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Sorry I haven't posted anything on here for a while. As I said, I got things going on, and I want to spend a little less time on the internet. Well, here's what's rolling as we speak.

This weekend was all about toys. On Friday, I picked up my pair of Georgio Armani specks. They are definitely a change from the generic military-pair I've been wearing for 3 1/2 years. With the special coatings on the lenses, they are also the most expensive pair I've ever had. Well, they're cheaper than the very first pair I bought on my own, which had all the coatings and a brand-new technique to make my Coke-bottle lenses about 1/2 as thick. What's nice is I had the same thing done this time, but the lenses are about 1/3 as thick as the old-style "thin-lenses", and the process was about 1/4 the price. Also, this time around I had insurance to pay for it. It was a good purchase.

Otherwise, Sarah & I got our tax stimulus check, and the moving expenses pretty much ate it up. However, we decided to splurge for a single $30 purchase, each. And so I got a plastic owl for $22. With a swivel head. For good reason. See, I work 2:30pm to 11:00pm. Little piercingly annoying chirpy-birds don't sleep in that late. And air conditioning is expensive. So, if I want to leave the windows open on the western-exposure windows, and I want to sleep, an owl is the way to go. Especially with the bobblehead. Because that's just cool. Although both Sarah and I are very creeped out by the eyes, especially when the head swings around and the eyes just sort of lock onto you...good thing it lives outside.

This morning I got the moving-pods setup (through a company called ABF Freight Systems), I got a quote for getting my car shipped out there, and I got an appointment to get my windshield repaired. Yeah, I got a crack in my windshield, right before we're set to ship the car out there. Excellent timing.

Besides all of that, I only have 6 days of actual work before I'm done with my job. Next week I took some days off, so I could wrap up whatever packing we have to accomplish. Memorial Day weekend will be chock-full of going away gala's, however. Sarah's parents are throwing a going-away in Sioux City, and then my Dad is throwing one in Sioux Falls. I tried to get the two parties combined, but apparently the extra gas money is being spent on beer instead. So I stopped arguing.

That's all the new stuff for me for now. Enjoy the picture-free posting. -A