So, here we are. Deep into another week. My weekend turned out very interesting. I've been chatting back and forth with a great friend of mine. Gary, has become and endurance athlete, and is doing the Tough Mudder World Championships. I am very supportive of his goal to compete in this, and it made me think about my journey. I found out there is one coming up next year in October. I decided there and now that I wanted to attempt one. He even said he would come down and do it with me. So, over the next year, I have to train and eat right, and get ready for a very tough competition.
Saturday came around, and I found myself looking at houses to purchase. Sarah and I are very excited to make our first new home purchase, but want to wait until the right moment. After that, we spent a little time shopping for the girls on tax free weekend. My next step was to replace the starter in my truck with the help of Jeff, my best friend. We drank some beer and tore into the truck. To those who don't know, a Nissan Titan has the starter located under the intake. Well, we couldn't get the last plug off the injector, so I ended up pulling the wires out on accident. Although upset, we trekked thru and finished the repair. I soon discovered that my makeshift repair didn't fix the injector, so my truck has been running extremely rough. Nissan requires you to buy the entire harness, which I wasn't about to pay $500 for, so I ordered a pigtail online. After getting it here, I discovered that it didn't fit. I decided to try my hardest, to take apart the old plug, and I ended up rewiring it. It's working great so far, now I just have to get the check engine light off.
That was pretty much our weekend. We had some good times with friends, and drank a few brews. We have my brother in law coming in today, and once he leaves, it's time to reset the training calendar and start getting thru Rushfit on my way to being a Tough Mudder. I am about 15 lbs down so far, so let's keep on rocking!!
C
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
What the hell!!!
So, another day, another 50 cents. But on this particular day, you are only going to get my 2 cents. I was finding hard to enjoy having Molly back due to the fact that we aren't allowed pets in our house. So we had to keep her hidden from the homeowner(I would call him landlord, but that is a little bit too respectful for that assclown) Of course, it didn't take a week for him to see some dog poop and he starts texting me about paying a $500 deposit. Funny how anyone else who rents from him only paid $300, but this ass is trying to scalp me for an extra $200. We covered our tracks by saying she was only there for a day, and we ended up taking her to my mother-in-law's house. I guess she will just stay there until we move.
I spent my birthday off driving around everywhere and not accomplishing much. I spent time at the Dr, which ended up being pointless. Got a new driver's license, and picked up some sausage for dinner. I also met with a guy who has a dang good job, and his company is hiring. Can you say double my pay, cause I can. If this works out, my pay will double, and I will be able to provide so much more for my wife and kids. It would be a dream come true. It's causing a lot of excitement in my house for sure. I sent him my resume, so now I just have to cross my fingers and wait for an interview.
Our house hunting took a little hit. We started feeling like our home builder wasn't putting in the work that we expected, so we are looking into another approach. We are meeting with a new home builder on Saturday. They say that they can start our house a lot faster, so we could be in our new home in 90 days. Great things are coming our way, we just have to be ready to reach out and grab all we can. Other than that, we are just living life and trying to make a dent in this world.
Until next time
C
I spent my birthday off driving around everywhere and not accomplishing much. I spent time at the Dr, which ended up being pointless. Got a new driver's license, and picked up some sausage for dinner. I also met with a guy who has a dang good job, and his company is hiring. Can you say double my pay, cause I can. If this works out, my pay will double, and I will be able to provide so much more for my wife and kids. It would be a dream come true. It's causing a lot of excitement in my house for sure. I sent him my resume, so now I just have to cross my fingers and wait for an interview.
Our house hunting took a little hit. We started feeling like our home builder wasn't putting in the work that we expected, so we are looking into another approach. We are meeting with a new home builder on Saturday. They say that they can start our house a lot faster, so we could be in our new home in 90 days. Great things are coming our way, we just have to be ready to reach out and grab all we can. Other than that, we are just living life and trying to make a dent in this world.
Until next time
C
Friday, August 10, 2012
Molly is Back!!
I realized that I hadn't kept up with my writing on here for quite sometime. Maybe the newness of writing kinda wore off, or the fact that I don't have many followers or people reading these. Either way, I just put it on the back burner. With so many things going on these days, it felt like the right time to start writing again.
My friend Gary, who served with me in the Marines, started his blog yesterday. I had to go read it cause he was one of the most interesting guys I know. There is not one thing that he won't accomplish if he puts his mind to it. I thought it was funny that I actually know someone who go thru P90x, and I saw some awesome results. It drives me to finish my own program as well. Anyways, I started reading his first post, and I saw that his brother was wounded while serving in Afghanistan. It immediately saddened me to find this out. I sometimes forget how many of my brothers are still over there fighting to try and defeat all these terrorists. I've never met Gary's brother, but if he is anything like Gary, he will come back stronger than ever.
We also had a family member returned to us yesterday. Molly, our first family pet was given back to us. Just to fill you in, She weighed 42 lbs when I gave her to a coworker of mine. Over the course of 7 months, she dropped all the way down to 27lbs. For the life of me, I cannot understand how someone could let that happen. But Molly being who she is, fought thru it and is going to be just fine. I was so happy to go get her yesterday, but also saddened at the sight of her. She has lost so much muscle and weight. Her spirit and fight are second to none, and she is already acting like her old self. Now we just have to be smart and slowly put the weight back on.
Now that I spent the last 2 posts filling everyone in on what is happening, I'm going to start putting more of a spin on what I am writing, and hopefully add some comedy to it as well. Why not, life is too short to not smile.
C
My friend Gary, who served with me in the Marines, started his blog yesterday. I had to go read it cause he was one of the most interesting guys I know. There is not one thing that he won't accomplish if he puts his mind to it. I thought it was funny that I actually know someone who go thru P90x, and I saw some awesome results. It drives me to finish my own program as well. Anyways, I started reading his first post, and I saw that his brother was wounded while serving in Afghanistan. It immediately saddened me to find this out. I sometimes forget how many of my brothers are still over there fighting to try and defeat all these terrorists. I've never met Gary's brother, but if he is anything like Gary, he will come back stronger than ever.
We also had a family member returned to us yesterday. Molly, our first family pet was given back to us. Just to fill you in, She weighed 42 lbs when I gave her to a coworker of mine. Over the course of 7 months, she dropped all the way down to 27lbs. For the life of me, I cannot understand how someone could let that happen. But Molly being who she is, fought thru it and is going to be just fine. I was so happy to go get her yesterday, but also saddened at the sight of her. She has lost so much muscle and weight. Her spirit and fight are second to none, and she is already acting like her old self. Now we just have to be smart and slowly put the weight back on.
Now that I spent the last 2 posts filling everyone in on what is happening, I'm going to start putting more of a spin on what I am writing, and hopefully add some comedy to it as well. Why not, life is too short to not smile.
C
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