I can't really describe where my mind is this week. I feel like i've been in kind of a daze and just floating through this week. There has been some time to step back and take an introspective look at where I am in my life, and it really hasn't produced any surprising answers.
I'm 26 years old, and about to get married. I have a steady job, a house, a dog and the drive and ambition to succeed at a number of things throughout my life. My goals are obtainable, the method at which I plan to obtain those goals is ever-changing, but I still find myself along a very recognizable path. I've had plenty of surprises and things aren't exactly as I'd pictured them, but I really don't have any complaints.
I don't know why I'm feeling so "goo-ey" this week, but its given me a chance to recognize what's going on.
I'm getting married in 50 days to the most wonderful woman in the entire world. :-) She puts up with all of my idiotic ways and lazy habits and still manages to make me smile every minute of every day. I've never been good with words that express how I really feel about her and I know I'm not doing her any justice by trying to spell it out on a blog, but it has been one of the biggest things going through my mind these last couple of weeks. I guess i'm just really excited that the big piece of my life puzzle has fit so well into what I had hoped it would be.
Along with the wedding stuff, its come to my attention that the family chapter of my own life is about to begin. Trevor put it perfectly when I was watching him last weekend. "Uncle Kevin, when you marry Kelsey, you're going to be the Daddy and she's going to be the Mommy." Wow.. thanks Trevor, you hit it right on the head. At some point down the road Kelsey and I will have kids, all boys by the way. We're naming them Stuart, Oscar and Yosemite. (That oughta keep the grandparents guessing for a couple days) But with that realization comes the fact that I'm going to have to try and parent these lovely boys of ours. Growing up as a kid with a strict curfew I always swore I would do things differently. Now that I'm here I still think I will do things differently although not as I had originally thought. :-) You can expect that statement to change over time as well.
Yeah, growing up is hard. :-) I still enjoy things like video games and playing imaginary games with the little kids, but this whole responsibility thing is exciting too. I always hoped I'd be an active dad with whatever my kids will want to do. I can see that if we do have those three wonderful boys, Kelsey may have to kick us off the video games early Saturday mornings if she wants any help around the house. And if by some miracle we have 3 girls, well, then maybe I'll just have my own little room with a TV and video game setup as my own personal "retreat" room.
:-)
Ho-K Peace out.
(This post was published without any discussions on names with Kelsey. Those are the names of our three boys though.. believe me.. ) :-)
Friday, March 27, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Well that was just downright horrible
Just downright no good very bad horrible couple of days here in Cleveland. I don't mean to knock on the group that put it on, or the idea of trying to learn something in a very short period of time, but this just was not fun.
Here's what I went through, just to give you a little background.
There is a program that focuses on building "green" buildings. Its called LEED. You may have heard about different buildings around the area becoming LEED certified. There is a Cub Foods in Phalen that is LEED Gold Certified. This certification has to deal with a whole bunch of things like where the building is being built, what materials are being used, is the energy being used efficiently, etc. etc. etc. Basically the "greener" the building can be, the more credit it earns in the LEED system. The reason why more buildings aren't becoming LEED certified is because it costs a LOT of money to build a building like the Cub Foods in Phalen, over say a normal Cub Foods.
Basically, this week was a class to try and cram for a test to become a LEED Acredited Proffesional. The material I need to know is in a 400+ page book and has a very large amout of detail that requires memorization to take the test. I basically walked in knowing about 3% of what was on an 80 question test, and I'm walking out with knowing about 15%. I don't take the test until early april, but the amount of studying won't be easy. I'm really more upset at how grueling the whole class was. We were in our conference room for 24.5 hours in 2.5 days staring at Powerpoint slide after powerpoint slide pouring over this huge book. Trying to retain that much knowledge is like trying to drink from a firehose!
Anyway, enough about work.... how bout this wedding we got coming up!
The invites went out and it was pretty funny because I got to be the one to send them out. I'm reminded of an episode from Scrubs where Turk mails out his invites. I had to laugh a little bit because I realized that its starting to become very real and VERY exciting! Rich was with me and I think that having someone there for "moral support" was nice. It also helped because we had to weigh each letter individually because we were so close to the limit of the normal postage. Here's a little tidbit.. if your invite has a Ram stamp.. you owe me $.17!!
Kelsey and I went to pick out our wedding rings, and I found the one I wanted. Nothing special, pretty simple, but it feels right. I'm not a jewlery guy, but I don't think I'll have a problem wearing this ring on my finger for the rest of my life. :-) Now I just have to hope i don't lose it!
Still got another 2 hours before my plane boards, but I should probably get going. I can't wait to get home, not learn about LEED, maybe play a little video games, and hang out with my dog. Kelsey has a shower tonight, and if she gets home, i'll enjoy hanging out with her too.
HO K Peace out!
Here's what I went through, just to give you a little background.
There is a program that focuses on building "green" buildings. Its called LEED. You may have heard about different buildings around the area becoming LEED certified. There is a Cub Foods in Phalen that is LEED Gold Certified. This certification has to deal with a whole bunch of things like where the building is being built, what materials are being used, is the energy being used efficiently, etc. etc. etc. Basically the "greener" the building can be, the more credit it earns in the LEED system. The reason why more buildings aren't becoming LEED certified is because it costs a LOT of money to build a building like the Cub Foods in Phalen, over say a normal Cub Foods.
Basically, this week was a class to try and cram for a test to become a LEED Acredited Proffesional. The material I need to know is in a 400+ page book and has a very large amout of detail that requires memorization to take the test. I basically walked in knowing about 3% of what was on an 80 question test, and I'm walking out with knowing about 15%. I don't take the test until early april, but the amount of studying won't be easy. I'm really more upset at how grueling the whole class was. We were in our conference room for 24.5 hours in 2.5 days staring at Powerpoint slide after powerpoint slide pouring over this huge book. Trying to retain that much knowledge is like trying to drink from a firehose!
Anyway, enough about work.... how bout this wedding we got coming up!
The invites went out and it was pretty funny because I got to be the one to send them out. I'm reminded of an episode from Scrubs where Turk mails out his invites. I had to laugh a little bit because I realized that its starting to become very real and VERY exciting! Rich was with me and I think that having someone there for "moral support" was nice. It also helped because we had to weigh each letter individually because we were so close to the limit of the normal postage. Here's a little tidbit.. if your invite has a Ram stamp.. you owe me $.17!!
Kelsey and I went to pick out our wedding rings, and I found the one I wanted. Nothing special, pretty simple, but it feels right. I'm not a jewlery guy, but I don't think I'll have a problem wearing this ring on my finger for the rest of my life. :-) Now I just have to hope i don't lose it!
Still got another 2 hours before my plane boards, but I should probably get going. I can't wait to get home, not learn about LEED, maybe play a little video games, and hang out with my dog. Kelsey has a shower tonight, and if she gets home, i'll enjoy hanging out with her too.
HO K Peace out!
Friday, March 13, 2009
cuz i got time
Because my room is so hot, thanks to the hotel's heating system, I can't sleep. So I figured, rather than rush through another late entry at the airport... i could hammer one out here!
It seems to be the season of showers. Kelsey has 5 showers and the first one associated with my family is this weekend. There will be cousins and other relatives there that I haven't seen in some time. Some of these people have yet to meet Kelsey! I hope she's ready for an interesting weekend! The other thing I've noticed is that the number of gifts we get for each shower. With our system at home, if we double up with things we have in the house and our new gifts, the old things have to go. No questions about where we can store it, will we need it down the road or who might need one, but rather when we can get rid of it. I think this is a good thing. Seeing as how I tend to keep things that are somewhat sentimental, yet totally useless.. Kelsey helps me "realize" that these things would be better off donated to someone who can really use them. On a side note, is there really anyone who can use things like a Viking figure that has no appeal to anyone with a sense of decoration, or a track number from the state meet in 2000? Who knows. :-)
The wedding details are all getting figured out. Now its more about the stress of getting the little things done and waiting for the big day. The invitations go out on Monday and I know we can't wait to see who's coming and who is not. We also looked at wedding rings together on Wednesday. I have to say I'm in no way a "ring" person. I think I passed all that kind of stuff on to my little brother. He has more jewelry than I would ever wear in my lifetime. But when you finally find a wedding band that really makes you say... "Yep... i could wear this for the rest of my life.. and i look forward to making sure everyone knows i have a special someone... somewhere"... it might just change your opinion of "jewelry."
As for now, i think i'll get a little break from work. This week was crazy as ever with a lot of things due. Now we play the wait and see game, and hopefully we'll get some good news. Until then, i'll just keep plugging away and waiting in anticipation for the big day.
Ho K Peace out!
It seems to be the season of showers. Kelsey has 5 showers and the first one associated with my family is this weekend. There will be cousins and other relatives there that I haven't seen in some time. Some of these people have yet to meet Kelsey! I hope she's ready for an interesting weekend! The other thing I've noticed is that the number of gifts we get for each shower. With our system at home, if we double up with things we have in the house and our new gifts, the old things have to go. No questions about where we can store it, will we need it down the road or who might need one, but rather when we can get rid of it. I think this is a good thing. Seeing as how I tend to keep things that are somewhat sentimental, yet totally useless.. Kelsey helps me "realize" that these things would be better off donated to someone who can really use them. On a side note, is there really anyone who can use things like a Viking figure that has no appeal to anyone with a sense of decoration, or a track number from the state meet in 2000? Who knows. :-)
The wedding details are all getting figured out. Now its more about the stress of getting the little things done and waiting for the big day. The invitations go out on Monday and I know we can't wait to see who's coming and who is not. We also looked at wedding rings together on Wednesday. I have to say I'm in no way a "ring" person. I think I passed all that kind of stuff on to my little brother. He has more jewelry than I would ever wear in my lifetime. But when you finally find a wedding band that really makes you say... "Yep... i could wear this for the rest of my life.. and i look forward to making sure everyone knows i have a special someone... somewhere"... it might just change your opinion of "jewelry."
As for now, i think i'll get a little break from work. This week was crazy as ever with a lot of things due. Now we play the wait and see game, and hopefully we'll get some good news. Until then, i'll just keep plugging away and waiting in anticipation for the big day.
Ho K Peace out!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
holy crap!!
Fastest blog entry ever!! Forget correcting spelling mistakes, i'm up against a deadline!
I'm supposed to already have left my house to pick up some of my friends for my bachelor party, but because i don't want brian to be able to put me in a "wrestling move" tomorrow when I am all but dead to the world, i figured I'd just do this now and be a little late.
The bachelor can be late can't he?
I spent all friggin week in Boston and it just about drove me nuts. The constant work, no downtime and I even had to be locked in a Marshals store while our crews retrofitted the fixtures. All in all it was a succesful trip that will bring possibly big bucks to our company so at least it was all for not... but now i'm faced with just getting home, and now i'm leaving the most wonderful girl I know in a house all alone again. She has her friend Alex and wedding invitation stuff to keep her occupied, but I know I'll still miss her. I doubt she will feel exactly the same... more like wondering what we're all up to tonight. :-)
That's right! The time has come. it's off to the wonderful world of Hatfield to really have some fun! Poker, great food, and BEER! What more could a guy like me ask for? Speaking of which.. i best be gettin on. Pictures and more information to follow. Stay tuned!
Ho K Peace out!
I'm supposed to already have left my house to pick up some of my friends for my bachelor party, but because i don't want brian to be able to put me in a "wrestling move" tomorrow when I am all but dead to the world, i figured I'd just do this now and be a little late.
The bachelor can be late can't he?
I spent all friggin week in Boston and it just about drove me nuts. The constant work, no downtime and I even had to be locked in a Marshals store while our crews retrofitted the fixtures. All in all it was a succesful trip that will bring possibly big bucks to our company so at least it was all for not... but now i'm faced with just getting home, and now i'm leaving the most wonderful girl I know in a house all alone again. She has her friend Alex and wedding invitation stuff to keep her occupied, but I know I'll still miss her. I doubt she will feel exactly the same... more like wondering what we're all up to tonight. :-)
That's right! The time has come. it's off to the wonderful world of Hatfield to really have some fun! Poker, great food, and BEER! What more could a guy like me ask for? Speaking of which.. i best be gettin on. Pictures and more information to follow. Stay tuned!
Ho K Peace out!
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