Everything’s for sale
Posted on September 27, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Tomorrow I have to lead a guided imagery relaxation exercise for my classmates. This is not going to be easy for me. If you’ve never been through one of these experiences, its purpose is relaxation. You close your eyes, relax your body, and imagine what the facilitator is telling you to imagine. It’s usually a […]
Read More..>>The open road
Posted on September 27, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
This is pretty encouraging…one less thing to worry about.
Read More..>>The long trip to come
Posted on September 21, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
It took me 6 hours to map out our trip to Idaho. Why so long, you say? Because we are going to take 6 nights and 7 days to get out there. We will also be visiting Maggie’s Aunt Jessica in Colorado along the way. Our drive will be from Florida to Idaho, almost a complete diagonal across […]
Read More..>>“Yeah, just be yourself/It doesn’t matter if it’s good enough for someone else”* OR Saturday night, the rest
Posted on September 18, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
*The Middle by Jimmy Eats World. This is a really cool song. I think it speaks a boatload of truth.Â
So, there I was, doing my laundry and minding my own business. I left my room to check on my clothes and ran into five folks from my class hanging out with my neighbor. They were […]
Saturday night, part 1
Posted on September 18, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I went out to dinner Saturday evening with this guy from my part of the class. He is one step shy of being at the top of our organizational structure. He’s been around for 20 years. It was pretty cool to spend two hours talking to someone like this, truly someone I could think of […]
Read More..>>Weekend #1 shot to heck
Posted on September 17, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I tried to have fun this weekend, I really did.
Friday night–I explored downtown Montgomery. If it weren’t for the Montgomery Biscuits, the local AA baseball team, there would have been absolutely nothing going on. Maybe it’s just me but the distinct level of inactivity is very strange for a town of this size. I’m being […]
WTF?
Posted on September 14, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
It seems like I’m forever running into things that people are trying to tell me I need and therefore I should buy. Some of these things–car seat for the Pie, a computer, a pair of hiking shorts not made of cotton–are good things, whether because they improve safety, comfort, or life in general. However, there […]
Read More..>>Mostly bored
Posted on September 12, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
It’s now day of training 2 (DOT 2) and things seem to be going along nicely. The lodging accommodations are nice, the classrooms are good, and the training itself seems to be par for the course. There’s a lot more to come but for now, it’s good.
The one downside I can think of is there […]
Hold one
Posted on September 11, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I just want to let all of you who might be reading the blog that the situation I am in, i.e. a month of training in Montgomery, AL, is not exactly conducive to blog posting. I don’t have web access in my room and I just tonight found a place which offers free wi-fi access […]
Read More..>>“I’m gonna climb up in my mail box/I’m gonna mail myself to you”*
Posted on September 11, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
*“Mail Myself To You” by the late, great Woody Guthrie. I heard this song on the way down here to AL and immediately thought of Erin.
It’s only been about 10 days but I really miss Erin. I am experiencing something new (Montgomery, AL) and I really hate to not have her around to share that. […]
