Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Happy Birthday to me
28 today. All I got was a sickness from my dad while we were there for Christmas. I was able to survive the entire Christmas time with family before getting sick at home on Monday. Exactly how I wanted to spend my day off. But at any rate, another day, and another one down. Instead, my belated birthday present might be to blow 10 inches of snow off the driveway. That will put us about half of where we were last year around this time. Well, last year, that snow really changed the Christmas plans, we'll see what it alters in the near future. In the man time, with the remaining time left in the day, I'll be sleeping. Ahh, what a great birthday!
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Baby News
Well, this past week has been quite an adventure. I was just coming off the big events from the Tennessee trip, and now am working really hard, both at work, and at the house. The issue has been that I've been home all week. I've been fine, and actually, been working the same number of hours that I always work, only I've been doing it from the comfort of my office.
Now don't get me wrong, the office here isn't always comfortable. It can be very cold because of the location: the north west corner of the house. We also need new windows, and with these two, the wind cools the room off. Anyhow, the room isn't the issue, the issue is the fact that I'm at home taking care of Heather. Now, she's doing ok, but it's some issues that she's developed that made her seem to be having false contractions. At only 30 weeks, this was somewhat concerning to both us and the doctor. So, Heather was basically put on house arrest, and was told to stay off her feet. It's basically been a limited bed rest, but she's been in the couch, chair, and bed all, and I've been trying to keep her there, which isn't an easy feat. Now, the doctor did say she could get up and move around a little, so I'm not constantly jumping out at her to get her back down, but still, trying to keep her still. The hardest thing has been the no travel restrictions. Not that we were planning on going anywhere, but this week we are planning on going somewhere, so we'll have to see. Otherwise, it may be a quiet Christmas here with Heather and I and LB. Ohh, and speaking of LB, we had another ultrasound here on Friday to make sure things were ok. Of course, LB showed off a bit and was moving and passed some kind of physical that she had. Oh, yes, that's a she. We have fairly good reason to believe that we're going to get a daughter here in February. It's quite exciting for everyone. I think the most excited person is my brother. This little girl is going to be as spoiled as a little girl could be.
Now don't get me wrong, the office here isn't always comfortable. It can be very cold because of the location: the north west corner of the house. We also need new windows, and with these two, the wind cools the room off. Anyhow, the room isn't the issue, the issue is the fact that I'm at home taking care of Heather. Now, she's doing ok, but it's some issues that she's developed that made her seem to be having false contractions. At only 30 weeks, this was somewhat concerning to both us and the doctor. So, Heather was basically put on house arrest, and was told to stay off her feet. It's basically been a limited bed rest, but she's been in the couch, chair, and bed all, and I've been trying to keep her there, which isn't an easy feat. Now, the doctor did say she could get up and move around a little, so I'm not constantly jumping out at her to get her back down, but still, trying to keep her still. The hardest thing has been the no travel restrictions. Not that we were planning on going anywhere, but this week we are planning on going somewhere, so we'll have to see. Otherwise, it may be a quiet Christmas here with Heather and I and LB. Ohh, and speaking of LB, we had another ultrasound here on Friday to make sure things were ok. Of course, LB showed off a bit and was moving and passed some kind of physical that she had. Oh, yes, that's a she. We have fairly good reason to believe that we're going to get a daughter here in February. It's quite exciting for everyone. I think the most excited person is my brother. This little girl is going to be as spoiled as a little girl could be.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Reading a Book
Yes, I actually read a whole book, and did so in just over a day. Yes this book had more than 20 pages. It was actually over 200. No, every other page was not a picture. I got hooked from the moment I saw the book on a table in Tennessee. It was one of the more bizarre occurrences I've had in a long time.
When I arrived down in Chattanooga last week, I realized I forgot my power adapter at home. So, I went to get a replacement and was taken by one of the the guys with the company I worked with. We were driving to an Office Depot and talking about all kinds of things. We got the power adapter and then headed back toward the office. One the way back we started talking about sports and ended up on football, and small college sports. I mentioned that I went to a small school in Minneapolis, and he asked me which one. I told him I went to Northwestern, and he replied, "Oh, the Eagles, right?"
At this point I was slightly shocked. We're a long way from Minnesota. I had to ask how he knew that. As it turned out, he'd heard of the school from a website that talked about poor college sports teams. Northwestern was pretty good at all their sports, but as soon as he mentioned the school being on the same conference as Trinity Bible College, I knew exactly where this was headed. The TBC Lions had a game at Northwestern in 2005 where it was one of 2 games that Northwestern football team played (and won) in the same day. Well, the team from Trinity had been poor prior too that, including starting the 2003 season with a 105-0 loss to Rockford, IL. Anyhow, it was an interesting connection to have heard of these schools at the same time when I was actually in college. As it turned out, he actually had listened to a game that I was broadcasting while in college.
So, where does the book come in? My last day in Tennessee, he brings me a book called "Keeping the Faith". The book is a story of the 2004 Trinity Football team. Yup, a book about the small school from Ellendale, ND. Even Heather, and alumnus hadn't heard of this. I recognized a name in there, even played high school sports against one of the players in the book. I read the book in just over one day, it was good. I love history, and I think the knowing of the school and having a family connection made it interesting, but man was I into that book. If you need, check it out at amazon.com
When I arrived down in Chattanooga last week, I realized I forgot my power adapter at home. So, I went to get a replacement and was taken by one of the the guys with the company I worked with. We were driving to an Office Depot and talking about all kinds of things. We got the power adapter and then headed back toward the office. One the way back we started talking about sports and ended up on football, and small college sports. I mentioned that I went to a small school in Minneapolis, and he asked me which one. I told him I went to Northwestern, and he replied, "Oh, the Eagles, right?"
At this point I was slightly shocked. We're a long way from Minnesota. I had to ask how he knew that. As it turned out, he'd heard of the school from a website that talked about poor college sports teams. Northwestern was pretty good at all their sports, but as soon as he mentioned the school being on the same conference as Trinity Bible College, I knew exactly where this was headed. The TBC Lions had a game at Northwestern in 2005 where it was one of 2 games that Northwestern football team played (and won) in the same day. Well, the team from Trinity had been poor prior too that, including starting the 2003 season with a 105-0 loss to Rockford, IL. Anyhow, it was an interesting connection to have heard of these schools at the same time when I was actually in college. As it turned out, he actually had listened to a game that I was broadcasting while in college.
So, where does the book come in? My last day in Tennessee, he brings me a book called "Keeping the Faith". The book is a story of the 2004 Trinity Football team. Yup, a book about the small school from Ellendale, ND. Even Heather, and alumnus hadn't heard of this. I recognized a name in there, even played high school sports against one of the players in the book. I read the book in just over one day, it was good. I love history, and I think the knowing of the school and having a family connection made it interesting, but man was I into that book. If you need, check it out at amazon.com
Friday, December 10, 2010
Bloggin' from 35k
I'm sitting here aboard my plane home. Normally I'd be detesting the internet offered on planes because the price is extremely high. Generally, it's an $8 per trip fee, but thanks to Google, it's free. So, I figured I'd take advantage of this. Been an interesting week. It started out with my eyes giving me fits. I've got new glasses on the way, but wasn't sure when they'd arrive. Well, I found the answer, about an hour after I left for Tennessee. That didn't make me too happy, because I would like to have them right about now. But, I guess I will just have to go make a stop at the eye doctor when I get home. So, I arrived in Chattanooga Monday night, and found out I didn't have a power cord for my computer. That could be a bit of a problem. So, on Tuesday during lunch one of the employees for the company I'm working with took me to get one. Upon arriving back at the office, we found that that particular power supply didn't work. It was defective, so we had to take a trip back to the store to have it exchanged. So, that finally got my computer back up and going, but it was a frustrating Tuesday to say the least because of the number of things on the computer that I wanted. After all this, I got to work until midnight eastern last night before coming home today. I'm ready to spend the weekend at home, and next week is the final full week of the year! Good thing for holidays. This is going to wrap up the blogging here at 35,000 feet. I think my book (which I will be talking about soon) or my nap is calling me.
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