The President made me late for class

Today President Bush was in downtown Denver. On my way home from my first class thismorring they started blocking of the area and my bus had to detour. But I wasn't expecting the detour on my way to my second class. My bus doesn't even go by the Brown Palace (where Bush was) on my way to school only my way home. But again a detour with buses as blockades and huge concreat barriers and I WAS LATE TO CLASS.

Sunday night...

I went out with my friend Jordan from work. We went to a place called Charlie Brown's where there was Kareoke. I love to sing. Jordan is an awesome singer. He went to the American Idol tryouts here in Denver but they had already reached their quota for guys and he was turned down. At first I thought yeah I get to sing.... Then Jordan went... Then I didn't want to go anymore and few more people with great voices went to... Then a few really bad singers so I was set. I did "How Do I Live" by Leanne Rimes. I thought I did ok. When we left the waitress said I had a pretty voice.

Yesterday at work I told another co-worker Mario about my night out with Jordan and how I thought I sucked and the waitress and her compliment. So Mario wanted to hear me sing to. When I was done he ran over to the service desk and told everyone that they needed to hear me sing and that I should have tried out for American Idol. Me an American Idol...... Like Kelly Clarkson.......um.....

Mom look-a-like contest

When most people I know see my my they say "You look just like her but she has dark hair." But on the other hand people would see me with my dad and say "I can see you take after your father." Both are true... I look enough like both of my parents and at certain times I can see my resemblance to both of them.
My mom posted pictures of herself at christmas time in 1963. The more I looked at them I thought 'Wow if Michael was born a girl he would be a split image of my mom.' (Left: Michael Right: Mom)

Michael looks like Mom, Ben looks like Dad, and I look like all of them. :)

Longest Phone directory

I realized today that I might have the most names I have ever had in my phone book... and most of the names of people I have are people I met at King Soopers.

I have 29 names in the phone directory.... 15 of those people I met at King Soopers (including Andy) and +1 more that is King Soopers. 6 of them are related to me (Mom, Dad, Grandma, Ben, Michael and my cousin Neotha)
2 of them are related to me through my marriage to Andy (mother-in-law and father-in-law) 4 of them are friends I made at school from Kindergarden to highschool. And the last on is Andy's friend Ryan.

Just some facts.

Still Amazes Me. (Before and After)

I was going through the pictures that are in folders on the computer. Now that I am in the Photo Lab I was looking for any pictures that I wanted to make prints of. I came across these two pictures one (with the blue bikini) was taken in Hawaii when I was on my honeymoon (Summer 2003) and I was so mad because I didn't want any pictures of me in my bathing suit.
The other picture was taken a year later (Summer 2004) I went from 142 lbs to 120 lbs. So now I am kinda glad I got my picture taken in my bikinis cuz it still amazes me.

***SIGH***

Work let me off to go to Dan's funeral. It was a nice service. I knew a lot of people there because they are (or were) also part of the King Soopers Family. Many people fulfilled the families wishes and wore Broncos or CSU apparel(me included). Dan's wife Regi and daughter Becki looked rather well all things considered. After the service I went to talk to Regi and was crying so hard and she seemed fine... but she told be it didn't seem real to her yet... and I understood that.

Dan's brother-in-law Jim (who was also my neighbor for a few years) gave a nice eulogy that included funny stories about Dan that I could picture so vividly in my mind. They played four songs: "Tears in Heaven" "The Dance" "When you Think of Me" "Amazing Grace" and "Go Rest High on That Mountain"

And a poem in the information hand out:

I'm Free

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free
I'm following the path God laid for me,
I took His hand when I heard Him call
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work or play
Tasks left undone must stay that way
I found that place at the close of day

If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Ah, yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow.
I wish you the sunshine od tomorrow.
My life's been full. I've savored much:
Good friends, good times,
A love one's touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all to brief:
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me.
God wanted me now
He set me free.

~Author Unknown

I pondered....

Today I thought long and hard if I wanted to trade shifts so I wouldn't have to work tomarrow. I kept thinking yes I should and again no I shouldn't. There is a funeral tomorrow. I final decided I needed to go.

I have known Dan since I was 1 1/2 years old. Today I found out he passed away at the age of 50. Dan was neighbor and he saw me outside plaing and riding my bike... he saw me growning up. Even when he and his family moved away we still saw him around and it was good old Dan. Then I started working at King Soopers at the same store as Dan.

As soon as I turned 18 I was old enough to work in General Merchandise (the department where Dan was manager). Dan needed some temporary help in GM and he knew I would be heading off to school after the summer so I was honnored when he asked me if I would be in his department.

Some people thought I was crazy and that they thought Dan was mean and that he would be tough on me. Sure he was tough on me but he knew I had the potential and what it took and I didn't think he was mean. We would joke about things he remembered about me and my brothers when we were little.

A few years after I transfered stores a friend of mine, Lewis, go the chance to work with Dan. After I would go visit the store and talk to Dan, Lewis would tell me that I needed to come visit more because Dan was always in a better mood after he saw me.

So tomorrow I will go because I think I need to even though it is hard.

Ha ha very funny!

If you ever feel stupid, then just read on. If you've learned to speak fluent English, you must be a genius! Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he got the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down a sewer line.
16) To help with planting the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Where has the time gone?

Wow it has been almost a week since Andy and I went to see Mom and John.

Last Saturday Andy and I drove to Fort Collins and had dinner with my mom and John. (Mom and Me in the picture)

And since then I have little time to write in my blog. First I will blame this on "boys and their toys!" To sum that up Andy is doing stuff with his music and the computer and it was making my connection slow so I didn't even want to bother with the internet. Second.... school, school, school (same old same old)

Sunday was my first day in a new job position that was in a way forced on me. I did have the title of "booth clerk" but company wide the position has been eliminated completely. So, I got stuck in the new King Soopers photo lab. Good thing... no pay cut. I am not sure if I like it or not. It is not hard or anything, but it is really easy to mess up. I was told they (managers) wanted me to be a head clerk (manager) but it wouldn't work out because of my school schedule. But none the less it made me feel good that they wanted to give me such a position.

Rest of the week.... school/work..... school/work....
Today some of my classmates and myself went Faith Christian Academy to do hearing screening for children in school there. The children were so cute. Some were scared and others knew what to do and were fine. The kindergarten would raise there hands really timidly and the 1st and 2nd graders would raise their hands high and quick. It was fun.

And now I am home and I am able to write in my blog :)

Fall