Catch-up and Adrenaline
My post tonight is to catch up a little and talk about my vacation.
June 26th and 27th was a LAN Party weekend. I haven't been to one in some time now. Seems every time one came up there was something going on like work or birthdays or wife having work stuff happening........
Either way, this one I went to. One of the guys in our gaming clan ({BB} Blood Brothers) came here from Chicago to do the LAN Party thing. It was good times and he enjoyed it as it was his first one. Those 2 days went by rather fast but LOTS of fun none-the-less.
My wife and I took the week after the 4th of July off for a MUCH needed vacation. We didn't go out of town, we stayed home mostly and did some fun stuff local.
There was a parade here locally for the Holiday on the 3rd so we went to watch. Wasn't a big thing but was fun to go to the festivities. My parents came down to the parade and presented me with something I swore i would never get any more of............A FUCKING DOG!!!!!! Their hearts were in the right place but I am, was, done with animals for a while. It was a female American Bulldog. Her name is Alice and she was welcomed with open arms as much as I was kicking myself in the ass. More on that later.
We did fireworks on the 4th and had a nice turnout. A good friend and myself between us had over a hundred mortar shells (the big loud ones). We set up a generic launching stand with 15 tubes. Generic but worked nicely.
Throughout the next week we swam in our pool, went to the Zoo, watched Toy Story 3 and my 3 yr old sat through the whole thing without incident. I feel like I am missing something that we did but can't remember. Seemed like we ran all week long doing things to make sure we enjoyed the vacation. And we did!!!
Now, back in May on my birthday, I was presented with a present from my wife and daughter. It appeared to be a wrapped up box. As I began to unwrap and open the box, the first thing I noticed was the blanket in top. It was my Nightmare Before Christmas blanket. Under that was what appeared to be an empty bag on the bottom which I grabbed and threw on the ground. At this point, with a dozen or so people around, I thought it was just the wife being funny. She told me I had to look in the bag that I so blatently threw on the ground. Upon opening the bag, I pulled out a full sized, laminated sheet that was information telling me about.........SKYDIVING!!!!!! My wonderful wife bought me a skydiving trip.
July 10th, 2010 was the day I jumped out of a plane (tandem) at 13,000ft in the air. Words cannot describe the experience. I can tell you this; you definately understand just how big this earth really is at that height. It was FUCKING SICK!!!! I want to do it again and again and again. I was not near as scared or intimidated as I thought I would be. Adrenaline..................
This was a quite lengthy post and I need some sleep. Hope to not be gone as long this time but, that remains to be seen. Later all and happy surfing..............
June 26th and 27th was a LAN Party weekend. I haven't been to one in some time now. Seems every time one came up there was something going on like work or birthdays or wife having work stuff happening........
Either way, this one I went to. One of the guys in our gaming clan ({BB} Blood Brothers) came here from Chicago to do the LAN Party thing. It was good times and he enjoyed it as it was his first one. Those 2 days went by rather fast but LOTS of fun none-the-less.
My wife and I took the week after the 4th of July off for a MUCH needed vacation. We didn't go out of town, we stayed home mostly and did some fun stuff local.
There was a parade here locally for the Holiday on the 3rd so we went to watch. Wasn't a big thing but was fun to go to the festivities. My parents came down to the parade and presented me with something I swore i would never get any more of............A FUCKING DOG!!!!!! Their hearts were in the right place but I am, was, done with animals for a while. It was a female American Bulldog. Her name is Alice and she was welcomed with open arms as much as I was kicking myself in the ass. More on that later.
We did fireworks on the 4th and had a nice turnout. A good friend and myself between us had over a hundred mortar shells (the big loud ones). We set up a generic launching stand with 15 tubes. Generic but worked nicely.
Throughout the next week we swam in our pool, went to the Zoo, watched Toy Story 3 and my 3 yr old sat through the whole thing without incident. I feel like I am missing something that we did but can't remember. Seemed like we ran all week long doing things to make sure we enjoyed the vacation. And we did!!!
Now, back in May on my birthday, I was presented with a present from my wife and daughter. It appeared to be a wrapped up box. As I began to unwrap and open the box, the first thing I noticed was the blanket in top. It was my Nightmare Before Christmas blanket. Under that was what appeared to be an empty bag on the bottom which I grabbed and threw on the ground. At this point, with a dozen or so people around, I thought it was just the wife being funny. She told me I had to look in the bag that I so blatently threw on the ground. Upon opening the bag, I pulled out a full sized, laminated sheet that was information telling me about.........SKYDIVING!!!!!! My wonderful wife bought me a skydiving trip.
July 10th, 2010 was the day I jumped out of a plane (tandem) at 13,000ft in the air. Words cannot describe the experience. I can tell you this; you definately understand just how big this earth really is at that height. It was FUCKING SICK!!!! I want to do it again and again and again. I was not near as scared or intimidated as I thought I would be. Adrenaline..................
This was a quite lengthy post and I need some sleep. Hope to not be gone as long this time but, that remains to be seen. Later all and happy surfing..............
posted by Troy at 12:19 AM
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