Jobs, free-time and games

Losing the will to game. Slowly but surely. I definitely have put in a marathon session on GTA SA though. I'm starting to get the feeling that I'm going to be refocusing my hobbies here very soon. Flying is still something very interesting to me and I really love to do that. Apparently one of the most affordable ways to fly is to buy your own aircraft. So, if I really want to be serious about this flying thing I pretty much going to have to drop about $25k on it. Which I'm fine with, just like buying a newer car.

This means that I'll be sticking with the ole '96 subaru outback for a while, but that's ok. It needs some work, but it's a good car, and should last me some time yet.

Jobs.......nothing yet, there are some Law Enforcement prospects in the area, but I'm still keeping my eyes and ears open. Just checked out that Park Service employments sites, and there is absolutely nothing! Oh well, it will all pan out in the end. For the next month or so though, I may be flipping burgers.

A walk

Finding the women of my dreams has satisfied me to untold bounds. Having found this women 7 years ago when I was only 16 still mesmerizes me. Marrying her just about 2 years ago solidified our affections for each other.

7 years has created a very comfortable relationship. So comfortable in fact that I have to be careful that I don't find myself slacking. Our normal routine(probably influenced moreso by me) is she'll watch TV and I'll hang out on my computer. Obviously not extremely healthy for a relationship. Not all of our time is occupied by this routine, but it's definitely a routine. We greatly enjoy chatting about life the universe and everything. And taking long road trips are another high point to our relationship.

I've been in a veg state for a few weeks now, but now it is time for packing up and moving out. This I know WILL create stress. I'm discovering that how I deal with stress is to actually calm down. I don't get angry, I don't get flustered, something in my mind just clicks and I sit back and just work through things. From a past of losing my temper this feels amazingly great for me.

Today things were moving along, we began settling into our routine, when Amber asked if I would like to go for a walk. My mind instantly looked for ways out, but something inside said "Awesome, let's go". So we grabbed a few pieces of bread to feed to the ducks at the duck pond, and took off. We walked by the duck pond, but there were quite a few people, so we walked past acrossed campus. I believe that Amber's true intent was just to walk around campus a bit, but I steered us down a side street and we just walked looking at neat houses along the way. Soon enough we found ourselves downtown. We popped into a bookstore, and I found a used copy of Band of Brothers for her. She loves the mini series by HBO, so I figured she might enjoy the book as well. Just a few shops down, we grabbed Pita wraps for lunch. We kept cruising downtown, then turned back towards campus in a roundabout way. We went by the first apartment we lived in together before we were married. Walked the same walk we'd walked a hundred times before on our way to classes. Then back across campus to the duck pond. This time it was all ours, and we were able to watch all the ducklings paddling around, cute little fuzzy fellas. And back home.

In my recent comatose state I'd forgotten the joys of just being with Amber in a non-distracting environment. My love for her is so strong that I feel that my heart will burst out of my chest at any moment.

Fly like an eagle

Let the Eaaaaaagles soar!!!!

Yup, on Memorial day I took to the skies above my hometown of Plains, MT. My father in-law set up a flight for me with a local farmer. It was only about a 30 minute ride, but it felt like I was up there forever, but it also felt like it was over too quickly. You know that feeling, you keep thinking back on it, and it seemed so short.

The great thing was flying around the valley where'd I had grown up. Seeing my old stomping grounds from the air was a real treat. Also, just the whole layout of things surprised me a bit. Whereas it never seemed so organized and planned out, when you're up there you can see that roads and streets were layed out with meaning.

So, my little love affair with flying has just increased 100 fold. Don't know how excited my wife is about that, but she seemed happy to see me happy. So, in the next couple of years I'm looking at getting my private pilots liscense.