Wednesday, June 25, 2008
10 days
Okay, I've been getting some gripes and complaints to update my blog, so here I am, updating. Nothing really significant has happened since my last post. I'm going to be coming home sooner than originally planned, but I decided I wanted to be there when Damian and June come in and to help out with that. I'm coming home late on Saturday, July 5th. I plan on doing things to increase the level of excitement of my summer, but not sure what those will be yet. I have opted to take Dylan to his swimming lessons from July 7th to July 18th, from 10:35 - 11:30. So, if you want to do something this summer, I am only available after noon on the weekdays until the 19th. I don't really have too much planned, so hit me up and we'll figure something cool to do. I already know of one activity involving Mayville's new unicycle.....XD. I'll try to update more regularly once I get home, but don't expect to see anything until then.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Books
Today I'm stranded at home. Mother Nature proudly delivered five inches of snow last night, much to my dismay. So we're not working today. I have been reading a lot lately, so that's one good thing I've gotten out of this experience. I have already read three, about to be four of the books I brought up here with me. That just leaves me six left. I am coming home sooner than I had originally planned, but now I'm just counting down the days. Only three weeks left.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Weekly Wrap-up
So another week has come to an end. It's hard to believe I've been up here for, what, three weeks now? At times everything passes me by so quickly it's a blur; others, it lazes its way along and time can't move fast enough. Those days are mainly my days off, sadly enough.
Well, the weather up here this week has been really bad. We were hit by a storm Wednesday afternoon, effectively shutting down that day, Thursday was so rainy, wet, and cold that we were inoperable that day too. And to top it all off it's been extremely windy all week long. Today was still windy, but at least the sun peaked through late into the evening.
I'm actually going to be working tomorrow, which means my first Saturday of not sitting at home lolligagging about. It works in two ways: it makes up for the hours of pay we lost this week to weather (Sandy's main concern) and it gets me out of the house and doing something which I enjoy more than just sitting around doing nothing. I have just recently beaten my Mario game on my Gameboy Advance, so that's one less thing to keep me busy. My Grandmother seems to find more than enough things to advise me not to do, how to do it, or how much she wants it done. It certainly has seemed that way as of late. I just nod and smile usually because they're not super serious things most of the time and only a couple of them have I really thought about saying something to her. This week, due to the raise in prices of pretty much everything in part because of raising oil prices (it's going to $150/barrel again), she just asked me to "try to wear your pants for at least a day or two more than usual". Okay, I'm a guy like any other, so OCCASIONALLY, usually in rushed circumstances, do I have to re-use a pair or pants. And even then I try to find the least used, least worn, best condition pants I can find to wear. I am a pretty clean person. And I'm sorry, but I can't wear the same filthy pants that have been mud splattered, weed grated, and dirt washed from working outside all day for any longer than I absolutely have to. So I'm exploring my options as to how I'm going to fix that little dilemma.
Well, I'm supposed to be making dinner tonight and I should really get to that before it gets too late or she gets to annoyed. So I'll update real soon.
Well, the weather up here this week has been really bad. We were hit by a storm Wednesday afternoon, effectively shutting down that day, Thursday was so rainy, wet, and cold that we were inoperable that day too. And to top it all off it's been extremely windy all week long. Today was still windy, but at least the sun peaked through late into the evening.
I'm actually going to be working tomorrow, which means my first Saturday of not sitting at home lolligagging about. It works in two ways: it makes up for the hours of pay we lost this week to weather (Sandy's main concern) and it gets me out of the house and doing something which I enjoy more than just sitting around doing nothing. I have just recently beaten my Mario game on my Gameboy Advance, so that's one less thing to keep me busy. My Grandmother seems to find more than enough things to advise me not to do, how to do it, or how much she wants it done. It certainly has seemed that way as of late. I just nod and smile usually because they're not super serious things most of the time and only a couple of them have I really thought about saying something to her. This week, due to the raise in prices of pretty much everything in part because of raising oil prices (it's going to $150/barrel again), she just asked me to "try to wear your pants for at least a day or two more than usual". Okay, I'm a guy like any other, so OCCASIONALLY, usually in rushed circumstances, do I have to re-use a pair or pants. And even then I try to find the least used, least worn, best condition pants I can find to wear. I am a pretty clean person. And I'm sorry, but I can't wear the same filthy pants that have been mud splattered, weed grated, and dirt washed from working outside all day for any longer than I absolutely have to. So I'm exploring my options as to how I'm going to fix that little dilemma.
Well, I'm supposed to be making dinner tonight and I should really get to that before it gets too late or she gets to annoyed. So I'll update real soon.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Pay Day and Updates
Well, I went back to work today and we're still working at the clinic. I picked up my check today because I was so sick yesterday and I couldn't go and get it. This summer cold is totally kicking my butt. The coughing is really killing my chest. But anyways, I picked up my check today from Sandy and I was totally amazed at the amount. $196, for 3 days work! I am totally psyched. If I can continue to make almost $200 bucks a week, that would be totally awesome.
So it was my turn to cook dinner last night. I decided I was going to cook something not too complicated and something that didn't take long because Grandma Helen had a meeting she had to go to later that night. I made this beef and broccoli stir-fry with ramen noodles. I know it doesn't sound that great, but man was it good. I'm actually eating some more right now as lunch. :D Helen said she wanted to just eat left overs tonight, so I'm off the hook for cooking tonight. Haven't quite figured out what I'm going to eat, but I will eventually.
So it was my turn to cook dinner last night. I decided I was going to cook something not too complicated and something that didn't take long because Grandma Helen had a meeting she had to go to later that night. I made this beef and broccoli stir-fry with ramen noodles. I know it doesn't sound that great, but man was it good. I'm actually eating some more right now as lunch. :D Helen said she wanted to just eat left overs tonight, so I'm off the hook for cooking tonight. Haven't quite figured out what I'm going to eat, but I will eventually.
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