirping. Usually a beautiful sound, this morning I'm just too tired.
Today we are going to drive up to Washington D.C. and go to the National Portrait Gallery. I think the Stephen Colbert portrait is on display :-) Hold on, I'm gonna look...
Nope. I think we missed it. It was supposed to be at the National Portrait Gallery until April first. Oh well, I hear it is a cool place just the same. Well, maybe not COOL cool, but museum cool.
The sun is up now and it is foggy outside. Not because of low hanging clouds, but because it is so ungodly humid out. I think it will be 97F today. Hell, it's already 75F and 90% humidity and it's only 6:30am. Wherever we go, I hope it's air conditioned.
We can never go back to Arizona!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Right back at it
We took a day off and slept in. Ahhh. That felt good, got rolling at the crack of noon and headed in to Pittsburgh to check out the Photo Antiquities museum. Got to stop at Chik-fil-A for my fav fast food (although the super-sonic breakfast burrito is gaining ground).
The guy at the museum was very interesting in his info tour and we got to pick up some Daguerreotypes and tintypes and it was really cool if you are into that kind of stuff like me. The stereographic 3-D images were really impressive in the way they conveyed depth. Lots of cool old pix and hand tinted slides and such.
The Pirates were having a game against the Braves so we couldn't find a place to park for the Andy Warhol museum and we ended up heading back to Daves to get there before they got home from school and work. Oops! We found the Golden Fingers massage parlor on the way back and check to see if they had time/room for a couples massage. JANGO! Not a bad job for Chinese women, usually they don't get deep enough, but this ol' girl did a good job. I know she must've seen my nuts when she did my legs. Oh well, occupational hazard.
Back at the ranch, had some yummy meat loaf from Boston Mkt and took some cool shots of the girls and Ben. When it got to be bed time for Ben, he didn't want to stop the upside down rides Lisa was giving him and cried when he was made to stop. I think I have a new favorite picture.
As with all children, too much is never enough and my sweet pea Anna cried when I said we would be leaving the next day, and again after I finished reading "Don't ride your elephant to school". Breaks my heart and warms it at the same time to know how much she cares. I'll be back Anna. That reminds me, I need to practice big miles on my Bandit 1200s if I'm ever gonna do that tour from Fort Kent to Key West on Route 1.
Just entered West VA for the first time on my way to Lisa's sisters house in Leonardtown MD. Only 6 hours in the car today, another short one. Yay!
First off, it was a half and half, technically...
The guy at the museum was very interesting in his info tour and we got to pick up some Daguerreotypes and tintypes and it was really cool if you are into that kind of stuff like me. The stereographic 3-D images were really impressive in the way they conveyed depth. Lots of cool old pix and hand tinted slides and such.
The Pirates were having a game against the Braves so we couldn't find a place to park for the Andy Warhol museum and we ended up heading back to Daves to get there before they got home from school and work. Oops! We found the Golden Fingers massage parlor on the way back and check to see if they had time/room for a couples massage. JANGO! Not a bad job for Chinese women, usually they don't get deep enough, but this ol' girl did a good job. I know she must've seen my nuts when she did my legs. Oh well, occupational hazard.
Back at the ranch, had some yummy meat loaf from Boston Mkt and took some cool shots of the girls and Ben. When it got to be bed time for Ben, he didn't want to stop the upside down rides Lisa was giving him and cried when he was made to stop. I think I have a new favorite picture.
As with all children, too much is never enough and my sweet pea Anna cried when I said we would be leaving the next day, and again after I finished reading "Don't ride your elephant to school". Breaks my heart and warms it at the same time to know how much she cares. I'll be back Anna. That reminds me, I need to practice big miles on my Bandit 1200s if I'm ever gonna do that tour from Fort Kent to Key West on Route 1.
Just entered West VA for the first time on my way to Lisa's sisters house in Leonardtown MD. Only 6 hours in the car today, another short one. Yay!
First off, it was a half and half, technically...
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Short day on the road
BlackBerry users be warned! Leaving your google maps running in the background all night will suck the juice right out of your batteries leaving you with a DeadBerry in the morning with no alarm to get you up in time for breakfast.
Central time zone is totally my Bitch! We left Mountain time yesterday morning and didn't stop until we arrived at Sturgis, Michigan, which is in the Eastern time zone. Suck on that Central! I have to say though, 16.5 hours in that seat took its toll. That left only a six hour drive to Dave's house in Pittsburgh which was easy breezy.
Slim! Slim! Slim! Slim! (My other moniker) To hear 6 and 8 year old girls vying for my attention is almost music, I haven't seen them in almost a year and have only talked to them twice in that time. How come I am the only one I know who visits? Oh well. What do you call a dog who takes a bath? A SHAM-POOdle. What do you call a dog who plays football? A golden receiver. I was a bit surprised when I heard the "what do you call nuts on a wall" line. Rest assured, after some smooth investigation, it turned out to be as second grade as I had hoped and there was no mention of nuts on a chin.
Tomorrow I get to explore Pitt with Lisa and when they get home I'll get some pix to send off to their Mommy who has been called up in the reserves.
There is a word for an intentionally incomplete sentence, but I can't for the life of me remember it. Apiosemetism? Something like that. Oh well...
Central time zone is totally my Bitch! We left Mountain time yesterday morning and didn't stop until we arrived at Sturgis, Michigan, which is in the Eastern time zone. Suck on that Central! I have to say though, 16.5 hours in that seat took its toll. That left only a six hour drive to Dave's house in Pittsburgh which was easy breezy.
Slim! Slim! Slim! Slim! (My other moniker) To hear 6 and 8 year old girls vying for my attention is almost music, I haven't seen them in almost a year and have only talked to them twice in that time. How come I am the only one I know who visits? Oh well. What do you call a dog who takes a bath? A SHAM-POOdle. What do you call a dog who plays football? A golden receiver. I was a bit surprised when I heard the "what do you call nuts on a wall" line. Rest assured, after some smooth investigation, it turned out to be as second grade as I had hoped and there was no mention of nuts on a chin.
Tomorrow I get to explore Pitt with Lisa and when they get home I'll get some pix to send off to their Mommy who has been called up in the reserves.
There is a word for an intentionally incomplete sentence, but I can't for the life of me remember it. Apiosemetism? Something like that. Oh well...
Monday, June 2, 2008
Day Two
We made it to Ogallala, Nebraska last night at about 3am and were back on the road at about 8:30am. As we were driving across Wyoming last night we were nice and dry, but off to the center left on the horizon there was a spectacular display of lightning that went on for hours. I think that is probably the best you could expect from driving across Wyoming, not that much to see as a rule, so I think we were pretty lucky. Lisa was driving so I really had the best seat in the house.
When we figured we'd had enough driving for one day we called ahead to the hotels at the next exit off I-80 to check prices (windows live search may come from the evil empire, but it's pretty friggin' handy). Holiday inn express had $109/night, no deal there, second call was to the Econo Lodge where they had a reasonable $69 but when we pulled into the lot it was a shithole, no deal. Comfort inn across the street looked nice and were $89 and we were spent so that sounded good. We hit the desk and the guy says he just started an audit on the system and that it would be a couple of minutes before he could get us a room. How many is a couple I asked and was told 20. See ya. Super 8 across the street had $79 rooms and immediate seating ("I only have rooms with two beds, but I'll only charge you for one bed." Does it cost more for two beds? "I'm only charging you for one." that is the point I realized any more engaging this clerk would only make it take longer to get to bed so I dropped it) BOOM! Asleep inside the 20 minute window.
Did you know that Arby's serves breakfast? Not too bad. Sausage egg and cheese biscuit tastes just like McD's, and it may have come from under the heat lamp, but the chocolate turnover was friggin' awesome. Light and flaky with a warm gooey chocolatey filling. I'd eat another one of those, hell, given the chance, I'd skip the biscuit and go straight for the turnover.
845 miles and we saw our first cop car on the median. That's when I started this blog. I had to stop blogging a bit ago so that the second cop we saw could politely tell us that we might want to be a bit more careful with our speed. He was great. To be fair though, Lisa's mind wasn't on the road at that point and I apologize for that. Nuff said on that matter for blog purposes.
We are hoping to make it past Toledo (all the way to Lorain if we can), Ohio, tonight. If we make it that far then we can get some sleep before getting to Dave's instead of having excited giggling girls wake us up after a couple of hours of sleep and being dead all day for the visit with Dave. I can't ever recall going to Pittsburgh, so that will be cool. I need to see what all the fuss is about "Eat-N-Park"
Remember, if you don't have anything nice to say, shut your fuckin yap!
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Today is the day.
Bon voyage.
We are slowly setting sail on this journey across America, with a new twist. Pregnant Kitty has decided to join us, so now the three of us are really excited. We definitely need to swing by REI to pick up a roof rack system so we can move stuff up to the roof for more space for the kitty supplies and room to roam (already have a roof "bag" carrier to stuff things in, but need a rack to mount it to).
There is stress involved with such a move (on Lisa's part) because this is a big decision. Is this the first step in moving to Maine? If it is then this will only make it easier. Still though, the future is uncertain. Best to think of this for what it is at face value, Lisa will have her own car in Maine for her summer vacation.
If all goes well and the rhythm of life in Maine becomes too desirable to live without, then we can make that happen quite easily.
This is a journey.
A journey into the unknown.
We are pilgrims fleeing complacency for the new world of hope.
I dare to dream...
I've got six bars
We are slowly setting sail on this journey across America, with a new twist. Pregnant Kitty has decided to join us, so now the three of us are really excited. We definitely need to swing by REI to pick up a roof rack system so we can move stuff up to the roof for more space for the kitty supplies and room to roam (already have a roof "bag" carrier to stuff things in, but need a rack to mount it to).
There is stress involved with such a move (on Lisa's part) because this is a big decision. Is this the first step in moving to Maine? If it is then this will only make it easier. Still though, the future is uncertain. Best to think of this for what it is at face value, Lisa will have her own car in Maine for her summer vacation.
If all goes well and the rhythm of life in Maine becomes too desirable to live without, then we can make that happen quite easily.
This is a journey.
A journey into the unknown.
We are pilgrims fleeing complacency for the new world of hope.
I dare to dream...
I've got six bars
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