oh so close to the NLDS...

[y] so can anyone believe the astros are where they are today? .5 game behind st. louis for the central division lead? i mean, 1 week ago, they were ~8 games behind st. louis with 12 games left to play. this could be the biggest come-back in baseball history in a play-off elimination situation! i was able to get 6 tickets to the second home game of the national league division series before they went on sale today . woohoo! we just need to win the next 3 games!!

in honor of gordo leung, who helped me get the NLDS tickets...

Jocie - Happy Bday Uncle Gordon

Jocie - Happy Bday Uncle Gordon. Cutest thing ever!! Thanks Jocie. Uncle Gordon and Auntie Yvonne miss you!

September update

[g] Well we haven't posted in awhile. Mostly because (from the previous post) I've been in a state of flux. I'm still getting used to sleeping in a different bed. But here's an update of our September. It's been packed with lots of unpacking (pun intended.) We finally got our dining room and living room back however. There's still boxes in those areas.

On the 10th, we went on a one day trip to Austin to visit the launch of Vox Veniae. It was amazing to see and be a part of that ministry.

I had a hughe, ongoing ordeal with Best Buy in getting my stove delivered and installed. There's been 4 rescheduled times and 2 missed deliveries cause they didn't call. Boo. The latest is that I found out I needed to buy a cord for the stove to plug in the way. You would think they would have told you that sooner. sigh. Not very good customer service process. Next time, I will probably not buy from Best Buy appliances. It's delaying putting my house up on the market.

I joined Yvonne on a business trip to New Orleans. Had a chance to walk around the Frenc Quarter on my own. It's amazing how much they have repaired, and what they are still working on. One comment, they spent 183million fixing the Superdome. mmmh yeah. Don't you think that could have been used in a better way?

Then Yvonne wanted us to have a vacation in conjuntion in celebrating my birthday. So since I'm a companion of hers on Southwest, I fly with her for $5. We went to Orlando and rode all the roller coasters at Islands of Adventure at Universal Studios. I miss roller coasters. So much fun. But I appreciated the king size bed and sleeping in as well. Thanks honey!

Mixed in between all that, I've started my classes at DTS Houston extension. It's been tough getting back into the sync of studying and taking quizzes/tests. Now I haven't written an English paper since high school. I have to whip one/week out. Whew! Classes have been great though. Lots of information. Lots of reading. Greek by far is my hardest class.

I'll have Yvonne put up more pics. Also, stay tuned for new info on Bolivia! Thanks for all your birthday wishes!

state of transition

[g] So I've been missing from updating the blog lately. apolgies. I've been in a state of transition for the past couple of months. Moving, starting classes, doing some home remodelling, unpacking, studying.

So for the past couple of weeks, I've been going back and forth to Austin in order to do some fixing and touching up of my place in Austin in order for it to sell. Got a new stove, put in new laminate flooring, repainted all the door jams, fixed some drywall, put in a new vent, and more touch up painting. Of course all the hard work was done by a contractor, but still. I didn't particularly enjoy being alone in an empty house and my wife being away.

This also encrouched on my studying time. I haven't studied in about 7 years now. I'm out of practice. Need to learn to turn off the TV and practice memorizing things again. Consequently, I didn't do too well on my Greek quiz. Uncool. I'm going to ace that class. Need to make flashcards and spend more time in that class.

We now have our living room back after moving all my stuff in. I'm still working on the office/study room. Right now everything is in boxes still and my desk area has not been setup nor have my computers. And without my computers, I feel . . . lost. That's kinda sad. And my laptop has been on the fritz (it doesn't charge properly when I put the adapter on.)

But I'll get the hang of my new schedule soon. I always do through my periods of transition. If it's anything I do well. I plan. I'll crawl out of my hole once I get my office setup and I memorize those dipthongs for greek. (If you don't know what dipthongs are. . . google it if you care. If you don't care, it's not worth it.)

Go Horns. and Go Vox Veniae. (That's for this weekend.)