I have decided to changed the design of my blog back to something I had a little while back, except with a different header picture. I like this design. Its simple and clean. I have actully had a few conversations with people about blogs and found that I have a lot of friends that have blogs that I didn’t know about; some of the whom I haven’t talked to in some time. I used to be against the idea of keeping up with people online, because I believed that I should be good enough to keep up with them in person. Well I obviously wasn’t following throught with that. That is part of the reason that I finally joined facebook. So today I have been going through and trying to locate friends blogs to add them to google reader so that I can keep up with them better. While doing so I found Jessica’s blog where she wrote a version of this same post that I am writing. I also read the Montandon’s blog and saw the pictures of their cabin at camp, and it kind of made me sad that I hadn’t made it up to the mountains this summer. So to all the people that I haven’t talked to in a while, I am going to try to be better about keeping this up to date so you can know what is happening in my life, and you should keep your’s up so that I know what is happening with you. I still, however, think it is great to pick up a phone.
Archive for September, 2008
Well it apears that the worst of the storm has passed. We came through mostly unscathed. There was a lot of wind and rain, in fact it is still raining. I also lost power for a little over 2 hours, but I had a lantern so I was prepared. Most importantly Starbucks was open through the whole thing. I haven’t been out yet so I don’t know much about the damage, but as you can see from the picture there are a few trees down. Well I have football to watch. Later.
Well I woke up this morning to access the damage. It really hasn’t been bad. It looks like the heart of the storm has moved east of here. The wind has picked up. They are showing pictures of fallen trees from around town. So far the only thing that I have noticed is that my trashcan has been blown over. We are going to get a lot of rain, but so far we haven’t lost power that I know of. Well that is all that I have for now. I am going to get some breakfast.
So in case you didn’t know it there is a Hurricane heading this way. Hurricane Ike is supposed to hit the Bryan/College Station area during the night. Today has been an interesting day. Bryan ISD canceled school, but essential employees had to show up this morning. It turns out that I am essential, kind of. I went to work this morning, did a few little things, sat around, tried to figure out what was going on, watched an episode of “The Office,” and then was told to go home around 11:00. As for the actual hurricane it is still a little ways off, but some people here are freaking out. Don’t get me wrong I expect wind and rain and to probably loose power, but I don’t think I need to prepare for the apocalypse. For most of the day the weather has been pretty nice, partly cloudy. I was outside a minute ago and noticed the wind has started to pick up just a bit, but not much else. Here are a couple of pictures of the clouds at sunset.
I will update with more info later, provided I still have power and internet.
Well I was informed the other day that I need to post something new, so here it is. The reason that I haven’t written anything in a while is that I have been so busy at work. When I got home I didn’t want to sit at a computer if I didn’t have to. The start of school is always busy like that but I still thinks it beats having a real job. I also recently took the mac fanboy plunge and bought an iphone. It has been really nice. I am not going to say things like it has changed my life or that it curse diseases (I believe that comes in the next update.), but I have not for a moment had any buyers remorse. The only thing I wish I could change is that by giving money to Steve Jobs I kind of feel like I have given into the dark side of the force, just a little.
Besides all that I am very excited for the start of football season. I was excited and nervous about my Aggies this season, but after two games I am just nervous. I still think things will get better, but I just may take more time than I would like. Things are looking really good on the professional front. The Cowboys looked really good in their season opener the other day. Well I am off to go play with my dog and watch some tv. Later
PS: I would really like my shows to get out of reruns.
