A Perfect Weekend!

Well, Memorial Day has come and gone, but what a great weekend it was! Since Memorial Day was on a Monday, I had a great three-day weekend, and even though the weather man had promised cloudy weather for the whole weekend, by Saturday Morning the clouds were gone, and the sun came out in full force. And so far, the sun continues to stay high in the sky, and it seems that summer is finally here. This year we have had a serious case of what we call “May Gray” with gray and overcast skies, but not this weekend! So, what do we do in SoCal when the weather is really nice? For me, the usual; take Mikey to the skate-parks, walk the dog, jog a little bit, ride me bike, a little picnic at the park, and barbeque on the grill. Screwed up my mountain bike, the whole derailleur got caught in the spokes, and the whole thing broke off. Fear not, I just got on my street-bike, and rode some more. Better to ride the darn thing and have it fall apart, than letting the thing rust in the garage! Also, a little digging in the yard, and the weekend is complete! Our new dog Sidney continues to tear up the backyard, we have given up on flowers (she just tramples the poor things), and now we will try bushes instead. Our house is a never-ending project; built in 1983, nobody had done anything to fix it up, even the original carpet was in! When we moved in (November 2002), there was no way of telling what the original carpet color was (dirty gray, or was it dirty tan?), save for a patch in the living room, where a large curio cabinet had left an imprint that looked like something from outer space. Ergo, the carpet had been pink at one time! Needless to say, we to tore that old thing out, and at least we have decent carpet! By the way, it is now lunch time, and I finally have some time to update the blog. I have an office that also doubles as manufacturing storage, kinda cool, I can sit and listen to one of my favorite web stations (www.ksbr.com), a progressive jazz station from Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, SoCal. So how did I get here? This is not my beautiful house, this is not my beatuful wife, this is not my beautiful car (to paraphrase the Talking Heads)! Well it is, so Ha There! All it took was nine and a half years of night-school while working full time, and then working two jobs for another three and a half years! Yes, besides my engineering job, I also worked at Home Depot between fall of -97 and spring-2001, a pain in the back, but it gave us an extra $50,000.00, which we used to pay of some bills, and then buy our first house after our bankruptcy in -90. Just work like a dog, and you too can have a house in Irvine, CA! All joking aside, I’m proud of my accomplishments, and very happy that I have both the strength and the support from home. And when I pray, I only pray for three things; Strength, a long life, and that I never have to bury any of my kids. Now that’s not too much to ask for!!! My goodness, the sun is still shining, I think I will get some more done in the backyard tonight, what a great life! So, until next time; Rock on, don’t take life too seriously, and enjoy the company of Family and Friends!!

Yours, PL