Travel Day

Today is Halloween and I leave out to go to Tucson tonight. Didn't do much for the wife's birthday as we have no money. So I could only give her one gift. Well, I guess it was a gift for both of us. So tonight I take the kids Trick-or-Treating and then I leave out for the weekend. My daughter is going as Aurora from SLEEPING BEAUTY and my two boys will be the character from SCARY MOVIE. You know, the guy with the mask. It comes with a little heart pump you squeeze and blood goes around the face. As long as they have a good time, I'll be happy.

Found out today they just processed my pay for 5 days I sent out almost 2 weeks ago. So I'll probably get that money in two weeks when I get the money for going this weekend as well. I resubmitted for my TSP yesterday, so I hope that comes in sooner. All my bills are due around the 15th. Except my car insurance which is due tomorrow, so I hope they don't drop me.

Anyways, got to get things together to head out. Peace.

Halloween is tomorrow

Today is my wife's birthday. Can't do much because I have no money. I did get her this cute card though. It has a duck on the front and says "Have a Happy Birthday or I'll moon you" You open it up and it says "and I have an ugly buttquack". I thought it was cute. I am not one of those serious mushy types, so all cards I get are usually the funny ones.

Tomorrow is Halloween. The boys get to wear their costumes to school and have a Halloween party. Then I'll take them trick or treating around the neighborhood. Afterwards, I have to head out to Tucson for the weekend for the Army. I'll be back Sunday night and have to wait a week and a half to get paid. I am still in the process of cashing out my TSP, which is similar to a 401. Still not seeing anything coming in anytime soon.

Think I'll take off here in a bit since it is her birthday and spend time with her before the boys get out of school. Got to get her signature as well so I can cash out my TSP and send it in. Watched two good shows last night. CRIMINAL MINDS and CSI:NY. Did not watch the Obama infomercial as it would be a waste of time. After all, he is a waste of time. Well, don't forget to vote next Tuesday. And vote wisely.

Another Hump Day

Well, I am glad it is Wednesday. Tomorrow is the wife's birthday and Friday Halloween. Then I leave Friday night and head to Tucson for the Army for the weekend. Hoping to see money somewhere soon. I will not be able to do much until I start getting paid. Of course I am not desperate enough to rob a bank or anything. I don't think I could ever do that.

Boring shows last night. FRINGE was a repeat...already. We'll see about tonight. I jumped on the internet surf yesterday to check out what the propositions really mean and printed out a checklist to take with me. I don't know about all of you, but to me some of these props are confusing and the ads you see on tv seem like a good way to vote either way. Some of the people promoting the props are getting crafty on advertising.

Well, after next week we'll know if the world will be ending soon or if we can continue with the lives we live. Yes, I do mean some people believe Barrack Hussein Obama is the anti-christ. But, we'll see. In the meantime, get on your knees and pray and kiss your kids and tell them you love them. We could be in for one hell of a ride.

Wow, I might get paid

I finally received an e-mail that they are still waiting for funds, but they did put me on orders starting Oct 14 which means they will have to backpay me. Doesn't help me much right now, but at least it is a start. Still sitting here with a negative balance in my bank account waiting for my TSP to come in and about another week to receive money for five days as well as for the orders I'll be on this weekend. I just hope they get this all fixed...and soon.

Last night I watched CHUCK, HEROES, and CSI:MIAMI. They are all good shows, but will not be on next week. Although the election is on Tuesday next week, apparantly they will have something going on Monday night that they will not show normal programs. My daughter's birthday is coming up in two weeks. I am going to try to buy her the TINKERBELL movie that just came out today. Not much I can do, but at least it is something. My wife's birthday is in 2 days and I have to figure something out for that.

Tried out the WII FIT yesterday. Did it for like 20-30 minutes and it says I am 51 for my WII FIT AGE. A lot of it has to do with balance and posture. I like some of the games on it, though. That soccer one is a little difficult as well as the tightrope. I did pretty well on the ski jump and the rolling of the ball into the hole. It is pretty interesting. The whole family got into it last night.

Well, that wraps it up for today.

One of the best weekends

Yeah, this was one of the best weekends in a long time. Saturday I took the kids to their school for some community safety thing. It was alright and stuff for the kids to do. Later that night we went to SAN TAN REGIONAL MOUNTAIN PARK. They released an owl into the wild, had a costume contest and then we went on a trick or treat hike that was about 1 1/2 mile. Sunday went to the sister's house for the combined birthday parties of my youngest son, my daughter, my wife and mine. This will probably be the last time going out that way until maybe Thanksgiving...IF I get paid. My sister did buy a family present for us...the WII FIT since she knows we just bought a wii. I will probably hook it up and test it out today. I've been wanting to get it, but no money.

Both my boys made HONOR ROLL for the 1st qtr. Yes, it is a big deal if you know my boys. Hopefully they can continue it all year. I may make a deal with them that if both stay on HONOR ROLL all year we'll go somewhere or do something they want. As long as it is affordable of course. And if I have a job by then.

Still waiting to hear about money coming in. I did find out today though that I do have connections way up the ladder and just about to the top. So I may see if I can get some strings pulled. Well, that is about it for now.

Last PAYDAY for now...

Today is the last day I am expecting pay...for now. They are going to allow me to claim 5 days as well so I will another check coming in 2 weeks to help out with bills, but hopefully soon, we will know more. I watched JOYRIDE 2 yesterday and it was definately a B-rated movie. Picked up THE STRANGERS and THE INCREDIBLE HULK, so I have those two to watch yet. Yesterday went to my son's school for an award. He received Honor Roll for 1st qtr. I guess there is no such thing as Principal's List anymore as they referred to all A's as being the HIGH Honor Roll.

This weekend I am going to my sister's house for a combined birthday for my son and daughter. Really can't afford to do anything else these days. I just hope everything gets situated before Christmas comes. I am supposed to be traveling to Tucson here soon to help out with some Army units down there. Hopefully they don't expect me to be there on the friday night of that weekend because it will be Halloween. If I have to be there Friday night, I'll just go down late. We'll see. Nothing much else to write about today.

Traffic sucks

Today was the first time since I moved out this way three months ago that I experienced really bad traffic. I was on my way in to work and the road was closed, traffic was turning around. Now where I live, there is one road with 3 ways out of this area. So, I couldn't go west, I could only go east. Made the 2nd attempt to get to work and traffic is just stopped, barely inching. Great, I'm gonna run out of gas. So I had to flip a u-turn to go back to the gas station as there are no other gas stations on the way to work and I probably would have ran out of gas if I stayed there. Filled up on gas and headed further east to the 3rd way out. I made it through that way with no problems. I only had to drive an extra 10-15 miles to get to work and got there an hour after I usually get there, but then again, what does it matter, I'm not getting paid.

Yesterday one of my Army buddies gave me a late birthday present. 3 bottles of Modelo Especial, which is cerveza...beer. He also gave me a bottle of Anejo Tequila. Well, I got home and had the three beers. They were nice and gave me a pretty good buzz. I wonder how much they are for a 6-pack. I drank some of the tequila last night. I normally don't drink hard alcohol much anymore, but it was a present. I had 2-3 mixed drinks with less alcohol than I normally mix because after all, it is Tequila. Not even 1/4 of the bottle is empty and I was gone. I think I even went to bed early. So, I barely remember watching CHUCK last night and starting to watch HEROES, but after that, I believe I went to bed, or passed out, or blacked out.

Still have JOYRIDE 2 to watch and THE STRANGERS came out today. Have to go to the school early today as my youngest son is receiving an award for something. Let you know tomorrow.

Thank God it's Monday

Not too many people are heard saying that. This weekend, I decided to have a birthday party for my son, at my house, and the boys could stay the night. I tried thinking back to my childhood if we ever had a birthday party for me when I was younger or had sleepovers with more than one friend. I never recalled it and now I know why. My mama ain't stupid. It started at 2pm on Saturday. Non-stop roughhousing, running through the house, screaming, etc. It did finally die down after 6pm, but started up again after 7pm until I made them go to bed at about 11pm. And I promised my wife I wouldn't drink that night. Boy, was I ready for one though.

We also had this child come and the child's father said they would stay the night. I was staring at the child and wondering if it was a boy or a girl. Now the name was Elijah, but these days some names go both ways. The child was black and had long hair in a ponytail and the eyelashes were long, and, sorry, it looked like a girl. I had to pull my son to the side to ask him if it was a boy or a girl. The other funny thing is my daughter hung around him all night because she thought it was a girl too.

Watched WAR, INC last night with John Cusak. Kind of far fetched as what could be possibly real, but had a good story and action to it. I have JOY RIDE 2 to watch tonight. Tuesday THE STRANGERS is released with Liv Tyler. Still waiting to hear what is going on with my "job". Found out today we are still waiting for funds to put me on orders and they are hoping I get called for the position within the next two weeks, but they are willing to allow me to be paid for a week of drills just to have money come in. We'll see what happens.

Dangit, I didn't win the lottery

I even played the powerball and the pick and didn't get squat. Now that would have been a great birthday present. I bought a wii yesterday and my kids were excited. I even played a little and my arm hurts this morning.

My mom was the first to wish me happy birthday this morning. I would have even counted e-mails. Actually, my wife was the first, but I am talking outside of my house. Second was my best friend who at least texted me while he is sitting in court. That's it so far. So what do I have planned for my birthday? Not much really. Here at work for a little bit and then I'll go home. Maybe get movies since I haven't done that yet this week. Pick up the kids from school. Have an army buddy coming over tonight. Have a few drinks and call it an evening. Maybe get some more wii time in.

Watched part of the debate last night. Maybe the first 30 minutes before I decided it was boring and nothing new. I am not Joe Plumber and that seems to be what the debate was about. Either candidate gets elected, we're all screwed one way or another.

Well, I think I will wrap it up and take care of things before I head out.

Uggh

I thought I was done being sick, but I am still having chest congestion. My ribs are sore from coughing over the last few days. It seems when i drink Nyquil, I get through the night, so I will have to buy more now.

Yesterday was my middle child's birthday. He turned 7 and unfortunately, I had no money. Finally this morning I had money drop in the bank so I picked him up a few toys he wanted. I also went and picked up a Wii that I had promised the kids the last few months. At least the bulk of the cost is out of the way now. All I need to do now is buy additional games and accessories in the future, but hey, at least it is a start.

Tomorrow is my birthday. 34. Nothing new and nothing exciting. Debating on taking tomorrow off or not. Like I am getting paid anyways. Maybe I'll just pick up some beer tonight and celebrate. Yeah, just an excuse.

We are having a birthday party for my son this weekend with his school friends. The following weekend it will be with the rest of the family. Well, combining his and my daughter's birthdays since it is a long drive out there. Well, we'll see how it all goes. Maybe pick up some movies tonight too.

AZ has a football team?

I know they do, but they are off to a good start. All the predictions I heard at the beginning of the season was win the first two games because they were easy, and they did. Lose to the Jets and Redskins, they did. But defeating the undefeated Bills and then just beating the Cowboys in 1 minute into the overtime...what a play. No I don't get into football much anymore and I just happened to be on that channel with 2+ minutes in the 4th, so I decided to watch it, and I was impressed. Don't get me wrong, my favorite team is still the Minnesota Vikings, but the Cardinals do deserve a holler out to.

Watched SCORPION KING 2 this weekend and of course it sucked. My wife and I have been sick this past weekend...sinuses and chest congestion. I am better and she is getting over it, but now the kids are starting to come down with it. Taking today off since no pay has come in from the Army. My sister was finally reimbursed for the Family Day she did back in May and some of that money was mine, which I picked up, filled the car with gas, and went to get groceries. I am thinking of running over to Blockbuster to se if there is anything worth watching. I know all the new movies come out tomorrow, but I already saw the new INDIANA JONES movie that is released tomorrow.

Hoping my travel voucher drops tomorrow and then I call to pay to have my bed shipped out to us. Thinking of buying the kids a WII. Little bit of exercise while playing games. Tomorrow is my middle child's birthday and he will be 7. My birthday is 3 days away, but living out this way, no one to celebrate with...as far as friends and family. Yes, my wife and kids will be here to celebrate it with me. None of my army buddies would come hang out either. Oh, well. I guess it just comes with getting older.

Finally Friday

I am thinking of taking a few days off next week. Considering I am not getting paid right now, like it matters, right? Besides, I am on a half a tank of gas and no money drops until next Friday, which will cover my negative balance. Still waiting on 2 more checks to drop. Hopefully soon as my son's birthday party with his friends is next Saturday.

Last night was a dilemma. I watched SMALLVILLE, which I really am not too interested in, but is the best thing on at that time. But at 8:00, it was a hard decision. The season premiere of CSI or THE OFFICE. It was a hard decision to make, but I guess I'll wait for THE OFFICE to hit DVD to catch up on it. After all, this is CSI's last season. For those that missed it, yes, WARWICK is dead. After CSI I watched a new show called ELEVENTH HOUR. I like this show. It is similar to X-FILES and FRINGE minus the science fiction. It is more science based and deeper into science than CSI. Instead of them being law enforcement, they are FBI. Tonight is a new NUMB3RS. I have really started getting into that show as well.

This weekend there are no plans as there is no money. Probably just play some more of PIRATES OF THE CARRIBBEAN online. I'm almost 50% done with the game after 2 months. I don't play everyday though, but I do play for 5-6 hours at a time when I do play it. The kids go back to school next week after having this week off for Fall Break.

If I were a rich man...

I probably wouldn't be doing blogs. I don't know what I would do if I were rich. I would still work though because investing money would be a bad idea these days. I would work just to have a little bit come in. I would probably vacation a lot, but it would be difficult with kids in school. Ah, heck, what am I thinking, I'd never be rich.

Speaking of money, you ever go to work and wonder if they are going to pay you? I sent my paperwork a week and a half ago for them to submit so I could get paid and found out they just sent the paperwork up yesterday. Which means another week and a half before I get paid. It sucks when you are sitting on a half of tank of gas, negative balance in the bank, and waiting for money as bills stack up. The plus side is I receive three paychecks within a week. My leave pay, my drill pay, and my travel voucher. However, I have my son's birthday party coming up and I just hope I have it before then.

I accidentally broke my son's glasses the other day. Ever since his scooter accident, the arm bends easy. I bend it back occassionally so it fits him. The other day, I was bending them back and it snapped. I called the place where we got his glasses a few months ago (which is 70 miles away) and they said it is still covered under warranty and to bring them in. Yeah, if I had gas. So we just have scotch tape holding it together until I get paid and can get down there.

Watched CRIMINAL MINDS and CS:NY last night. They were both excellent episodes. Tonight is the season premiere of CSI and a new show called ELEVENTH HOUR which looks really interesting. I know, I lead a boring life.

Well, I guess I best get back to work so I can get out of here.

Debates don't mean nothing

Ok, so I have watched two of the Prsedential debates and the VP debate and I have concluded that debates are nothing. It seems to me that all the candidates do is dodge the question and mudsling the other party. Especially when it comes to numbers, it is exaggerated. Don't get me wrong, I already know who I will vote for and that is not changing. I just watched the debates to see how they were since I never really watched them before, nor do I think I will again. There is no purpose for a debate other than to mess up your television viewing. Each candidate is strong in at least one area out of many and is a good candidate for that one area. However, you need to vote for the one that is stronger in more areas. This election is kind of out of whack. You have a lot of people who want to vote for someone young, of a different race, and is a well rounded speaker. This may be their opinion because they want to see history made or because they are racist. On the other hand, you have the other candidate who is older, has had health problems, and has a strong military background. If we had no telivision or advertising and no one knew what the candidates looked like, only heard them broadcasted on the radio, then who would you vote for? Knowing that one of the candidates did drugs (marijuana not being the case here) why would you vote for that candidate? Again, only my opinion.

Yesterday, I watched 3 movies. First, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL. This was a great movie. I was laughing my a$$ off. Aside from the male nudity, this movie does seem a bit realistic. The next movie I watched was YOU DON"T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN starring Adam Sandler. What can I say? If you love Adam Sandler and his movies, you will definately love this one. The last movie I watched was THE HAPPENING with Mark Wahlberg. It is one of M. Night Shamilayn's movies. I have liked his movies in the past (aside from UNBREAKABLE) but unfortunately, this was a waste of time. It started off good, had a great storyline, but again, one of those movies where the ending just ruined the whole movie.

I have one more to watch before next week's movies come out. This one went straight to DVD, but what the heck, I got it anyways. THE SCORPION KING 2. Although there are no big actors in it, might as well watch it since I saw the first one. Thankfully last night at least one of my shows was on. NCIS. Well, gotta finish up here before I take off.

Ever been misdiagnosed?

Seriously. Ever gone to the doctor to have them say they found something out of the ordinary in the test results and your dying. A week later they call and say the test was somehow contaminated. Never happened to me either. Here is the situation though. 14 years ago, my wife was diagnosed as bipolar schitzoid effective or something to that nature. At the time, this was new to the mental disorder community. You know, new drugs to test and etc. The reason she was diagnosed as this is because when she went to the doctor originally to be diagnosed, her mother did all the talkking because she did not want my wife saying what caused her to react the way she did because her mother denies a lot of crap that she did to her. To make a long story short, we have been married for over 9 years and she has been going to the same facility that she was originally diagnosed. Because we moved and live in a different county, she goes to a new facility. She has be rediagnosed and she is not bipolar schitzoid effective or whatever. It is believed to be Acute Anxiety Disorder, which basically means maybe they can get her the right medication and everything will be fine. We won't know until she sees the psychiatrist the first week of November.

Watched CHUCK last night and tonight the debate is on, so I will probably not be able to see my other shows. DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN comes out today, so I may get that. Well, I'm only at work for a short time today so I think I'll head out. Peace.

What a weekend

I am so sore. We had our Annual Physical Fitness Test this weekend...Saturday to be exact. Here it is Monday and I am sore. I did 75 pushups, which is 100% for my age group, 61 situps-82%, and ran 2-miles in 18:16-55%. Unfortunately you need a minimum of 60% in each category to pass, so this is the first time in 10 years I have not passed the test. I do plan on taking it again within the next couple of months--when I am not hurting this bad. I never had a problem with the run before, but my legs had been hurting for 2 days prior.

I finally watched LEATHERHEADS last night. That was actually a pretty good movie. I mainly got it because John Krazinsky is in it (THE OFFICE). Yeah, George Clooney and Renee Zelleweger are alright in it.

Still no word on my pay or leave or anything. So, I continue to come to work hoping they will pay me...lol. Yeah, we'll see.

WTF??

Sometimes I wonder if I am the only one that bad things happen to. My A/C in my house has been out for 3 days now. My orders ended Tuesday and I am wondering how I am going to get paid. Bills are stacking up and no money coming in. I do have a travel voucher coming in about 3 weeks that will catch everything up, but I hate falling behind.

Watched IRONMAN the other night. Wasn't too impressed with it. Not as good as everyone hyped it up to be. Last night I watched RUN FATBOY RUN. It was pretty slow throughout the movie and the best part was the last 30 minutes. It stars SEAN PEGG, you know the guy from SHAUN OF THE DEAD. I have LEATHERHEADS and FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL that I still need to watch. Until next week.

Talk about screwed

Yeah...yesterday was a fun day...NOT. I went to see about getting the window repaired in my van...3-400 dollars. Can't do it now, have to wait for funds. A/C went out last night in my house (it has been going off and on for the last few weeks). I told my landlord about it when it first happened and she sent someone out, but they couldn't find anything wrong with it. At least once a week it goes out and then comes back. The longest it had been off was about 24 hours. My orders ended yesterday, today was my last check for those orders, I have no idea what is happening from here. I am still coming in to work, but I don't know how or when I will be getting paid. Yeah, I'm worried. Then my washer goes out last night. Fills up with water and runs, but does not drain the water. What is next?

Have Parent/Teacher conferences today. Then I have to go grocery shopping as the refrigerator and cabinets are bare. The boys have no school next week. I just have to buy enough food to last at least 3 weeks until I get my travel voucher. Some bills will just have to wait. I need to win the lottery. May rent a few movies tonight, but still have shows to watch. Tonight is CRIMINAL MINDS and CSI:NY. FRINGE was pretty good last last night. Every episode is more and more intriguing.

Well, I have to go and start taking care of things. Until tomorrow.