First week of work is out of the way...I'm tired. The job is a lot like the stuff I did on Guam...in simple terms we go camping with our computers, sattelite and hum-v's... I've got a trip to Miami coming up, and then I go to Texas to get Aidan. I may be back in Texas at the end of the summer for work.

I'm taking a couple of hours off on Monday to check out some apartments and some schools for Aidan. I also need to get a hold of the post office and find out why my mail has not been forwarded yet...that's very frustrating...

Anyway, the only reason I'm posting right now is to see if the livefeed from my site is working...those of you who use firefox should see a little button in the lower right hand corner of the browser screen...when you click on it you will be subscribed to my site and can then view updates in your bookmarks as they happen...

OK, gotta go and find something to eat and then try to get some rest...

Cheers
Tim

Too many deaths lately. Terri Schiavo, Frank Purdue, Johnnie Cochran...It looks like Pope John Paul will not be with us much longer either. One that did get to me though was Mitch Hedberg. He was one of my favorite comedians for several years. He had an offbeat sense of humor that always appealed to me. It was intelligent yet weird enough to draw me in...Mitch passed away a couple of days ago of an apparent heart attack. He was 37. I've read some rumors that drugs may have played a part. I hope that's not the case. I didn't know his story well enough to substantiate that any further...I only knew he made me laugh and that is one trait I value very highly in a person.

As for John Paul. I'm not catholic, but he was the only Pope I have in memory. In fact one of my first memories is seeing him on TV and my mom trying to tell me who he was. The other two people religious/political people who are in my first memories are Ronald Reagan and the Ayatollah Kohmenhi. What a weird time I grew up in...

Told you things might change with the job. I have some more paperwork to fill out Monday, so my actual start date won't be until Tuesday. The good news is that I may end up getting overtime (and at $50 an hour I'll take it)in my first week. I'll work as much as they'll let me until I get Aidan back.

Watched The Notebook tonight. It was a chick flick. Enjoyable, but very predictable. I hope I didn't ruin it for Wynne and Brian when I blurted out what the plot would be like in the first five minutes of the movie...

I'm going to redo my blog site soon. I want to come up with my own template and also start including RSS feeds from other sites I visit regularly.

Suppose to be going to the Hard Rock in Destin tomorrow...should be fun.

more later

Tim