Survey Says..........????????

See if you can tell by this picture...........

Well, neither could the ultrasound lady.....from that picture. After several minutes of searching and one prediction of a girl......she was finally able to find the infamous boy parts. So we are having a boy.......a son.....so what did we do to celebrate?? We went and spent way too much money on clothes for the baby. Plus we registered at Babies R' Us. The store was really confusing at first but it better once I remembered to take deep breaths. I tell you on thing, that kid is going to be spoiled.

In other news........the trip home was nice. It was of course way to short and we didn't get to see everyone we wanted to (sorry Lyker's we really wanted to meet Maggie). It made us miss everyone a lot when we had to leave after only seeing them for a couple hours. One thing I didn't really miss is the Pittsburgh winter weather. I know it's technically Spring but the weather is still Winter. That damp, cloudy cold was starting to wear on me after only a few days. It makes me appreciate how good we have it out here with all the sunshine and dry air.

I did get my fill of two things that I missed the most during my first year away from the 'burgh......Primanti's and Yuengling Lager. Boy they both tasted good too. They both need to think about expanding out west. Of course when I was hanging out with a buddy of mine I had to drink a Coors Light with the comment, "It tastes fresher out there", even though it tastes exactly the same.

Well I'm sitting here watching tv and trying to think of things to say, but not getting too far. So I'm gonna cut this post off.

Catch you all later.

Home Again

So, in the first time in over a year, Melissa are heading back to Pennsylvania for a visit. We had been debating on whether or not to go for a few months now. I kept checking airfares and there was never any good fares except for the flight that lasted 12 hours with a layover. The all of the sudden a good fare came up so we took it. The return flight has two layovers but it doesn't take too long, so we can deal with that. Especially since we probably won't be able to make it back again for a long time. Our flight gets into the 'burgh on Tuesday March 25 early in the afternoon and we leave then on Sunday the 30th. Melissa and I are both looking forward to seeing some friends and family that we haven't seen in over a year.

Other than that, everything else is going well, Melissa has been feeling great and has no more morning sickness, or all day sickness as it was in her case. The baby is doing well too, we got the heartbeat again last time at the doctor's and it was good and strong.

Not much more than that going on, life has been pretty boring lately. Hopefully will have more to write here in the next few weeks.

Lag time

Hello all, I hope this new post finds everyone doing well. Its been a while since I have been able to think of anything to write about. Of course that must mean how boring our lives are at this moment right now. Aside from all the baby stuff things have just been pretty stagnant. The weather has been pretty cold most of the time. It gets nice for a day here and there but the motivation to get out and enjoy it usually isn't. Plus I'm usually working on the nice days of course.

The job is going really well. Its nice to have a job when you can wake up every day and not feel miserable about going to work. Sure my line of work can have some high stress situations but it is always fun. Plus it makes me feel like I'm helping other people, although some may not think so!

As for the baby, Melissa is almost at 15 weeks. 5 more and we figure out if we are having a boy or girl. Scary huh? Time is going so fast. And there is so much left to get ready. Lucky enough that we have some AWESOME friends that have given us some essential baby items (high chair, car seat, etc.) Now all I have to do is remodel a basement, and move two rooms around. Should be easy right? Done by August?

That's my new source of motivation. :-)

Lame joke: A man walks into a bar with a giraffe. They both get pissed. The giraffe falls over. The man goes to leave and the bartender says, "Oi. You can't leave that lyin' there." And the man says, "No. It's not a lion. It's a giraffe."

Keep dreaming Pittsburgh

OK, I still love Pittsburgh but I had to make the move out here. Things are very different here and the overall quality of our lives have improved since we moved out here.



SOOOOO, even though something like this happens here.....

The Denver area roads are a million times better than the roads in Pittsburgh.

Now that I've got that out of my system, I can go on in life.

The last few days have been interesting with the pregnancy. Melissa got the flu at the end of the last week. Notice how I don't capitalize the 'f' in flu. I know you don't have to but I am definitely not going to give it the dignitity of standing on its own. The flu has been the bane of my existence in the last few days. It created havoc in Melissa and made her spend two evenings in the hospital for dehydration. But today it seems like she has kicked it in the rear and all is well. I hope this keeps going for the better and damn you flu if I ever see you again.

-Angry

It's a beauty, Clark

I love it out here. This morning and afternoon it was cool out but the sun was shining. I went to get a massage at 6 and there were some flurries flying. Just flurries, maybe a dusting on the ground. An hour later when I walked outside there were about 4 inches on the ground. Then tomorrow it's supposed to be sunny again. And its beautiful out here when the sun is out.

So I started playing hockey on Tuesday, man am I sore. I've only played once since I moved out here and the alititude is killing me on the ice. When I start sucking wind my lungs are on fire. With all the exercising I've done since moving out here, I would have thought it would be a little easier than this. I'm gonna play again tomorrow and hopefully it will get a bit easier the second time. Plus it gets me out of bed earlier in the morning and the mornings are beautiful out here. When the sun comes up and hits the mountains, it is something else.

Well there is not much else going on out here lately. Seems as though its all work these days. Hope all is well with everyone else.

Drunks

I tell ya, I've been coming into contact with a lot more drunk people recently. Usually my experience with people who are intoxicated are friends of mine, or God forbid, family. And all those times when you deal with them under the influence, its just kinda like "yeah yeah, look at you you're a jackass". But its always in good fun.

Nowadays, its like, what the heck is wrong with people. The get all hammered and then go out and drive around. Then its everyone else's fault when they get in an accident or arrested for DUI. Time to face the music people. You made the decision, now live with it.

In other news, Melissa is doing well after we went to the doctor. She was having a lot of morning sickness issues but that all seems to have gone by the wayside.

Before I go. As I sit here at 2 in the morning watching my TIVO'd 3rd round of the Buick Invitational, someone remind me when it starts getting nicer out that I need to play some golf. Its been way too long since I played and its something I want to do.

Enough rambling. I'm tired and hitting the hay.

Sleep Schedule (need to change)

So, for the last 3 months (give or take), I have been working 3 in the afternoon until 1 in the morning. I usually don't work up til 1, usually til around 1230 and make it home around 1. So due to my career, I can't usually fall asleep until between 2 and 3 in the morning. So me being me, I keep thinking that I should be able to get up around 9 oclock so it doesn't feel like I've wasted the day. That would give me around 6 or 7 hours of sleep and I should be ready to go, because I know once little Angry Orris comes along I won't be getting anywhere near that much sleep.

Now do I actually get up that early, HELL NO. I find myself waking up at 11 sometimes 12 oclock. And when I sleep that long it never fails that I seem to wake up with a crazy ass headache. Now, I know what you are saying, "Set an alarm idiot." Yeah I know, but when Melissa gets up for school at 5 in the morning, I'm usually less coherent than when I've had a few drinks and never re-set the alarm. But anyways, this is a problem I'm working on fixing. I need to get in the habit of getting up and taking a jog to get myself ready for the long day.

Now this blog seems to be getting a bit more fun, I seem to be thinking of stuff during the day to put in here so hopefully it won't be a total bore to people who ready it. Maybe one day I can be as good as Jen at http://jayesel.net

I think I'll leave you with a 'Quote of the day':
-"So I broke down and bought the H&K, but now I can't find a holster for it."