Living in Bardstown Kentucky for the next couple of days. The last two days here have been interesting to say the least. New place, new people, (Okay, so they aren’t new, but I don’t see them that often) and new adventures to be had. I think we might be going to Churchill Downs on Saturday, it would be a blast if we could go, maybe bet on a couple of horses.
Next on the list may be to go to Louisville. Never been. Home of the baseball bats. I don’t know of many other claim to fames for the town, city I should say. I guess I will update again after I have experienced that town for the first time.

In other news, I am lucky to be updating. I didn’t know there would be computer here, and I sure didn’t know there would be internet access either. The one qualm of course would be there is no broad-band access here. So, no podcasts, nor will I be checking on too many of the photography groups out there. Check back on those when I get back.

Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving. Don’t drop dead from the Turkey.

For those of you who have been living in rock over the last couple of months and do not know. AU v UA @ The Carriage House 2:00, game starts at 2:30

That’s it people, this is the last time I will have to shut down the center. This is the last time I will leave when it is dark. Thank you, and Goodnight.

This will be my last time working this late. That last statement had more relief in it than I had ever anticipated. Excitement is not getting to do something new, rather it is not having to do the same thing again. Change is the rule, not the exception, and don’t ever let anybody tell you otherwise.

I don’t claim to be wise, I am not trying to be philisophical, but I know this much… You let yourself get into a rut, you let yourself do the same things over and over again, and you will begin to realize what hell is. I love my job, I have never complained about the hours, but now that I can see what things are going to be like with something as simple as a time shift, I realize how shitty working at night can be.

I do have to work Saturday, but with any luck, I will be getting off from work @ 2:00. I have to see the Auburn - Georgia game. It will be a sight to see. Also, Bret, if you are reading this, which means you are, because you are reading this, the Alabama game is a definite must see.

work has been way too busy today. i am not used to this craziness. i will be glad when we get some more people in here so i can train them on the stuff i am having to do to cover for people.

I am a little upset with our time slot this week agains Georgia. I think it is a little too early. But, still, at least it isn’t 11:00am. Of course, I am really upset with the time slot for The Iron Bowl. Again, at least it isn’t 11:00 in the morning, but really, I wanted a night game. Oh well, I guess if you really think about it, the end of the game could be dark. Oh well. In case you didn’t see the schedule, I have it below…

I would also like to add that even though the Iron Bowl is being played slightly earlier than usual this year, the tailgate party will still be in full swing. I hope to see all of you at the Carriage House on the 20th. And of course, eveyone is welcome to continue the party after the game. Come Prepared.

Auburn Football Schedule
Georgia @ Auburn - 2:30 CT - CBS
Auburn @ Alabama - 2:30 CT - CBS

Didn’t do much today. Erika and I put together our new chairs for the dining table. Later in the day, I went to the grocery store and bought some supplies for what I would like to say was a damned good dinner. Rib eye, squash, zuccini, bell pepers. While I was cooking, Rick came by. That was a welcome surprise as I hadn’t planned on anybody coming by. I was glad I got to hang out with him and just be able to talk.

Just got back from birmingham to do a little shopping and see angela. It was good fun. Have to elaborate on it a wee bit later. Oh jesus, why did I just say “wee bit”?

Something strange has just happened, I have realized things happen for a reason. Call it what you will, karma, religion, coincidence, but I am positive of this, things do happen for a reason. Going over the things that have happened to me in my past. My letdowns, my failures, my faults. They have all led me to where I am. Choices are made. Decisions are taken. Paths are followed. I am where I am because I put me here. Never again will a let an 18-year-old decide my future, but that is something I must realize in another life.

I was thinking about my little interaction with a laptop, a boss, my parents, and a cop. I lost a job because of that fateful day. I lost a job I hated. I had no money, no respect, and no desire to continue. My dad, being the hardass he can be, railed me every chance he got for me to get a job. I didn’t want to work the jobs he wanted me to because they all entailed hard physical labor. So what do I do? I get a job at the Hungry Howie’s. I deliver pizzas for a living and it taught me a lesson I was unaware of at the time.

It taught me that when you are in a rut, you must do what you can to get out, even if that requires something you will dread. I was working for a company that smelled of a fly-by-night institution. I needed the money and I needed to get out of the house at the time. Come to think of it, that is when I started this blog. That was over 3 years ago. Regardless of when I started this, I need several types of exits. I need an escape from reality. Around this same time, I started working for the paper because I had a lot of free time in school and was only working part time at my job. Again, this was because a friend recommended it to me, and because it got me out of my house, and at the time, I hated everything about my house.

The newspaper led me to meet Erika, who as you now know, is my wife. Conicidence or not, I am madly in love with that woman, and am glad that course of events took place. I couldn’t imagine not being with Erika. I don’t know where I would be today if I didn’t have her with me.

Of course, as some of you may know, the pizza delivery place led me to OSI. I made several deliveries there and thought the people were nice, so one day I just asked them if they were hiring and if they had an IT department. They handed me an application, and here I am today. I am glad I am here because I love my job today, although I did hate this place more than any other place I had ever worked with I was making phone calls, I am now glad I endured that time and have made it up the totem pole a little bit.

In conclusion, If that never happened, I would have never taken the job at hungry howies. If I had never taken that job, I never would have met Erika, and if I had never taken that job, I probably would have never hear of OSI. Funny how one event, which at the time can seem like the worst thing in the world, can change your life for the better.