“Well, if you want to, you could come in later tonight. You could just work a 5-10.”
Who wouldn’t love to hear that from their supervisor at work? I can work if I want to, but I don’t have to. These first two weeks are definitely unique. At Home Depot, you’re not put on the schedule [...]

… or whatever else I decide to write about.
So the day started off early, but not as early as the two days before. We went to Divide to cut and install some baseboard. It was kind of a small job for driving all the way out there (a little over an hour in a Suburban [...]

We had our reunion camping trip last weekend. It was pretty fun. I almost didn’t go, but I’m glad I did. But on a side note, spending time with three engaged/married couples is not good therapy for a long-distance relationship. There was one kid there that was single, but it was still pretty overwhelming.
I slept [...]

Yeah! My Ao-Wa-Kiya blog is up and running! I have a co-moderator and plenty of users… and that number is going up steadily. And I was worried nobody would be interested in using this :).
So what is it? Oh, well it’s a blog with tons of authors instead of just one. So basically it’s [...]

Alright, so that last post was really long and made virtually no sense. There was a reason I tried to write a serious post… really. That’s why I’m writing this one:
One of my friends from camp, named Lisa, was driving up to college with her whole family. They were going along to help her get [...]

DISCLAIMER: Nothing in the body of this post is related in any way to Tootie Roll brand candies or garbanzo beans. Any and all references, express or implied, are inadvertent and unimportant.
So life is trudging along its merry way, and I am along for the ride… as usual. I have to say that it’s been [...]

He carefully eyed his opponent as he skillfully drew the Bakuma from its sheath. Ordinarily, this would be an intense battle, and one he may never win, but with the Bakuma at his side, victory was iminent. His unworthy foe fell without so much as a whisper of protest.
His eyes shot to the next voctim. [...]

I sighed with releif as it felt like a load was lifted from my chest and I could finally relax. I drove our little Mazda across the Colorado border, and started to feel better.
The trip up to this point had not been a bad one, but it was still not the most exciting thing in [...]

Have you ever been writing a really long post or E-mail when something happens and you lose the whole thing? Well yeah, that just happened to me. It sucks. I’ll try to recreate it a little for ya.
I’m staying in Kansas with some friends that used to live out by us. “Little Zacky” who we [...]

I’m at camp, but not my camp.
I’m in the woods on a lake, but the roads are paved, and the lake is strange.
I’m with loved ones, but not the loved one.
So this camp had a lot to live up to. It had to match previous family camps and Ao-Wa-Kiya. It’s definitely not a bad place, [...]