01 July 2009
30 June 2009
WEEKEND
So anyhooo you might have read something of my weekend already. I' m a little slow on the draw this week. But I'll give you my side of it.
Spent the weekend NOT at my house but at my ghetto apartment. Worked Friday and Saturday. Oh well. It did give me a unique opportunity to see Blogmom Tammi. When I figured out that Palmdale was about 1/2 way for us and invited her to lunch. To my great surprise they had one of my favorite restaurants BJ's Brewery. And they had Airplanes!
So on Sunday I met her for some good food, great, albeit lopsided conversation. If you know Tammi then you really shouldn't be surprised. What else could I ask for right? Well to top it all off we went to a small air park. Answered A-LOT of questions. None of them dumb. They had a good mix of jets. Most importantly they had the mighty TOMCAT! Yes indeed, the first airplane I worked on. I almost teared up.
I did have a great time. It was hot as hell walking around the air park, but it's nice being able to share something you like with someone else. Then? Then I drove back to my boring apartment.
This week I WILL be going home. I'm taking some time Thursday and getting home early. 3 day weekend laying by the pool. Hell it's been so hot here I might sleep in the damn thing.
Spent the weekend NOT at my house but at my ghetto apartment. Worked Friday and Saturday. Oh well. It did give me a unique opportunity to see Blogmom Tammi. When I figured out that Palmdale was about 1/2 way for us and invited her to lunch. To my great surprise they had one of my favorite restaurants BJ's Brewery. And they had Airplanes!
So on Sunday I met her for some good food, great, albeit lopsided conversation. If you know Tammi then you really shouldn't be surprised. What else could I ask for right? Well to top it all off we went to a small air park. Answered A-LOT of questions. None of them dumb. They had a good mix of jets. Most importantly they had the mighty TOMCAT! Yes indeed, the first airplane I worked on. I almost teared up.
I did have a great time. It was hot as hell walking around the air park, but it's nice being able to share something you like with someone else. Then? Then I drove back to my boring apartment.
This week I WILL be going home. I'm taking some time Thursday and getting home early. 3 day weekend laying by the pool. Hell it's been so hot here I might sleep in the damn thing.
27 June 2009
WTH?
Saturday.... at work..... thought I gave that shit up.
Oh wait. Now I get paid for it. At time and a half. Almost worth being stuck in this crap hole for the weekend. Almost. Yesterday should have been very lucrative, but all the flights ended up being cancelled. What should have been a $300+ day turned into a $130 day. Today will be about the same.
Besides the money there's a silver lining. Isn't there always? Only if you a fucking optimist, I'm not. I'm a realist. But this time there is. I may have a date with Blog Mom Tammi. Meet for lunch and maybe see a few old planes in Palmdale, or planes then lunch. I figured Palmdale was about 1/2 way between hell and Disney land. They have BJ's Brewery and much to my surprise they had a little aviation museum.
Could it get any better? Tammi, planes and good food!!
Oh wait. Now I get paid for it. At time and a half. Almost worth being stuck in this crap hole for the weekend. Almost. Yesterday should have been very lucrative, but all the flights ended up being cancelled. What should have been a $300+ day turned into a $130 day. Today will be about the same.
Besides the money there's a silver lining. Isn't there always? Only if you a fucking optimist, I'm not. I'm a realist. But this time there is. I may have a date with Blog Mom Tammi. Meet for lunch and maybe see a few old planes in Palmdale, or planes then lunch. I figured Palmdale was about 1/2 way between hell and Disney land. They have BJ's Brewery and much to my surprise they had a little aviation museum.
Could it get any better? Tammi, planes and good food!!
23 June 2009
WORK
Can be seriously aggravating. Damn Marines, well today anyway. LOL
Seriously. I Wish I could tell you more about what goes on. We do some pretty cool shit there.
Seriously. I Wish I could tell you more about what goes on. We do some pretty cool shit there.
22 June 2009
QUICK
The weekend. That is.
The family got home on Friday. I actually beat them home by about 45 minutes. Mini-Me turned into a little beach rat. Guess he learned how to boogie board.... and loved it. He said he learned to do "tricks". Seems he can get up on his knees. The little one had a good time too. He's not as adventurous as his big brother sometimes. Both were pretty tan.
Saturday I took the boys to Wild Water in Fresno. We had a blast. Again... Mini-Me had to do all the really fast rides at least 3 or 4 times. There's one they called the "Skateboard ride". It looked like a half pipe on steroids. I was made to go on it twice. Hated it. Hated it. Can't tell you how much I hated it. Went the first time on a double tube with Mini-Me and the second time I went on a single tube so the littler one could go. It was worse the second time.
The only other thing I'll say is that good god some of our young "children", and I use that term loosely. NEED TO PUT ON CLOTHES! Girls did NOT look like that when I was in school.
Sunday was nice and relaxing. Make French Toast for breakfast then a tri-tip for dinner. The only bad thing was having to drive back here for work late afternoon. Called my dad to wish him a happy Fathers day. Other than that nice and relaxing.
The family got home on Friday. I actually beat them home by about 45 minutes. Mini-Me turned into a little beach rat. Guess he learned how to boogie board.... and loved it. He said he learned to do "tricks". Seems he can get up on his knees. The little one had a good time too. He's not as adventurous as his big brother sometimes. Both were pretty tan.
Saturday I took the boys to Wild Water in Fresno. We had a blast. Again... Mini-Me had to do all the really fast rides at least 3 or 4 times. There's one they called the "Skateboard ride". It looked like a half pipe on steroids. I was made to go on it twice. Hated it. Hated it. Can't tell you how much I hated it. Went the first time on a double tube with Mini-Me and the second time I went on a single tube so the littler one could go. It was worse the second time.
The only other thing I'll say is that good god some of our young "children", and I use that term loosely. NEED TO PUT ON CLOTHES! Girls did NOT look like that when I was in school.
Sunday was nice and relaxing. Make French Toast for breakfast then a tri-tip for dinner. The only bad thing was having to drive back here for work late afternoon. Called my dad to wish him a happy Fathers day. Other than that nice and relaxing.
18 June 2009
16 June 2009
MUST KEEP QUIET
So, this is my exciting life:
The ghetto apartment that I'm living in is being foreclosed on. Eh. No big deal, because every other unit is being foreclosed on too. So today after quite a few months the city counsel of this fine city finally had a meeting about it. So I went. I heard what I needed to hear within the first 10 minutes or so of the meeting. His Lord on High Obama signed a law about foreclosures. Bottom line we can't be kicked out until our lease is up. However a lot of other people are screwed. I feel for them. Somewhere in my hardened piece of coal of a heart I feel for them. Some of them are being put out and can't afford another ghetto apartment. What chaps my ass and made me leave the meeting is the insistance that the government should be doing something for them. They gave time at the end for people to ask questions. Most of them did NOT ask any questions. Instead they pissed and moaned about the city counsel. The local police. The county police. WTF people?!?! Are you not adults? For fuck sake. Go out and do something for yourself! The government is not there to move your damn furnature, pay the deposite for your next place to live.
I left. I had heard enough.
The ghetto apartment that I'm living in is being foreclosed on. Eh. No big deal, because every other unit is being foreclosed on too. So today after quite a few months the city counsel of this fine city finally had a meeting about it. So I went. I heard what I needed to hear within the first 10 minutes or so of the meeting. His Lord on High Obama signed a law about foreclosures. Bottom line we can't be kicked out until our lease is up. However a lot of other people are screwed. I feel for them. Somewhere in my hardened piece of coal of a heart I feel for them. Some of them are being put out and can't afford another ghetto apartment. What chaps my ass and made me leave the meeting is the insistance that the government should be doing something for them. They gave time at the end for people to ask questions. Most of them did NOT ask any questions. Instead they pissed and moaned about the city counsel. The local police. The county police. WTF people?!?! Are you not adults? For fuck sake. Go out and do something for yourself! The government is not there to move your damn furnature, pay the deposite for your next place to live.
I left. I had heard enough.
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