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I am still keeping this one but I started a new blog at the little popper

Holy Mother of no posts

So holy mother of no posts since last August.  Yea, a lot has gone on since the last time I blogged.

Courtney lost her job at the start of the new year, and got a new one working for FIC America, thanks to Aunt Donna.  I was termed from my job at Vita Food for stupid reasons and to believe I was setup for the same reason at the end of March and was just hired on as a temp-to-perm position with Fisher Nuts in Elgin.  I truly believe this job will be sooooo much better then the last one. Jynx is doing well, shes being Jynx.  Shes a good pup, doesn’t always listen but shes a good dog.  She came with us down to E-ville for her sisters wedding, got a case of fleas due to being outside a lot and being down at her parents house but we got it taken care of which was good.

Last October Courtney’s sister Erica got married and we were down in E-ville for that, then we were back down there in November for Thanksgiving which we didn’t stay at her parents house and stayed at her g-ma’s which was nice.  We ended up having a small wedding shower thrown for us thanks to her Aunt Debbie, got a lot of nice gifts and stuff that was needed for the apartment.  Went to Casino Aztar, which happen to be the first time I have ever gambled in a casino and came home with money, almost 200 in cash which was nice.

I once again got my Chicago Rush season tickets and have made some new friend whom sit behind us at the games.  Also have gone to 1 of 4 Cubs games as well.  Got to see new Cub Matt Garza pitch, pitched really well but got no offensive help as normal, though they still won in extra innings. I still have three more games so lets see if they win in 9innings those games.

Since the start of the year both Courtney and I haven’t really been playing World of Warcraft anymore due to money and lack of interest as our guild really stopped playing as well due to school, work or other things going on.  Although we have gotten back into Warhammer and going to Games Workshop in both Downers Grove and Oak Park, more Oak Park then the other but both are still fun.   Been painting my Imperial Guard and my Orks, as the new rule at Oak Park is your army needs to be painted to be able to use the gaming tables, which allows me to do the painting as I dislike doing but its ok, gives me something new to do.

Wedding, wedding and wedding.  Its coming up fast.  July 9th to be exact almost 2 months away as of Monday.  It has been decided that will we be going to Costa Rica for the honeymoon.  I wanna see monkeys and sloths and other exotic animals of that matter.  We are staying in San Jose and then going all over from there.  Now what we will be doing exactly is no idea to me yet as we are waiting to hear back from someone at the hotel with what we will be doing and when, but we should know soon.

So this is just an update.  I should start posting more, which I may start doing again, though we shall see.

Updatable

So its been awhile since I updated this blog so its time to be updatable.

So since my last update in May, I moved back in with my mom for a month because of issues with the apartment we were in.  Flooded, twice in about a three-week period due to a faulty sump pump, though I loved the apartment and the landlords. the flooding was just not worth the lost time and money at work.  The roommates on the other hand were total dicks and honestly roommates are never gonna be done again.  There are only 2 people I think Courtney and I will ever consider living with are Courtney’s best friend Sara and her husband Dan.   Like I said we moved back into the house for about a month, sleeping on an air mattress, most of our furniture  stayed at the one apartment until we found another place.  We were able to find a new place pretty quick and allowed us to be out of mom’s by the 1st of July.  One of mom’s friends owns a few buildings and were able to get a place in one of them about 2 blocks from her house.  Moved everything in and then we were on vacation for the 4th of July which we went down and visited Courtney’s family.

So I started riding my bike the last couple of weeks.  Really up to today I have 4 times in 9 days and have rode 29.03 miles in about 2 hours on the bike.  The first ride I took was 13 miles in 1hr 15min. Which followed by a 10mi ride that took 51min.  The last two days i only did 3mi rides which both took less then 15min which was good timing for me, just shows I’d be able to keep my 10mi rides under 1hr.  I am in the processes of trying to find the best routes where I am having the least amount of car interaction.  I use a program called endomondo which tracks my routes, times, etc if you want to check out my profile and my workouts so far you can go HERE.

Other then that, nothing else is new.  If I think of anything else to update I will make a new post

A Little Piece of Me Died That Day

So I know people say that you shouldn’t dwell on the past and wish some things have changed but today at work I was thinking about something I did about 13 or 14 months ago I wish I really didn’t do.

Ok, you may ask 13 months ago I was moving back to Chicago which is true but what I did was a week or two before moving back. In the process of cleaning up and packing to move back I threw some stuff out I really wish I didn’t do. Now I threw out a lot of junk but honestly the stuff I am talking about really to me wasn’t junk, it was my life for 2.5 years. You now may be asking what is he talking about, and honestly as I am typing this I don’t really wanna say but its not going to help the cause but what was thrown away was everything and I mean everything I was given as a gift, to a letter at summer camp, to a birthday card to xmas cards from Jen.

Now you may ask, why are you thinking about this when your with Courtney for over 4 years now? Well its because I think about the most random things at work and somethings someone can say something that may spark a memory or a thought and then I think about it for awhile. Now as I reread what I have typed here, I though of the title. “A Little Piece of Me Died That Day.” Now another question may ask, why would he title this blog post that? Well its because a piece of me really did die that day. You must realize that Jen was my everything for those 2.5 years, my frist true love, the first girl I said “I love you” to other then a family member and it really meaning something, we both had the same morals, same ideas and so much more in common. Although college hit and we grew apart as she had a lot of school work to do and I with my own thing and we eventually broke up which was for the best.

Though getting rid of all the items at the time felt good to finally let go of the past and move on with the present and future I had with Courtney, though as I look back I wish I didn’t get rid of all of it just because I could look at it and remember all the memories we had. I’m sure Courtney still has stuff Nick gave her and can remember what they had, all I have now are the memories in side not the visiual which is good to have every now and then.

Though I guess its time to end this post with “A Little Piece of Me Died That Day”

So Its Due Time Once Again

So as I know I stated at one point earlier this year I would blog more but never do it.  So I figured I will now and try to do it more often.

Last time I truly blogged was back on January 2nd about wanting to join the National Guard which as most of you know, I didn’t so thats that.  I am still working at Vita Foods and was finally hire full time yesterday Friday, May 14th.  I am going to be able to get 2 weeks paid vacation, insurance for both Courtney and I.  I did get a nice little raise as well which will be nice.

Courtney and I moved out of the house and moved to Elmwood Park, IL which is closer to work for me but seems like it takes about the same time to get to work due to red lights and such.  Though I do like where we are living, we got to baby sit the land lords baby today, she is so adorable.

We got Rush season tickets again this year, we have gone to two of the three home games because for the second one we had Jeremy Pieples wedding to goto.  The Rush won the first game by a field goal and then tonights game they were getting their asses kicked due to a lot of bad calls by the refs.  We are going to two Cubs games in the next few days,  Cubs/Pirates tomorrow and then Cubs/Rockies on Tuesday for my birthday.

I am still playing Warhammer, I play Orks, Eldar and Imperial Guard for Warhammer 40k, and I play High Elf and Lizardmen for fantasy.  I need to take some pictures of the stuff I have painted and such to show ya.

Other then that, thats about it.