The changes of students to graduates happens every year, but it only seems important when someone you know gets this honor. My older brother, Thomas, just got his Bachelor's earlier today and it was amazing that there he was standing and receiving his degree only a year after he had a major stroke. It was very inspiring for me.
I still am in the process of school and will have to do some research in order to see what (or if) the credit hours I took at a small (un-named) community college will be carried over when I further my education possibly later this year. I'm holding off, because of my debt situation, but I'm going to look into what options I have in the way of assistance for school.
On a personal note: I'd like to check out Sinclair with you sometime and have you introduce me to the staff there. Congratulations on becoming a graduate (again) and I hope that your motivation rubs off on me a little. Take care! :D
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Thursday, May 04, 2006
It's been a while...
Lots of things happening lately...
First off, some of Dan's friends from Ashtabula County, Ohio came down to run with Dan in a 5K Run that he participated in on this past Saturday. They showed up on Friday night late and we didn't get to hang out that night because we had to get up early the next day and needed our sleep.
They invited me to come along, but I just walked the whole distance (I haven't been training like Dan has). One of Dan's friends from Peru was running, too (in fact, he's the one that got Dan, who got everyone else to do it, as well). He came in 3rd place in his age bracket. Dan got done in about 34 minutes, where I got it done in 55 minutes (all without a single hint of running).
Dan wanted to go see a Cincinnati Reds game as an activity to do while his friends were visiting, so we had to quickly come home and shower. We didn't make it in time to check out the new Reds Hall of Fame that was built next to the new Great American Ballpark (I really like the new stadium). There was a lot of people and there was a special on bleacher seats, so we got "nose-bleed" seats (which weren't that bad, actually).
We didn't get seated until the top of the second inning. The Reds were hosting the Houston Astros, which, according to Dan, went to the World Series last year (he follows all sports). The Astros got two runs in the top of the second and the Reds were still score-less until the bottom of the fourth inning, where they had an excellent series of runs (4). Then, in the fifth, the scored two more. The Reds won the game rather easily and I was worried that they wouldn't score any. :) The Reds are doing pretty damn good this year and they've got the best record in baseball currently (okay they did, but Dan told me "No"; I always get on his case that he's glued to ESPN). :D
I hope they do good this year. I really miss the Reds circa '89 and '90. I'm too old for the "Big Red Machine" era Reds, but they won the World Series in 1990. The Reds are the first professional baseball team, played in the first official game, played the first night game, etc...
Then, after coming home, Dan and I ate at the only Sonic in southwest Ohio. It was Dan's first time and my second. Pretty good, again. Then, the others ate at Skyline Chili, as it's something that's not in their area and it's a local tradition (it originated from Cincy).
I stayed home while they went out for a few hours and I was nodding off by the time they came home, but I decided to stay up and watch them play Project Gotham Racing 3 and Halo 2 on my Xbox 360.
Then, on Sunday, I was going to try and wake up to go to church with my brother, but he just wanted to be lazy and sleep in. My friend, Randy, called and we went for a bike ride around Vandalia and it started pouring and the wind picked up, which by the time we wound our way around town, past the airport and went home, we were soaking wet (including my shorts which got the spray from the rear tire). I don't know how far we went or how long we were gone, but the horrid weather made it less enjoyable.
I've been so busy this week that I haven't even been able to play my Xbox 360 all week (and I wanted to tonight before bed, but I got on the computer). It feels good to know that I'm not 'addicted', but I miss it. Tomorrow after work, I've going to go to the gym with Randy, so I probably won't be playing it then. I haven't even gotten to play Oblivion that I rented from Blockbluster for the week. Oh well, guess I'll give it my utmost attention when GameFly actually gets it in stock and ships it out to me. I think I'm done with Rumble Roses (what a piece of crap!).
Till next time...
First off, some of Dan's friends from Ashtabula County, Ohio came down to run with Dan in a 5K Run that he participated in on this past Saturday. They showed up on Friday night late and we didn't get to hang out that night because we had to get up early the next day and needed our sleep.
They invited me to come along, but I just walked the whole distance (I haven't been training like Dan has). One of Dan's friends from Peru was running, too (in fact, he's the one that got Dan, who got everyone else to do it, as well). He came in 3rd place in his age bracket. Dan got done in about 34 minutes, where I got it done in 55 minutes (all without a single hint of running).
Dan wanted to go see a Cincinnati Reds game as an activity to do while his friends were visiting, so we had to quickly come home and shower. We didn't make it in time to check out the new Reds Hall of Fame that was built next to the new Great American Ballpark (I really like the new stadium). There was a lot of people and there was a special on bleacher seats, so we got "nose-bleed" seats (which weren't that bad, actually).
We didn't get seated until the top of the second inning. The Reds were hosting the Houston Astros, which, according to Dan, went to the World Series last year (he follows all sports). The Astros got two runs in the top of the second and the Reds were still score-less until the bottom of the fourth inning, where they had an excellent series of runs (4). Then, in the fifth, the scored two more. The Reds won the game rather easily and I was worried that they wouldn't score any. :) The Reds are doing pretty damn good this year and they've got the best record in baseball currently (okay they did, but Dan told me "No"; I always get on his case that he's glued to ESPN). :D
I hope they do good this year. I really miss the Reds circa '89 and '90. I'm too old for the "Big Red Machine" era Reds, but they won the World Series in 1990. The Reds are the first professional baseball team, played in the first official game, played the first night game, etc...
Then, after coming home, Dan and I ate at the only Sonic in southwest Ohio. It was Dan's first time and my second. Pretty good, again. Then, the others ate at Skyline Chili, as it's something that's not in their area and it's a local tradition (it originated from Cincy).
I stayed home while they went out for a few hours and I was nodding off by the time they came home, but I decided to stay up and watch them play Project Gotham Racing 3 and Halo 2 on my Xbox 360.
Then, on Sunday, I was going to try and wake up to go to church with my brother, but he just wanted to be lazy and sleep in. My friend, Randy, called and we went for a bike ride around Vandalia and it started pouring and the wind picked up, which by the time we wound our way around town, past the airport and went home, we were soaking wet (including my shorts which got the spray from the rear tire). I don't know how far we went or how long we were gone, but the horrid weather made it less enjoyable.
I've been so busy this week that I haven't even been able to play my Xbox 360 all week (and I wanted to tonight before bed, but I got on the computer). It feels good to know that I'm not 'addicted', but I miss it. Tomorrow after work, I've going to go to the gym with Randy, so I probably won't be playing it then. I haven't even gotten to play Oblivion that I rented from Blockbluster for the week. Oh well, guess I'll give it my utmost attention when GameFly actually gets it in stock and ships it out to me. I think I'm done with Rumble Roses (what a piece of crap!).
Till next time...
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