When you're off, you're off

And man, we were off at last night's softball game. I added two beautiful errors, a catch I should've had but didn't go the right spot despite some direction, and two outs when up to bat (not strikeouts, I'm not that bad) to the display. Piss poor performance from me, and I apologize.

I've decided that after beating myself last night about it, that instead I would write this blog to help release some of the frustration. POOP!!! That helped too. I've also decided that perhaps you should always walk over and see how your spouse is after they've been pelted in the leg with a fast one off the bat. Otherwise, it's only going to come up later and at that point you can't say "walk it off" again.

The Ruckus - let's get past this one and rake the next team over the coals with our bats of vengeance and fury.

Out with the old...

So, my boss calls me last night and says that he's leaving to go work for Apple in their iPhone division. Cool for him, not so cool for me, because now I get to decide who and where I'd like to work again in eBay. talk about deja vu, I just did that at the beginning of the year.

All I can hope for is that I get to go to someone who knows what I've been working on for the past year, and they can appreciate my knowledge enough so I can get a raise come focal time in March. What a crapper!

Well, at least there's some softball tonight, unless we get rained out. (please no rain, I need this game)

To be continued on what happens to my life here at eBay...

Work Sucks A$$

So, if you couldn't tell by the title, I am back at work for the second day in a row and feeling like I wish I weren't here. People that were supposed to be working on things while I was gone decided that they didn't know how to do things and decided to wait almost 6 weeks to ask questions when I returned. Dumb asses, don't you know how to think by yourselves?!!!

Sorry for the vent. I was glad, however, to have gotten to play softball last night with the Ruckus and kick some trash. That made my day a little better.

Well, not much else going on. Just waiting for our house to finish getting built and to run the marathon relay in a couple of weeks.

TTYL

Back from the Wild...

Hola all -

Just got back from five days in the rugged backcountry of southeastern Idaho with the boys. My family meets up there every year to do a family campout. I tested my newly found dutch oven skills (and did pretty well) and got some good fishing in. That's a surprise to me since I usually don't do that well.

We also did some good hiking and 4-wheeling. Found some awesome trails that had some serious jumps and went into the woods quite a ways.

It rained the last night we were there, but it didn't dampen our fun and we still hung out around the fire in the drizzle and had a good time. Now it's rest for a couple of days and then I'm heading south with the boys again for another campout near Fairfield canyon. I just hope the fire going on down there isn't that close. I'll have to ask the guy we're going with (he's got some property we're using down there) to see how close it is.

All in all, the first week of this sabbatical has been pretty good. I haven't shaved in over a week and look pretty grizzly so far. (We'll see how long Michelle allows it to continue).

So, went on a good ride today on Wasatch Blvd. and around into Draper, etc. To those doing the Spudman, good luck, and when you feel good enough to ride/run again, just holla... I'm not doing anything.

TTYL

Only 3 Working Days Left

So, can I say that I am so excited, anxious, and just plain spaced out at work right now because all I can think of is having the next 6 weeks off of work - paid!

I start my sabbatical next Wednesday and don't go back to work until August 27th. I've got so much camping planned already that I'll be a regular lumberjack when I get back. Ol' Grizzly Adams.

Plus, I have to hurry and decide if I'm going to do the Park City half marathon on 8/25 - anyone interested in doing it with me?

Well, because I leave work so shortly, I have to abruptly end this little entry today and get back to work. I've only got 26 open action items to get done before next Tuesday. Although that sounds like a small number, I have to work with idiots to try and resolve them. Sometimes I feel like my sister who really does work with handis all day. Love ya Boo, you're a saint.

Geez - is it only 2:20 still, why won't that damn clock move faster.

I am NOT a Superhero

So, I am saddened that I didn't get to go on a ride Saturday morning, but Michelle is sort-of glad I stayed home that morning (plus, I'm not going to lie, I didn't even get out of bed until 8:30 after Michelle had been up that morning a few times - if you know what I mean).

However, later that morning, around 10:15 she felt a little better and I decided to go on a run. Mistake #1 - don't start a run near afternoon when it's already like 89 degrees outside. So, I got on my shoes and stuff and grabbed a bottle of water and headed out. Mistake #2 - take more than a bottle of water if you don't know how long you're going to run for. So, about 3.5 miles into the run and near the mouth of Little Cottonwood I am down to about two sips of water left, looking for people's sprinklers (I found an old lady's house getting watered and I thank her for watering when she's not supposed to), and decide to head down 94th. Mistake #3 - going farther than you're water supply can handle. So, needless to say, after running about 6.2 miles I get to the top of the street and have to walk (at this time it was 95 already - I saw it at the Walgreens). I go to the McIllece's neighbor, the Chards, all dripping in sweat and ask if I can jump in their pool. I grabbed the boys, jumped in, cooled off, and was basically wiped out for the day. Thank heaven for hose filled pools that are ice cold.

So, word to the wise - don't run in the afternoon when it's friggin' hot, take alot of water, and don't try and run uphill most of the way (it really drains your water and you).

High School Reunions

Last night Michelle and I went to our high school reunion - 10 years. We thought it was going to be horrible, but it turned out to be a little less so than we thought it would be. We paid for dinner but when we got there all the other people who hadn't paid had eaten it already. Thanks people for common courtesy (geez - I've gotten a heavy dose of people like that in the past 2 days).

Anywho, we stayed for about an hour and talked to the people we had remote interest in and then went to Porcupine for dinner with the people we still like and wanted to catch up with. It was only about 12 of us altogether. (I think that's a pretty good figure personally since my name tag for the night was "Dick").

I guess we'll see what all those people look like in another ten years...