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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Some Good, Some Bad, Some Weird

I've put off updating on here for far too long and there's been some major changes around here in the last seven months.

My Dad and Grandma getting some sun in the back yard, 5/11/13.

2013 started off with my 101 year old grandmother moving in with us. Despite her age she's in pretty good shape. Her eyesight and hearing ain't too good, but she gets around pretty well on her own and doesn't really need that much help with anything. She makes her own breakfast, lunch, and dinner everyday all on her own, and doesn't suffer from mental disabilities usually associated with someone her age, such as alzheimer's or dementia or whatever.
For the last few years she's had her own apartment in a senior care facility. It was a really nice place, and she had her own room. The reason she moved in with us wasn't due to a health issue or anything like that. She just simply ran out of money.

Funny Yellow Cars and Birthday Shenanigans

Well God damn! It's been a while since I've updated here. Anyhow. So a couple weeks ago I finally got a job driving a cab in Carson City. A job that I just quit tonight. There simply was no money to be made. In fact, I actually lost money.

Meet Stefanie

I've been friends with Stefanie for about ten years now. We met on the interwebz back in the Myspace days. When we met we both had the same exact kind of car. A Mazda P5. Hers is yellow, and mine was black. We also share the same birthday!

Stef has the rare fortune to live a few months out of the year in Yellowstone National Park with her fiance', Coty. I really enjoy reading her updates! Her articles are a lot of fun. If you want to know what it's like to live in Yellowstone, check out her HubPages at http://stefa.hubpages.com/, or her blog at http://juststefsluck.blogspot.com/. She hasn't posted on her blog since last November, but there's still some good reading and pictures to check out. You can also follow her on Twitter @GrovesTravels. Enjoy!

Friday, June 1, 2012

Day Three 5-30-12 and Sore Left Foot

Day three was pretty good. Details in the pics. I ended up having to get a ride to my grandparent's house in Reno. I didn't want to cheat on this walk, but my left foot is giving me serious problems due to the road construction surface I had to walk on during the first day. I'm going to hang out here for as long as it takes, hopefully only til early next week. I absolutely do not want to have to go back home for several weeks or whatever to heal this up, and then have to start over again. Luckily my aunts 'n grandparents are gracious hosts, and I'll be able to catch some Giants games! Here's a video and a bunch of pics of Day Three, enjoy!

Day Two 5-29-12

My second day didn't go as planned, but that's alright. I'm sure that's gonna happen more often than not on this trip. Decent hotel room with shitty neighbor...