Fun weekend!

So, I'm unemployed now! My last day at work was on Friday. Woohoo! I'm jobless! Ahem....

Well, I had a pretty busy weekend this week. On Saturday I hung out with Ty and played some frisbee golf. He kicked my butt pretty good too ;-) I kept up with him pretty good until the last 6 holes or so, and then my game just fell apart. I hit the same tree twice in a row. The same tree! Don't even ask me how I did it, but somehow, I found a way! Anywho, we went back to his house out in Wellington after that and played Super Smash Bros. Brawl with Steph and Sarah the rest of the night. Probably the last time for awhile that we'll be able to get together and do that. The whole time that we're there, Sarah keeps telling me that Mom and Dad got me this amazing birthday present. She told Steph and Ty, and they we're telling me how jealous they were. I'm sitting there scratching my head, wondering what the heck I want that's that cool. They won't shut up about the dang thing, and I have no idea what it is! Can't find out until the next day at dinner with the family! Arghh....

So Sarah and I stayed the night over there and then went to play Laser Tag and Putt Putt with the kids and Trapper the next day. Zane looked so funny all geared up with the laser tag equipment! I've got some pictures of it that I'll be putting up on the photo album, so you should go check that out.

After all that, Grandma Carrick took Zane and Grace for the rest of the day, and we drove down to Denver to meet my parents and the rest of the family for dinner. We ate at D&B's, which is a restaurant/video game arcade/bar. Ty and I got some high quality web cams from Uncle Kerwyn and Aunt Kellie for our birthdays. The cool thing is, now I'll be able to keep in contact with everyone in Colorado, and be able to see Zane and Grace as they grow up! The bad thing is, Dad decided that my present was to big to take to Denver, and I just have to wait until later that night to find out what it is! Arghh! The suspense is killing me! I don't even know what Iwant that's remotely close to being this cool. He gave me two hints, which just made it worse. The manufacturer starts with the letter "F", and the name of the thing starts with the letter "E". As if I wasn't stumped enough before *rolls eyes*

The parents and the rest of the family went home after a little while, and I stayed at D&B's with Steph, Ty and Sarah and played games. Now for the really fun part of this whole little excursion. We left Denver to go home at about 9:45. Sarah and I got home to my house at about 1:30 in the morning. My car over heated and died in Longmont on the way back. Thankfully Steph and Sarah were following behind me and Ty, so we weren't just stranded all alone. Steph ran to the gas station to get some coolant and I put the whole gallon in the car. After about 45 minutes, we were able to get the car started again and started heading back home. A couple of miles outside of Longmont we had to pull over again because the temperature was rising fast. Steph had to run back to Longmont for more coolant, and blah blah blah....

I was freaking out at this point. I no longer have a job, already sold everything I own, and am supposed to be driving to the other side of the country in this thing on Friday. I'm more than just a little nervous and scared about this whole deal. My car needs to work, now more than ever! So, pulled over on the side of the highway, broken down, 12:30 in the morning, Steph, Sarah and I layed our hands on the engine and prayed over my car. I have faith that if I'm supposed to take this hunk of junk to Florida, then it'll make it there. At very least, it'll get me home. And you know what? It did. We all got back into our respective cars, and drove home. I watched the temperature gauge closely the whole time, and it never went above the half way point, which is exactly what it's supposed to do. My car wasn't working, and now it mysteriously is. How do you explain that?

I'm going to look it over this week and try to figure out the problem, but ultimately I'm putting my faith in God to get me where I need to go.

Still wondering what this unbelievably cool birthday present is that Mom and Dad got me? Well so was I at this point. It's 1:30 in the morning! Everyone's asleep! Now I have to wait another day to find out! Doh! But, as I'm writing this on Monday evening, I can look over to my side and see my beautiful Fender Electric Guitar and very friggin sweet amp sitting on the floor. Thanks for the best present ever Mom and Dad! Now I have to learn how to play...

Guys Night

So last night I went out with my Old Man, Ty, and the Uncles for dinner and a movie. We ate at Buffalo Wild Wings, which tasted fantastic, and then headed over to the theater to see the new Batman flick. Holy movie theater prices Batman! That movie was friggin' awsome! I would highly recommend it to any that's interested. after seeing Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker, all I have to say is "Jack Nicholson who?" I don't want to say too much about the movie for fear of giving it away, but it was awsome!

Tonight I signed up on Yahoo! Sports for Fantasy Football League. I'll be playing in a league with my old boss Duff and my buddy Mitch who lives in Florida. Never played Fantasy Football before, but those guys wouldn't shut up about it last year, and it sounded pretty fun. So, I'll give it a shot this year and then proceed to fail miserably and come in last place! ;-)

Anywho, tomorrow's my last day at KWAL. I've been there for the last three years, and I've lived in Colorado my whole life, so this is going to be a completely new experience for me moving to Florida. I hope it works out... I think I'm starting to get a little nervous ;-)

Today I woke up!

Yes I did!

Anywho, you are all probably wondering how I got the nickname "Mansquatch." Well, it all started with one of my delivery drivers named Tony. We we're joking around that some of the meaner painters might eat him when he dropped off their paint because "Tony rhymes with pepperoni!" *munch, munch* Anywho, we're always calling him stuff like Tony Baloney, Little Tony Two-Trip (or Triple T for short), and stuff like that. Well, not to be outdone, he coined the nickname "Mansquatch" for me. I'm not that hairy am I? I'm going bald for God's sake! ;-)

Ever since then I'm always hearing from the guys that my job is "So easy, even a Mansquatch can do it." *rolls eyes* I can take a joke just as well as I can dish them out, so I decided to name my blog "Adventures of the Mansquatch"! Ty and I (hey, that rhymes!) are going to make some short movies in the style of the Jack Links Messin' with Sasquatch commercials. I'll let ya'll know when I post those on YouTube and I'll put the link up on here.

So, that's what's up with that!

Sarah's Okay! Kindof....

Well, as the title would suggest, Sarah's okay... kindof... They did an MRI and a CAT scan on her, but everything was normal. She does have a really bad kidney infection though, which is causing a lot of her pain. Still not sure about the dang near constant migraine though. She's on anti-biotics, but they won't start clearing up the infection or taking away the pain for a couple of days. But she's home now, so that's a good thing!

Sarah's in the hospital....

So, I'm sitting in my sisters ER room right now. The nurse just wheeled her bed away so that she could get an MRI. Why's Sarah in the hospital? Not entirely sure yet. She's been sick with what seemed like a cold all week, and then in the last couple of days she started feeling pain all the way down her back and having really bad headaches, like migraines. Then this morning my Mom called me at work to see if I could take her to Urgent Care because the pain was getting so bad. I went home and picked her up and we headed over to Urgent Care.

So we sat there waiting for the doctor for almost an hour before they called her in. About another hour later, the doctor called me into her room and told me that we had to take her to PVH (Poudre Valley Hospital) so that they could run more tests and give her an MRI. Well, we arrived at the ER at PVH about two and a half hours ago. All kinds of nastiness later, particularly with the IV, and she's finally going in for the MRI. Sarah told me that she was in almost as much pain as when she was in labor. Keep in mind this is well after they administered a couple of vials of morphine. Ya, no fun. :-(

So now I'm sitting in an empty ER room, waiting to hear what's up with my sister. Hopefully it's just some kind of an infection, because then they can just administer some antibiotics and everything will be alright. Whatever the case is, she's in God's hands, and nothing bad can happen. Aside from temporary, very intense, pain that is. o_O

And in other news, this is my last week at KWAL. Booyah.

Florida or Bust!

Okay, it's Friday night and I don't have to work this weekend. Thank God. ;-) Sorry about the lack of posts since I made this blog, but I've been pretty busy at work. A couple of times I started at 6 in the morning and then didn't get off until 1:30 am the next day. Woof. Overtime is great in short spurts, but it sucks when it becomes the norm, ya know?

So, about my move to Florida. Right now I live in Fort Collins, but I'll be moving to Florida two weeks from today. I decided to move to Florida about 8 months ago because I got kind of stuck in a rut here. I've always planned on going to college, but after I graduated High School, I just got distracted. Work, rent, you know the drill. Life happens. So I'm selling almost everything I own, packing the trunk of my car, and driving out there for a fresh start. I plan to move there and just live and work for a year to establish my residency, and then I'll start college. It's alot cheaper that way! I want to major in Astrophysics and minor in Math, so I'll be in for awhile! ;-)

Anywho, my brother-in-law Ty and his brother Trapper will be driving out with me. We'll be leaving here on August 1st at about nine o'clock at night. We're gonna head south on I-25 and drive through Roswell. After that we start heading east, and stop in San Antonio for a couple of hours. Remember the Alamo! We'll continue east after that through Houston, New Orleans and Tallahassee, then south again to Disney World! Four days and four nights in the happiest place on earth! That's gonna be fun. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures and post them on my online photo album for y'all (I'm practicing my southern accent) to see.

After we get done in Disney, we'll head west to the Gulf Coast. I'll be staying with my Aunt Anne out there until I can find my own place and get on my feet. I'm still trying to work out the details, but it's looking like I'll be able to transfer to Color Wheel, a sister company of Kwal, where I currently work. With any luck, I'll have a job when I move out there. That's gonna help out a lot. I finally got out of debt this year, but moving to the other side of the country, away from everything I know; it's a little scary. The security of a job and some income will make it a lot easier.

So anyway, I will be out of Colorado in a couple of weeks. Bye bye mountains, snow and elk hunting. Hello white sandy beaches, warm weather year round and my future. Unfortunately I also have to say goodbye to my family for a short time. I'll try to visit as much as I can, but I'm gonna miss all of them. Treasure the time you have with the people you love, because they might not always be around. I'm gonna miss all of you while I'm gone!

*snoring*

I'm tired and wanna go to sleep....