Archive for July, 2009

• This is unusual

  Date: 2009.07.29 | Category: Life as we know it | Response: 0

  

  The weather outside is frightful. The last place I want to be is around a fire. As you can see from the image Washington is experiencing some unusually high temperatures. Only 13% of homes on this side of the state have air conditioning…. you know where I’m going with this one. Its a balmy 89 degrees in the house and there is no place that we can hide from the heat.

  It was this hot at 3AM in the desert but I had places that I could hide from the heat – well – most of the time. The first time I went to the desert we had a problem with our bay door and it was 102 degrees indoors… can you imagine what the outdoor temp did to everything?

  We’re supposed to get a break from the heat in a few days but its only going to get warmer for the next 24 hours… I guess we’ll just have to sweat this one out.

• It’s a Rodeo – an AIR Rodeo

  Date: 2009.07.17 | Category: work | Response: 0

  I’ve got a few hours before I head back to work. Yes, its 130 on a Friday afternoon and I’m going to head back to work when everyone is headed home. For the next 7-14 days I am going to be running in my sleep – if I get a chance to catch some sleep.

  AMC is holding its bi-annual air rodeo and I’m a wrangler. I won’t be wrangling cows or giant mechanical beasts but I will be wrangling contestants, international contestants, luggage, generals, and anything else one might imagine. In the past week I’ve setup stages, assembled tents, delivered rental cars, decorated buildings, moved trash cans, chucked hay bales, and the list goes on. Its hard work but it is rewarding to do something completely different. The hours aren’t great but it will be over sooner…. or later.

• Just an oddity

  Date: 2009.07.08 | Category: I was too lazy to organize these | Response: 0

  An odd event occurs today that I we may not see for a while – in fact – this post is appearing on the blog at that exact moment.

  The time will be 12:34:56 on 7/8/9

  Cool huh? Wish I had a little more but thats pretty much it. Time based fun!

• So many things – so little time

  Date: 2009.07.07 | Category: Life as we know it, work | Response: 0

  Jessica and I are constantly rearranging our schedules. Each week we find that more and more things are pushed to the wayside as we try to fit everything in. Our latest casualty might be going camping this year. I don’t think we have a free weekend available until Labor Day and I’m not even sure if that is going to be free.

  For people that are constantly bored – as we often say to each other – we are busy as hell.

  The things that aren’t even on the radar are piling up in droves – I wish we had more free time. Our work schedules don’t help as any free weekend I get is inevitably a standby weekend. There is a small break in September when my sister comes out for a week. We might try and cram in a camping trip then if she is up to the task (she very well might be).

  Ok – that’s all I’ve got the time for now – I’ve got to finish cooking lunch for tomorrow, do my workout, vacuum out my car, finish the laundry, sweep the kitchen floor, take the dogs to the park, eat dinner, and…. the list goes on