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It’s been a while since i’ve given you all an update for what’s been going on with us in our erm, “happy little family”. We moved to coos bay to work for a call center here, ACS. Were currently living with sabrina’s aunt however are expected to be able to move into our own place friday, so that will be nice. I’m not saying I don’t like staying here, but as the saying goes, there’s no place like home. We are both doing good at our jobs, but i’m still waiting for sprint to get it on there site for jaws to work right so that I might personally take calls. One of these days however, i’ll log into our software and it’ll come up talking. That’ll be nice. Right now however, i’m taking calls and someone else is doing the work. I then have to talk with the customer as the other person tells me what’s going on on the screen. A bit of work, but totally doable.
I also listen into calls so that I have a better chance of being able to have my calls “Flow” when I do finally take calls. For the most part it’s working well. I however, have to admit that I can’t wait to be able to take my own calls. When I can i’ll be doing a lot of OT, and so Sabrina doesn’t have to listen to me bitch and stuff, smile.
Nicholas is doing wonderful. He has a doctor appointment tomorrow after work, so we’ll get him his shots, and his weight. When we did take him to the doctor a couple of weeks ago, he did way 14lbs, and was looking healthy. However, tomorrow is his wellness checkup appointment with shots given as well.
Anyways, as I said things are going well. We can’t wait to be in our own place, and do like it down here. I miss alaska a bit however, but think honestly in the long run this being down here is going to be for the best for all of us. You know, if you look back in my blog, like a year or so you’ll see how much I didn’t like alaska, and now I miss/like it? It’s strange how so much can change…
Anyways that’s it for now. I’ll update again when I have time and something to say.

The Space Camp Adventure
My fear of elevators first came about one early fall morning in space camp 2004. I had been attending the space camp in Huntsville Alabama for about two days now and there had to this point been no issues. My traveling around the campus had been relatively easy after someone showed me around and I had grown confident about my travel skills and knowledge of the location of places around the campus. I began my track up stairs to meet the rest of my class on the main floor, thinking that this would be yet another normal day in space camp. I however was so very mistaken. I learned the true meaning of fear, respect, relief, and friendship in the matter of a half an hour that day I got stuck in an elevator with Kendra.
“Good Morning,” a voice said to my left as I stepped onto the elevator. Recognizing the voice I responded, “good morning to you Kendra, how are you this morning?” As I pushed the button for the main floor knowing that she likely all ready pushed it but believing that the more I pushed it the faster we would get there, I pushed it again as she responded, “i’m doing well, running a bit late but aside from that doing well.” Nodding, knowing she couldn’t see me but being use to being around people who could see I didn’t really notice what I was doing. The elevator continued on toward it’s destination with quiet music playing in the background, and the sound of the hydraulics powering the elevator softly hissing. The walls were metal, and a faint “Ding” could be Hurd each time we past a new floor. Conversation between Kendra and I was very limited. We knew each other but this was just in passing. We weren’t the best of friends but this being an Oregon School For The Blind trip a majority of us had met each other either from attending the school or from summer camps they did. I knew Kendra from a summer camp we had both attended the previous summer, and was amazed to see here at the camp as that was the only person I remembered meeting. Between the first basement level and the main floor Kendra suddenly piped up with, “Mike have you ever wondered what happens if the elevator just suddenly stops? do you think it would just drop?” I responded starting to feel a bit nervous with, “I don’t really want to think about it.” The moment after I finished speaking the music cut off, The doors hissed open about an inch or so, and the elevator stopped moving. I didn’t know what to think and I recall at that moment I was scared out of my whits.
Kendra, for her credit took it all so very well. I didn’t here a word out of her for the entire time we were stuck in the elevator. Granted yes, I had to do a majority of the talking when the security was trying to talk with us however, She wasn’t shouting or crying at all. Not two minutes after we had stopped, nothing going on in the elevator, a sudden low toned beep came from the side of the elevator and I jumped what seemed at that time three feet into the air. The beep was followed by a deep mail voice saying, “Is there anyone in this elevator? If so, please state your name.” I quickly figured out that we were not at our floor, and there was possibly something truly wrong with this situation. Turning to where I Hurd the voice come from I stated, “Michael Babcock and Kendra Davidson from the Oregon School For The Blind are the only to in this elevator, what is going on?” I then whispered to Kendra, “Well to answer your question it appears that no the elevators don’t just stop and drop to the bottom floor.” “Michael, are you both OK? There are some issues with the elevators however they should be fixed in the next five minutes. We will be manually bringing you up to the ground floor and someone will be there to assist you when you get out of the elevator. Do either of you have service animals with you?” Neither of us did and so we told him. The elevator then went quiet for a few minutes, likely no more then five but at that time it seemed like hours. I would lean with one shoulder against the wall and then pace back and forth leaning against the other wall on the other shoulder. Thoughts ran ramped threw my head, “Are we going to die?” “Is everything ok?” “How are they going to get us out?” “Did I cause this when I pushed the button a lot of times?” I didn’t know what to think and I knew that there was nothing at that time I could do but wait for someone to at some point get us out of this elevator. The fact that Kendra was taking this so relaxed, not moving an inch but just standing in the same spot made me have all that more respect for her. I thought that she didn’t really care about what was going on, and though we didn’t start any sort of conversation whilst we were waiting for the elevator to be saved, we could have talked about how stressful this was or other such trivial things, however we didn’t. Kendra didn’t pace, nor did she cry, she just stayed in one spot, rigid as a board.
Suddenly there was a clang sound and the elevator jerked about an inch. The doors hissed closed again, and we Hurd the hydraulics start back up. We slowly started to ascend and I started to feel relieved. I knew that we were going to make it out of this situation safely and that everything would be ok. About the time that I relaxed I Hurd the brush of clothing on the side of the elevator Kendra was on. I noticed she was relaxing and moving around as well. It made me feel good that I wasn’t the only one who was tense and worried during the time that the elevator was not moving. Up to this point I had thought that the issue with the elevator was not effecting Kendra but i soon learned that that was not true. Neither of us spoke to each other for the rest of that ride. When the elevator finally got to it’s destination and the doors slide open my relief was noticeable. I remember hearing the voice of our chaperone say, “Mike, Kendra are you to ok?” We both responded in the affirmative and walked toward her. When our chaperone introduced us to Dan, the guy who was talking to us in the elevator we both shook his hand and thanked him for all of his help. He said that it was nothing and he was glad to see us doing good. We both were very ecstatic to have our feet on firm ground again and for the rest of space camp I never took the elevators. I however now have no issues with them but at that time I did not want anything to do with elevators. I am not sure if Kendra ever took them after that and have never asked her. Though we hardly ever talk today for about a year or so after our space camp adventure and had become very good friends.
The friendship I made in the space camp adventure has lasted since then. Now, we don’t talk that often but for the first few years after that we would often be found talking on the phone, emailing each other, and hanging out when we were both in Salem. We didn’t really talk about the space camp adventure however, it was still there and when ever we did lack in conversation one of us would bring it up. We wouldn’t talk about it that long before a different conversation would come up. I am not sure if both of us were scared there for we don’t want to talk about it now, or if it’s because we think that if we talk about it now it may jinks elevator trips from now on. Reflecting on our friendship something that I recall is that after that time, Kendra and I were never in an elevator together again.
Elevators today do not scare me, but during the space camp adventure I was scared. Fear is something that I felt and have not really felt it since then. I had a large amount of respect for Kendra and the ability she had to not show her emotions during that relatively scary time in her lif. Being releaved to be back on solad ground is a feelling I will never forget. Though the feer wasn’t worth it at all, the friendship I ended up getting out of the adventure was well worth the space camp adventure. Would I do it again? No, I don’t think so but it’s something that each time I step on an elevator I remember briefly, and I think “Is this one going to get stuck to?”

Michael Babcock
Socializer

Facebook is the second largest used site used today for networking after myspace. According to Facebook, there are more than 400 million active users that have logged into the site in the past thirty days. To put this in proportion, this is 572 times the amount of people that live in the state of alaska, as of Jul 2009, information provided by the US sincas. Social networking is very popular and it is estimated to not decrease in the near future. Social networking has advantages and disadvantages that often compete for importance. The advantages of social networking clearly outweigh the disadvantages. There are different types of social networks, the location based network, the micro blogging network, and the good old keep in contact with your friends type. The ability to keep friends and family connected and informed of life’s biggest events is made possible with social networks, however with this convenience comes responsibility and risks.

Brightkite and 4square are the two major location based social networking sites. Both of these location based sites allow the user to “Check In” with their location utilizing SMS., gps, or mobile web pages often accessed from a mobile phone. These networks can often interact with other social networks giving users the ability to check into a location and show all of their friends where they are even if their friends do not have the location based network. Though this service can be useful for users who want to meet new people or hook up with friends who may be at an establishment they are visiting, it also has the risks of increased crime and stocking rates. In the article, “Is location based social networking really safe?” Scott Schnaars tells us how his wife asked him how often he checks in informing his followers that his wife and kids are home alone and he’s an hour away. Granted nothing horrific has happened to his family but the potential for something troubling happening to his family is possible. Micro blogging is also almost as bad as checking in and letting the world know that your away from home.

Often people use twitter, a popular micro blogging application to inform the world of life’s biggest changes, and the smallest. Twitter is a site started in 2006, but didn’t really grow in popularity until 2007. It originally just asked, “What are you doing?” allowing users to answer this question in 140 characters or less via SMS. and pass this information onto their network of friends, there followers. In 2007 there was an average of 60000 tweets sent every day. This translates to 1.44 tweets a second. Today, there is an average of 750 tweets sent in a second. This clearly shows how much twitter has grown in popularity. Twitter now is still a 140 character blogging platform with over 70000 applications to interact written for it. It still allows people to write short messages expressing what they are doing. But now it is so much more. Twitter can be used to distribute news stories to large groups of people. Advertise for a product, and even interact with a location based networking site giving users the ability to post their location to the location based networking site and have their location tweeted around the globe in a matter of seconds. Twitter is powerful, and a lot of people utilize it for every day conversation, informational purposes, and to just keep up to date with the world around them. Twitter though has it’s largest constraint in the character limit, originally established to keep it short and simple. Other sites sutch as Facebook, Myspace, and Tagged lift this barrier and allow users to interact on a more personal and larger base.

Facebook has recently had some press and it has not been the best press. Facebook has had some privacy issues with user’s personal information. Though this is a bit scary for users, a majority of the information users share on Facebook is information that can be publicly located on the internet if a user searches enough. However, the privacy issues that were raised with Facebook appeared worse then what they were because of the lack of privacy controls. The article, “Reputation Defender : A new Social Networking Bill of Rights” helps to try to prevent this issue with giving a list of features that a social network should implement. Now, if a user looks at Facebook he or she will see the ability to make the posting they are making either be for everyone, friends, friends of friends, or just for his or her self to view. Facebook however is not bad. It on the contrary is a very good way for users to connect and reconnect with past classmates, coworkers, and childhood friends. It also gives a chance for people to keep in contact with family from all around the world making it very easy to arrange family reunions.

Facebook, Myspace, Tagged, Twitter, Brightkite, and 4square are all social networking sites that have their advantages and disadvantages. Like anything in life they can all be very dangerous, however a little common since can take a person a long ways. Having a chance to tell your friends where you are and asking them if they want to hang out via a location based network may out way the disadvantages of letting the crooks know your not home. Having a chance to tweet about the best thing in life, the birth of your new born sun for example, may be better to write in 140 character then having to feel obligated to sit down and write a long posting. Networking with your friends, classmates, and coworkers in exchange of a potential privacy breach is something that a lot of people still do. Being aware that no matter what if someone wants to get your information anyways they could, and if you use the social networking site responsibly, social networking can be a wonderful thing for it’s users.
Sources
Facebook Factsheet

http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?factsheet

Source of alaska residence counted based on the comparison:
July 2009, : U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division

Article, Is location based social networking really safe?
Author: Scott Schnaars
URL: http://scottschnaars.com/2010/01/25/im-robbing-you/

Article: Reputation Defender : A new Social Networking Bill of Rights
Author: Michael Fertik
url: http://www.reputationdefenderblog.com/2010/06/14/a-new-social-media-bill-of-rights/

This is what I got when doing a Universal 6 Card Spread reading on Free tarot Reading. If this is correct, things should go well and it should be a wonderful week then:).

Universal 6 Card Spread

Card 1 (Justice) : How you feel about yourself now »
You are feeling that things will go your way, you believe in fairness and justice in all things. If you are considering partnership issues, personal or professional, dealings will go well. Perhaps you are about to sign a contract or legal document, this will be beneficial to you. If someone has done wrong to you it will be put right and you will feel justice has been done.

Card 2 (The Hanged Man) : What you most want at this moment »
The cards suggest that what you most want at this time is to have it all, why should you have to give something or someone up? Perhaps you feel a victim and that events are not going as planned. Trust that this is a passage from one phase of your life to another. If you are not sure what or who you need to give up, trust that what will be will be, and will ultimately be to your benefit.

Card 3 (Wheel Of Fortune) : Your fears »
You are in fear of everything turning for the worse for you, perhaps you are experiencing a run of bad luck. You have to trust that most of what we fear never happens and as The Wheel of Fortune turns downwards against you, the wheel will naturally turn upwards again and bring good fortune to you too. This difficult phase will pass.

Card 4 (The Lovers) : What is going for you »
New love and commitment will enter your life, even if there’s no one on the horizon – be prepared for a surprise. Throw caution to the wind and expect joyous and happy times ahead.

Card 5 (The Empress) : What is going against you »
There are conflicts around you, frustrations and possibly a break up in a relationship. Be careful not to over-react and be too protective or dictatorial about your needs, and whatever you do, do not resort to emotional blackmail, it won’t do you any favours. You may be experiencing infertility problems or an unplanned pregnancy, if so just know that there are people around you who love and care for you and will provide support.

Card 6 (Death) : Outcome »
This is a transformational time for you. However turbulent or perhaps distressing some of the events in your life may be, endings always leave room for brand new beginnings. This is a fresh start in life for you, embrace it and live every day as though it was your last, life is for living!
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The plans for the wedding are complete.
I hope that they are complete as we have the big day friday. I know it’s coming quickly however, i’ll be glad it’s done when it’s done. Honestly, this is a lot of work to get married. Rent the tux, find the bride dress, get the brides mades, get a best man, buy the wedding license, buy the food for the wedding, buy the church, ok well we don’t have to “buy” the church, i don’t think… But we got it all done I think. Were going to go in to town tuesday and pick up my best man, and get some of the food for the wedding then. Well get the rest of it. Either wednesday afternoon or thursday morning we have to drive into craig and pick up our wedding license. Who ever Hurd of waiting three days to be able to pick up a peas of paper. I guess it’s to bail out of you want? Thursday we have a wedding practice for the wedding and friday’s the big day. Saturday Sabrina’s family leaves early. Early like 4:30 in the morning… Tuesday the 13th we have to drive into Craig and take Nicholas to the doctor to get weighed and measured. It’s his 4 month checkup. Finally, next friday my best man kym leaves. We may be on the flight with Kym if all plans go wonderfully.
OK, so some of you may not know. I applied for a job threw ACS incorporated, it’s a call center. To make a long story short as of friday Sabrina and I were both offered a job there. Sabrina’s aunt has worked there for the past eleven years so it has been around for a long time. Is it work i’ll enjoy? Yeah likely and I think I’ll like living south again. The only major cost is getting into a place down there but I firmly believe that every little thing works out in the end for a reason. So, lets see how that goes. I’m stressing about it though that’s for sure.
I don’t really have anything else to write but Nicholas is growing like a little weed. I’ll know his weight a week from Tuesday and will be sure to write it on here. I need also to get more photos of him to put on Facebook and will do that as soon as I can. I’ll bet that we’ll have a lot of photos of our wedding friday, but, we’ll see…
Anyways mike’s out!

My name is Michael Babcock and I am currently living in Coffman Cove, alaska. It’s a relatively small town out of Ketchikan on the prince of whales island. I have been living here since june of 2008 where I moved up here to originally attend college in Anchorage. My girlfriend at the time had grew up here and so we stopped in to see her parents and have been here since. We are now engaged and plan to be married on July 9th of this year, so in a couple of weeks now.
We have a 3 month son who was born early at 33 weeks. He was early enough that Ketchikan had to send us down to seattle in order for her to have him. He was born at 4 pounds 1.6 ounces and 16 inches long. He’s our first, however we hope not our last. He does keep us busy but I can’t complain to much. I’m the one who gets up with him at night and right now he’s falling asleep at 10:00PM and not waking up until about 6AM. He’s always sleep long hours but this is nice as I don’t go to bed until about midnight, and I normally try to get up at about six.
I am not the best at writing though i’de like to think that taking english -092 with Biz Robbins out of Ketchikan helped me a bit. I passed it with a B, so I can’t have done to bad. I however had problems with writing and spelling during my time in school growing up. It could be because I don’t read printed material and just listen to it, or it could be that I was just never really worked with i’m not quite sure.
The reason I don’t read printed material is because i’m a blind student. I have been blind since birth and have always attended public schools. Well, ok so I attended the Oregon School For The Blind for a week but didn’t like it and returned home telling mom, “I don’t like this place, they treat me like i’m five and i’m 9″. The school however was designed for students who had multiple disabilities and so they tended to have to spend longer time with some students then with others. I however was able to keep up with my peers in public schools so back to the public school I went. Just in case someone is curious about my blindness and how i’m able to take classes, do my work, get a job, etc feel free to ask. I am very open about it and have no problem with answering questions you may have.
My well, I guess i’ll just call her my wife as she’s close enough to being one. Anyways, my wife and I are talking about moving down to Oregon with her family down there. As at this point in time there are not any jobs here in Coffman Cove, and she was offered a job there and i’m waiting for a response on one. If we move we do still plan to continue and get at least our associates degrees threw the university of alaska system. However, what we do after that i’m not quite sure.
I originally started college as a computer science major. I however have since changed my major a few times. At one point I wanted to major in journalism, followed by just communications. I then changed my major to computer science again, and have finally stuck on psychology. So, in another words for the longest time I didn’t know what I want to do and i’m still not completely quite sure that I know what I want to do. But becoming a psychologist does sound like something I would enjoy and have fun doing. The money isn’t to bad either…
I enjoy read mystery and thriller books. One of my most favorite authors is Stuart Woods. I also like to branch out a little bit in my reading however, it has to be a very good book for me to sit down and read it. I’ve recently gotten into reading the alex cross books by James Paterson, and am enjoying those books as well.
I think this is just about all I have to write at this time. I will get to know you guys during this course.

Cat Lover or Not, this is hysterical! 
                                                                                   

We’ve all had trouble with our animals, but I don’t think anyone can top this one: 

Calling in sick to work makes me uncomfortable. No matter how legitimate my excuse, I always get the feeling that my boss thinks I’m lying. 

On one recent occasion, I had a valid reason but lied anyway, because the truth was just too darned humiliating. I simply mentioned that I had sustained a head injury, and I hoped I would feel up to coming in the next day. By then, I reasoned, I could think up a doozy to explain the bandage on the top of my head. The accident occurred mainly because I had given in to my wife’s wishes to adopt a cute little kitty.

Initially, the new acquisition was no problem.
  

Then one morning, I was taking my shower after breakfast when I heard my wife, Deb, call out to me from the kitchen. 

‘Honey! The garbage disposal is dead again. Please come reset it.’ 

‘You know where the button is,’ I protested through the shower pitter-patter and steam.   ‘Reset it yourself!’ 

‘But I’m scared!’ she persisted.  ’What if it starts going and sucks me in?’ 

There was a meaningful pause and then, ‘C’mon, it’ll only take you a second.’ 

So out I came, dripping wet and butt naked, hoping that my silent outraged nudity would make a statement about how I perceived her behavior as extremely cowardly. 

Sighing loudly, I squatted down and stuck my head under the sink to find the button.  It is the last action I remember performing. 

It struck without warning, and without any respect to my circumstances. No, it wasn’t the hexed disposal, drawing me into its gnashing metal teeth. It was our new kitty, who discovered the fascinating dangling objects she spied hanging between my legs. She had been poised around the corner and stalked me as I reached under the sink. And, at the precise moment when I was most vulnerable, she leapt at the toys I unwittingly offered and snagged them with her needle-like claws. I lost all rational thought to control orderly bodily movements, blindly rising at a violent rate of speed, with the full weight of a kitten hanging from my masculine region. 

Wild animals are sometimes faced with a ‘fight or flight’ syndrome.  Men, in this predicament, choose only the ‘flight’ option. I know this from experience.  I was fleeing straight up into the air when the sink and cabinet bluntly and forcefully impeded my ascent. The impact knocked me out cold. 

When I awoke, my wife and the paramedics stood over me. 

Now there are not many things in this life worse than finding oneself lying on the kitchen floor butt naked in front of a group of ‘been-there, done-that’ paramedics.  Even worse, having been fully briefed by my wife, the paramedics were all snorting loudly as they tried to conduct their work, all the while trying to suppress their hysterical laughter……and not succeeding. 

Somehow I lived through it all. A few days later I finally made it back in to the office, where colleagues tried to coax an explanation out of me about my head injury. I kept silent, claiming it was too painful to talk about, which it was. 

‘What’s the matter?’  They all asked, ‘Cat got your tongue?’ 
If they only knew! 

Why is it that only the women laugh at this

California’s turn… So as not to be outdone by all the redneck, hillbilly, and Texan jokes, somebody had to come up with this:
You know you’re from California if:

1.. Your co-worker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.

2. You make over $300,000 and still can’t afford a house.

3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.

4. Your child’s 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Flower.

5. You can’t remember … is pot illegal?

6. You’ve been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.

7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.

8. You can’t remember … is pot illegal?

9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.

10. Gas costs $100 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.

11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.

12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

13. You can’t remember . . is pot illegal?

14. It’s barely sprinkling rain and there’s a report on every news station: “STORM WATCH..”

15. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.

16. It’s barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.

17. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal????

18. Both you AND your dog have therapists, psychics, personal trainers and cosmetic surgeons.

19. The Terminator is your governor.

20. If you drive illegally, they take your driver’s license. If you’re here illegally, they want to give you one.

WORST FIRST DATE STORY EVER

If you didn’t see this on the Tonight show, I hope you’re sitting down when you read it. This is probably the funniest date story ever, first date or not!!! We have all had bad dates but this takes the cake.

Jay Leno went into the audience to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had. The winner described her worst first date experience.

There was absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize!
She said it was midwinter…Snowing and quite cold… And the guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City , Utah .

It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all, and had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon.

They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to
realize that she should not have had that extra latte. They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of nowhere! Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a while.

Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point here she told him that he had better stop and let her go beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car .

They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and started. In the deep snow she didn’t have good footing, so she let her butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself.

Her companion stood On the side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she could thin k about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation.

Upon finishing however, she soon became aware of another sensation. As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car’s fender.

Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem, due to The extreme cold. Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment, she answered her date’s concerns about’ what is taking so long’ with a reply that indeed, she was ‘freezing her butt off’ and in need of some Assistance!

He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose
Themselves, they assessed her dilemma. Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem.

Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal! Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her free. So, as she looked the other way, her first time
Date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender.

As the audience screamed in laughter, she took the Tonight Show prize hands down. Or perhaps that should
be ‘pants down. ‘And you thought your first
Date was embarrassing. Jay Leno’s comment…’This gives a whole new meaning to being pissed off.’

Oh and how did the first date turn out? He became her husband and was sitting next to her on the Leno show.

The life of having a baby home hasn’t been to bad in the aspect of him being around and our lives adjusting to his needs and requirements. He’s as I type this laying on the couch making a lot of noises and getting to the stage that I am not sure if it’s the Crying noises or the just playing around noise. I however guess if he’s hungry he’ll tell me…
Wedding planning goes ahead however with wedding planning comes the stress of finances. I would really love to stay in Coffman right now as it’s the most cost effective however on the flip side of that, it’s also becoming expensive. Not only are we, me and Sabrina not working but this summer were going to have to rely on my adult public assistance and my social security income. That’s a total of $1036 for 2 adults and a baby to live on. Granted yes we get food stamps however food stamps can’t pay sabrina’s truck bill and nor can they pay for our wedding. So, this is a very stressful time of life right now because of the lack of finances. And though I would have had near $2400 extra this summer semester relieving a lot of the stress, because i didn’t get very good grades this past semester they moved me to a non degree seeking student making me not eligible for financial aid this summer semester. So, there’s another $2406 bill that i have to figure out on my own to pay. Yes, very stressful and it’s about time something comes our way giving us something that can help and make some of the stress go away. At least until august as that’s when things should be a bit better in the aspect of finances. But i do firmly believe in the phrase, “Everything happens for a reason”. Lets see what this reason is? I have to admit however that if we lived down south we would have to be concerned with expensive rent bills, food, bills, and i wouldn’t get my APA, adult public assistance. So, right now Coffman is the best bet for us but it’d be nice if there were more jobs. I’m sure everyone in town feels this, smile.
Nicholas is rolling over half way so that’s good. For those of you who have me on your Facebook you can view photos of him. He’s growing a lot and when he was last wade he was 8.5 pounds and 21 and 3 quarter inches long. I know that doesn’t sound like a whole lot however, he’s growing a lot. That’s over 4 pounds since he was born in only 2 months. If he keeps growing like that he’ll be 48 pounds by his first birthday wow.
I would love to say everything’s going ok, however, until we can get our finances figured out life isn’t going the best. If anyone has any ideas, were waiting, smile.
Thanks all
Mike–Out