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Name: Bob
Country: United States
State: Indiana
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Birthday: 5/16/1978
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Tired

Ironically, I'm not terribly tired physically, but I am tired in all other senses.

I'm tired of working, and never getting anywhere.
I'm tired of feeling unsuccessful.
I'm tired of being told of all my 'wonderful' character and relational flaws.
I'm tired of relationships requiring so much effort.
I'm tired of knowing what I must do but not doing it.
I'm tired of asking people to listen and just try to understand, and instead I get lectures and advice on how to make it better.
I'm tired of running out of single friends.
I'm tired of feeling so terribly unique that its hard for people to relate to me.
I'm tired of that lonely feeling that comes with it.

I'm refreshed by serving.
I'm refreshed by smiling.
I'm refreshed by laughing.
I'm refreshed by the Lord.
I'm refreshed by sport and competition.
I'm refreshed by sunshine and wind (especially in the form of bike rides)
I'm refreshed by getting to work on all my projects
I'm refreshed by trust and respect

I can't really make all those happen, but I'll do my best at my part.


Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Happy Birthday to Me!

"Yep, its my birthday.  I will be offering free photos w/ me in my birthday suit all day (bring your own camera).  Feel free to stop by."  You better believe that's getting sent out to the nonbiz list at work.

Best rendition of Happy Birthday I can ever remember went something like this this morning:

Grandpa: "Happy Birthday "
Grandma:                          " to you!"
Grandpa: "Happy Birthday .... "
Grandma:                               "......   oh... to you!"
Together:  [the rest of the song]

Feel free to give me a call at work today.  It will be fun.  765-751-7157


Wednesday, May 10, 2006

So busy...

I've been ridiculously busy lately.  I worked over 60 hours the last 2 weeks.  All my friends (what's left of them) can attest to my absence, either physically or mentally.

For the sake of proving I'm still alive, pictures are included:


Today was Crazy Hat, Socks, and/or Tie Day at work.  Straight out of a future incarnation of Office Space.



Golf from last Friday with my work buddy Steve.  As weird as this sounds (to me), its really nice to hang out with an older man.  :(  Its times like these that make me miss my dad, but I'm glad God is providing nice people to fill in some of the blanks. (this is probably the best picture I've taken in months/years)

FYI - Its my birthday next Tuesday!  Start sending gifts now. :)


Monday, April 24, 2006

Haulin' @$$ for the Cure

So as of last Monday, my foot/ankle started hurting me.   I'm not sure what it is, but Dr. J Hunt says its probably just some sort of tendonitis.  In a 10 second diagnosis, he said I could run in the race on Saturday, that it wouldn't kill me, and I took that as permission to make my foot hurt for the following week as well.

It still hurts.

The good news though is that I finished the race in a little over 23 minutes, and beat everyone I knew except Jon Scott.  I blame his lengthy frame. ;)  It feels good to run in events.  I don't know that I really like the daily runs as much as the ones where I'm being driven by some purpose. 


Me about a mile and a half into it.               This is me just in front of Carl and then us collapsing together afterwards.  Awww.


A super cool pic from Saturday night.

In other news, the aforementioned baby birds have died. They were really getting cute.  They had started to grow feathers on their wings and everything.   I think the mother just abandoned them after being scared by Abby a couple times. :( 

My annual review happens on Monday, and I hope it goes well.  This means my raise should come in the next 2 weeks as well.   That will be nice... or it better be nicer than last year ( I got the minimum raise.)


Thursday, April 13, 2006

Baby birds


They're pretty ugly aren't they?  They're still cute though.



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