Sunday, October 28
What I've Been Up To....
It's been a while since I posted. I've had a lot of things going on at home and work. At work, I got un-promoted. Mind you, not demoted, but un-promoted. Called into the office and told that my promotion never happened, that it was an administrative error. No, really, that is what happened to me about 3 weeks ago. So, I've been pretty demotivated at work. I don't trust my employer any longer, and I'm not happy there. Don't know what will happen, but I'm exploring many options for this situation.
In early October we took a trip to New York City with my parents and my oldest kiddo. We had a great time. We went to the Empire State Building, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, the 21 Club, took a River Cruise, and more stuff than I can remember. Everyone had a great time.
While in New York, we drove down to New Jersey and meet up with a bunch of the gang from Clan Easy Frag at Six Flags Great America. While there I rode the world's tallest, fastest roller coaster, Kinda Ka. Four times. I also rode their new El Toro coaster a couple of times. If you hit a Six Flags on vacation any time soon, the "Flash Pass" is absolutely worth the money.
In late October I got suspended from XBOX Live! for a day, due to my online motto of "My Rectom Hertz". No kidding, it had been that for over 18 months. More horrible Microsoft Customer Service. No way to appeal, no warning that I had crossed a boundry 18 months earlier.
Two weeks ago tomorrow I had to put my odest dog down. It was really sad. She was nearly 14 years old and her health started deteoriating very rapidly one weekend. I took her to the vet one last time, she had a kidney infection, a bacterial infection and horrible arthritas. While it was the right thing to do, putting her down was one of the hardest things I have ever done. I held her head as she passed, I wouldn't dream of letting her go through that alone, or with strangers only. They made a paw print at the vet, and I had her creamated. Got her ashes about three days later. I'm going to spread them under one of the tress in the yard in the spring. She was the first pet I picked out as an adult, and I'll miss her, but she is not suffering any longer.
So, that's the quick version of what I've been up to for the past two months, or at least the hilights. Here come the holidays, can't wait to see what pandemonium they bring to my world.
In early October we took a trip to New York City with my parents and my oldest kiddo. We had a great time. We went to the Empire State Building, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, the 21 Club, took a River Cruise, and more stuff than I can remember. Everyone had a great time.
While in New York, we drove down to New Jersey and meet up with a bunch of the gang from Clan Easy Frag at Six Flags Great America. While there I rode the world's tallest, fastest roller coaster, Kinda Ka. Four times. I also rode their new El Toro coaster a couple of times. If you hit a Six Flags on vacation any time soon, the "Flash Pass" is absolutely worth the money.
In late October I got suspended from XBOX Live! for a day, due to my online motto of "My Rectom Hertz". No kidding, it had been that for over 18 months. More horrible Microsoft Customer Service. No way to appeal, no warning that I had crossed a boundry 18 months earlier.
Two weeks ago tomorrow I had to put my odest dog down. It was really sad. She was nearly 14 years old and her health started deteoriating very rapidly one weekend. I took her to the vet one last time, she had a kidney infection, a bacterial infection and horrible arthritas. While it was the right thing to do, putting her down was one of the hardest things I have ever done. I held her head as she passed, I wouldn't dream of letting her go through that alone, or with strangers only. They made a paw print at the vet, and I had her creamated. Got her ashes about three days later. I'm going to spread them under one of the tress in the yard in the spring. She was the first pet I picked out as an adult, and I'll miss her, but she is not suffering any longer.
So, that's the quick version of what I've been up to for the past two months, or at least the hilights. Here come the holidays, can't wait to see what pandemonium they bring to my world.
Labels: bad support, boss, family, funeral, kids, NYC, roller coaster, travel, vacation, wife
Sunday, September 30
Roller Coastin'
Early this month, I took my wife to ride the Boardwalk Bullet at the Kemah Boardwalk here in Kemah texas. This is an old school wooden twister coaster and is brand spanking new, opened Labor Day weekend.
This is a great coaster, and worth the $5.00 cost of the ride ticket. This cosaster holds the World Record for most crossovers on the tracks. It also employs magnetic brakes, so it can run rain or shine.
Our tickets. They also offer and all day pass for all the rides there for about $20.00
We think some Wednesday coming up soon I will take the day off, we will ditch the kids with mom and we'll go riding all day till we're sick of the rides there.
This is the front of the coaster, the best picture I could get, as it was starting to rain.
Afterwards, I took my wife to The Collesium Italian Resturant in Clear Lake, which is where we had our first dinner date, many, many years ago. It was a great date night.
This is a great coaster, and worth the $5.00 cost of the ride ticket. This cosaster holds the World Record for most crossovers on the tracks. It also employs magnetic brakes, so it can run rain or shine.
Our tickets. They also offer and all day pass for all the rides there for about $20.00
We think some Wednesday coming up soon I will take the day off, we will ditch the kids with mom and we'll go riding all day till we're sick of the rides there.
This is the front of the coaster, the best picture I could get, as it was starting to rain.
Afterwards, I took my wife to The Collesium Italian Resturant in Clear Lake, which is where we had our first dinner date, many, many years ago. It was a great date night.
Labels: dining, roller coaster, wife
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