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Drunken Lullabies
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Of a Weekend Vacation

So, not that I'm a workaholic (yet) or anything, but last week, I used up my 40 hour max in about three and a half days, so Thursday afternoon through Sunday was all mine to do as I wished. I spent the extended weekend loving life and my hobbies. Here's a short version of how it went:

Thursday - arrive at ClimbNashville at 17:00 (CDT). Find Dave and check in for lead climbing lesson. Listen to instruction for 45 min, practice for 1.5 hr, and spend final 30 min taking practice falls in the lead cave. Enjoyed rush that fear of heights and willingly falling 12-15 feet gives. Now checked out to lead in the gym.

Friday - maintenance day. Did a lot of computer work and played around a lot with how my room was arranged. Made room for my receiver, speakers, and record player. Listened to Glen, Duke, Ella, and others for several hours between some other work that had to be done. Room is almost livable. Got back on WoW and am catching up to the guild at church (high 30s, I'm currently 32).

Saturday - couldn't sleep much. Too excited about going hiking this day. Julie and I met up around 11 and drove to Ceders of Lebanon for a day of climbing and caving. We asked tons of people that already had plans. I  packed all my climbing gear that I have collected over the past year or so to feel the weight (metal is heavy, in case you didn't know). Was happy that gear came in handy. Rigged a few anchors and lowered Julie into a cave with a vertical entrance. Next time, she is gonna anchor in up top and lower me so we both can check it out. Got all my gear tested and it checked out great. Went to REI and got a few extra things like some more webbing. Priced ascenders and rappelling gear for future reference. Looking forward to new projects for exploration.

All in all, it was a great weekend. I got to do everything I wanted to but dance, and with how amazing the weather was last Saturday, I'm ok with skipping my love for dancing to enjoy my love of being outdoors. The day made me realize how I had stopped taking photos because of the price of developing and having CDs made, so I took the plunge after a few days of research (already knowing what I wanted, all I had to decide was which features I could give up to save a buck).

PS: to whoever it is in my neighborhood that titled their wireless router "Try Again," I don't think it is a good idea to antagonize someone with malicious intent. I may not be a hacker, but I'm not the only neighbor you have. Just a tip; use a neutral title like a favorite movie (I used LordOfTheRings at my last place).

Who is that?

It's time to update my profile pic on facebook. I think I'm gonna put up the one my roommate took of me just before I had almost all my hair lobbed off this past January.

Crazy Dayz

So, that last post... I stayed at work that night until 4:00 a.m. the next morning. This week makes three weeks that I have worked my tail off in order to get some work done and get the last few days off so I could move. I'm all moved in and I am now renting a room from someone I went to school with. By the way, I need furniture if anyone knows where I can get some cheap. I need a desk and at least one nightstand. Perhaps a bed down the road too, but I have one I can use at least for a bit. My computers are all stacked in a corner, and I need to do something about that soon. I'm getting tired of sitting on the floor. Well, I have a few calls in to people on craigslist, but no calls back yet. We'll just have to see. I'm gonna pick up a desk from the Opryland Hotel remodel if nothing turns up this week. Well, I'm falling asleep, so I'm gonna get some dinner and go to the park for a bit of dancing. Crazy dayz.

Midnight Oil

... I'm burning it. It's almost midnight and I'm still at work. The managers were here late, so I stayed to get some extra work done (and get some extra cash), so I'm just now about to shut down and go home. After the extra sleep I got yesterday, this worked out well.

I got home from work late yesterday and my brother drove over to play some games with me after I ate dinner. We played a round of Galactic Battlegrounds and were doing really poorly, so just as we were starting the second game, I got violently ill, so I asked him to leave and went right to bed before I had a chance to hurl. I felt much better this morning after 10 hours of sleep, so I went and got my hair cut and got to work one minute before I had to clock in. Now it is 12 hours later, and I'm going home.

I'm coming back in tomorrow afternoon to work on a special project and make sure all the systems I finished tonight get calls to their owning customers.

Hospitals

So, I spent last night in the ER with Dana, Mom, and Richard and some friends from church. Dana had an incident in which she managed to fall on her head in a parking lot. She is ok, and was able to make her flight back to Ukraine this morning, but sure did give us all a scare. She seemed ok other than the nausea, so we didn't want to go to the ER, but some parametics were driving by and said it would be a good idea just to make sure everything is ok. There were lots of x-rays and a head CT scan, so the bill is gonna be high. Dana's medical insurance through the Missions Corps program only covers being treated for illnesses while overseas, so we're not exactly sure how we are going to cover all the bills.

I'm really trying to not think about her bills. I have my own finances to worry about right now. I'm really tired and stressed out. I am going to work late so I'll probably have to stay late. I really hope I don't scream at anyone today.

Please pray for us.

Hulk

I feel like turning into the Hulk and throwing everything in my room out the window. I'm gonna see if I can make some progress cleaning it up. I have a lot of work I want to do, and I need more space to do it in. Should be fun... :-/