On our way to Europe

So we are off. We are pretty much all packed up. Thinking of some last minute things but we are pretty much ready to go.

So I wasn't totally stoked about it till just today or yesterday. I was talking to my buddy Jason and he mentioned some of the stuff he did when he was there. Man I am stoked. One of the things I didn't realize is that Barcelona is right on the coast of the mediternanianum. I can't wait. I love the water. I have a feeling that that is going to be my favoritest place in the world. I think even better than Hawaii. Oh man I'm stoked.

In other news...the creators of Youtube got bought out for $1.5B in google stock.

Wow.

Post dated updated

⁃ Now that bushwackers is over, things have gotten like 100 times better. Even with the massive water damage in our ceiling. That pretty much sucked. Our first free weekend, we woke up on Saturday morning and there were giant water bubbles above the TV. Long story short, we are re-wiring our house now. So thats cool....Except its not going well. But still, better than driving to Northern NJ ever weekend. Anyway.
⁃ So I went to Atlantic City last weekend. That was pretty cool. I still hate NJ, but it was good to go to a beach and do some gambling. I started out winning like $30 playing slots....like right away. It was a great way to start the weekend. Then I went to play some craps and I was up like $80. So that was cool. Anyway, a few minutes later I was in the hole. So that was cool. I ended up down on the weekend but it was worth it. We did another one of those timeshare presentations. I love those things. Its so funny to hear the stuff they have to say. Kathy and I had a good time talking to him, then he got to the sale and we became pretty distant. He even called us out on it. It was pretty funny. So we got a free vacation and $50 bucks. Pretty fun.
⁃ Made some plans to go to Europe, so that is a definite go. Leaving in about 4 weeks. Can't wait. I think I already mentioned that on here.
⁃ Going to Michigan also to visit some friends from my drumcorps days. That'll be fun.
⁃ I started speed reading. I also think I mentioned that. But I'm reading much faster. Its pretty cool. I'd recommend it. Especially if you take a train or something to work.
⁃ So I'm on the train. And I'm not writing really constructively. I'm going to stop now.

Europe and Biking

Couple things to mention here:

Drumcorps
Only 3 more Bushwacker shows for me. I kinda can't wait till that ends. Although, I am surprisingly learning A TON about how different people work. It's actually sort of exciting. Not exciting enough to be valuable, but definitely something to reflect on.

Biking
So I rode my bike home
from work(approximate map) 2 times this week. That was sweet. I've been sitting here watching my bike at work but the weather was too hot to take a trail I've never done. I'll post the gps data when I get around to it. I'm stoked about that. It was a great ride. The way I see it, I'm essentially combining the commute and my ride time. So in the time it takes me to do a 1.5 hour ride AND get home, I've done a 2.5 hour ride. Plus there is no downtime like when I get home for changing into bike stuff and all that. Its a pretty good system. I'd like to do morning and evening but that is a whole new set of challenges. Plus, 70 miles in 2 straight days on a bike makes me feel like I just got out of prison. I'm not up to 60 a day like some people . So that was fun.

Europe
I bought a ticket to Iceland yesterday. That's fun. So Kathy and I will be flying to Iceland on Friday Oct 13 (scary date). We'll hang there for awhile. I guess hiking is big there. So that, and whatever else you can do there. I'm stoked to get some gps run data from other countries.

So anyway, then we head to London a few days later to hang with Kathy's rents on her Mom's Bday. That'll rule. Check out Big Ben and traffic circles and what not. Then its off to France and Spain for some (very) short backpacking/hostel living. So I'm stoked. Hopefully I can run at least 1 time in each country we visit. Then I'll have maps from cool places. That'll be fun.

Ipod
I've been using my Ipod like woah. Apparently I can have it at work as long as I don't have the cables. So that rules. I'm beginning to like that thing. I got some accessories for it. I got a Car Charger and an FM Transmitter. I got the charger but not the transmitter. I guess I"m stoked about never having to have cd's in my car ever again. But I guess that is the whole point of these things. SON!

Speed reading
One other thing. I went to a Bday happy hour and was talking to some dude from TSS. He was talking about books he read. He listed off a few recent ones. I was like "So what you have like a summer reading quota". He was like, "Nah, I did that all this weekend". I was like "". So he got this book and he said it worked. So I got it too. He said there are drills and things you need to do. He also said that retention was through the roof.

So I'm stoked. I'll do my drills on the metro in the morning. I'll be a superhero before long.


I think that is all.

Long ride home in the hot weather

So tomorrow in the 100 degree weather, I'm gonna try a long ride home from work. I hope it doesn't suck to have stuff on my back in that weather. My bag might be kinda full with work clothes...Or I could just leave some at work. I dunno. I'll figure it out.

So here it is. I hope I don't die.