I hope that the weather that has been here for the past few days is indicitive of the start of spring and not another false spring before a drop back into the 30s (0-2C for those of you on the metric system). I spent about an hour and a half outside at the park yesterday…
Editor’s note: I wrote this a couple of days ago and apparently hit “Save” instead of “Publish.” Oops. I spent the first four days of last week trying to finish up everything I needed to do before going out of town for four days. It was pretty stressful and I didn’t get everything I needed…
Last week, I got a fortune cookie after eating at the Chinatown Buffet. To my surprise, it read “Why not treat yourself to a good time instead of waiting for someone else to do it?” In and of itself, not that surprising…but (I know you see where I’m going already) with the traditional ending of…
I’ve been putting off posting to my blog, more because I don’t like posting about the same old stuff all the time than anything else. Daniel is pretty much potty-trained at this point, other than nighttime. He rode in the car to my parents’ house this weekend without a diaper. We had to stop a…
I really hope that you guys are using RSS or something to keep up with my blog instead of coming here every day…it’s been 19 days since my last update. I thought this t-shirt was quite funny. Hmm…not a lot of new stuff going on lately. I finally got back to pushing myself on my…
It’s been quite a while since I updated this, though I’ve thought about it several times in the past week. I’ve just been…ambivalent? *shrug* Time really flew there at the end of the year. Between Christmas shopping, taking care of Daniel, putting 1200 miles on my car between Champaign and Carbondale, and spending time with…
Saturday, December 9, I got an e-mail from Josh. This e-mail was sent around 4:15am and indicated that the UPS in the network closet in Hydrosystems Lab had caught on fire and needed to be replaced…and that the network would be unprotected against surges until that happened. This caught my attention, but without pictures, I…
There are several non-necessity items that I’ve been thinking about getting lately. An example would be an iPod-docking alarm clock, like the iHome IH5 or JBL On Time Clock Radio. I’ve thought about making these items into a bit of a reward system of sorts for my dieting. “Hit this target weight, buy this item”…
I wanted to post pics of me in my previous and current physical condition…but I don’t have my current pic on this computer, so I’ll have to upload it later. Before, taken May 27, 2004. Approximate weight: 285lbs. Current, taken December 6, 2006. Approximate weight: 240lbs.
“We watch the children playing Beside the christmas tree The presents are wrapped up It’s beautiful and secretly the gifts still hide The fun awaits for you inside Christmastime has come There’ll be toys for everyone ‘Cause christmastime has come for you I remember dreaming Wishing hoping praying for this day Now I sit and…