40 hours a week

Working 40 hours a week really stinks when 7 of them are on Saturday. I really can't explain to you how much I miss having 2 days off in a row. I guess the hardest part is that I have days off when Gretchen doesn't and vice versa. My boss, Dr. McAllister builds and flies model airplanes. He is trying to get me into it and I think he is succeeding. The only thing is that a nice radio and engine cost upwards of 500 bones. He says you can reuse them in different planes your whole life, but still, finding $500 right now for a hobby is not realistic.

School is sucking my life away like a Dementor

I only have 3 more class periods of each class before I get a 2 week break between semesters. I am really looking forward to it.
I am in Math 090 right now. I believe the course description says, "If you are an idiot, take this math class." After the mish, I couldn't remember how to multiply and sometimes I needed help to tie my shoes. So I took this class to get me back into the math groove. I am glad I took it, but now, at the end of the semester, I am remembering all of my lost knowledge and I am the freaking smartest person in that room. We are taking the last chapter test, and then we are having a study period for the final, and then we are taking the final. So, you might ask, why the heck is Toasty blogging about this? BECAUSE IF I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MATH 3 MORE TIMES TO HEAR THOSE 18 YEAR OLDS WHINE MY HEAD IS GONNA SPLODE!! I am really going to email him right now to see if he will give me both tests on the same day so I don't have to go back. I owe all of my math success to A-list


What kind of 5 year old talks like that?

Birthday Party

We had a birthday party for me on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. David and Janel and their family spent the night on Friday. The little babies are really cute. For dinner, I picked up 4 Papa Johns pizzas. Henry Whineharts Sodas were flowing. Women were dancing. Men were doing manly things. It was the biggest party since 1994. Sorry if you missed it or weren't invited. Although, I am not really that sorry. If anybody else came, we probably would have had Dale bounce them. A certain amount of hipness and hottness had to be maintained. After the radicool dinner, we ate home made cheesecake with a fresh strawberry topping. DAAAANNNNNG! It was like heaven with a graham cracker crust.
The presents cannot be rivaled. From Mom and Dad I got a card fashioned after the manner of a license plate that said GR8 SON. I expected to see GR8EST SON OUT OF THE 4 WE HAVE. But that was alright. They didn't need to express it vocally since the cold hard cash in the card was SCREAMING IT. Dave and Janel gave me a spring action Gerber pocket knife. The spring action assists in opening the knife so I am pretty much gangster now. I can open my knife faster than you can say "I WILL CUT YOU!" Dad gave me a Parker pen and mechanical pencil set. They are a brushed silver color with gold accents. Now everyone can see my bling at church before I cut them. They are really nice. Dale gave me an awesome back rub. Julia and Kaleb's present is still in the mail... The best present I got was from Amanda and Hailey. A Hannah Montana Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds poster. I haven't found a frame worthy of it yet, but it will hopefully be hanging in my room by the end of the month. When I saw what it was I said, "Just what I wanted!" Amanda gave me a funny look and said, "Really? Why?" I think she was worried she had a sissy uncle. Thus ended my party.
This Sunday after church, Gretchen, Michael and I played Monopoly Electronic Banking. It was fun for the first hour when Mikey was convicted of every white collar crime out there, but after I was whopping it up with $40 million skrillas, Gretchen and I got very tired of switching our credit cards every time Michael landed on our properties. Moral of the story: If you have forgotten how much you hate Monopoly, there is no need to remind yourself. Peace.

The Camera

I didn't do it on purpose, but I dropped and broke the camera. The guilt I feel has sucked the will to blog out of me.
I am back in Colorado Springs. That's right, I am in Colorado Springs. Gretchen is still in Oregon. Today is her last day of work and she will be coming this weekend. The first day or two that we weren't together it wasn't so bad. But I really miss her. Like a lot. A lot a lot. I am looking forward to having her home.
School is going fine, I actually am really enjoying my classes. I'll try to write more once I have a job.

Hawaii

Hawaii is beautiful. I don't want to write a lot right now, so here are some pictures and stuff n' stuff.

We spent our last night at the Hyatt.

This is where we stayed most of the time. This is the Marriott Waiohai Beach Club.





I am the only one that Kiley has told that she is "special".
This is when Gretchen told me to move because I was ruining her "game".

Asian Style

Gretchen is buying some Oakley sunglasses. I didn't think they fit quite right. She looked online for more glasses and found that Oakley makes frames in an "Asian style". Long story short, Gretchen has an Asian face.

Elden and the Chipmunks

On Friday Gretchen and I invited Christy, whom I work with, and her husband, Mel, and their daughter Lexi to eat pizza and go see Alvin and the Chipmunks with us and the Sheldons. We all ate pizza downstairs and had a really good time. Lexi kept on talking about how excited she was to see Elden and the Chipmunks. Then we went to see the movie. Todd and Mel were talking so long about getting drawn for elk in New Mexico or something so we got to the theater just in time. The movie was funny. The best thing about it was that Mel has a laugh like Randy Mudge and he thought the movie was hilarious. Since he was covering his face with his hat and laughing hysterically we were in turn laughing hysterically. About 20 minutes before the movie ended I heard one of the Sheldons spill a drink to the right of us, so I looked over to see who. But it was Carson throwing up all over Todd and the floor. The theater smelled nasty. I mean, it made the whole thing stank. They all went home and we finished the movie with the Davis'. All in all, a memorable night. I wish we would have started doing things with the Davis's before we decided to move back to The Springs. We had a lot of fun.