Brent’s Thoughts

I guess I will attribute the lack of posting here to that.  Things have pretty much just been static around here.  Julie is getting bigger, smarter, more active, but there haven’t been any crazy changes.  She says a few single words every now and then, but she isn’t really talking a bunch yet.

P is getting close to finishing her thesis for her Masters.  I think she is planning on trying to defend it here in a month or so.  I don’t know if I had mentioned it on here yet, but she went back to working everyday right around Julie’s birthday.  Julie has been in daycare with a lady that lives just a bit down the road, and she seems to really like it.

i have just been working around the house a little.  It has been cool the last few days, so I took that chance to trim all the bushes around the house back down to a more normal size.  Some of them are getting big and we are going to have to move a couple of them because there just isn’t any room in the bed anymore.

P and I put down a edging around some of the beds that made them look a little better and should make it a lot easier to keep the grass out of the mulch.

I guess things are just moving along really.

Julie had her first birthday last Friday and her first birthday party on Sunday.  Things went really well after a minor error on when everyone was supposed to be at the house.  I think Julie had a good time with the people being there and with the things that she got.  It was obvious that she enjoyed the cake, but then who doesn’t.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the two days:

Well this year was my first Father’s Day ever.  “Julie” got me a great card and some great gifts.  It is funny, but it does really feel cool to have a day “earmarked” for you.  I guess it kind of felt like a Birthday, except anymore birthdays aren’t really that big of a deal.

happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you…
you are a great boyfriend, so I will be the first to say happy 26th birthday to you!
love,
P

Somethings you never think to say until it is too late. Sometimes you never take the chance to say them until the chance is gone. I don’t want to wait until that has happened to me.

I want to say thanks for every time that we played catch, and every time that we shot baskets. For every game of one on one and every time we messed with Legos. Every time we worked on the Commodore, to every time that we raced slot cars. Every time that we went to the lake to every time that we cut down a tree. For every memory you left me in these photo albums to every thought you share with me on these comments. Every time you watched out for me (sometimes even when I didn’t think you made it there in time). Every game of chess. Every talk. Every story. Every vacation, and every time you just sat and watched me do something completely stupid and said, “Good job”. Every answer to every question and every “lesson”. Sometimes I didn’t know I was learning and sometimes I didn’t know I wasn’t done learning.
For every ride on a roller coaster to ever pull behind the boat.

All these things and more, I cherish and am glad that I have gotten. I know sometimes I get caught up in my life and sometimes I don’t spend as much time with everyone that I can. Someday I will probably look back and wish I had spent more, but I am glad for the memories that I already have and the memories that I continue to make every time I am around you.

Thanks Dad for being my dad and thanks for so much that I have in my life.

Happy Birthday.

Well I have been somewhat falling behind in posting the things in my life…

I forgot to mention that on Stacey’s birthday we went to a casino boat on the Ohio River. Stacey had a great time and I had a pretty good time as well. I think everyone lost money, except maybe mom (because she didn’t play) and Stacey (because she won). It was a good time though, but I think I much prefer arcades when it comes to spending money in video machines. I can make them last longer.

Original thread from my old forums

Stacey and I worked out a plan for her birthday that I think is pretty cool. She bought an Xbox (used) and I am modding it for her. I also bought the DVD kit for her and an extra controller.

I have been working on it the last couple nights and I have it completely modded now. All software based mods, except the actual switching out of the hard drive. Really doing it up nice for her. I made a Pacers skin for it that looks pretty good and I am finishing up loading the games on it and stuff. I think she will be really happy with it.

I am also working on a doc to tell people how to do it. I should have that done here soon as well. I just got done helping Lamamonster with his and I think he is really happy with it.

Seriously, I really do like my job. It is pretty cool working here and I get to mess with a lot of the stuff that I want.

BUT (You guys knew there was going to be a “but” didn’t you?)

Lately I just find myself wishing I was home. I mean I am really starting to find myself longing for some time at the house to just goof off and stuff. It sounds like this is a bad time to feel that way too. This monday I am heading to Louisville with P, My mom and my sister for my sister’s 21st birthday. We are meeting my Grandma and Joe at one of the casino boats. It should be a real cool trip since I have never been to a casino. Then next weekend I agreed (rather stupidly, before I found out how long it was) to help run a Swim Meet which takes place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Plus for some continuing odd reason they always schedule this stupid meet on the same weekend that WKU has a swim meet, so now I have to figure some way to do that as well.

So anyway, I find myself wishing I wasn’t here and that instead I was at home. I am not really sure why, since like I have said I really do enjoy this job. It is one of those really odd things I guess.

Original thread from my old forums

Well here soon (in like 3 hours) it will be my 24th Birthday. It is interesting to me that this birthday was almost here and I didn’t even realize it. Thinking back to when I was a kid birthdays were something of a huge even it seemed. I was always lucky enough to have my Birthday in the middle of the summer so I had plenty of time to think about it. It seemed like I did too. At least a week before each birthday was spent thinking about it and waiting for it.

Of course presents were a bigger deal then too.

Well I guess this year I did get a fairly big (pun intended) present in Pico, but things just seem to be a little more subdued toward birthdays now. It isn’t really a bad thing, it isn’t really a good thing, just an interesting one.