So I’ve been dawdling and not really getting anything done since I got back from Reno. Had I brought the right cable for the camera I may have tried to write coherently on a daily basis, but the internet was so slow at the hotel I may have given up anyway.
One of the shipping crates got forked by the airways shipping people.

Our hotel had a driving range into a cee-ment pond that was one of the highlights of the trip. Reno is such a hole.

So I lagged off again…

I mentioned that my truck got hit while parked on the street. It seemed fairly minor, and I only took it in to the appraisal to get it checked so I could claim the valid loss on my taxes. I figured if I fixed anything I’d just do it myself and leave the dent in mainly as I plan to just drive it into the ground anyway. But as the damage was over $1000 I figured I’d just get it done. So I was told it could be done as early as wednsday but probably not later than friday.
I get a call Tuesday saying the car won’t be ready on Wednsday but probably Thursday.
I get a call on Wednsday saying it will be ready on Thursday.
I get a call on Thursday saying it won’t be ready today, but it will be ready Friday.
Any bets on tomorrow?

Seems like I don’t find the time to write ever. Even when I have something, I always find some reason to let it pass. Like the time last week (the week before?) where dell delivered the 160-odd servers for our new mini cluster each packaged in its own individual box complete with power cord, 2manuals, 2 cd’s and service disclaimer, none of which we were going to use. And we spent two days unpacking them and finding places to recycle the cardboard and packageing.
Then there was sunday when I decided to try to surprise Debbie while she was at work by making her favorite dessert creme brulee. I’ve never tried to make it (or even know what it should taste like) but it seemed simple enough, and in the end it turned out delicious, despite being cooked in two phases and enough topping of carmelized sugar to make it like breaking plate glass to get to the custard.
Or the fact that my truck got hit while parked on the street in the middle of the day and whoever did it got away scott free.
And Kirk moved out leaving a couple of stuffed garbage cans and a big empty house that lacks the noise of the two fishtanks that I found aggravating until they were gone and no dog to clean up my kitchen spills.
I guess it’s possible I just need to find a routine that lets me post at some other time besides when I go to bed, but that seems to be the time that is most fitting. I guess I just like hanging with my honey too much to stop and write about something. But when she’s not here I sit up like a petulant child refusing to go to bed, despite the sleep in my eyes.
I’m not tired!
I’m not!
Just 5 more minutes?

Here’s incentive to post more. I gotta push this image off the front page 🙂

… in which we are to wed. We went last night and filled out the paperwork for the opera house last night, but I didn’t get around to posting about it. When we went to the car to leave there were at least 5 deer in Debbie’s back yard. Stan the cat was pretty curious, but I guess the deer didn’t eat him, as he was around this morning.
Today was a bit more relaxed. I spent some time being domestic and cleaning a bit of the house for my honey, and then went and took her lunch at work. I’m getting pretty good at folding towels and sheets, much to (I assume) the amusement of the housekeeping staff. At least they make little jokes about it.

We got the marriage license today in Manti. And it snowed on the way back and made everything white and pretty.

I got to go hang out with Debbie’s Mt. Pleasant family tonight in their annual Christmas eve get-together. I had a pretty good time. Hunter really seemed to enjoy his helicopter, along with several others there, so it was good to have made the trip yesterday. Although, I’m a bit discouraged with it’s level of functionality, although I’m not surprised. I may have to have an air-war with my brothers tomorrow.

So today I went and picked out my wedding ring.

So the actual first day of winter starts tomorrow, which means in my self-prevaricating ways I’m cheerfull that winter is almost over. The days are going to start to get longer and I can start looking forward to the January thaw. Not that winter has been too bad, but it’s only 18 degrees farenheit out there right now and it doesn’t feel much warmer in here.
Debbie loves the winter, and so we’re having a winter themed wedding, and I have to admit she’s doing a really nice job with the decorating planning and I think it’s going to be really pretty. Maybe having a January anniversary will give me something to look forward to every year.