Wednesday, July 19 - Sunday, July 23
My brother got married! And at this very moment he's probably lounging around on some beach in Hawaii. The ceremony was great. Everything was really well orchestrated, and most everybody knew exactly what they were supposed to do and when. Sherill was really excited the whole time, which was good to see. I've decided I really like her. She and Alex get along great, and I'm really happy for both of them. I can't express what a relief it was when the pastor asked if Alex had the rings and I could fork em over. They were burning a hole in my pocket. Every two minutes I would check to make sure they were still there. Sherill was so excited and happy and emotional she could barely get her vows out. It was really sweet.
The reception was fun too. It was in a big hall of a place, with buffet style food for everyone, and a DJ up front working the music for the dance floor. It was really hot in there though. No air conditioning, and 200 or so people heating the place up. It was pretty nuts. The toasting went well. I told the story of how my brother proposed to Sherill by first talking about how maple syrup was made, how you take the sap and boil it down and when you're done you're left with maple syrup. So now that I've said something sweet and something sappy, Sherill will you marry me. Well, I figured I'd stick with the theme of puns in her wedding, and offered her a piece of toast in a ziplock bag for my toast. Then I offered the obligatory sweet comment about how in love they are etc etc.
Taking the tuxes back after the wedding was an adventure. I rode with Terry Keatts back to the church where Cortni left her car, then we went to a Men's Warehouse to drop them off. Then we went to the hotel where my bro was staying to pick up his tux to return it for him, but by the time we got to the nearest Men's Warehouse, it was 6:20 and it was closed. Terry offered to take it and return it the next day though.
I drove home that night, which wasn't a bad drive. From Alex's apartment (where Terry and I went to unplug all his stuff and lock the doors etc) I had to get to I-90, which was made much easier by Terry driving in front of me and rolling down his window to point where I should exit I-5 to get on I-90. I've decided he's a nice guy. He graduated in May of last year and got a job with a company called FM Global, which is an insurance company. His job is to go around and take a look at all the facilities of the companies FM Global insures and see what can be done to make them safer. So he gets to interact with all sorts of people, learn what they do and how they do it, then offer suggestions on how they can do it more safely. The company is doing really well, and offers lots of perks such as a company car, comped gas, expenses, food, hotel stays, the whole nine yards. We talked at length about it, and it sounds like a pretty neat place to work. I'll be sure to send an application in.
So today I spent some time finishing a paper that is due tomorrow in Anthropology 201: Music in Society. Pretty exciting stuff. I have a test to take in that class tomorrow, which I'm also pretty excited about (sarcasm). On the plus side, once that's overwith, I'll only have a short presentation to give on Wednesday and I'll be done with the class. Now THAT I really AM excited about.
At some point I may be headed home to help my dad work on the 172. The engine is just about done being overhauled, and all that's left is to clean up the firewall and put the engine back on. I'm excited to fly it. Hopefully the generator leaking won't be a problem, or can be fixed before we put it back together. Its a real bear to reach, and it was leaking from the seal there, which is when I realized that something was wrong. I wonder if the two things are related.
I'm going to go study for my test now.
The reception was fun too. It was in a big hall of a place, with buffet style food for everyone, and a DJ up front working the music for the dance floor. It was really hot in there though. No air conditioning, and 200 or so people heating the place up. It was pretty nuts. The toasting went well. I told the story of how my brother proposed to Sherill by first talking about how maple syrup was made, how you take the sap and boil it down and when you're done you're left with maple syrup. So now that I've said something sweet and something sappy, Sherill will you marry me. Well, I figured I'd stick with the theme of puns in her wedding, and offered her a piece of toast in a ziplock bag for my toast. Then I offered the obligatory sweet comment about how in love they are etc etc.
Taking the tuxes back after the wedding was an adventure. I rode with Terry Keatts back to the church where Cortni left her car, then we went to a Men's Warehouse to drop them off. Then we went to the hotel where my bro was staying to pick up his tux to return it for him, but by the time we got to the nearest Men's Warehouse, it was 6:20 and it was closed. Terry offered to take it and return it the next day though.
I drove home that night, which wasn't a bad drive. From Alex's apartment (where Terry and I went to unplug all his stuff and lock the doors etc) I had to get to I-90, which was made much easier by Terry driving in front of me and rolling down his window to point where I should exit I-5 to get on I-90. I've decided he's a nice guy. He graduated in May of last year and got a job with a company called FM Global, which is an insurance company. His job is to go around and take a look at all the facilities of the companies FM Global insures and see what can be done to make them safer. So he gets to interact with all sorts of people, learn what they do and how they do it, then offer suggestions on how they can do it more safely. The company is doing really well, and offers lots of perks such as a company car, comped gas, expenses, food, hotel stays, the whole nine yards. We talked at length about it, and it sounds like a pretty neat place to work. I'll be sure to send an application in.
So today I spent some time finishing a paper that is due tomorrow in Anthropology 201: Music in Society. Pretty exciting stuff. I have a test to take in that class tomorrow, which I'm also pretty excited about (sarcasm). On the plus side, once that's overwith, I'll only have a short presentation to give on Wednesday and I'll be done with the class. Now THAT I really AM excited about.
At some point I may be headed home to help my dad work on the 172. The engine is just about done being overhauled, and all that's left is to clean up the firewall and put the engine back on. I'm excited to fly it. Hopefully the generator leaking won't be a problem, or can be fixed before we put it back together. Its a real bear to reach, and it was leaking from the seal there, which is when I realized that something was wrong. I wonder if the two things are related.
I'm going to go study for my test now.
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