Soooo... I definitely disappeared for a while

So I checked the last post and I thought "HOLY CRAP! What have you been doing since February?!"

Since it's been so long I might as well just give an update by the month and a very general update.

GENERAL UPDATE SINCE FEB 2009 - Been working my ass off! Work is a funny thing, you don't really know how busy "busy" can get until you reach another level of it. I mean when I was working for American Metal I thought I was "busy" and that I did a lot of work. But then I moved to Houston for this job and I now know what busy is... or so I think. I bet I can do even more than what I'm accomplishing now simply because my organizational skills aren't that great. Still, this is about the busiest I've ever been!

March 2009 - This was about the time that we laid off all those people. Coincidentally it was about the same time that I got my bonus and my raise. I mean what a mind-screw right!? Here's a bonus AND a raise! Oh by the way, we're gonna lay-off some people! So I stressed out a whole lot and I guess it didn't help Courtney much to worry about moving down here. Obviously I didn't get axed, but still it was no fun letting go of good people who would work night and day in heat and cold and whatever other shitty conditions to make half of what I make. And then the company thanks them by letting them go... Like I said, a real shitty time.

April 2009 - Courtney moves down to Houston and I move up from the city limits to Spring. I moved her down in one weekend and we moved all my stuff out of the old apartment in about another month. It was incredibly hectic trying to load up her entire life in a 8 x 6 trailer. We got her down though and my only thought at the time was "I hope to God I don't make her regret this"... Worries about the job and economy as usual. Understandable but unfounded. I really need to work on being more objective.

May 2009 - Happy Birthday to me! Courtney finds herself a job and goes straight to work at Kelsey Seybold Clinic.

June 2009 - Happy Birthday Courtney and went up to Michigan to visit. My dad came down to visit.

July 2009 - 4th of July without much to talk about. Starting to see friends around town like Javier, Gregg, and Nick and Nicole. Nick and Nicole moved down so that Nicole could go to school. Nick found luck with his own web design business. I'm really happy for them.

August 2009 - Friggin hot all the time, but thank God there haven't been any hurricanes. Courtney finds the commute to work really taxing and her boss was a real bitch. Gave her a review before her 90 days were up and extended her probation period.

September 2009 - Courtney loses her job at Kelsey Seybold. She's happy that she doesn't have to be there anymore, but she slips into depression and it's tough on both of us. I join the Big Brother-Big Sister Program and meet my little brother. I'm excited!

October 2009 - Courtney finds another job with the Saddler-Clinic which ironically is the same clinic that I went to sleep studies for. Turns out that I have sleep apnea which had been disturbing my sleep for the longest time. I think it started when I was about 15 and my sisters noticed that I snored alot. Funny, but that was about the time that my grades started to slip in school too. Anyways, since going to the sleep studies and getting my CPAP device I've felt like a new man! I have so much energy and I'm not falling asleep at work anymore! WOOOO HOOOO!!!

Also I discovered Mafia Wars and Farmville. So yeah, now that I'm playing those two stupid games I have even less time than I ever had before! I'm playing Farmville like mad because I want to save up and buy that Gaudy looking pagoda and stick that thing dead smack in the middle of my garden. That's really the only reason I'm planting and harvesting so much. Also, I think I'm unconsciously competing with Jennifer. She looks hell bent on passing me on experience, I gotta ward her off!

November - So far it's been a real busy month. I had R&D programs to complete and Continuous Improvement teams to prepare for. I've had so little time to do them that when the test equipment in a certain area started breaking down I was about to pull my hair out. I mean nothing's worse than trying to find time to sit down and write a presentation when you physically have to be everywhere else! Just breathe Kieno, the month is almost over.

In other news I have taken up paintball as my hobby of choice! I have a new paintball gun, mask, and various other pieces of equipment. I set the first outing for November 14th and invited everyone at work. I was so excited that I worked out for weeks beforehand: Running, doing sit ups, back-lifts, and top it all of with Suicide-Sprints! I did so well that my heart-rate finally fell below 65 bpm for the first time in about 15 years!

That's all for now and I hope someone out there cares to read. Love you all and miss you too!