Troy's life update
Things continue to be busy, with house stuff taking up tons of time. Just an update on what's going on in my life.
- Had a fun weekend with my family at Sun River. I've mentioned some about it already in the last two posts along with a post about all the games we played, on the game blog.
- Kevin and I watched the amazing Double Impact on Showtime 2. Yes, it's Jean-Claude Van Damme as a pair of kickboxing twins. It also has Geoffrey Lewis, who was (is?) a very underrated action movie actor (that's semi-sarcastic).
- We also had the great plan to send Tricia, Tieryn, and my Mom off to the spa for the day so we could spend that time watching the Stone Cold Steve Austin DVD. A brilliant plan, especially for the amazing Austin vs. Ricky Steamboat match from his WCW days. I think Kevin and I were emulating that one for the rest of the trip.
- Other than that, it was nice to just sit and relax for an entire weekend. We did most of the typical Sun River type things -- Tricia and I were able to go on three longish bike rides (on the 1-speed cruisers the house had), we made it to the pool once, ate at the bakery everyday, got some ice cream at Goodies, and used the lukewarm, tepid hot tub (we requested a new house for next year just because of the bad hot tub).
- We were also able to finally get that elusive 2008 picture, which is what you see at the top of the post. I'm going to photoshop in Mt. Bachelor, which is behind us if you squint really hard (you can see it in the picture I took of Kevin and Tieryn).
- We got an offer on our house (it was way too low) and in order to reject it we had to bring our printer and scanner with us, along with my laptop. For some reason it felt silly to pack up all that for a vacation.
- Last night was week 3 (my second week -- my team had a bye the week before) of the Mentor Golf League. And I remembered why golf can be such an evil sport. In the span of two weeks I went from having an above average day (for me) to just tanking in the worst way possible (I golfed a 59 for 9 holes...12 shots more than the last week). I'm just going to forget about it and do better next week.
- As far as the house goes, people are coming through the house and looking at it and we are getting good feedback on it. Some things that people are "complaining" about on it we can't really do anything about (yes, it's technically a flag lot, but it's not as bad as that connotation would make you believe), but we are confident that the right people and the right offer will come along soon enough.
- The lot purchase is still on hold for now. Not really in a hurry on that anyways, since we can't start building until we sell our house and we aren't really worried about anyone snatching the lot we like away from under our noses (plus we have a backup lot).
- Which leaves us with the fun that will ensue from the interim period of selling our house and then moving in to our next one. We are looking at several options for an apartment (we are inquiring about the ones in downtown Salem) or for a rental house (my parents may have a connection for us there). We are a little scared of moving in to a small place with each other during what will be a stressful (but fun) time for us. YOU try living with me in a confined space for an extended period of time, it'd stress you out too :P
- In addition to all that, we are trying to plan a vacation, we have family and friend commitments, and a work has been busy for both of us. I've been enjoying the opportunity to blog more frequently lately, but that may have to go by the wayside over the next few weeks, at least.
