Ides of March

Well today is the day I find out if they are going to bring me back to teach next year. I am not sure if no news is good news. But I suppose it is as they have until today to let teachers know if they are NOT bringing them back. I haven't gotten a call or an email or a letter... yet... mail still hasn't come in... so we will see. I have been told that I should be safe so that is good, but I need to wait and see. There is more that I want to do in Caruthers, much more, and I love the town, the kids, and the school, so I hope I'm back.

While I may be worrying about teaching next year, Flick is just happy to sleep all day.



Here he is hiding his cute little furry face from the world.



This is a close up of the same position. Flick has lots of neat and cute ways to cover his eyes when he is napping.

So today Flick found a sun spot... and like many other cats out there, sun spots are like drugs. Flick is no different. He does things that he normally doesn't do because of sun spots. Case in point.



What happens in a sun spot, stays in a sun spot. Unfortunately there is a winter storm kind of passing by so the sun spot comes and goes... poor Flick. He just found out I was blogging and coupled with the on again off again sun spots gave me this look.....



Flick is not amused.

Riverdale and a new phone.... kinda....

Well today I was the stand in head varsity Boys Tennis Coach. My dad, our Tennis Consultant, was our assistant coach/trainer. We traveled 8 miles to the campus of our rivals.... the Riversmell, I mean dale, Cowboys. When I had coached the girls, I did not have a league win. Today that changed. We decimated those smelly cowboys.... 9-0 SWEEP!! We brought 15 or our 16 players and we owned them. I had to get after my JV team not to be Hooligans, but they had fun. You see normally we do not travel with both teams. Only Varsity. But for some reason we had a bus, and well if we have a bus the whole team can go. I coach JV boys. So today I had my first ever league win in Tennis and my first Boys Varsity win as a coach. Felt great.

My good spirits did not fail me as I waited for a replacement phone for my LG Trax. Parrot Mobile which is an AT&T reseller is right around the corner from me. They have provided exceelent service while the Corporate store has not. Well when I bought my phone they said I had a 30 return period for anything. Well my phone started to act up. After I would hit snooze, sometimes (4-5 times total now) my phone would shut off...... not good. Really not good was how I would have to remove the battery and replace it to turn the phone back on. So figuring I don't want two years of that, I replaced it. I had called on tuesday but they didn't have any but did get two transfered for the exchange. The only beef I had was that they would not call me when it was in, they said they were too busy and that I should call them.... no big deal.... wish they worded it differently... but hey. Second beef was today, I had called prior to leaving Caruthers and had asked about the receipt of the phones, person said everyone was busy, took my name and number and said she would call me back.... NEVER HAPPENED.

I figured I'd just stop by as it is so close to my house. Waited like 15-20 minutes as there were only two of them and both had JUST started to help peeps... and well I got the phone. Hopefully this one doesn't do it too. Very simple exchange and the dude I had made up for the other persons lack of callback management.

Woot!

Me and the Mighty Quinn

This is my GF's dog Quinn. I call her Quinn, Quinnie, Quinnavere. etc. To her I am known as Lap Guy as she likes to sit on my lap and lick my face.... I am not too keen on the face licking.



My GF took the picture.... I am still just an average picture taker.... but I am getting a bit better.

Request for Pictures

I have had one or two request for more pictures on my blog, so here is a picture blog.

on a side note, photobucket just took a step backwards imo on their photo resizing. Sure you get more features in their photoflexer app, but something that used to take seconds takes many many many many more seconds.... sheesh.

These were taken with my new LG Trax phone 1.3 mp camera.... kinda neat.. no flash though.


Flick on a window


Flick on a window part two


River wanting veggies

Normal camera


Flick doing his vampire bat pose... pretty good huh?


And finally Flick giving me the look for taking a picture of him trying act out a scene from ET.

Fresno Drivers Suck

When I was growing up I had thought that Drivers iN Fresno were pretty darn good. Whenever we would go to SF or LA areas it was crazy. However after spending 111 years down south I can safely say OC/LA drivers have it down. Perhaps even SF drivers. They drive fast and for the most part safe. Maybe it is because I got used to it there. I don't know. I suppose I can't really talk as I got into a crash last year here in Fresno... even though I did tell friends that I would end up in one sooner or later cause Fresno drivers suck... irony, I was at fault... ha!

But I have noticed that people here just drive stupidly. More so then other places... I see it in my morning commute. It is foggy and there are people driving dark... meaning no lights on. No lights on in the rain. etc.

Today, I was driving past Costco, There are TWO cars waiting to make a right into the street from the parking lot. I pass the first one no issues, even though she inched a little, I can deal, I do that sometimes too. However the second car, when I am about 10 yards from her pulls out right infront of me without looking......She sees me as I hit my breaks, gets a surprised look, then gives me a dirty look like it was my fault.... yes lady, I appeared out of no where..... give me a break, I was going 5 miles per hour UNDER the speed limit and you didn't even bother to look right to make sure you were clear... it was your fault....

I suppose since no one is hurt there is no harm... but still..... Fresno Drivers suck.

Here is a random picture of Flick in a box

Sleeping in..... and ummm Headlocks

I have noticed something about sleeping in these past three weekends.... two of which were three day weekends... GOT TO LOVE!!! Public schools whooooo!!!

I get up every weekday more or less between 5:25 and 6am. So on the weekends, if I "sleep in" until say 7am.... which really isn't sleeping in.... I feel like I've slept in..... Not sure if this is good or bad....... I really don't.... good I suppose because I don't waste half of my weekend snoozing.... Just thought I'd share.

Well last week the GF, myself and a teacher friend went to WWE. For everyone but me it was their first time. The first four matches of this house show were boring or average at best. BTW, a house show is just a show they put on that is not aired on TV so it doesn't really count... rarely do titles change hands... it is just good ol' fun... or in the case of the first four matches, torture.

Then the last four matches were awesome. My GF's favorite was Mr. Kennedy vs. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Whoooooo! I had told everyone in our little party of four, that whenever anyone, especially Ric Flair chops someone, to yell whoooo!, which they did and were surprised to find everyone else in the arena did too. I found out on Tuesday that my teacher friend was having fun abusing this with her newlywed Husband. In the car she would chop him playfully and then go "whooo!" So cute hahahaha!

THe other four were good, but the Flair vs. Kennedy was the best. Even though my GF jumped at a very close count between Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton, very close count.

The big shocker was my GF who had never seen wrestling thought it was good entertainment, even though she wouldn't watch this on her own I think.... well good enough that she went home and that weekend was watching wrestling on youtube.com. On date night she informed me that she had watched some and then I showed her some of the more classic ones on youtube... not so much the matches, but the vignettes or talking parts, she enjoyed the Rock, Goldust, Booker T, Paul Burchill as a pirate, etc. I do not think she will be a huge fan, but I am glad she had fun with it and was entertained.

She has already said that when WWE comes back to Fresno for a special saturday typing of ECW and Smackdown if I wanted to go she'd go with me. WHOOOOO!! hahaha

Update

Wow it has been ages since I blogged. here are some updates

1. House keeping me very busy. Slowly and surely unpacking. Tote by tote, thing by thing. Buying furniture here and there, and getting hand me downs here and there.

2. School keeping me very busy as well. BTSA, lessons, sports, and being the aura of awesome on campus is hard work ;)

3. Flick and River are very happy in their new home. River currently resides in the first bathroom. I haven't found a place for her just yet and she is happy to have her cage sit on a tote in the tub. Flick meanwhile has explored 97% of the house (minus garage) and has happily claimed all window sills.

4. The Girlfriend keeps me very busy as well. Things are going very well. This week is busy with V-Day, date night, lunch today, and WWE with her and a teacher friend and her husband. That will be a blast. Some trade offs were made for the WWE but I can live with it. Also spending time with her friends in Lemoore. They are getting me rehooked on anime and want me to go to a hockey game as well. Super fun. Only bad thing is that the GF doesn't get these two mondays off. I enjoy spending time with her. She has been wonderful thus far and I don't see that changing.

5. Tennis is back, I may have to dropped my ASPs for tennis as there is a good chance I will be coaching the JV boys if we have one. Woot!

6. I am glad to be out of my parents house. I love them to death, but after awhile it was getting on my nerves. On a day like this where I have the day off, I would have to sit there and answer all kinds of questions and they would not leave me to do my work. They are just being parents and I am grateful for all that they have done for me but still.... I need my R and R time and being away from them has been great.

7. I have blazing super fast internet. Suck it Comcast! Fiber optics rule!

8. I'm keeping my 714 cell number..... not worth 36 bucks to switch it to 559....and soon will be getting a new phone and getting one for my dad too

9. My new desk is all set up, my beds are set up everything is falling into place here. I will be moving the bookcases and what not in and starting to put things up. I just really need to figure out what to do with the blinds.

10. Starting to cook for myself again. Eating less and healthier. Working out when I can, need to get another blood test 8shiver8 soon as well... sigh.

11. Caruthers swept Liberty so I owe the team pizza. I get bragging rights over Tyler as my school beat his cousin twice! hahahahaha!

12. Big John is doing well, he is applying for a new job to see if he can get it, it pays way more, and he is looking into purchasing as house a few houses down from his currently place where he and his parents live.... Everyone loves Raymond.... hahaha.

Well I think that is it, that is a quick update. I am very happy. I didn't think I'd be this happy half a year ago, but I guess I am lucky, a survivor, and many other things.