So Close, But So Far...

Ok. I am waiting for a phone call from the guy selling me the Jeep. His plane will be landing in about 11 minutes.
He was supposed to have landed at 5:30 or so, but there was an accident in Aspen where he was flying in from. A plane skidded across the runway and needed assistance or something, and that held up or canceled flights. I know this because, when he told me, I called the Aspen airport to see if it was true.
It was.
It's just been a long road, full of road blocks, to getting this deal done, and I don't want to be getting jerked around.

Anyway, I should be leaving here in a few minutes to pick it up downtown... uptown, whatever. I'm tired and this is going to screw up my sleep and workout in the morning.

But you know what?

IT'S TOTALLY WORTH IT!!! I want that JEEP!!

Keep your fingers crossed. I'll post pics tomorrow night or Friday if all goes well.


KoP

Poodle Paradise... Or Hell If You're A Poodle

Today, I had a job at a home that was obviously doubling as a poodle breeding ground. Literally. The customer bred them.
I have never seen so many poodles in one place at one time. Crates and kennels were stacked on top of each other in the garage. There were even stacks of yapping poodles in her office... where I was trying to work with her yelling over the din of poodle banter.
Utter madness.
There were poodles running around loose in the house too. I don't know why these poodles where so special. Maybe they were just on break from kennel duty.

In the back yard there were yet more poodles... and "landmines"(turds) EVERYWHERE.
I don't much care for this kind of breeder that just uses the animal for profit. There must have been well over 60 or 70 of them total. The house smelled of filth and dog urine.

And the best part of all? The business name:

OODLES OF POODLES

Someone please shoot me... or the owner.
I'm glad this day is over now.



KoP

Hell Of A Hail Storm

Yesterday, Amy and I cleaned out the garage, sort of getting it ready for the Jeep on Wed. We realized that the Jeep just isn't going to fit in there. I'm still slightly using one side of it for a storage area and makeshift gym. We still got a lot of things cleared out and organized the rest.

I had the boxes and bags slated to be thrown away sitting just outside the garage. I had planned on leaving them there overnight then moving them to the curb in the morning for trash pickup, but then it started to rain.

I decided to move everything back into the garage so it wouldn't get waterlogged, and it's a good thing I did too because the rain came hard. Then a few minutes into it, it started to hail. It was smacking the company truck and my car pretty hard so I ran out and pulled the car back into the garage.
Who cares about the company vehicle.
Then the hail started coming down REALLY hard. I don't think I've ever seen it that heavy. It was smacking down hard on everything, hitting the concrete and bouncing back into the air again. It gathered along the edges of the driveway, and there were piles of it around the bottom of the gutters.

After the rain let up, I went into the yard and gathered up hand fulls of the icy stuff. It was pea to marble-sized, and it was everywhere.

Got some pics:









My swim this morning went really well. I've already gotten faster and stronger over the past month. I'm finishing much better and it's all coming back. I practiced lane changing flip-turns this morning which will shave several seconds off my time with the Athens Tri, which is a pool swim.
My training partners have changed gyms so it looks like I'm definitely on my own now. That's ok though, I really think I'm going to go into this and mop the floor with their asses. Mu Mu Muhahahhaahahaaa!!


KoP

Super Bowl Sunday

The Superbowl is going on today right?

Isn't that an event where some really big guys in tights run around a lined field throwing an oddly shaped brown ball about. Sometimes someone will catch the ball and all of the other guys will chase him this way and that until he surrenders or is thrown to the ground and dog-piled. Points are scored by the person who has the most original touchdown dance moves at the end of the field.
A field goal, which occurs when the ball is kicked through a large tuning fork, can also score a team points, but dancing is usually kept to a minimum during these times.

Prizes are also awarded to the most brilliantly painted beer bellies in the stands. I'm going to go get my paint and beer.

Have a great Super Bowl Sunday.
The half-time show should rock with The Boss.


KoP

It Was A Good Day

I had a nice day today. I got up early and biked a bike, although it wasn't the 30 miles I'd hoped for. We did 20 because we were tight on time. Amy needed me home by 10am so she could go out of town for a friend's baby shower. She wound up not going so Tristan, Amy, and myself spent the day together hanging out at the mall, and other stuff (wink wink).

At the mall I got 5 or 6 new t-shirts that were on sale at the Gap. I love getting a cool t-shirt for $4.50. The only thing better than finding a t-shirt for $4.50 is finding 5 or 6 t-shirts for $4.50.
I'll wear them to work with pride.

I just got home from the Saturday night church service. I think now would be a good time to kick back and pop a movie in.

Amy agrees. I know this because she's giving me the "look".

See ya!



KoP