Work was pretty busy today. We are in the final stages of preparation before implementing our solution for the Smalls Sort area, a plan that will be carried out tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be a 7:00-7:15 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. workday, approximatley13 hours (after taking out lunch and dinner). Good news is that I probably will be off on Friday. Yay.
I headed out to The Basement tonight by myself after a few failed invites, but I ended up meeting the Britt sisters and Gina out there, 3 very amazing people that are very fun to be around! The worship was good, as it always is, and afterwards we headed to the bowling alley some others. I did not bowl, but I did eat a massive chocolate sundae with an enormous amount of whipped cream and a cherry on top. I can't wait to go back to Tuscaloosa to see all of my friends.
I just received word tonight that a fellow crew member, boat member for 2 years, and good friend Anderson Renaud just got engaged to his long time girlfriend, Brittani Tingle. They are both excellent people, and I am very happy for them.
I have read the first 26 chapters in the book of Genesis on my quest to read the Bible before I graduate. I am 35 pages in...approximately 2.44 % complete. Already, I have seen the amazing power of God with his Creation, his ability to keep all promises that he makes, and also his wrath. If I could sum it up in one word, it would be...MIGHTY. How can you not fear?
On another note, I have finalized my choice for my first road bike purchase. I will be getting a 2007 Lemond Alpe D'Huez. It is named after the mountain range in France on which a very brutal stage of the Tour de France is usually held. From my best research, it is pronounced Alp-ey-du-ez. However, I am not completely sure about this. Cahaba Cycles did not have the 2007 in stock, but I was able to test ride the 2006 model. I took it up a fairly decent hill right beside the shop, and I really enjoyed the way it climbed. What's even better is that the 2007 is going to be an even lighter bike! I am going to OWN hills with this thing.
7.31.2007
7.29.2007
Contador Wins, I Lose.
Alberto Contador, a 24 year old phenom from Spain, wins the 2007 Tour de France. Although it was pretty much over after yesterday's time trial (the 20th and final stage that ends in Paris is more of a formality for the riders), every once in a while, a rider may try to get cheap and gain some of the time bonuses on the 20th stage to move up some places. Being the classy and gentleman-like riders that they are, the 2nd and 3rd placed riders behind Contador (Cadel Evans and Levi Leipheimer) said that they would not attack each other or Contador, even though Contador only lead Evans by 23 seconds and Leipheimer was only 8 seconds behind Evans. It is insane that the top 3 riders' final times over 3000+ miles were separated by a mere 31 seconds. Unbelievable. In a Tour that was plagued with doping scandals that saw stage winners and yellow jersey holders removed from the race, it actually turned out to be one of the most exciting ones yet:)
This afternoon, my Dad and I headed out to Bentbrook to play a round of golf, in what was sure to be another epic shootout. We both started out striking the ball well, but neither of us could score, and we finished the front 9 dead even at 47-47. Both of us played significantly better on the back 9. My tee shots were almost always in the fairway or very near rough, and I was striking my irons and chipping around the green very well. After a mammoth 250 yard 3 wood down the middle of the fairway on hole 11, I had an easy 120 yard pitching wedge into the green. However, not knowing my own strength (haha), I powered it over the green and was stuck on the other side of a creek with about 5 trees in front of me. I had about a 5 foot opening in front of me, and a 10 foot vertical distance until I would hit a tree branch. Taking my sand wedge (I was too lazy to go get a 3 or 4 iron), I placed the ball in the back of my stance and hit a little punch shot that flew right in between the trees and landed about 10 ft from the pin. It was awesome. On hole 14, a 140 yard par 3, I grabbed my 8 iron and with a very solid stroke I knocked it 6 feet from the pin. Booyah. I then masterfully sank the testing 1-ft-breaker 5 foot put for a BIRDIE! However, after a few mishaps here and there and some stellar shots by my Dad (including hitting the flag stick from 150 out), it all came down to hole 18, as it always does. After my Dad missed a 10 footer for the win, all I had to do was sink a 10 footer of my own for the tie. I hit the put solid...good line...and...it lips out the right corner, no! I absolutely knew that I had it read right, but I think I hit it just slightly too hard. Final score: Dad-90, Chad-91. I'm happy with the 91 and the birdie, but none of that matters. I want the W.
I lifted some weights and ran my hill a few times later on tonight, since I've gotten to where I have to at least do something everyday. I love the way I feel after I have a really hard workout. Being in shape is awesome. I would recomend it to anyone who wants to improve their quality of life.
I have read 6 pages in Genesis on my quest to read the entire Bible. Current scripture: Genesis 3:17. Even though the summer is over, I still have some meat left on it. I am still going to see Taking Back Sunday, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, and Saosin in Atlanta. I am buying a bike this weekend. I have 70 hours of work left, and about $1K more to make before the end of the summer. I am, however, ready to go back to Tuscaloosa.
This afternoon, my Dad and I headed out to Bentbrook to play a round of golf, in what was sure to be another epic shootout. We both started out striking the ball well, but neither of us could score, and we finished the front 9 dead even at 47-47. Both of us played significantly better on the back 9. My tee shots were almost always in the fairway or very near rough, and I was striking my irons and chipping around the green very well. After a mammoth 250 yard 3 wood down the middle of the fairway on hole 11, I had an easy 120 yard pitching wedge into the green. However, not knowing my own strength (haha), I powered it over the green and was stuck on the other side of a creek with about 5 trees in front of me. I had about a 5 foot opening in front of me, and a 10 foot vertical distance until I would hit a tree branch. Taking my sand wedge (I was too lazy to go get a 3 or 4 iron), I placed the ball in the back of my stance and hit a little punch shot that flew right in between the trees and landed about 10 ft from the pin. It was awesome. On hole 14, a 140 yard par 3, I grabbed my 8 iron and with a very solid stroke I knocked it 6 feet from the pin. Booyah. I then masterfully sank the testing 1-ft-breaker 5 foot put for a BIRDIE! However, after a few mishaps here and there and some stellar shots by my Dad (including hitting the flag stick from 150 out), it all came down to hole 18, as it always does. After my Dad missed a 10 footer for the win, all I had to do was sink a 10 footer of my own for the tie. I hit the put solid...good line...and...it lips out the right corner, no! I absolutely knew that I had it read right, but I think I hit it just slightly too hard. Final score: Dad-90, Chad-91. I'm happy with the 91 and the birdie, but none of that matters. I want the W.
I lifted some weights and ran my hill a few times later on tonight, since I've gotten to where I have to at least do something everyday. I love the way I feel after I have a really hard workout. Being in shape is awesome. I would recomend it to anyone who wants to improve their quality of life.
I have read 6 pages in Genesis on my quest to read the entire Bible. Current scripture: Genesis 3:17. Even though the summer is over, I still have some meat left on it. I am still going to see Taking Back Sunday, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, and Saosin in Atlanta. I am buying a bike this weekend. I have 70 hours of work left, and about $1K more to make before the end of the summer. I am, however, ready to go back to Tuscaloosa.
7.28.2007
I Love Saturday's
Part of my daily information gathering routine usually involves keeping up with a few of my friends that blog consistently. While catching up with Trevvor Clark, a friend and teammate (rowing) of mine, I have been motivated to complete a task which I have said I was going to do a few times before: reading through the entire Bible. My plan is to finish before graduation, 140 days from now, and at 1434 pages, that is an average of 10 pages a day. I have no doubt that this will be an extremely beneficial asset to my spiritual life, and I am going to take on this activity as I do all others: at 110%
I am about to go run a few trails back behind the Preserve. Depending on how my legs feel, I might run longer than the normal 3.1 mile trail loop that Jamie and I have completed so many times this summer.
I plan on watching the entire replay of the Tour de France's final time trial tonight, so if anyone tries to tell me who won, I am going to be extremely upset, haha! Although unlikely, I hope that the GC looks like the following after today:
1. Levi Leipheimer
2. Alberto Contador
3. Cadel Evans
American Team Discovery is pretty much dominating:) This is also partly due to Team Astana withdrawing because of the demoralizing doping acts of star rider Alexander Vinokourov.
Wonderful, so wonderful
Is Your unfailing love
Your cross has spoken mercy over me
No eye has seen, no ear has heard
No heart could fully know
How glorious, how beautiful you are!
Beautiful One, Tim Hughes
I am about to go run a few trails back behind the Preserve. Depending on how my legs feel, I might run longer than the normal 3.1 mile trail loop that Jamie and I have completed so many times this summer.
I plan on watching the entire replay of the Tour de France's final time trial tonight, so if anyone tries to tell me who won, I am going to be extremely upset, haha! Although unlikely, I hope that the GC looks like the following after today:
1. Levi Leipheimer
2. Alberto Contador
3. Cadel Evans
American Team Discovery is pretty much dominating:) This is also partly due to Team Astana withdrawing because of the demoralizing doping acts of star rider Alexander Vinokourov.
Wonderful, so wonderful
Is Your unfailing love
Your cross has spoken mercy over me
No eye has seen, no ear has heard
No heart could fully know
How glorious, how beautiful you are!
Beautiful One, Tim Hughes
7.27.2007
I Did Absolutely Nothing Today
Actually, I did, but comparatively speaking, I did not. I worked from 7:45 a.m. until 11:35 a.m. because we stayed late yesterday. When I got home, I deposited my paycheck, got my head shaved, and then cycled 15 miles. Besides these 4 things, I did absolutely nothing all day. I'm pretty bored right now as I type this...
I really would like for American Levi Leipheimer to win the Tour de France, but I do not think that it is going to happen. Alberto Contador, Levi's teammate, is in the lead, but Predictor's Cadel Evans is less than 2 minutes behind. I have a gut feeling that Evans might take the lead in tomorrow's individual time trial and secure the yellow jersey.
I plan on sleeping in late tomorrow. I have absolutely nothing planned for the day except to watch the Tour de France time trial in the late evening. I will probably go on a ride or run, whichever I fancy at that particular moment.
Only 2 weeks left of work:)
I really would like for American Levi Leipheimer to win the Tour de France, but I do not think that it is going to happen. Alberto Contador, Levi's teammate, is in the lead, but Predictor's Cadel Evans is less than 2 minutes behind. I have a gut feeling that Evans might take the lead in tomorrow's individual time trial and secure the yellow jersey.
I plan on sleeping in late tomorrow. I have absolutely nothing planned for the day except to watch the Tour de France time trial in the late evening. I will probably go on a ride or run, whichever I fancy at that particular moment.
Only 2 weeks left of work:)
7.25.2007
Boring Week at Work
This week has been incredibly boring at work, as we are in between projects. However, we got treated to O'Charleys today, wohoo! So far this week, I have worked out twice, biked 31 miles, ran a mile, done 200 push-ups and 500 sit-ups, and jumped some rope. This afternoon, I'm heading out to ride at Oak Mountain with the Birmingham Bike Club for their weekly Watermelon Ride, in which everyone is treated to watermelon afterwards (hence the name). I'm pretty tired right now, and I can't wait to do absolutely nothing this weekend, as well as play a round of golf with my Dad.
7.22.2007
Weekend
For whatever reason, whenever I am about to leave work, I always get assigned a last-minute task that causes me to stay past my regular departure time. Friday was no exception, but that wasn't a surprise because we were pretty busy with Harry Potter stuff. When I got home, I went on 3.5 mile or so trail run in the blazing heat, stopped by Birchtree to cool off, skipped lifting weights, loaded my car, and headed down to Tuscaloosa to move into my new apartment.
I moved all of the stuff that I had packed up last weekend to my new place at River Run over in Northport by City Cafe. Of course, it was raining the whole time, but I managed all right. After moving some stuff, I hung out with Jordan and some people for awhile, before heading to see Marley for the last time for who knows how long, sad!
Keith headed down on Saturday morning with a truck, and the rest of the day proceeded as follows:
-load all of Keith's furniture into truck
-take truck to my old apartment
-load all of my stuff
-drive to my new apartment
-unload all of my stuff
-drive to Jamie's apartment
-load Jamie's and Eric's furniture (in that order)
-drive to Eric's new apartment
-unload all of Eric's furniture
Of course I am making this sound like more than it actually was, but it was a good solid 3 hour job. I was reminded of memorable moves from last summer, when I worked for Gentle Giant Moving Company up in Boston, MA. After moving all of the furniture, I headed back to my old place to put the rest of my random crap in my car and to help Matt, Jimmy, and his Mom clean our apartment, as our lease will run out on Tuesday. After cleaning, I dropped off some stuff at my new place, and then Jamie and I watched Stage 13 of the Tour de France, which was a time trial. Alexander Vinokourov from team Astana completely dominated everyone, but Michael Rasmussen was still able to hold on to the yellow jersey, despite historically sucking at time trial stages.
Today was pretty uneventful. Jamie, Phil, Matt Martin, and I biked the Purple Onion loop this evening, averaging right at 16.0 mph for the 15 mile ride. I set a new personal max speed record will riding down Hackberry, hitting 45.6 mph. It was freakin' scary. I'm going to bed.
I moved all of the stuff that I had packed up last weekend to my new place at River Run over in Northport by City Cafe. Of course, it was raining the whole time, but I managed all right. After moving some stuff, I hung out with Jordan and some people for awhile, before heading to see Marley for the last time for who knows how long, sad!
Keith headed down on Saturday morning with a truck, and the rest of the day proceeded as follows:
-load all of Keith's furniture into truck
-take truck to my old apartment
-load all of my stuff
-drive to my new apartment
-unload all of my stuff
-drive to Jamie's apartment
-load Jamie's and Eric's furniture (in that order)
-drive to Eric's new apartment
-unload all of Eric's furniture
Of course I am making this sound like more than it actually was, but it was a good solid 3 hour job. I was reminded of memorable moves from last summer, when I worked for Gentle Giant Moving Company up in Boston, MA. After moving all of the furniture, I headed back to my old place to put the rest of my random crap in my car and to help Matt, Jimmy, and his Mom clean our apartment, as our lease will run out on Tuesday. After cleaning, I dropped off some stuff at my new place, and then Jamie and I watched Stage 13 of the Tour de France, which was a time trial. Alexander Vinokourov from team Astana completely dominated everyone, but Michael Rasmussen was still able to hold on to the yellow jersey, despite historically sucking at time trial stages.
Today was pretty uneventful. Jamie, Phil, Matt Martin, and I biked the Purple Onion loop this evening, averaging right at 16.0 mph for the 15 mile ride. I set a new personal max speed record will riding down Hackberry, hitting 45.6 mph. It was freakin' scary. I'm going to bed.
7.19.2007
I Hate Harry Potter
In what is probably an excellent business deal, UPS landed the new Harry Potter book deliveries (awhile ago), and they are going out tomorrow. I hate Harry Potter...both the story and the fact that all I have been doing for the last 2 days is try to idiot-proof the delivery plans to all bookstores and households in Alabama. Blah.
I rode 17.7 miles after work, trying to hit as many hills as possible. My quads are shocked. I'm going to Tuscaloosa tomorrow for the weekend to move into my new apartment. Also, I will be seeing my good friend Marley McKenzie for the last time before she moves way far away to Pennsylvania to attend Mercyhurst. I wish I could have a whole week of weekends.
And all I (all I)
Need to know (need to know)
Is that I'm something you'll be missing
(is that I'm something that you're missing)
(maybe I should hate for this)
Maybe I should hate you for this
Never really did ever quite get that far
(maybe I should hate for this)
Maybe I should hate you for this
Never really did ever quite get that...
-Taking Back Sunday
I rode 17.7 miles after work, trying to hit as many hills as possible. My quads are shocked. I'm going to Tuscaloosa tomorrow for the weekend to move into my new apartment. Also, I will be seeing my good friend Marley McKenzie for the last time before she moves way far away to Pennsylvania to attend Mercyhurst. I wish I could have a whole week of weekends.
And all I (all I)
Need to know (need to know)
Is that I'm something you'll be missing
(is that I'm something that you're missing)
(maybe I should hate for this)
Maybe I should hate you for this
Never really did ever quite get that far
(maybe I should hate for this)
Maybe I should hate you for this
Never really did ever quite get that...
-Taking Back Sunday
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