What does it mean, when on your drive into the office you begin to think... If the zombies attacked right now, at least you don't have to go to work today.

It has been over seven months since I last posted. Perhaps LJ is becoming obsolete. I use Facebook for a quick drive by status, and no matter how cathartic writing in LJ is... well, I'm just tired of bitching.

I have noticed that most people, as well as myself, tend to be "upbeat and positive" on FB. However, if life is still having its ups and downs, and FB is getting the ups, than maybe I still need LJ for the downs. Oh bother, I guess it truly doesn't matter.

Life has been rather good lately!

A couple weeks back, I put together a plan to improve my nutrition and fitness. It seems to have been working. I'm down 5 lbs over the last two weeks, which actually exceeds my goal for weekly weight loss.

Now, I'm trying to make some further changes and plans to improve other aspects of my life.

If nothing else, hopefully I will become a master of time management :-P

Danielle and I saw The Crazies tonight. Not half bad...but 28 Days Later was still much better.

No bars of steel are half as strong as the walls confining my mind...sad!

I have no idea why, but I'm pretty much happy today. The only reason I'm surprised is things have been less than perfect at work. The ex- and I are still arguing about how to raise my daughter.

Perhaps it is because I took tomorrow off work. Chalk it up as a mental health day. The only thing I have planned so far is sleeping in, and grabbing lunch with an old friend.

When I got home, I had an e-mail message from the meetup group that was going to host the Sharks game. My money had been returned. Basically, the price had increased too much, so the couple hosting was unable to attend (hence, unable to put on).

So, I have taken it upon myself to get the tickets :-)


Got a couple excellent seats for us to see the Avalanche get slaughtered by the Sharks. Well, perhaps the sharks will get slaughtered, but I don't mind who really wins :-P

In recent posts, I had mentioned that I have been trying to get Danielle and I out and about a bit more. Meet new people and all that jazz. whenever I hear someone talking about wanting to do a bit more, meet new friends...I always tell them about a website called meetup.com. The funny thing is, I have never attended another groups meetup. Well, I decided to find something... and it worked. Danielle and I are going to the Sharks v. Avalanche game next month.

Danielle's sooooo excited! I guess I hadn't realized that she missed the games so much. I thought she loved spending the money on travels, the house, etc. At least I now have a good idea for gifts in the future (at least during the hockey season).

Well, I promised myself the other week that I would focus on improving my health, and in short...it seems that I have kept my word somewhat. Over the last two weeks, I have walked, jogged, or hiked 8 times. I'm hoping to see this number continue to increase, but this will mean I need to improve scheduling other aspects of my life.

Work is work... nothing exciting to say there. We have a new program manager, and she has all the heart and soul of on the hunt. Good for her, and perhaps she will even be successful. Hopefully, she learns to watch her tongue though. It's one thing to be persistent, and it's another just to be a bitch about things.

Danielle and I are planning a camping trip. It looks like we have decided to go with Big Basin, which is fine...it's a nice camp ground. It's just we always stay at Memorial or Big Basin, and I wish we could try something new.

Home improvements are coming along nicely. I basically have the sitting room all painted (with the exception of base-boards... after all, I need to leave something for Danielle to do :-P ). Looking back over the last year, we have done quite a bit. We have painted the living room and kitchen an off-white. We made Elizabeth's room quite girlie... we painted that one winsome-lilac (looks like a lite-purple to me, but what do us men know). The sitting room has an off-white ceiling, walls are this tan (called sand) color, and painted one accent wall merlot (very deep red). We painted the gym walls a tan color called haze, and the ceiling in that room a soft dirty white, called swiss coffee. The garage has been primed and is ready to be painted (as soon as I have a moment to catch my breath). I guess we have done a little work over the last 16 months we have lived her.