Pardon the Interruption

in which I apologize for slacking on my blogging duties…

Well, it looks like is been about a month since I’ve posted anything. I seem to go through phases of wanting to post all the time and then not posting for weeks on end. I could try to justify my laziness but I won’t. I am truly lazy and that’s all there is to it.

It’s been a busy month. I went back to full-time work last week and still trying to adjust to waking up at 6:00 am. It’s getting easier but still, 6:00 am SUCKS! Not complaining, just sayin’.

Been hanging out with Teh [new] GF and totally diggin’ it. We’re getting along great and looking forward to the days ahead. We took a little trip last week to Leavenworth, Wa. for Oktoberfest. Stayed in Wenatchee and even took a run up to Lake Chelan just for the hell of it. Had an absolute blast! If you have never been to Oktoberfest, I highly recommend it. I mean, what could be better than large quantities of awesome beer and meat?

Halloween is just around the corner and it looks like we’re going to Stanger’s party out on Sapolil road Saturday. Teh GF will be dressing up as the sexy correctional officer and I will be the criminal. I should feel right at home. HA! There will be drinking, foodz and music. Should be a good time.

I’m sure that I could write all kinds of witty things this morning but I won’t. I’ve had a cold for the last 5 or 6 days and just don’t feel up to it.

Hope that all is well in your world, where ever you are.

Happy Halloween!

~KJ

Wheeeew

in which I’m catching my breath from recent events…

The last couple of weeks have been exciting and packed with the goodness. Thought I’d drop you all a quick post to get you up to speed. This will be the condensed version. I finally got a new roof put on the house last week after a long wait. It looks like it’s all finished up and now I can start getting the yard back in shape. I recently met a very cute girl that I’m totally diggin’ on and have been very busy. There has been great food, wine tasting, cocktails, dancing, bbqs, stock car racing, friends and plenty of laughter to say the least. Looking forward to the days ahead. Work seems to be picking up for me and feeling good about my progress and the chance to better my sales skills. My bills are paid and I seem to be managing my funds better and have more to work with at the moment. I’ve shed some pounds. Life is good. I feel good. I like this.

All for now but more to come…

~KJ

Week in review

in which I recap my mini-vacation…

I decided to take 4 days off last week and hit the course. I booked a stay ‘n play package for last Thursday at Wildhorse Resort Casino, which is less that an hour away from here. I got up early that morning, had some coffee and loaded up the car. Not much to take other than a change of clothes and my clubs. Tee time was at 10:36 am so I hit the road by 9:oo am. Ran into some road construction on Highway 11 just outside om Milton-Freewater that had me stopped for about 15 mins. Glad I left a little early. Made it to the Casino with plenty of time to check-in, dropped my stuff off in the room and headed up to the golf course. I walked around the parking lot for a bit while waiting for my caddy (@smugirishman) to show up. He was there right on time. We hit the pro shop, picked up a fresh sleeve of balls, grabbed a cart and headed back to the parking lot to load up. Went over to the practice green, chipped, pitched and putted a few balls and then headed for the 1st Tee Box. The weather was really nice. About 75 degrees and a 10 to 15 mph breeze from out of the west. Perfect golfing conditions in my book. We let our 1st drives fly and away we went.

Couldn’t have asked for a better day. The golfing was great. Not too crowded and I played well. I put my old Nickent 3DX driver back in the bag cuz the Cleveland Hi-Bore wasn’t doing me any justice at all. Needless to say, I drove the ball really good and stayed out of trouble for the most part. My short-game was on, I was rolling the ball well on the greens and managed to get off the course with an 88. Not bad at all considering that I’ve only played a handful of times this year. In the end, I walked away victorious and feeling pretty good about the whole round. Had a blast! God, I love that game.

Headed back to my room, changed clothes, relaxed for a while and then decided to hit the Casino floor. Took a quick detour into the Players Club for a cocktail or two and then started to gamble. Made a few quick hits on the slot machines, played some 3 card poker and found myself up on those bastards a couple of hundred bucks all of a sudden. w00t! Stopped while I was up, went back to the bar for another cocktail and savored my winnings for the moment. Decided to enter a No-Limit Hold ‘Em tourney and head back to my room for a bit while waiting for it to begin. Tourney started at 6:30 and I was well on my way to a serious buzz. They called us down to the tables and away I went. Started off winning a few decent pots and was then moved to another table. We had 63 entries and I was hangin’ in there. Got into a couple hands that I probably shouldn’t have played and found myself short-stacked rather quickly. Gave it my all but got eliminated in 18th place. Not bad, considering that I haven’t played any Hold ‘Em for about a year now but would have loved to have made it to the final table. Maybe next time.

So that was that. Back to the bar for another cocktail while I thought about what to have for dinner. It just so happened that it was all-you-can-eat seafood buffet night. Oh, hell yes! And they also had some stand-up comedians in the lounge for my entertainment. I decided to go ahead and eat and let me tell ya’, I soon discovered that I can eat a shit-load of steak and king crab legs. I swear, I sat there and ate more crab that ever before. I was in there for over an hour before I pulled my head out of my ass and stopped. Completely boated, I went back to my room for a well deserved nap. God, I was full and content. I freakin’ love crab!

Once recovered from the crab incident, I went back down to the floor to gamble. All in all, I did pretty good although I was so full of crab, steak and vodka that I knew I wouldn’t last much longer. Ended up calling it a night around 1 am, headed to my room and crashed. What an awesome day it was. Really had a good time.

I awoke the following morning and decided to go checkout the Museum that I had talked about seeing in the past. Glad I did. I checked out of my room around 11 am, drove back to the TCI museum and wandered through it. It was really cool. Couldn’t take any pics inside but I did get a few from behind the facility. I really enjoyed it. If you get the chance to see it, do.

I hit the road shortly afterward and was home in no time.

The last couple of days I’ve just been rehydrating and taking it easy. Cleaned my apartment, did some laundry and watched a bunch of golf. I’ll be back at work in the morning, refreshed and ready to roll. Glad that I took the time off, as I needed a break!

All for now…

~KJ

You might be a redneck

…if your photostream looks like mine

As I was looking at my site over the weekend, I couldn’t help but notice that the current pics in my photostream would probably give some the impression that I was truly a redneck. This might be the case, so let’s review. Glancing to the right of this post you will see the following: Me drinking vodka, guitars and a deer head on the wall, (actually an Antelope, but you get the picture), a pack of smokes, more vodka, a burger right off the grill, me playing guitar and the dashboard of a 1975 Monza as well as a Hurst Shifter. To me, nothing says ‘redneck’ like booze, smokes, BBQ, guitars, deer heads and car parts! Just sayin’. For those of you who know me in real life, this is not breaking news.

Last week when by quickly. The website migration was a total success, work was smooth and home life was good. It’s really nice to get back into the swing of things without all of the mental stress. It seems like the year is slipping by and it will soon be Fall and then another Winter. I don’t know know, each year just moves by a little quicker than the last. I really try to live slowly, savoring the moments day to day but lately, the world seems to be in a big freakin’ hurry for whatever reason. I chalk it up to age but maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’m just more aware of the things around me, maybe I’m seeing my life differently or realizing how short our time on this planet  really is. Not sure. At any rate, I’m trying to keep up with it all.

I decided that I need to have some ‘me’ time. I’ll be taking 4 days off later this week. My Monday is done and I have just two more work days before I take off for some R&R. I booked a room out at Wildhorse Resort Casino, including a couple rounds of golf for myself and @smugirishman. Been golfing with him for many years now and looking forward to some good times on the course this week. I haven’t played much over the last couple of years for various reasons. I miss it. I’m a golfer and that’s all there is to it. I will always love that silly game and hope to enjoy it for the rest of my life. There will be pictures of the course and the bloody outcome as always. Planning on playing some cards as well. Wanna get in a Hold ‘Em tourney and some 3 card poker. Might win, might lose, either way it’ll be fun. Been threatening to go to the museum there for many years and this just might be the trip that I actually do it. We’ll see.

Other than that, not alot going on.

Oh yeah, I haven’t logged on to my WoW account for about 3 weeks now. For some reason, I just haven’t been into it. It kinda comes and goes for me. Love to play and always will but I just haven’t been feeling it lately. The last patch hit, I logged in to check things out and haven’t been back since. Maybe after my vacation I’ll renew my desire to play. I hate it when I dont’ play and know that I’m paying for it. All good though, Supramax will be back in action soon enough.

Well, that about all for now. I just had nice New York strip, a few cocktails and I think it’s time to find something good on TV to watch. Hope that all is well in your world.

All for now…

~KJ

This little piggy went to market

in which I found some killer BBQ at our local Farmers Market…

I’ve kept busy this morning. I’m not used to having the weekends off so I sometimes don’t know what to do with myself. I slept in ’til about 9 or so, made some coffee and had a smoke in the shed while waiting. Pretty much my normal routine every morning. Finally got motivated and decided to get dressed and do something constructive.

Since it’s been so hot lately, I decided to go ahead and get the yard mowed before it got too hot. Ended up just doing the front, set some sprinklers and called it good. I might get to the back later but I doubt it. Tomorrow morning will be better. Anyway, I finished up with the mowing, hopped in the shower cuz I smelled like hell and decided to get my head shaved.

Stopped by the ATM to grab some cash and headed down to Antonio’s for a good shavin’. Love those guys, they do a good job and always trim my eyebrows. hehe I had to wait for quite a while cuz everyone and their kids were waiting for a cut. All good.

Decided to take a walk downtown so I stopped at the Farmers Market to take a gander. I wandered around for a bit and stumbled across a killer little BBQ stand the smelled heavenly. Checked the menu and the Pulled Pork sandwich was calling my name. I mean, omgwtfbbqsauce! I paid 5.00 for a delicious, fresh, juicy sammy that I quickly drenched with their awesomesauce. Found the nearest place to sit and devoured it. Damn good! May have to go back for another in the near future.

Back at the house now and have decided to chill and maybe play some WoW later. May go run and instance or see if I can PuG a 10 man Naxx or something. Either way, I’m gonna try to stay out of the heat today and rehydrate my body a bit. Perhaps a little nap to boot!

All for now…

KJ

Forecast…HOT!

is which the temp is hitting the century mark in the valley…

Well, it looks like Summer is really here. The temps have been in the 90’s last week and today is suppose to reach 100 or better. Staying inside in pretty good idea if you can. I’ve been out this morning water the yard and all of the flower beds before it gets too hot. Looks like we’ll be staying in the upper 90’s for the upcoming week. Would love to get out to the golf course but not his week. I just don’t take the heat like I used to.

Speaking of golf, has anyone been watching Tom Watson’s run at the 138th Open Championship? Unreal! The man will be 60 years old in a couple of months and he’s kickin’ the shit out of it. He’s been leading for the first three rounds and will tee off Sunday with a one shot lead over the field. What a story. I’m totally pullin’ for him along with the rest of the world. I would love to see him pull it off as it will make for great history. GO TOM!

In other news, I’ve been given a new schedule at the day job. I recently asked for a cut in hours, which I thought was a good idea at the time but now it’s a different story. So, I’m back to 30+ hours and will be taking a refresher course with some sales training vids to sharpen my game. gotta get my numbers up and add to the companies value and success.

I’ve been doing just 20 hours a week for the last two weeks which has given me ALOT of time to deal with and quite honestly, I’ve been going crazy. I’m the kind of guy that needs a routine. Don’t get me wrong, I like to have time to myself but this was driving me nuts. I mean, once I’ve gotten caught up on all the simple things in life like, yard work, laundry, cleaning the car and apartment, what the hell is there left to do? I’ve been pacing around feeling all anxious and weird and I just don’t like it. So, I got some hours back and hopefully will stop feeling all weird.

Tonight I’m gonna go grub on Sushi with M down at Aloha Sushi and then maybe go grab a cocktail or two. I’ve been craving the Sushi. Want the Sushi. Need the Sushi. I freakin’ love that stuff and seem to need it every few weeks or so. Thank God we have place that serves up killer rolls and I hope they never go out of business. So support ‘em, go to Aloha Sushi and enjoy.

Well that’s about all I have for now. Trying to post at least once a week. I mean what’s the good in having a Blog if you don’t use it, right? Anyway, all for now and more to come…

KJ