Catching up.

It has been some time since my last blog entry. I kind of put it off after the end of the last semester. Now, I don't have any Internet access where I will be staying in Wisconsin Rapids. That may become a problem in the future. All that aside, I am ready for the challenge of the next semester. I have spent the last few days getting to know the UWSP campus and facilities. I have also picked up the necessary books and materials. It still seems like a dream when I tell people that I am going to be attending UWSP. When I was walking around campus I felt like a completely different human being, or maybe just outside of my body and looking down on myself. Fortunately for me my algebra class transferred over as math 90, and their math 100 that I am taking doesn't look much different than what I was doing last semester. I am very excited for the first day of school.

I am staying at my in laws while I am attending school, and it seems like it will work out pretty well. I have my own bathroom which is nice. I also will have all kinds of toys to play with. Such as: tractors, atv's, horses, goats, and dogs. Not that the latter of those are toys, but they will definitely be fun to play with. I fixed one of the tractors last week. It had been sitting in the garage for two years, and no one thought I would get it to run. I guess they don't know how stubborn I can be when it comes to fixing things. Now I will start on the four wheeler, it really needs a tune up.

I managed to quit smoking about three weeks ago. I had my wisdom teeth pulled out and couldn't smoke, so I just decided to quit. It has definitely been difficult, and will continue to be difficult for some time, but it is already worth it. I can breath better, I don't wheeze and cough all night long, and I have more time on my hands to concentrate on more important things. I realized that whether I was smoking or not I would constantly crave cigarettes, so not smoking is the same as smoking except I'm not smoking. I don't know, it made sense in my head, and that's all that matters.

Hopefully I will be able to blog more frequently in the near future. I hope everyone is doing well, and good luck in the next semester.

Parking tickets are annoying.

On Monday of this week I was issued a parking ticket for being within 15 feet of a crosswalk. I was pretty angry, because even though I was within 15 feet, the street behind my truck hadn't been plowed out yet, and I couldn't back my little s-10 any further from the crosswalk. There were also two other cars within 15 feet of a crosswalk and they didn't get a ticket. So I marched on over to city hall and signed up to contest my ticket in traffic court. I then took a bunch of pictures with my friends' digital camera, and started to build a case. Traffic court is every Wednesday morning just inside the main doors to city hall. I got up early on my day off from classes to go to traffic court. I was called in, and after a few minutes I had gotten the ticket dismissed. It really wasn't as hard as one might think. I now believe the answer to the city targeting students for parking is flooding the system with students who have gotten parking tickets while they were in class. If more people complain, the more the city has to re-think the two hour parking that is so unfair. It also presents a safety hazard for students. If you have to move your car between classes to avoid a ticket then the risk of that student getting hit by a car ,or getting into an accident, has increased significantly. It also may have an inherent effect on that persons education. When you have to leave school and rush to move your car and then rush back, you get to class all flustered and that might hurt your ability to sit, listen, and learn. The City of La Crosse doesn't care about those things, they only care about the revenue flow brought to them from their parking authority. What do you think?

This happens to be the last require blog post for Written Communications, but I plan to continue my blog. I also don't have to be so polite with my wording which will be kind of nice. Having said that, this will not be a child friendly blog, just so ya know. Well, it's almost 7 a.m. and I have one class left for the semester today. I hope everyone had a great semester. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and yours.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

I'm sorry, but I am totally enjoying the blizzard. I had to shovel snow for three hours, but watching my dogs play in the snow was entirely worth it. I also had to give one of my friends a ride to his car, and he was scared stiff riding in shotgun. I admit that I probably shouldn't drive the way that I do, but it is just so much fun. I wait all year long to pretend I have a vehicle capable of spinning the tires and drifting around corners. To date I have done donuts with a garbage truck, a recycling truck, a flatbed truck, and a crane, along with many personal vehicles. I think everyone should do a little crazy driving in an empty parking lot, just to learn how their vehicles react in the snow. If you know how your vehicle reacts to snow, then you become a better and more informed driver. Knowing how to drive in the snow is something that we lose from winter to winter. So go ahead and do some donuts, it may save your life if you do lose control in a traffic situation.

My neighbor is from Texas, and he also loves the snow. Except, he hasn't been sledding once since moving to Wisconsin. It should be a crime to have not been sledding after living in Wisconsin for more than three years. I plan on taking him sledding this weekend. I think I'll take him to the farm that I hunt on. There is a massive sledding hill that goes straight down for about ten yards before starting to level out. It is a right of passage for Wisconsinites to go sledding, whether on a hill or behind a truck, and this weekend he will finally be a true Wisconsinite after going sledding.

Barely Coherant.

I'm really really tired right at this very moment. I have been up since 3:30 this morning, driven to UW-Stevens Point in the snow, registered for the spring semester, stopped at the in-laws, drove all the way back to La Crosse, was just about to pass out on the couch, and I remembered that I had almost forgotten to write my blog. So here I am, writing my blog at 9:00 at night.

Today was an intense day of running around, and filling out paperwork. By the end of the day I had my schedule and I was on my way. I had to take a wellness class, and I got to choose between jogging or karate. I'll let you guess which one I picked. I also have a history class and an art class. I am taking a total of five classes, but it's really more like six. My science class has a lab class three days a week. But I'm on my way, and that's freak'n awesome. And now I am going to go to bed so that I can wake up and do some more homework.

Eating can be as fun as hunting!

Well, hunting deer was less than successful so far this gun season. There are two and a half days left. Hopefully I'll see a deer before Sunday, but I haven't seen one in the woods yet this year. I didn't go hunting on Thanksgiving Day, I decided to spend the day eating. This year my lovely wife Jordyn made scalloped corn. I helped make the corn by going to the store for all the ingredients. At about two o' clock in the afternoon we drove to her grandparents house.
I then proceeded to eat like it was the last day on Earth. I ate some of everything, and a lot of some things. I had to convince myself to stop before my stomach exploded. Today, I will continue to eat the left-overs. Pecan pie, turkey, pumpkin pie, and scalloped corn. I justify my glutenous behavior by telling myself that I do enough excercise during deer season to balance the scale. I guess I'm not really that concerned about it, because I'm still going to eat the rest of this pie. I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving, and a good break from class.

Time to kill.

Once again it is time to put on the orange and head out into the woods. Many people in Wisconsin wait all year for gun season to start again. For me though, it usually means I'll get to spend a couple of days at the cabin, which in itself is worth the drive. No electricity, no Internet, and you can barely get cell coverage. Tucked away in the middle of a cedar swamp, and right on the edge Bob Howe Lake, it's very refreshing to leave civilization for a little while. I am hoping to come back with a deer, but that's not really all that necessary to have a good weekend. Hopefully this year I won't see any bear, at least not real close up, even though they are extremely fascinating. Usually me and my friend Matt just chill in the cabin, play some guitar, and sit by the fire. Hunt in the morning, have lunch, hunt till dark, and drink a couple of beers. I might bring my math book, but I really doubt that I'll actually look at it. Either way, it should be a pretty peaceful weekend, until Bambi walks out in front of me.

Procrastination or education.

Whoa!! Could someone please slow down the semester? It's going oh so fast. It feels like yesterday was the first day of classes and it's only a little over a month until the end of the semester. Homework started to catch up with me a bit last week, mostly because I procrastinated all last weekend. Hey, when the beer goes down good, keep it going down right. I have a phrase I used to say a bit back in the day:" I think I got the fear". Which basically means I'm afraid I'm going to be quite drunk later. Get it, got the fear, afraid I'm going to be drunk later. Yup, I got the fear. At least this Friday I finished my algebra homework and started on my econ assignments. So, tomorrow if I finish my econ and read my American National Government book, I can let myself go hunting. Well, I gotta go, my beer is getting warm.