I am off to Florida. Tomorrow EARLY morning we head to the Sunshine State. 24 hours from now we will be on the plane en route. We will be gone to Florida for 5 days to visit my grandparents. I cannot wait because I haven't spent any quality time with my Grandparents since I went down 2.5 yrs ago. It is really hard when people that you love live so far away.
So the plan as of now is to hang out with them until Saturday. We are then heading up to Sea World as we all know how much Josh adores animals. I swear that man should have been a vet. We thought that we would want to get away by Saturday. That we should go and do that.
The weather is going to be beautiful while we are there. Sunny and 80's. Not that I am a big fan of the 80's but it will be nice. I will just have to stay hydrated. Saturday may be the only day that I will have issues with heat. The forecast is 81 and partly cloudy. So I should be alright. Josh knows what to about it. He knows how to put up with crabby hot Jessica. She drinks a lot of water and pees every 5 minutes.
I hope that you have a good weekend. See ya Tuesday with a report!!!
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Friday, April 29, 2005
Comments
Since I have joined blogger they have made a few changes. One of them being the comment section. Previously you had to be a member to leave comments on a blog. Since then they have changed that. So due to that and an unhappiness with the performance of Haloscan I removed the Haloscan comment feature from my blog. Yes I did lose all the previous comments but, I think I will be happier with the blogger comments than haloscan!!
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Another Year Older
Today is the day of my birth. 26 years ago today my mother gave me the miracle of life. Having just helped a friend through labor I have a new found respect for my mother. If course I will never fully understand until I go through it myself.
We went to the Nitty Gritty for supper tonight. Anyone around Madison knows that is the birthday bar. When you go in on your birthday you get a free mug and a free beer or soda all night. So we ate our gritty burgers and drank our beers. Now we are home to celebrate by spending the night together. That is the best gift that Josh could ever give me. I am so happy that he a part of my life. I am forever thankful!!
As my co-worker so genuinely pointed out I am now closer to 30 than 20. Some days I cannot imagine that. I know age is just a number, but is it? I sometimes feel as old as the trees and wonder "Wow, I already feel old, how can I keep getting older?" and "I am so impatient about my life how can I stand the suspense of the next 50 years?" Sometimes I just wish I was at the end to know how it all went. Life is like a good book. You cannot wait to see what is on the next page, but you have to read the page you are on to understand further. I know when I am reading a good book I cannot put it down. I have to get through it because the suspense is killing me. I just have to remind myself one page at a time. The story will unfold before my eyes. Patience is not one of my strong points. I guess I will have to work on that......
We went to the Nitty Gritty for supper tonight. Anyone around Madison knows that is the birthday bar. When you go in on your birthday you get a free mug and a free beer or soda all night. So we ate our gritty burgers and drank our beers. Now we are home to celebrate by spending the night together. That is the best gift that Josh could ever give me. I am so happy that he a part of my life. I am forever thankful!!
As my co-worker so genuinely pointed out I am now closer to 30 than 20. Some days I cannot imagine that. I know age is just a number, but is it? I sometimes feel as old as the trees and wonder "Wow, I already feel old, how can I keep getting older?" and "I am so impatient about my life how can I stand the suspense of the next 50 years?" Sometimes I just wish I was at the end to know how it all went. Life is like a good book. You cannot wait to see what is on the next page, but you have to read the page you are on to understand further. I know when I am reading a good book I cannot put it down. I have to get through it because the suspense is killing me. I just have to remind myself one page at a time. The story will unfold before my eyes. Patience is not one of my strong points. I guess I will have to work on that......
Monday, April 25, 2005
Our Godson
Colin Mitchell
Born 12:10 am
7 lbs 12.2 oz, 20 inches long
Our Friends Mitch and Heidi had their baby this weekend. Isn't he gorgeous? I am so happy for them. They asked us to be a set of his godparents. We couldn't be happier to forever be a part of his life!!!
Thursday, April 21, 2005
The Day the World went 55
As many know, the beltline can be a crazy place to drive. This traffic nightmare has been a focus of the law enforcement community this year. There have been 2 deadly accidents in the last year involving semi trucks, plus numerous others that happen daily. So the law enforcement decided to crack down. They heavily patrolled the Beltine from 8am-2pm on Wednesday. They had 17 officers on that stretch of road. According to news reports more than 300 cars were pulled over.
I lucked out because the bulk of the patrolling was during hours in which I do not drive the beltline. Even though the Beltline wasn't being patrolled when I drove home the effects were still felt. I admit, I am one of the speeders on the beltline. Although I fall under that category I am NOT one of the people who speeds, doesn't use their signal, or cuts people off. I admit to tailgating, but that mostly occurs when the flow of traffic is 65 or 70 mph and there is someone driving 50 in the left hand lane. For the most part, I leave a nice cushion between myself and the car in front of me. If the flow of traffic isn't 65 or 70 mph I don't try to speed around everyone and get ahead of everyone. One of my favorite things is to watch someone who comes up behind me fast, realizes that traffic isn't going fast enough for them, switches lanes several times trying to get around the line of traffic that I am in. Then in the end they either end up right where they started, behind me, or further behind me.
So anyway, when I got on the beltine yesterday I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know if the patrol cars had so much fun they decided to stay out longer or if they had enough. I did not see any cops the whole way home. Even without the police presence traffic didn't drive much over 60 mph. Most of the time traffic flow was 55 mph. People, for the most part, didn't tailgate, used their blinkers and drove like civil human beings. Granted I do NOT like driving 55 the ride was pleasurable. I didn't have to worry about some jackass riding my tail or driving erratically endangering myself and everyone around them. I don' t think that the ride took any longer than it normally would either. It was just odd, it felt like an episode of The Twilight Zone, this was the same stretch of highway but people were oddly relaxed.
I lucked out because the bulk of the patrolling was during hours in which I do not drive the beltline. Even though the Beltline wasn't being patrolled when I drove home the effects were still felt. I admit, I am one of the speeders on the beltline. Although I fall under that category I am NOT one of the people who speeds, doesn't use their signal, or cuts people off. I admit to tailgating, but that mostly occurs when the flow of traffic is 65 or 70 mph and there is someone driving 50 in the left hand lane. For the most part, I leave a nice cushion between myself and the car in front of me. If the flow of traffic isn't 65 or 70 mph I don't try to speed around everyone and get ahead of everyone. One of my favorite things is to watch someone who comes up behind me fast, realizes that traffic isn't going fast enough for them, switches lanes several times trying to get around the line of traffic that I am in. Then in the end they either end up right where they started, behind me, or further behind me.
So anyway, when I got on the beltine yesterday I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know if the patrol cars had so much fun they decided to stay out longer or if they had enough. I did not see any cops the whole way home. Even without the police presence traffic didn't drive much over 60 mph. Most of the time traffic flow was 55 mph. People, for the most part, didn't tailgate, used their blinkers and drove like civil human beings. Granted I do NOT like driving 55 the ride was pleasurable. I didn't have to worry about some jackass riding my tail or driving erratically endangering myself and everyone around them. I don' t think that the ride took any longer than it normally would either. It was just odd, it felt like an episode of The Twilight Zone, this was the same stretch of highway but people were oddly relaxed.
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