April 2005 Blog Posts

A good buddy of mine sent me this picture that was taken, oh, I would guess 8 to 10 years ago. We used to take these fishing/camping/drinking trips out to Bruin Lake, which is near Brighton, every year. It was actually a fishing tournament. We called it “Bass-a-mania“. It wasn't anything serious, just a reason to get away and to put our boats in the water. We usually caught more hangovers than fish but we always had a great time!

This is a picture of me playing a little "git-tar by the campfar“. (Sorry, that's a bad attempt at rhyming) That's Dennis in the back singing and Dan up front with his back to us. I'm sure he's singing too. Sherry is right behind me.

I made some great life-long friends at Northwest. The only bad part about leaving there is that I don't get to see them everyday like I did when we worked together.

Bass-a-mania was something I looked forward to every year. I sure miss it.

Ok. Two days ago? I think it was two days ago, it was over 80 degrees here in beautiful, wonderful Michigan. As of right now, we're supposed to get 6 to 10 inches of snow this weekend. Six. To. Ten. Inches.

God I hope I hit the Mega Millions tonight. Two hundred five millions dollars?! Palm Springs here I come! I don't even know that I'd tell the girls. My daughters that is. Gayla? I would definitely take her with me!

I like to listen to streaming radio over the Internet. I'm really glad that a lot of stations have started streaming again. I'm not sure what the problem was before, but a lot of them stopped doing it. I think it had something to do with the commercials but I'm not sure. Here are 2 very good classic rock stations that I like to listen to...

KRFX 103.5 The Fox in Denver and KSAN 107.7 “The Bone” in San Francisco

Enjoy!

I didn't get home from work last night until after 8:00. It was a very long day. We're getting a release ready for Monday and of course, things that normally work fine always seem to blow up when you're in a crunch. As a matter of fact, I still have some work to do this weekend to get ready for Monday. Anyway, when I got home last night, the only thing I was in the mood for was a Bud Light! That equates to no dinner so I was hungry when I got up this morning. Mmm, mmm good. Did I mention that I can cook?

I've never even driven one. But right now? This very minute? I want one.

I could even go for a tattoo. I better go to bed.

Adult life is extremely stressful. I don't have to tell anyone that. When you have kids? It's even more stressful. Then there's work, marriage, the weather, money. The list goes on. So, it seems that there's always something heavy weighing on your mind.

Have you ever had a moment when all that stress seems to just disappear? Even if it's just for a half minute or so? Well, for about 30 seconds today, while driving in my truck, the sun was shining, it was half way warm out, there was good music on the radio and for some reason or another, I didn't have a care in the world! I can't explain it but I'll tell ya, it really felt good! It would be nice to feel that way all the time.

So, I just wanted to say, “I hate stress“. Just thought I'd share that.