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It's been ages since I updated this thing. (If by "ages" I mean "about 3 months".) So an update.
Meet Baby
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sigsauer40 will be most interested in this one - I finally bought a gun. I bought a Glock 36. And I named her "Baby". I have made many a "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" jokes, for the record.
Now I just need to actually buy ammo. Which, um, I haven't because I haven't consulted with the professional yet. *g* I think the weirdest thing is walking in to a gun shop and walking out with a gun when you didn't realize that your branch of law enforcement meant you go the gun the same day.
Zip-Lining
I went zip-lining a couple weeks ago. For the record, with my fear of heights and falling, this was way scarier an endeavor than sky-diving. Because instead of one big burst of terror that goes away when the chute deploys in sky-diving, there's 2.5 hours of terror because you're in a group with the most inept zip-liners in history who keep screwing up and making you see ways that you could screw up. I really didn't like the idea of plunging to my death, you know?
The funny associated with my trip - me and 7 guys in their 30s and all of them were gay. For real. They were all super nice and adopted me as one of their own. Sadly, no flirting prospects.
Movies
I haven't watched much of late, but I did see Thor (hated it, wanted to punch Natalie Portman in the face) and am currently watching Captain America (liking it, got freaked out by CGI Steve at the beginning of the movie, kind of want Wolverine to make fun of Captain America's whole schtick).
Upcoming Things
I'm working on planning a trip to Mexico next March. I'll be going to Cancun/The Yucatan Peninsula. I want to see Mayan ruins. I'm amused that I'm managing this the year of the supposed end of the world.
I also keep tentatively saying I want to buy a house next year. Not that I've saved up anything toward that. I think the fear of that kind of purchase is doing something funky to my psyche. Joys. But I need to buy a house so I can wrangle all these damn cats I now own.
Also probably need to be thinking about going to a race next year. Or on a trip to see family in Connecticut or Florida.
TV Viewing
I'm watching a few things, but pretty much the current TV obsessions (that I actively look forward to and can't wait to watch once I've DVRed it) are "Once Upon A Time" and "Merlin". Note a theme there.
On the Personal Front
Some weird things have happened of late with regards to work and the dating scene. Not that I've dated, but interactions with males have been interesting. And for some reason these interactions have made me realize some things about myself. And maybe I've matured in some ways that are crucial to making things a bit easier to understand. But honestly, I think I need to get my ass out there now because I finally "get" the opposite sex in a way I haven't before.
NASCAR
Um, this season has been great (no Jimmie domination, lots of first time winners, Junior in the Chase). I went to Richmond, which was the most awesome race I've ever been to (and that includes the Bristol night race). My job has taken some of the excitement out of it, though. Because recording a race and watching it later is just not the same, especially when you keep accidentally finding out who wins ahead of time.
Family
My brother-in-law probably has Celiac's Disease. But they aren't 100% sure because even though they did a colonoscopy to find out, they didn't bother to do the biopsy during the colonoscopy that would have given them a definitive answer. So he has to be on a gluten free diet and they're hoping that helps. (My sister has informed me that gluten free bread is nasty as hell.)
My mom was diagnosed with migraines that do not include pain. Yes, that does exist. She's a freak. She has had severe dry eye problems for years, requiring surgery and all sorts of experimental procedures. And then a few weeks ago she was diagnosed with Fuchs' dystrophy, which is a degenerative eye issue that could lead to need for a corneal transplant in the future. The real fun of Fuchs' - each blood relative of my mom has a 50% chance of having it too, but we won't know (usually) until we're about 50. Considering my sister has dry eye issues but I don't (even though I had lasik, which can cause dry eye), we're pretty sure that the odds are not in my sister's favor (I also had an astigmatism, which comes from my dad's side, but my sister does not - theory being my eye genetics mostly come from dad, praise Jesus). So my mom mentions the Fuchs' to my grandmother...who turns out to already know about it because she's had it for years. But hey, she's in her 80s, so she doesn't worry anymore. Good lord, my grandmother sucks at telling about medical things. (She also didn't tell my mom about the family history of having babies fast. I was almost born in an ambulance because mom didn't know that we had a 4 hour time limit from beginning to end. Or that one of her cousins was born in a car.)
My grandmother "remodeled" a bedroom in her house for $600. New curtains! New bed linens! New flooring! She actually pulled up the carpet and put down vinyl flooring. She put down vinyl flooring over perfectly good wood floors! The even bigger kicker - the vinyl she put down was wood grain. We don't even know.
Meet Baby
sigsauer40 will be most interested in this one - I finally bought a gun. I bought a Glock 36. And I named her "Baby". I have made many a "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" jokes, for the record.Now I just need to actually buy ammo. Which, um, I haven't because I haven't consulted with the professional yet. *g* I think the weirdest thing is walking in to a gun shop and walking out with a gun when you didn't realize that your branch of law enforcement meant you go the gun the same day.
Zip-Lining
I went zip-lining a couple weeks ago. For the record, with my fear of heights and falling, this was way scarier an endeavor than sky-diving. Because instead of one big burst of terror that goes away when the chute deploys in sky-diving, there's 2.5 hours of terror because you're in a group with the most inept zip-liners in history who keep screwing up and making you see ways that you could screw up. I really didn't like the idea of plunging to my death, you know?
The funny associated with my trip - me and 7 guys in their 30s and all of them were gay. For real. They were all super nice and adopted me as one of their own. Sadly, no flirting prospects.
Movies
I haven't watched much of late, but I did see Thor (hated it, wanted to punch Natalie Portman in the face) and am currently watching Captain America (liking it, got freaked out by CGI Steve at the beginning of the movie, kind of want Wolverine to make fun of Captain America's whole schtick).
Upcoming Things
I'm working on planning a trip to Mexico next March. I'll be going to Cancun/The Yucatan Peninsula. I want to see Mayan ruins. I'm amused that I'm managing this the year of the supposed end of the world.
I also keep tentatively saying I want to buy a house next year. Not that I've saved up anything toward that. I think the fear of that kind of purchase is doing something funky to my psyche. Joys. But I need to buy a house so I can wrangle all these damn cats I now own.
Also probably need to be thinking about going to a race next year. Or on a trip to see family in Connecticut or Florida.
TV Viewing
I'm watching a few things, but pretty much the current TV obsessions (that I actively look forward to and can't wait to watch once I've DVRed it) are "Once Upon A Time" and "Merlin". Note a theme there.
On the Personal Front
Some weird things have happened of late with regards to work and the dating scene. Not that I've dated, but interactions with males have been interesting. And for some reason these interactions have made me realize some things about myself. And maybe I've matured in some ways that are crucial to making things a bit easier to understand. But honestly, I think I need to get my ass out there now because I finally "get" the opposite sex in a way I haven't before.
NASCAR
Um, this season has been great (no Jimmie domination, lots of first time winners, Junior in the Chase). I went to Richmond, which was the most awesome race I've ever been to (and that includes the Bristol night race). My job has taken some of the excitement out of it, though. Because recording a race and watching it later is just not the same, especially when you keep accidentally finding out who wins ahead of time.
Family
My brother-in-law probably has Celiac's Disease. But they aren't 100% sure because even though they did a colonoscopy to find out, they didn't bother to do the biopsy during the colonoscopy that would have given them a definitive answer. So he has to be on a gluten free diet and they're hoping that helps. (My sister has informed me that gluten free bread is nasty as hell.)
My mom was diagnosed with migraines that do not include pain. Yes, that does exist. She's a freak. She has had severe dry eye problems for years, requiring surgery and all sorts of experimental procedures. And then a few weeks ago she was diagnosed with Fuchs' dystrophy, which is a degenerative eye issue that could lead to need for a corneal transplant in the future. The real fun of Fuchs' - each blood relative of my mom has a 50% chance of having it too, but we won't know (usually) until we're about 50. Considering my sister has dry eye issues but I don't (even though I had lasik, which can cause dry eye), we're pretty sure that the odds are not in my sister's favor (I also had an astigmatism, which comes from my dad's side, but my sister does not - theory being my eye genetics mostly come from dad, praise Jesus). So my mom mentions the Fuchs' to my grandmother...who turns out to already know about it because she's had it for years. But hey, she's in her 80s, so she doesn't worry anymore. Good lord, my grandmother sucks at telling about medical things. (She also didn't tell my mom about the family history of having babies fast. I was almost born in an ambulance because mom didn't know that we had a 4 hour time limit from beginning to end. Or that one of her cousins was born in a car.)
My grandmother "remodeled" a bedroom in her house for $600. New curtains! New bed linens! New flooring! She actually pulled up the carpet and put down vinyl flooring. She put down vinyl flooring over perfectly good wood floors! The even bigger kicker - the vinyl she put down was wood grain. We don't even know.