That Terri Schiavo case is pretty sad. I have followed it a bit the past few weeks and it perplexes me. Why don't more people have a living will? I mean, I have one and I don't really have much to speak of...well...except debt and I spread that out evenly to all my friends. ;o) My Grandpa died late last year but he at least was able to tell the whole family that he wanted to go home (to die).

My immediate thoughts are that if her family wanted to take over, why wouldn't her husband want them to? I mean, I would totally yield to them and their wishes if I was in his position. Why make a bad situation even worse? Hmmmmmm...Money? I'm also certain that dying from hunger isn't really a pleasant way to die.

Brrrrrr! It's cold here today. It snowed all night last night but there seems to be almost no snow on the ground today. I guess it's going to be relatively warm for the next 5 days which means we're probably going to have decent weather for the Rockies game on Monday. Oooooh yeah! ;o)

Jenn and her sister moved a lot of her stuff yesterday. I kind of have an empty feeling in my gut but it'll pass. I've been through this before.

My Mom came over last night and we hung out and talked. You're the coolest, Mom!

Think WARM!!! I can't wait for Summer. It better get it's ass here quick-like! I want to be on a wakeboard as soon as possible.

Again, tired. I'm sooooooo not a morning person. Hmmmmmm...maybe it has something to do with playing pool until midnight. What can I say...I mean, Pep was beating me and I had to battle my way back to the top. It's more fun to win that way anyway.

It's 5 days, 3 hours, 16 minutes and 39 seconds until the Rockies home opener!!! That puts us exactly at 2:05PM on Monday, April 4th. Now I'm not a huge baseball fan but I love going to Coors Field for the social aspects...especially on opening day. It's a prime location for "people watching" and people never cease to amaze me. ;o) I haven't been to opening day for like 3 years since I was always too busy at work. This year is different though. I'm taking the whole day off. The plan is to find a bar in lodo and have a screwdriver, a bloody mary or a bloody beer in my hand around 9AM(ish). Go Rocks!

Karma is a b*tch! I got your "if it doesn't fit...you must acquit" right here. Fate will catch up to you too, Orance Juice.

I grabbed this from a friend's blog and it had me rolling! Thanks Madden...um...I mean "Napolean's Uncle".

I need to wake up...I'm having a hard time with that today. I totally did not want to get out of my warm bed this morning. Just thinking about it makes me yawn.

Went up to Jackson Lake for the Easter weekend to hang with my Mom. It was gorgeous up there. We worked on clearing the beach for the coming summer. It's an annual chore. The wind blows the tumble weeds into the lake on the North side and they end up consuming the entire south side of the lake. It's not something I'd want to do everyday but it was kinda fun to work on it with my Mom.

The water down there is still pretty cold. I'd say it was probably 50 degrees or so. We need a few good rains to warm it up.

My Dad is still in FL and will be until the middle of next month. I really do miss him and so does my Mom. From what I can remember in the past 30 years, he's never been away from us this long. I talk to him at least once everyday but that just seems to make me miss him even more. I don't know what I'm going to do when they move down there for the winters.

What a weird week. We are in a "valley" here at work for the moment but that can and will change at a moments notice. I really love software for that reason. I like to be kept on my toes.

Well, I'm finally back from Sacramento. I guess the trip could have been better. I don't know who wrote this contract or exactly how much we are getting for a finished product or phase but I do know that I walked out of there on Thursday feeling like it'll never really end. The new functionality the team in Sacramento County has asked for is totally out of scope. It's frustrating but I'll get over it.

Jenn has started to look for a new place to live. Things haven't been good for us in the past few months for one reason or another. It's really sad and I feel I've wasted the better part of 2 years on this relationship. I think some of it has to do with me having to travel for work but most of it deals with her not knowing what she wants out of life and out of a partner. There are so many things I'm going to miss about this girl. She really does have a lot of qualities that most people around me never saw or took the time to see. On the flip side, there are so many things I'm not going to miss. It still hurts.

My Dad is in Florida rebuilding a deck at one of their condos and fixing a hurricane shutter at the other condo. He has been there for almost 3 weeks. My Mom misses him so much. She calls me almost every day and tells me that she wants to be there to help him.

I'm not feeling very happy today. Jenn is playing softball all morning and then she goes directly to work until they close the bar down. My Mom called and wants me to pack up my stuff, load up the pups and come up to the lake. I may just do that.

This weekend has been waaaaaaay too short. Jennifer and I went out for our anniversary last night and I surprised her with a really pretty necklace that I found while we were shopping yesterday. I went on a RECON mission and bought it while she was trying on clothes. She deserves it because she has been really cool about me having to travel for work.

I spent the past week in Sacramento on a project that will (in my opinion) fail. It'll fail for more than one reason but the main reason I think it won't succeed is that management would rather sit around and compare dicks than get the job done. It's almost like the COO\CFO wants us to fail. I don't understand it. This project can be a really cool project. It could launch this company to the next level. And, the Sacramento County team is really trying to be patient and helpful. Unfortunately, I really don't think this guy has what it takes to lead a company like this. I mean, we're sitting in a meeting a few weeks ago and he tells the project manager to tell us that there will be lay-offs if this project fails. Dude didn't even have the balls to tell us himself. The end result...two developers up and quit on us at the most crucial time. So now we have this .NET contractor who is doing what he can but it's at a point where now it's almost too late. Well, I guess I can say that I gave it my all. I have a few more things lined up if it doesn't work out and I know that everything happens for a reason. ;o)

Wow!!! What a weekend. The past couple of days have been insane. It all started on Saturday night. I took a cab downtown where a lot of my friends gathered at The Celtic for a birthday party. We had a great time until the end of the night. My friends Kelly and Lisa were trying to get a cab when a couple of thugs drove up and started making lewd comments and when the girls didn't respond, it got worse. I was just about to walk up to them when Kelly's husband Cassen saw what was happening. He walked up to their truck and the punk in the passenger seat decided to get wise with with my friend. Cass ended up open hand b*tch slapping him right as the light turned green. I ran up to the door of his SUV and told the guy sorry but I also told him that he better not get out. The driver decided to be tough so he gets out and gets in my face. As I'm friggen apologizing to this guy, he proceeds to reach around to the small of his back and tell me that he's "packing" and that I better be able to "handle my business". Ya know, I've grown up around guns…all my life. What the hell is it about keeping a loaded weapon in the small of one's back. I just don't get that but it's happened to me twice now and both times I was able to grab the guy's arm and hold it there until I was able to determine that he didn't have a gun. And, like last time, it REALLY pisses me off that they would do something so stupid. It took A LOT for me to calm down and give this guy a pass because I sooooo wanted to head-butt this kid and see his nose explode for being such a punk thug. It chaps my hide just writing about it. I suppose one could argue that I put myself in that position but I told that guy (like all the others) that I didn't want to fight and that I was sorry...more for his benefit than my own. I finally got this guy calmed down after we both knew he didn't have a gun. I think he could see how hard I was trying to not give in and kick his ass so he got back into his SUV and drove off. How stupid is that?!?! I mean, like I said, it was a GREAT night up until that point. Yeah, my friend Cass didn't need to do that and it would have been over as soon as the light turned green if he hadn't. Cass also understands that. Needless to say, I don't think I'll be heading downtown anytime soon.

Then, late last night, I get a call from my parents that their house was on fire! Since it was windy, one of the loose power lines that run on the side of the house had shorted out on the metal casing and caused an explosion at the transformer. Public service was finally able shut the whole grid down so the fire fighters could search the house for hot-spots. The public service guy was finally able to turn the power back on around 2AM. Luckily, the damage to the house and the appliances was minimal. It still freaked me out.

What a weekend! Drama…drama…drama. It’s time to slow down a bit.

Jenn finally got back from Vegas last night. Feels like ages since I’ve seen her.

Me in Powell 

mmmmkay...long overdue but I'm going to attempt to start this thing up again. Waaaaaaay stressed about this Sacramento project and I'm not looking forward to being gone for almost 3 weeks straight. I guess it could be worse...they didn't have to fly me back on the weekends. I have a few friends out there and I really hope I have the time to see them. It's not looking good now though. I just have this feeling that I'm going to be locked in a building for 12 hours straight.