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Thursday, September 18, 2008
I Don't Want To Be The Same
Have you ever thought about where you were a year ago and where you are today? I have. And I've decided that I don't want to be the same a year from now as I am today. By that I mean I don't want to be in the same place spiritually, physically, financially, etc. I want to have grown, changed, improved. I've also decided that it's hard. Is it worth it? Yep, I'm sure it is. Now, it's just convincing myself of that when I'd rather watch tv than spend time with God or just vegging rather than doing something active or when I spend money that I should be saving. But so far, I've made a few, good, small changes towards that end. We'll see where it takes me.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
It's Been A While...
Sometimes I have so many things running around in my head that I don't even know where to begin and at other times, there really isn't much going on in my mind. Those are the times that I seem to have time to blog...when there isn't anything worthy of writing. Then there are times when I have a good story and don't have access to the internet to write about it. Oh well. So, thus it has been a while since I last posted anything. But here are a few random things.
Road Trippin' With Allison and Little Baby Mitchell
So, here's to old friends. Allison and I have been friends since the day she was born 3 months after I was born. Well, her life has been in a huge transition for the past few months. A synopsis of her life: her little boy Mitchell Jack was born on June 26th and 6 days later Allison and her mom drove from Michigan to Colorado. You see her husband is in the Air Force and they were being stationed in Tucson, Arizona. However, Justin had training in Texas for 6 weeks and she didn't want to go there by herself during that time, so she stayed with family in various places during that time. Well, she has been in Salt Lake for the past 3 weeks waiting for the day that she could finally get to her final destination and see her husband. This is where I come in. She needed someone to go with her to Tucson, I mean, who wants to travel alone with a 2.5 month old???
We took off on Saturday headed south. We weren't quite sure where we were going to stay, but the plan was just to stop where we felt like stopping. We made it to the halfway point of Page, Arizona (near Lake Powell), thinking this would be a great place to stop. Well after stopping at a few hotels and making some calls, we realized that every hotel room in Page was SOLD OUT! Which meant more driving to Flagstaff, Arizona about 2 hours further south. So, after grabbing some grub, we got back in the car and kept on drivin'. Allison's husband in the meantime had booked us a room at a hotel online so we knew we had a place to stay, which was comforting. We stayed the night in Flagstaff, going to bed about 9:30 I think. I didn't sleep so well, but at least we weren't in the car!
Day Two of the trip became a lot shorter and easier after the extra miles we drove on day one, so it wasn't all that bad. Took us about another 4.5 hours to finally get to Tucson.
It wasn't an ideal weekend, but it was fun to spend the time with Allison and help her out by driving so she could just take care of little Mitchell who really hates being in the car. Plus, it was awesome to see Allison and Justin re-united after being separated for so long and during such a rough time. And, it was fun to see daddy see baby who he hadn't seen for so long.
Sunday afternoon, we celebrated by going out for all you can eat sushi! Yum! Monday was a pretty uneventful day. Allison and I walked over to the BX on base and got some Starbucks for breakfast, then it was time to head to the airport, which we almost didn't find. I checked in at about 11:10 for a 11:45 flight...good thing Tucson is a small airport and there were no lines!
So, there's the wrap up of my weekend. Two days of driving and one day of flying. That's what friends are for and I was happy to do it!
The Bike Ride That Wasn't
I got a new bike a while back that needed a little fixing. So, a friend fixed it for me and I have been waiting to ride it ever since, but with all my dogsitting I haven't been home to ride it and when I was I didn't have my helmet which I had left at my parent's house. Well, last Thursday was THE DAY. I had my helmet, had my bike, and was actually at my own house with time to ride. I got ready, grabbed my keys and my phone and headed out. About halfway from my door (which is in the back of the house), I realized I had forgotten to bring something with me...MY BIKE! So, I walked back and grabbed it from the storage room and was off again. I stopped to get my helmet out of my car and put it on...or tried anyway. The strap was broken. I thought, "Oh well, I'm going to give it a go anyway for just a short ride." With, helmet balanced on top of my head, I was off...for about oh maybe ONE block and it stopped pedaling. It would not pedal past a certain point. I was bummed! And I also didn't want to have to walk my bike back home. So, I basically back pedaled about halfway and would then pedal forward till the point it stopped, then back pedaled, forward pedaled, and so on till I made it home, which, by the way, took a lot longer to go the one block back home riding like that than it did to get there. Oh well. I guess I'll just start saving for another bike. :)
Road Trippin' With Allison and Little Baby Mitchell
So, here's to old friends. Allison and I have been friends since the day she was born 3 months after I was born. Well, her life has been in a huge transition for the past few months. A synopsis of her life: her little boy Mitchell Jack was born on June 26th and 6 days later Allison and her mom drove from Michigan to Colorado. You see her husband is in the Air Force and they were being stationed in Tucson, Arizona. However, Justin had training in Texas for 6 weeks and she didn't want to go there by herself during that time, so she stayed with family in various places during that time. Well, she has been in Salt Lake for the past 3 weeks waiting for the day that she could finally get to her final destination and see her husband. This is where I come in. She needed someone to go with her to Tucson, I mean, who wants to travel alone with a 2.5 month old???
We took off on Saturday headed south. We weren't quite sure where we were going to stay, but the plan was just to stop where we felt like stopping. We made it to the halfway point of Page, Arizona (near Lake Powell), thinking this would be a great place to stop. Well after stopping at a few hotels and making some calls, we realized that every hotel room in Page was SOLD OUT! Which meant more driving to Flagstaff, Arizona about 2 hours further south. So, after grabbing some grub, we got back in the car and kept on drivin'. Allison's husband in the meantime had booked us a room at a hotel online so we knew we had a place to stay, which was comforting. We stayed the night in Flagstaff, going to bed about 9:30 I think. I didn't sleep so well, but at least we weren't in the car!
Day Two of the trip became a lot shorter and easier after the extra miles we drove on day one, so it wasn't all that bad. Took us about another 4.5 hours to finally get to Tucson.
It wasn't an ideal weekend, but it was fun to spend the time with Allison and help her out by driving so she could just take care of little Mitchell who really hates being in the car. Plus, it was awesome to see Allison and Justin re-united after being separated for so long and during such a rough time. And, it was fun to see daddy see baby who he hadn't seen for so long.
Sunday afternoon, we celebrated by going out for all you can eat sushi! Yum! Monday was a pretty uneventful day. Allison and I walked over to the BX on base and got some Starbucks for breakfast, then it was time to head to the airport, which we almost didn't find. I checked in at about 11:10 for a 11:45 flight...good thing Tucson is a small airport and there were no lines!
So, there's the wrap up of my weekend. Two days of driving and one day of flying. That's what friends are for and I was happy to do it!
The Bike Ride That Wasn't
I got a new bike a while back that needed a little fixing. So, a friend fixed it for me and I have been waiting to ride it ever since, but with all my dogsitting I haven't been home to ride it and when I was I didn't have my helmet which I had left at my parent's house. Well, last Thursday was THE DAY. I had my helmet, had my bike, and was actually at my own house with time to ride. I got ready, grabbed my keys and my phone and headed out. About halfway from my door (which is in the back of the house), I realized I had forgotten to bring something with me...MY BIKE! So, I walked back and grabbed it from the storage room and was off again. I stopped to get my helmet out of my car and put it on...or tried anyway. The strap was broken. I thought, "Oh well, I'm going to give it a go anyway for just a short ride." With, helmet balanced on top of my head, I was off...for about oh maybe ONE block and it stopped pedaling. It would not pedal past a certain point. I was bummed! And I also didn't want to have to walk my bike back home. So, I basically back pedaled about halfway and would then pedal forward till the point it stopped, then back pedaled, forward pedaled, and so on till I made it home, which, by the way, took a lot longer to go the one block back home riding like that than it did to get there. Oh well. I guess I'll just start saving for another bike. :)
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