wow, that was fun

So I went to Joe's this weekend. It was cool; he's got a really nice place. We sat around, worked on our CP project and enjoyed just being lazy. It was nice. I played more pool and fooseball than I've played in the last year. I got pretty good at Joe's amazingly crappy pool table. I could just tap the ball and it would go in the hole, regardless of how far away. We got a great start on our CP project, despite Steven not being there. Then the weekend went downhill fast; I bought books. Not horrible this semester, I've saved a ton by buying online. Close to $90 or so I've saved and that's including a few other books that I got for myself.
This past week was fun. I was in Lean/5S meetings all week and got to meet the CEO/president of EP and also the chairman of the board. He wasn't too nice of a guy, but the CEO was a real cool guy. Probably in his 50's or late 40's, which seemed pretty cool. Dan, one of the other engineers, was gone all week so it was bonding time for me and the other intern. That was interesting. I got to avoid the nice hot snake building for most of the week and, of course, he didn't do much so it's still messy. I'll wrap that up this week, hoping it's not too hot.
I got my list of mentees for this semester. I looked up a few on facebook and even had one kid add me before I got the email. It's fun to think about how I felt when I was going to be a freshman; how excited I was and so eager to get started. The crazy thing is that I still feel that way towards the end of every summer. This summer didn't help much, though, as I saw just how much you don't have to know out in the real world. I'm glad I do know it, regardless, and this weekend really brought that out.
Well I'm heading out for a run, since this week's going to be a tough one. I'm trying to get off work on Friday and next Monday, so I have to really work hard and get my 40 in early this week. I'm thinking 10.5,10.5,10,9 or something like that. I do want to get in some more golf this week, it's almost time to put up the clubs for a little bit. ugh...

What a surprise...

This weekend was pretty nice. V and I went to this sweet little Japanese steak house and had the guy cook right in front of us. I ate some great sushi and some shrimp. Then we saw "license to wed". It was pretty funny, mainly because I could see myself reacting in a lot of the same ways as the main characters. Robin Williams was prett funny too. That was Saturday. Friday we watched "Shooter", which I was pleasantly surprised with. It had some sweet action scenes and awesome shooting. Saturday we watched "Premonition" cooked and then watched "Smokin Aces". Both were good. Smoking Aces was crazy; within 30 minutes 7 or 8 people had died, some of them who appeared to be main characters. Once again some great action scenes and shooting. Premonition was a "say what?!?" movie. V and I were discussing what was happening during the whole thing. It was neat to think about some of the stuff going on and wonder how it would turn out. Today we went to my church. It was so funny because I helped with the Lord's Supper and the preacher praised me for a few minutes, so I think I really impressed Vanessa with my involvement there. They're an amazing group of old people and so, so nice. There was a line waiting to meet Vanessa and to talk to me. She dressed perfectly for the conservative nature of the church, but at the same time looked amazing.
Vanessa and I talked alot about our spiritual growth. We're growing so close together and minus a few setbacks, we're doing great. We're talking more about our past and our future and especially our spiritual nature. I think that we're going to set up a Bible study for at least twice a week next semester. We pray before every meal and most every night. I fall so in love with her when I hear her pray. It's amazing the people God blesses us with, especially our exes, who we learn so much from. I can't believe how well God's plan always turns out.
So work's been rough this week. I'm working in a large, hot building filing away some old work orders and such and trying to keep from having everything I wear stick to me. It's not been too bad, but the other intern is rather lazy at times and I feel like I'm doing all the work. Oh well, I guess. I can do most of it better and quicker by myself. All in all, though, I'm learning a lot about the work life and seeing just how little from class you actually use. Yeah it's fun to throw out big words and talk about novel new ideas with the other engineers, but mostly you just have to know how to think your way through the problems. Simple enough.
That's it for me. I've got a busy summer for the remainder. Going to Joe's next weekend to work on CP stuff and then going to Dallas the next weekend to shop and go to a leadership conference at UTArlington. I'm going to buy one of those cool metal, magnetic longhorns for my car! Hook em baby!!!

Golf anyone?

So I've played golf four times this week. I am getting better and today I hit par on a hole or two. My dad and sister came into town this weekend and we've been having a blast. Yesterday we went to the driving range and hit a million golf balls and then I cooked them an awesome meal of green bean rolls, sweet-n-sour chicken and some crazy good rolls. This morning we teed off at 1030 and played 9 holes. I did really well, but still got beat by dad by 2 strokes. I caught him at his worst, he's breaking in some new clubs. We then ate at Arby's, hit some thrift stores (where I almost bought some super awesome jacket with lots of wool and stuff, kinda like Vin Diesel's jacket in XXX but shorter and tan), and then saw Transformers. I'm okay admitting I'm a super nerd, so I'll say that movie rocked my socks off. The CG was superb, the acting decent and lots of sweet eye candy (the robots, of course). BTW, there's a certain girl out there who likes the new Camaro and I want to say I'm sorry if I ever doubted your tastes in cars; the Camaro is AMAZING! I'm buying one, but only if they come out as wide as the one in the movie.

Okay, so catching up on a few other things. Mom's in Peru, and there are strikers everywhere catching places in fire and trying to stop the trains and such. V's recovering nicely from her surgery and getting around quite a bit. She could even grace me with her presence next weekend, we'll see. Work's going okay. I start a huge grunt job this weekend. I've got to organize some files and parts and such. And there are a ton of them!

Time to go for a run. I've been playing a lot of golf lately, instead of running and I think I need to do a bit to get my heart racing some. (As if the movie wasn't enough.) Have a great week.

She's a gimp, but she's still smokin hott

So V's ACL surgery went well. She made it through and now has rehab and crutches for a few weeks. I drove over to see her this weekend. When I got there she was asleep on the couch with this massive knee brace on. The thing seriously weighed five pounds. She also used a walker to get around, that was a real hoot to watch although I felt bad for the girl who was making moves and burning me to the basket just a few months ago. She's strong though and has already gotten off her pain meds. But I hung out at her place all weekend and slept on the floor in the den one night to help tend to her if she needed anything. We toured her old stomping grounds and although it was small and very country, I enjoyed hearing her talk about the good times she had owning the softball field or getting beat up by special kids. hehehe. That one really cracked me up. Her mom made some AWESOME food and I thought her dad opened up a lot more to me and we talked quite a bit. I'm not planning on seeing her this weekend, but the next weekend she might roll up here.

Work last week wasn't too bad. I put in some more long days trying to clean up this storage room. It's still not done, but I'm finished messing with it. The rest is up to the other intern. He's been rather lazy and I think it's time for him to do some real work. I really like my work, but I wish I had more to do. I don't like going in and not knowing what I'm going to do all day. I try to keep myself super busy and I like it better that way.

Golfing has been fun. I went twice last week and I plan on going a lot this week. My family is coming in this weekend to play and I've got to be ready to own them on my home course. I will to, you watch. Anywho I haven't showered since Friday and I think I'll go take one now. Think it's time?

What a weekend!!!

Vanessa is back, I got paid and this is a four day week. Things don't get much better. I picked up V at the airport Friday and I didn't expect it, but my heart was fluttering. It was like Christmas or something. She looked like she had been traveling for a while, but I didn't care one little bit. She had on a huge smile and my face hurt from smiling so big. She got her bags, told people good bye and we headed to the house. After she got cleaned up and I changed into some more comfortable clothes we went to a Mexican restaurant to eat. We split the fajitas and they were oh so good. She picked Mexican, as she didn't get any for three weeks while in SA. We then went to Hastings and got "The Painted Veil", "Deja Vu", and "Apocalypto". All three turned out pretty good. She showed me all her pictures, which sadly was only half of the ones she originally took (sorry V). She's much more of a landscape and natural beauty picture taker than I am, I would've take lots of pictures of cars and structures and people, but oh well. I liked them and I actually transferred most of them to my computer.

Saturday we ran to McD's and Wendy's for lunch. We then went back and watched "the painted veil". I then poked and prodded Vanessa to start getting ready for our big night. I made reservations at James at the Mill. After she got ready, I was knocked dead on my feet. She had on this white dress and was set to kill. As we ate, she banged her fork on the plate and drew lots of attention, and then she caused me to throw my bread "stick" on the floor. We both ordered things that we didn't know what they were and they both tasted great. Then came dessert. I ordered banana break with ice cream, pecans, and caramel syrup. V got a chocolate covered ice cream chunk. It was good too, and had some coffee sauce on it. All in all, the dinner was great. It wasn't cheap, but I suppose that is what you pay for good custom cooked food. Plus seeing her look that good was well worth every penny.

That's pretty much the highlights of my weekend. Lots of sitting on the love sack and movie watching. Oh yeah and Raikkonen won this weekend! And guess who just got a nice new Ferrari shirt to wear to show my support? V got it for me and it's made of the same super soft, stretchy cotton that my FIFA shirt is made of. So nice on my skin...hehehe. But yeah, it's great being able to pick up the phone and call her whenever I want. Real nice.