Tuesday, August 30, 2005

starting/trying to feel at home...

ah...
college...
"any day now, i'm gonna pack up my junk, throw it in the car, and head home..."
but no, i'm not. 327 is starting to be "home". the girls and i find our selves saying the word "home" a lot. usually referring to one of our oh-so-lovely rooms. erin, lucy, and i love our room. it's huge. we love being in our room, and being in our room together. we have a ton of fun. thanksgiving will be fun. lucy, guadaloupe(lupita/loopee), azyidee(deedee), and dana are all coming home for the break. seeing as how all of their homes aren't on this contenent, i think we can spare a sleeping bad to two... erin and i want all the girls to meet each of our families. so- yea... we're getting used to it. slowly. not sure about it yet. but slowly...
we all love it here so far.
i'm sure i'll see more of you then i have seen so far over the next few days... i'm still trying to work out my schedule so i'll know when i can and cannot go out and stay a while.
love you all.

Post from Scott

Hay. Just a little update. The paralysis, I guess, from the Bell's Palsy I would say is 90% gone. Or 90% better. Still can't whistle. Or blink...without thinking about it. Other than that, the health thing is OK. Big old empty house. It was a nice note to read from cousins and such that remembered our anniversary. It has been good and bad over the last 25 plus years but I've still got my Harley and it is running well. So is Freda. Anniversary and empty nest in the same month is a big step. Sad and happy that those landmarks have come. It is strange that you can see events that mark time passage and how irrelevant time really is to your life.
Johnny George and Kathy, sorry to hear about Aunt Billye. Was one of my favorites.
The search. So far, this search I have talked to Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee looking for input on a sandwich that Momma used to make. If you ever had one of her grilled pumpernickle sandwiches, share what you remember.
Staying pretty busy. Got a shoot to ready for the police department. Got a week of inservice in Columbia. Got a week of school in Birmingham in October for APCO and higher certifications-which is quickly becoming the minimum...if you live in an area that spends their 911 money where it belongs.
How about that storm? Go figure. Less storm, more damage. Feel for those people in the storm's path. We were in the path, but it fizzled out, thankfully before it got here. Few trees down, stuff like that. Haven't heard of many problems in Hickman county, yet.
If you don't already, visit Lyn and Aaron's weblogs. http://someplacedotcom.blogspot.com and http://mayorbigrig.blogspot.com. Leave a comment if you feel the urge.
How about that gas price!? I got to find somebody I can blame it on so I can feel better. Surely it is somebody's fault that this is happening to me. I'm pretty sure that they are deliberately doing it knowing I don't have the money for $3.50 gasoline...you know all of us can cry about the price of gas, sad thing about it is, it is like living on the coast and they tell you a hurricane is coming and you blow it off. I'll ride it out, etc. Then the hurricane hits and you ain't ready. Gotta be somebody else's fault. I ain't got the money allocated at this time in the budget for gas prices to be that high. Like all the other gas increases in our lifetimes. I will adjust. And something will suffer somewhere, you will give up something personal to you to buy the gas, to me that is just the way it is. But the part that probably bothers me the worst, is $3-5 a gallon to play on is different than $3-5 a gallon to earn a living on. In whatever path the evolution of transportation takes as great as this country is, in technology alone, we should have not gotten to here.