I need this new room to be clean

Back in TX as of last night. Almost time to begin another 365.

This time is too fast

Christmas day, almost over.

And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

Home, enough said

Settled in and such...ended up having delays at Abilene & Dallas. Even better, very "smart" flight lady person decided to try and serve drinks during turbulence. It was definitely not a good idea to mix liquid with a bouncing plane. What was the end result, me looking like I wet myself. Thx a ton flight lady. Next time I'll take my orange juice in a bottle.

Next, Chilis meeting tomorrow with some people, then rockclimb planning.

Zero delays please

So I'm sitting in the airport here in Abilene awaiting the flight to Dallas then on to Charlotte. This rain better not have a bigger effect than it is already of 30 minutes I'm hoping. Ronnie, thanks for running me over to the airport. Kathy, thanks for the ammunition I received for everyone to be jealous of on the plane. Chocolate is definitely better than on-flight meals.

Since I didn't have internet over the weekend because of me & Casey moving to a house, now I'm borrowing the airport's internet. We now have a front and backyard, an extremely tall fence, and a Walgreens right across the street. W00t!

See you guys later this week for lunch around Twin Lakes.

Time almost there

Had another good weekend. Bring on the Christmas time!

The holidays as well as the non-holidays are not the same

The 14 hour days are over for this week, and definitely looking forward to this weekend. I'll be back in NC on the 19th around midnight in good ol' Charlotte. The tradition of shooting small firearms on ThxGiving & Christmas in the backyard with the family will be a little different this year I'm thinking. We'll see. In the meantime, the Christmas shopping needs to start.

...Back to better days

ThxGiving(the gormandizer holiday) was great but was a huge blur. However, 2 weeks from now and I'll be back in NC for another week. This time, I'm flying back because the drive earlier was just too long & boring(plus there usually aren't any cute flight attendants in car rides). See everyone in 2 weeks.

Well at least I'm not driving all day today

Actually, after not going rock-climbing on Black Friday, I ended up having some fun real life & death situation climbing. Ken & Joe & me went up to Pilot Mt and decided to break the little law about climbing up the Pinnacle. Even though we didn't reach the top, we got really close and it wasn't easy. With more time we would've got to the top and had a quick happy illegal dance. Later that night, there were almost more pies present than people.

The drive back was better than the drive to NC surprisingly.

Time, definitely not enough

So far...lots of food, a little too much rain for a couple days making the worst traffic going from China Grove to Charlotte not good, wasting some time at Carolina Mall instead of a good rock climb on Black Friday wasn't my idea, weird games into the late night hours, watching Abby use her funny methods of figuring out math calculations in her head, tried to figure out why pictures of me as a koala & giraffe were on a Christmas tree, lots of movies(Casino Royale, Happy Feet, Cars, Over the Hedge), good time with friends & lots of family, experiencing the new "Wii," explaining to dad that owning a fast car doesn't mean I'm going to jail, showing Dave his future Aramark learning location, wondering why we need 2 Best Buy stores 10 miles from each other, holding Abby back from eating the world while trying to get Charlie to eat before Abby, still continue to fix computer problems even though I am on vacation(why me?), racing Paul and his new car(and winning), sneaking into the YMCA for free, having a great workout with mom and hearing her talk about the "good" muscle pain a few days after, surprising mom 2 days early at a Japanese restaurant by driving 17 hours straight from TX to NC, still wondering why the stereotypical life has to be based around lame work/careers making good vacation times the only good times, trying to get through the first holiday season without Matt around, despising leaving NC in 2 days, and then some...

Good to see...The Browns, all of the family, the Millers, Kristi & Joel(and little Joel) & Brett, Mike, Bett, Dave, Richard, Ken, Emily, Jerry, Scott and Anne's baby Lauren...etc. For those that had to work or were busy, I'll be back for Christmas.

If I lived at home still I would not be as "scale-friendly" after this week. Anyone want to be my own personal chef when I head back to TX next week?

Life better in 3d?

2D pictures are ok, but things are of course better in 3D. So Ronnie & me have been doing some experimenting with some things. Here are some first attempts at getting things in 3D that I did last night. Hint: to see them in 3D, please use a pair of 3D glasses...otherwise you will just be wasting your time. Click on each to see a larger version.

Check out the Three Test Photos I put together of the things in my apartment.

Cold weather outside...close to the same between these walls

Attempted and got 460 again on DeadLift yesterday...will possibly try more in a couple weeks...maybe even the goal of a quarter ton. We'll see. See all you guys back in NC in just over a couple weeks, unless a blizzard or ice storm wipes out the roads.

Almost time

Thanks Ronnie & Kathy for taking me out so San Angelo today. That store was pretty nice. Tonight I watched a ton of home videos from when Matt, Ab & me were kids, playing in the snow, wrestling, celebrating Christmas, playing our weird version of football, etc.

A good back pain

Today I managed to pull up 440 on deadlift 2 times consecutively...something I've never done before. Abby, from the story you told me, you should've taken that girl for her pulling that mess on the soccer field. A good headlock or knee to the face will do next time. haha.

1 month & counting

Nothing much has changed since the sad July.

So far away

So the lowest I've seen gas prices in a long time...today I spotted $1.89 and hope it keeps dropping. Finally some cooler weather has let the windows fly up...waiting for the 45 on this Thursday to remind me of anything else but Texas heat. Dave started big boy school today at ECPI. Learn it all buddy & go to the top.

2 months & counting

Ronnie showed me a very informative video. Everyone should take something from it or at least be offended by how terrorists see us Americans. Obsession: Radical Islam War Against The West can be googled or seen from the link. It is over an hour long but there is a lot to learn about how we are viewed and "hunted" for their cause. Check it out.

Update: Video pulled off the internet due to lame internet radicalism attempting to not hurt anyone's feelings.

Hope comes from seeing what is to come beyond this world

Mom & Dad, it's your turn to take a big jump out of the plane. Since Matt started this back a year ago or so and Abby did the same a couple months ago and now me, I'm expecting you two to jump like you want to. I had the video on my old hosting service, but I will have it on my Picasa collection sometime soon.

Also, I have finally put the ceremony presentation together that I made for Matt since a lot of people wanted a copy of it. It will be online soon.

Dave, I'm glad you got the chance to visit for a couple days, help me start the break-in process on my new car, and entertain the midget skeleton. Come back anytime, but it won't be long 'til I'm back for some holiday time.

Make it or not?

Dave will be here in Abilene for the next few days...and tomorrow, I'll be taking a dive out of a plane. If I don't make it back safely, wake up enjoy the show of life.

Need a time machine

Skydiving was good, getting the new stang was good, and sailing a couple time this week was good. Now what...

Surprisingly good

Drove some fast cars of the long weekend...finally starting that process of looking to replace the old civic (a Mustang GTCS, Eclipse GT, and a 350Z Fairlady). The weather here has finally got my approval even though my steering wheel cover has been taken off due to it melting in the TX heat. For this week, highs around 80 and lows in the 50s...definitely can't complain. Saturday's jump isn't far away for me & Cody. More than 10,000 feet will be between our falling bodies after jumping from the plane. Mike = still a little scared to jump. Maybe next time.

Recuperating is key

Back from California & glad to be back. After getting to see SanFran, the Yosemite day trip on Saturday was really saving the best for last, and I don't know why more people I know haven't taken the time to go there. It started out at 3am heading out of Stockton with the terrible cold & getting to Yosemite by 5 or so, just in time for the sun to come up with the surroundings. Being above the clouds & feeling 50 degrees and below was a good change from this terrible TX weather. You can see the pictures at My Picasa Account. I'll add some more panoramics later.

Can't be forever

Just finished the training portion today, so the rest of the time is going to be getting over this small cold acquired by the San Francisco day trip(it was quite cold which was good) and heading out to Yosemite to see as much as possible. Everyone have a good weekend.

Some things cannot be celebrated the same anymore

I've been here in CA since Sunday afternoon. It's going fine, learning things, and definitely enjoying the 50 degree weather each morning. Tomorrow I'm taking Elton, another Aramark employee, out to see Oakland & San Francisco since he's never been there before. It should be a nice drive out there, seeing all the turbines again, especially in the Mustang that the Hertz guy was nice enough to give me at the same price. So, I'll get to take good pictures this time of San Fran, this time with a digital camera...Lumbard Street, the Exploritorium, the Oakland Bay Bridge, and of course the Golden Gate.

Dave, glad you're getting into the ECPI program. I hope you stick with it & learn a lot. Mr. Hamby will show you tons. Make sure he tells you about his new color creation. Oh, Mike said you were fat.

Today is Matt's birthday. He is 28, just a little too far away to tell.

Traveling = best

Good catching up with you today Mike. I'll make that date next year for the wedding. We'll see if we can get Dave completely out of the woods for good. Or, we'll start to call him monkey boy or something. Tomorrow I'll be heading to Stockton, CA, for 7 days on Aramark stuff. On the 26th I'll be heading to Yosemite. Night world.

Snakes On a Dock? Possibly another movie title?

So today ended Ronnie's problem at his sail club dock...for now. On Tuesday, after we finished up sailing around Fort Phantom, Ronnie was trying to show me the dock joints that needed to be welded back together when i noticed a shiny snake-like body that was indeed a snake. I was calm about telling Ronnie, not wanting to startle him or the big fella below the boards. Well Ronnie didn't take the calm announcement as planned. He did an extremely fast push up from the dock to get away from the snake with a spasm.

After the snake got away Tuesday, we revisited his little home under the dock on Wednesday.
So today ended Ronnie's problem at With a close shot from Ronnie's gun, the snake took off for the water and we went searching for an hour until he came back to his resting spot. Next we tried to pin him with a steel rod. He attacked the rod and eventually got away again. Well tonight I went up there early to see if he was back. The first crack between the boards...I saw his head, sitting and cooling off under the dock. When Ronnie came, he brought a nice large sharp piece of metal to chop the snake's head off. The big guy put up a good fight, bleeding all over the place until his head & body were separated. Well that head that I had seen earlier...well it wasn't the one that had just got chopped off. There was another one down there under the dock. The metal weapon Ronnie brought would barely fit in between the boards, so he decided to use some excessive force. A 40 pound rock should do the trick. As he dropped the rock on the metal at our estimated place, it broke the wooded handle on the metal. We thought it was a big miss, but turned out to be a dead-on hit, breaking the snake in two at the neck. It turned out that the first killed snake was a mother. It had birthed a baby snake right with the blow to its neck. After Ronnie brought the dead snakes up on top of the dock, I shook two more baby killers from the snake. Jayden was enjoying poking the snakes, making them squirm. This was a first for me, delivering a baby...more of a plus, delivering a baby of a dead headless snake(probably the last too). Here are some pictures of the mess.

Here's to any type of travel

The week is going by pretty well. Plans were put in today for my business venture out in California. I'll be out of Abilene from August 20th-27th in the city of Stockton. Coming back on Sunday allows me an extra day to go where I want. Yosemite will most likely be the choice of place to visit on that Saturday. Seeing it one time definitely wasn't enough. This time I will have the digital camera tied around my neck for tons of good pictures. When Matt & I were there years ago, digital cameras weren't too widespread, so the 35mm pieces were used. Despite California's terrible reputation as a state, their parks make up for it.

Here are some pictures I took last night. I didn't get my camera back outside in time to get the best part of the sunset, but it's still awesome just the same. The pictures of the bird...well there was a bird just sitting on a fence post next to where I pulled off on the side of the road. He didn't move the entire time. I was able to get about 3 feet from him with my camera until he finally flew off. Check them out.

A mask covers what is really churning inside

Weekend here, not making it any easier to think of anything other than what happened just over 2 weeks ago. The responses and support that our family has received is greatly appreciated. Other than that, it definitely won't be the same.

The hype is gone

Returned to work on Monday from a super long & unforgettable week. The night before heading back to this TX town, my aunt had a nice family get-together. It had been years since riding a 4-wheeler out in Grand-Dad's 14 billion acres, so it was a good last night in NC with friends & family...slinging up grass, mud, and large cow patties. There are tons more to read explaining what has happened also.

Matthew Cress

Dear all,


This is Adam Cress, brother of late Matthew Franklin Cress. This isn't the best way of communicating to people on MySpace or online since it's not as personal as i would like to say, but for a lot of you, this is the only way you may hear for those that knew my brother. This is no attempt to explain the complexity of what has happened over the course of the past 9 years, only to explain my wonderful brother, Matt.


For short, my brother, 27 years old, was a cancer survivor. He struggled with cancer but got through it clean and free from its grasp. Over the years, the side effects of getting past chemotherapy & the mental stress he has had for the reasoning of actually getting cancer has really played a game in his mind for the past 7 years. This last action of his was not a spontaneous action of his. The battle my brother had with suicide was a tough thing that I could never understand & will never understand until I get to ask him myself. I didn't understand a lot about what he had gone through until the past 2 days. He wasn't that open to his struggles with me even though I would've been there at any time. The bottom line is that Matt couldn't overcome his pain, his stress over something we will not understand in this life. If you did not know Matthew, then i am sorry you didn't get to know him. His determination to defeat something he did not have control over for more than 6 years is the most inspiring thing I have ever had the chance to witness, even from the distance he wanted everyone to be at. Only the ones that were at the hospital(unless you couldn't make it) & the ones that know the intimate details of his actions towards the ones that knew the most will know how much he loved everyone and tried to avoid what took place. Through every hardship Matthew had that I hope no one will ever have to experience, at the end, he STILL thought of others and making the end result an ease on us. He thought of us in every aspect through his actions for his end on this earth. Through it all, Matt would want you to know that he was going to glorify Christ in everything that he did. I believe he did this. Thank you to all who came to show your support through this all...at the hospital, the accomodations, the food, the help with the arrangements, and especially the love for Matt and our family. It is truely appreciated. Matt is not in pain anymore.


There will be a funeral ceremony for Matthew on Wednesday, July 12th, at Gospel Light Baptist Church in Salisbury, NC. The viewing will be at 10AM & a celebration of his life will be at 11AM, followed by the burial at Mt. Zion ground in China Grove/Landis. All are welcome to attend. Also, a loving memorial will be held at his church in Durham, NC, Church of the Good Sherperd on Thursday the 13th at 6:30pm. If anything changes as far as times/location/dates, check the newspapers in Salisbury, Charlotte, Durham, Kannapolis, Landis, and Concord. I know through Matt's struggle and victory over cancer & his 7 years after were seen by many...in Rowan County, and in Durham-Chapel Hill. Matt will be missed.


ABC

Worst day

Short notice, but I'm heading to NC tomorrow morning until whenever for a family emergency.

Flying time

It was definitely nice to have a break from work yesterday...hung out with good ol' Dave & his family in Dallas. So who decided to actually put a city out here in the middle of nowhere is what I want to know. I made the drive twice this week from Abilene to Dallas & back, not fun. Each side of the road, just a bunch of nothing. As of two days ago, I've been working here 6 months. Here's to another quick 6 months. Later.

Big work relief to mask real life

So since I've been back from NC for a couple weeks, I'm glad I've had things to occupy my time instead of wanting to finish some time up in Charlotte. Today, me & Ronnie had a big relief at work finishing up something that was making everyone scratch their heads. We have been running around for the past week thinking of what to do since the manufacturer didn't know what to do. It's done for now, hopefully.

Sorta like starting over again

So yea I am back in Abilene. Weird right? It was supposed to be the 18th when I come back, but there were some complications with the company conference that ended it quickly. Guys & girls glad to see some of you with the short time...I hope to come back a couple times in the next 6 months to finish up that week and more.

Good to have tar on my heels once again

So I arrived in Charlotte around 4pm after a flight delay in Abilene. Yea, apparently they needed to perform a "wing replacement" on the plane that was suppose to fly me to Dallas. After an hour & a half delay, I made to Dallas. It's ok though, at least I made it here. Once out of the airport, the humidity hit me when the doors opened...definitely was not used to that. Even in Texas when it's 100 it's not all that bad. I'm going to try to make time see all you important people that notice old Cress is back in town. Other than that, I'm here until Sunday 3pm. Charlie, nice 50 cent pinata...what a buy! Thank you mom for the fruit bowl/chocolate thing. Now I can eat.

...someday when I'm older.

7 days remaining

One week left until I'm packing to head back to NC for a week.

"The time between is wasting me away."

Definitely looking forward to the big weekend with the holiday on Monday. Two weeks from now I'll be packing up to head back to the "Yankee" Carolina state as Ronnie would say.

The time is flying, good & bad

Yesterday marks the first match of us guys in DBAD in the CAL-league. And yes it was a win. Dave, sorry you had to miss it and I hope you enjoyed the camp school. You better be back soon to grab the AK again for some mean action.

Things are set for me heading back to North Carolina very soon. From June 11-18th I'll be in & around the Charlotte area on a business trip. I'm quite glad my company is based out of Charlotte. It's a double positive if you ask me.

And it starts all over again

Time flies by...
Happy Big 21st Dustin. Be safe if you are going to do anything crazy.

Good Start, Let's Go

Even though it is Monday today, it's a good Monday. The reason why is that I have moved my max on DeadLift up to 450 pounds. Yes Dustin, the bar did go all the way up and my back was arched completely. Only 50 pounds more until victory is won. Slow but sure steps...

Yes the weekend

Another Aramark employee has arived. Jerry has landed the twin lakes job in Huntersville. Just don't screw it up JER or Scott will be grabbing that job up from you.

Hey There You

Soar as everything from the volleyball tournament yesterday...but it's always nice to scare some guy that's close to 7 feet tall with this white boy's vertical. Just the frightening look was worth it.

Time is Flying

Why are those goldfish hiding behind the filter? They are fed well.

This has brought out the true ones. Thx to those. The others, well it just doesn't matter. And to think this started before the move.

"Then and there that exceeds all we can dream"

The family visit was awesome. Even though I happen to live in this little town of Abilene, the time was great. Thanks to everyone, Mom, Ab, Charlie & Matt, for taking the time off to come down to this place. Now you know I have extra beds for any random trip down here. Ronnie & Kathy, thank you both a ton for spending some time with my family & especially taking us out for some night sailing. The Perini experience was good...Abby, I'm not sure the jalapeno test to get the free jalapeno cheesecake wasn't really worth it if you ask me, but your face turning many colors & you craving bread & anything besides water was kinda priceless. That silly kid & mom who thought the longhorns were friendly needed a big wake-up call, especially that silly mom who thought we were idiots for trying to warn her son to step back.

Matt, the monkeys did put on a nice show for us, those glutons for grass. The giraffe tongue was a nice hit, being more than a foot long and all. Charlie, I've never seen you laugh so much at my siblings' weirdness, but what can I say, it never stops right? Mom, I'm glad you planned the trip out here with the rest of them. It meant a lot to me.

Yesterday marked 2 weeks straight of me deadlifting around my old usual weight around 425 pounds. Not having Kyle around in our usual routine that worked so well for 2 years really does slow this process down. I can't really visit Virginia for a single workout just cause Kyle's there, so blah on that. There's not a single person here in Abilene at my healthclub that practice deadlifting on a regular basis, so finding a workout partner is very hard. All in all, the Adam that grew up skinny as everything is working on that. Speaking of, it's time to eat again.

Overly Grand...with a hurting back

The 2 towers have been reborn...no not those 2 buildings that everyone still whines about...That was just America's wakeup call. No, what I was talking about was the 2 rods that run down my back from the deadlifting. The 420 pound attempt yesterday was a success & wasn't at all that difficult. Tomorrow is Cress day...as my family is flying in for the rest of the week.

Windy & Stuff

Spring has started. Only 1 week & a day away from the visit from the fam. It'll be nice of course. Ronnie I hope you get your ASA things taken care of. The Yacht idea sounds like a good way to go. "Get'em Get'em!" HAHA.

It's all objective-based, life included

Dustin, it's above 400 pounds now for me. Where are you at? I know the last time you talked about it you were at a plateau you couldn't get yourself out of. The 500 lb DL goal isn't far away. With a new recruit upbringing and more on the way, it should be interesting to see who steps it up to keep a position for CAL season with DBAD. Do the objective.

Good News for the weekend

It's the weekend. My family is going to be visiting at the end of the month, so that's about the best thing to look forward to for this month.

I'm Alive

Dustin, where are you @ deadlift? I hope you're inching your way to 500, cause I'm getting there. Without someone to workout with like Kyle it's going to take a little while longer, but you better beat me to it since you've been hammering at it for a good time now. Time to build up the DBAD crew now guys. It's going to be CAL season pretty soon, so let's get quite the good team, even though we have a deer in its wild field, a "pixil," some poop, a frenchie, a drum, a fast x-ray, and some milk & cookies. With that line-up, anything can happen.

I have something to sit on now

Finally got me some living room furniture, and guess where it came from? It was made in North Carolina. Since NC makes a ton of furniture, they are everywhere, and Abilene happens to have a NC furniture store = Weird.
     Ab, Matt, Mom, and Charlie, I hope the plans get worked out for March. That would be priceless.

Almost weekend

Brian, awesome on getting the Aramark job in Detroit. This whole Medical Imaging program turned out to be ok so far. Jerry, Scott, Ryan, & Tick will find something soon. Guys, ready for the match tomorrow? DBAD's going to start havoc & stuff.

Something in the sun

Yea so it was in the 80s today! That, to me, is not normal. Hope you guys are ready for the scrim this Friday. It's going to be a waxfest. Dustin & Dave, it's your time to own.

"emotion is dead," forever

It feels good to be putting back on all the weight I lost a few years ago. The only thing missing is Kyle and his total weird obsession with being the new "Arnold." That accent was pretty good though. A couple pics of this past weekend are below when I went sailing with Ronnie. The panoramic of a part of the lake...I drove back to the lake a little late to get a better shot with the sun still up, so I'll get one later.

I'm heading to north Dallas tomorrow for a regional meeting for Aramark, the company I work for. If they at least provide some good f00d, then it'll make the trip all worthwhile. Otherwise, the total 6 hour drive will make it a bad time. But hey, it's almost weekend time.

I received some of the worst news from a friend tonight. I know it's stupid and not a big deal to everyone, but The Juliana Theory ended as a band of tonight. If you never experienced TJT or heard anything of them more than just a couple times, then you don't know what this is about. Things won't be the same. TJT did something for me that nothing else could do. It rubbed off from me listening to TJT all the time to some close friends that hung out with me, and I'm glad. I'm sure I played them way too much around them in their opinion, but I don't care. There's enough crap to get involved in out there that doesn't add up to anything as far as music goes, and TJT wasn't part of it. They were different. Nothing else comes close to trying to compare.

Starting to look like a place around here

The bull-riding competition tonight was fun, not in a hickesh kind of way...but who wouldn't want to watch a huge animal sling around a human? It's not like the human has any control of the huge beasts. It's more like that rider is a fly that is itching the mammoth of an animal. Crazy ticked off animal. I would be mad too if they made me wait inside a little pin taunting me until I either jump over the gate(which did happen tonight) cause I can't wait or show the thing on my back who is in charge of the situation.

Tomorrow I'm heading out to Fort Phantom Hill Lake with Ronnie on his sailboat. It's supposed to be windy, but I might just have to paddle us outta there. The ol' Kodak is riding along hopefully, so I should have some nice shots of it all.

Now cash me in while you can

Going to a rodeo this weekend, gotta see what this whole bull-riding thing is all about. The day after, hopefully going sailing. Well tired as I am, the bed is calling. Until next time from out in TX...

.Quiet around here.

Last day of January...Work still going well. I took a trip out the lake after work today with a co-worker, awesome place to get in a boat and take a good nap, or about the best place around to get a good shot of the sunsets out here in TX...Too bad you NC people are too far away to see it. I might have some good news real soon about something good, so I should know soon about the good thing. Gotta go.

Where's everybody at?

Paperwork, settings up money-mess, and trying to make this place look presentable...oh hey. Yea stuff is keeping me busy, and finally got back to the weights & deadlifting. Dustin, I'm not sure what you've been up to, but that 415 plateau you've been at is going to be smashed unless you pick it up. You know all those wagers on how long it's going to take me to become a "Texan," yea well hold your money before you lose it. I don't plan on getting "cowboyed" up for anyone, and here's a little joke coming from me & my Supervisor. Enjoy, cause I might be riding a mean one soon, not the legendary Buster.

This new desk rocks

After the rough weekend of nonstop work & the long driving to and from Oklahoma City, it was nice to come back to have hospital orientation for today. Even better, it's going to happen tomorrow also, being fed and everything. Funny thing, they are calling for flurries tonight here in Abilene...the reason that is funny, cause I haven't seen it rain yet. I would expect something first before snow, but I'll take it. I don't think it's going to happen and 11" inches a year doesn't leave much for the frozen type. Anyway, I get an extra hour to sleep in, so I'm psyched. You here that? Yea...if it wasn't for the work here in Texas, I would be right back there in Char with you guys. Mike, congrats on the job. You better not let our little Lucky down. He needs his over abundance of kitty litter and the usual rug or two to mess on.

Almost the weekend, but still gotta work

Thursday night here, about to head to bed to get ready for a busy weekend...I won't have this weekend for work. I won't be working at the hospital, but I will be in Oklahoma City doing yet another photoshoot for a sporting event. One thing's for sure, there will be lots of Monster being downed for this dang weekend. I have also finished writing and setting up a new site for me and a few of my online buddies for our CounterStrike: Source group, Clan DBAD. It's going to be fun competing after leaving the last POS clan BbP. Anyway, you guys & gals have a good weekend. When I get the rest of my living room furniture the next couple of weeks, I will finally post what this place I call home looks like. It is coming along...blah blah from me, later people.

It's the freakin' weekend

I survived the first week of work here with no problems...and I'm definitely sure you school people back in Charlotte will survive this semester also. You know who you are. I posted some of the recent pictures that were taken after ThxGiving all the way up to Christmas. Check them out. Have a good weekend. I have Sat & Sun off...later people.

Better

Now the new year has come, I did a big nothing to ring it in since I knew a total of no one around the city. I started work for Aramark on Tuesday, and it's going quite well. I'm an ISE[Imaging Service Engineer] 1 for the Hendrick Healthcare System. It's going to take some time to get used to the earlying mornings on top of being 1250 miles away from where I really want to be, but whatever. Now that my company has finally given me my "relocation assistance" I can start getting this place looking a little better. I'll put up some pictures sometime soon when I get the other things in here. Well it's time for bed...yes, this early for me @ 11pm. That's definitely weird compared to my usual time out because of my pool addiction at QueensTown a month ago. Anyway, later addicts.