Sunday, April 22, 2007

Trip to Elizabethtown

Over the weekend I made a quick trip up to my summer stomping grounds E-town. You might have seen the movie Elizabethtown but I can say from experience, it is nothing like the movie makes it out to be. The simple fact that when I drive down the main strip there is not a kid riding a bike with weird looking glasses motioning to me to go this way to my cousin's house shows the difference in the movie version and the real.

Elizabethtown, for three summers was a great place to live and work. I had dreamed of coming back after graduation and living there for the rest of my life. However, I went with a larger city, which in some cases is better.

The visit was to see my second cousins, Hadley and Hayden, 5 and 3 respectively, who were both playing their first games of the season. Amber (my fiancee) and I headed out at about 1:00 PM and got there in plenty of time to see Hayden in T-ball. The problem instead of playing it was only picture night. We drove in a rush to see him but to no avail, as he was justing getting pictures done. After eating we then went to Hadley's soccer game which was quite exciting. Three on three soccer action. Hadley for the most part either kicked dirt or ran after the group following the ball. She also did wonderful playing in the net. All in all it was probably the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life. Hayden of course wanted to go out and play with Hadley, but he will have to wait his turn in the fall before they unleash that beast on the field.

The next day, was started by having both kids come down and wake Amber and myself up at 8:00 AM. We then spent the day playing in the creek and just having a good time outside. We ate Mexican food at one of the best places in E-town to get Mexican food, Los Napoles. If in Elizabethtown, defintely stop there or El Rodeo. After our meal we then planned a grill out with the neighbors, whom over the years have become family. Amber and I also got some pictures taken but the kids alas wanted to be in anything we were doing. The results were some really funny pics.

Sunday, of course was the sad day, the day we leave the kids and my cousin's nice house and drive back to Murray to study. Everytime I leave up there its hard to leave the smiling faces and beautiful memories.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

On the Edge of Explosion

As of this week my school year is beginning to get a little more hectic with papers being do and other projects starting to come up. The tension is mounting but with very little hours this semester I didn't have to much of a problem getting things done. I am slightly off my workout schedule, for about the last 2 weeks because of being so busy. I think the upcoming last few closing weeks I will be able to get back on the horse and at least start up again at working out. Hopefully, this will get it back on track. In other news, my apartment is waiting down in Nashville and its edging closer everyday. The worst part is rent will be due soon.

Anyway it feels like if stuff doesn't slow down I am going to explode.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Blades of Glory...Sweet Jesus

If you have seen Talledaga Nights, Anchorman, or any Will Ferrell movie you will know that he is outrageous and hilarious in anything he does. Blades of Glory is without a doubt one of the best movies I have seen. The movie is a different kind of funny but if you are a Will Ferrell movie and can just laugh. John Heder is equally funny and the cameos are some of the funniest.

Thumbs UP, way UP!!


I am still laughing from that movie.

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Starting UP

As school closes down, I am beginning to begin to start up my new life in Nashville. For the first time I will have to search out different services on my own and then make the payments, whereas in the the past I let my parents choose the best and I would pay. Right now, I am looking for new car insurance, rental insurance, cable/internet, electric, and water all for Nashville. I move in May 14, so I have a little time to search determine the best and then get signed up with the services. Looking for all this stuff and actually taking responsibility for stuff I guess is the beginning to a new stage in life, which I welcome with opening arms.


A few things I am looking forward to no more dorms, no more doing laundry with quarters, no more parking tags where I live, no more tuition, no more books to buy, and no more part time job.

Friday, March 23, 2007

Nashville Address


My fiancee and I went to Nashville on our Spring Break with one goal, FIND A PLACE TO LIVE. We began our search as soon as we got down to Nashville with a list of apartments that we had found on the Internet and could possibly live there. The first couple of apartments were on the West Side of Nashville off of Charlotte Ave. Nashville is a relatively big city and when driving out from Nashville I began to get a little worried about the neighborhood it was getting a little bit dirty. By dirty I mean it had some trashy looking places on the side and it was looking older. My friend once told me you can tell quite a bit from the roofs of houses in the area. The roofs in this area were troublesome. We went to the first apartment and were pleasantly surprised at how nice and new the apartment was, the price was in our range and it was a 2 bedroom with washer/dryer connections. We then went to three other apartments in the same area and were depressed by each one although the prices were considerably cheaper the area wasn't all that great. If these were the apartments that we found then we were going to be living in a rough neighborhood. Later in the day we drove down to Hillsboro Road/Green Hills area, oh my dad, this area was super nice with really nice apartments and houses all around. We checked out a few prices and got depressed really quickly not in range. We then drove around to see what else was in the area. A huge mall, Cheese Cake Factory, and all kinds of really nice restaurants all around.

Then next day we went out to Bellevue area with determination to find a place that was suitable, we drove passed several places that were not on the list. We looked at around 4 apartments in the Bellevue area and we were set on one particular one that we wanted, however, we looked at one last apartment and that is where we settled it was more expensive but the area is unbelievable. Anyway we found an apartment in the Bellevue area and now we have a Nashville Address and I will move in May 14, 2007.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Fiesta Friday...Regrets


Ok so today was like a flashback to about a year ago when all the guys at work would go to lunch together and have a good time laugh and joke, we would listen to Latin music and just relax a little. Today, we had an event called "Fiesta Friday", we journeyed to the Traveling Taco Cart to grab some cheap yet some what authenticate food. When I ordered the Burrito Loco I had no idea that would be almost 5 lbs and as long as my forearm. It was a shocking specimen. The Burrito Loco came with Chicken, Steak, Pork, Beans, Rice, Lettuce, Tomato, and a mixture of other things all in a tortilla. I only ate about half of the burrito because it was so freakin huge.

Now as I sit here at home for Spring Break my body is saying, "Why the hell did eat that burrito". I sit here in a cloud of flatus that is disgusting it makes me honestly gag.

Status: Regretting Fiesta Friday chose of Food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Life or no Life...

I have come to the realization that maybe I don't have a life or I have a life but am not living it. Example: Friday Night, instead of me going out with my Fiancee and having a good time at some place around town, this Friday I sat in my room and did my Visual Basic Homework, watched TV, and just read online Linux Forums until about 2:00 AM. This is why my Finacee can't leave me alone for than a night if she does I turn into a very serious geek. Now I think there is time to turn this around, or not, no there is no way to this around. I will continue down the path of the geek, destined not for greatness but carpul Tunnel.