Goodbye and goodnight, Fayetteville

This weekend I went to Fayetteville with some friends from work and we had such a good time. We had a cookout on Friday here in Camden and then left to head to my parents' house. WE traded my car for the truck and trailer and then headed to Faytown. There we ate at Jose's and then went to Brewsky's. It was so funny to see my friend Chuck order a $17 bottle of beer and then proceed to take an hour to drink it all. On Saturday we packed the trailer and cleaned the house. It didn't take long to clean, since V and I cleaned it so well earlier this summer. For lunch, we met up with Miranda and ate at Hugo's. It was sooooo good. I slowly ate my burgers and then we went to the Prominade in Rogers. The temperature was a million degrees, but it's so cool walking around that place. I bought some clothes and browsed at Borders for about an hour. Two of the people with me left and went on back to Little Rock to spend the night. Chuck and Cory and I went back to the house to chill and shower. For dinner, we met at Kobe's to eat with Brad and Libby. It was AMAZING! The best sushi I ever ate in my whole life!
Saturday night we hung out at another house and played Call of Duty. Sunday I went to see the church at Mount Comfort and I was so glad. The singing was amazing and it was great to see everyone. We all got together and ate at the Wet Pig and had some super good bbq. All in all, this was a wonderful weekend. Gas prices weren't too bad compared to how they have been, which was good since I only got 10mpg! Sunday night we got back real late and I'm still catching up with my sleep. It's been a decent work week so far and stuff is really picking up. I am working on a couple of good projects, so that makes things go better. We are behind schedule so we'll probably be working Friday and maybe even *gasp* Saturday. It's just a maybe at this point.

The House: Getting a loan is proving to be lots of fun. I'm filling out more paperwork that I've ever filled out in my life. I'm probably going to end up borrowing from my parents and once the house comes through I will transfer everything over. It's all gravy, but a bit nerve-wracking. I'm ready to get inside and start buying some house stuff (ie. '360, big tv, furniture). Woohoo, let's get this sucker rollin.

what?! A house...

So it's almost official! I placed an offer on a house here in Camden and the counteroffer came back asking for just a bit more. It's super exciting! The place needs a little bit of work, but overall it's pretty sweet. I will post pictures eventually, once it's mine.

So V met up with me this weekend and we chilled in Little Rock Thursday and Friday. We got up early on Friday and went to see The Dark Knight. I mean super early! There were quite a few people, but not as many as I would've figured on opening day. The movie was so cool. I was grinning the entire time. Heath Ledger played a great, crazy joker. I don't know if he deserves an Oscar, but he did a great job. The movie had a good plot and the action sequences were soooooo sweet. The batmobile was as cool as ever and the other new toys were neat too. Like I said, I was grinning the whole time. Since I'm not sure who reads this, I will quit talking about the movie before I give it away.

Work's getting better. I've been staying busy and that helps. I'm also working a lot with some other engineers, including some young new hires. Right now I am doing some IE stuff, but I enjoy it and get to apply my mechanical mind to it. This weekend we're getting together and having a cook out at the river with most of the co-ops and new hires. I think it'll be a great chance to get to know the people my age and make some good connections. Friday night we'll head up to Faytown and load up the remainder of my stuff. It'll be bittersweet, but I suppose it's time to do what needs to be done. Goodbye Faytown, hello Camden.

Camden

So it's not too bad here. I've decided that it really doesn't matter where you live, it's what you make it. I am living with some people I am distantly related to and I enjoy their company. Tomorrow I'm looking at some more apartments that are only about 5 minutes from my cubicle and about 10 mins from Camden. It's really cheap and hopefully will be a good place to chill until my house plans finish up.
Work started off horrible. I did tons of boring computer training and nothing was unlocked for me to access. Today things went berserk. My boss is overworked and so I'm helping him do all sorts of stuff. Today I did some work with a few IEs and then got my hands dirty with taking apart some drills. It was fun but I ended up staying late and after checking out some more houses, I didn't get home until 630 or so. After running and showing, I'm where I am now. Woohoo. I'm so happy I get off work on Fridays.
Okay so my fourth story is quite interesting. We shot all sorts of bottlerocks and smoke bombs and ect. all day. I would bundle up about 20-40 bottlerockets and then shoot them. That was fun, as was throwing them into the crowd of people at my house. The best part of the entire holiday (short of being with my family and girlfriend) was lighting an artillery shell and then running for my life. I don't know why I didn't realize what it was when I lit it and then seconds later I am running and people are screaming. It was GREAT! We laughed and laughed.
That's really it for now. My feet hurt and so I'm going to bed.

Oh one more thing...I get paid Friday and I've already seen my paycheck and baby I am EXCITED!!!