Nine Nine Seven One

My Bad on not posting sooner after my trip back to Kansas. But I jumped into a moving train my first day back and it's finally stopped long enough for me to get off.

The wedding was great. Better than I could have imagined. My only responsibilities were to usher people to their seats before the ceremony, pass out the packets of bird seed after the ceremony and have fun at the reception. I was flawless.

Here are a few shots I grabbed during the day. I only carried my point and shoot with me during the day, so I don't have much.

This is the Firetruck outside the church before the ceremony.



Here's Michelle making her way down the isle at the start of the ceremony. Notice how crowded it is? Must have taken some mighty fine ushers to make sure all those people had a place to sit.



The newlyweds arrived at the Reception in style... on the Firetruck.



Cake Cutting.



You couldn't ask for a better day. I got to see a bunch of people I haven't seen in a while, the weather was perfect and the best part... now I have in-laws. I've never really had in-laws before. I'm just so happy for John and Michelle. It was pretty special to have all the Stamey's together for something like this. Then add our new "other side" of the family and all the friends and it was an amazing weekend.

Now, fast forward to this afternoon.... I finally did something something I've probably been needing to do for about three years. Register my car in Louisiana.

Yep, the ole' Alero is now a Louisianaian (if that's even a word). Right after I graduated High School, I worked for the Manhattan Mercury. One afternoon I watched one of the reporters take her California plate off her car and put on her Kansas Plate. It wasn't that big of a deal, but I remember thinking "I wonder if I'll ever move out of state and have to change my plate?" Well, I did move out of state, but just never got around to swapping plates.

So now if I do something stupid while driving, I can't think to myself "Well, the person I just pissed off will forgive me when they see that I'm not from here"

I guess it means I'm a little more local now.

I went with the Environmental plate. I had the choice between the normal Louisiana Plate, the "Save the Louisiana Black Bear" plate and the Envromental plate. I thought the Brown Pelican was pretty cool. I think it cost me a little extra but the lady said it goes towards a good cause.

So say goodbye to VAP 039 and say Hello to 9971

First Shower in Two Days

Well, my vacation to Kansas started great, but then went downhill... but it's alright now. Here's the rundown.

Friday: I had lunch with Misty (mom's spaghetti) and said goodbye. She thought I was leaving that evening. But nope, my flight was Saturday morning so I was able to go to the first night of the Voice of the Wetlands Festival... that Misty had been working on for the past few months. I suprised her at the festival that night.

Saturday: Thanks to Misty for driving me to the Airport REALLY early in the morning. Got into KC just fine. Went to my brothers new house. Had lunch at Arby's (not Hardee's). Drove back to Manhattan. Met up with Kelly and went to the Stadium to tail gate before the Colorado game.

The game was awesome. I saw some friends and family I haven't seen in a while and was able to sit with my mom. I've never done that before. We had a great time. Near the end of the third quarter, Colorado lined up to punt. I leaned over to mom and said "Five bucks if they block it." And sure enough.. they did, and recovered it for a touchdown. We both went crazy (well, the entire stadium went crazy, but I'm sure we went the most crazy). Kansas State won by 27

Here's a shot of the stadium before the game.



Sunday: I decided to be lazy and just watch some football in the TV room at my parents house. They have nice leather comfey chairs, HD TV and wireless internet. So I just kicked back and watched the games... and watched my Fantasy team.

Sunday evening my stomach started to act up... and that night things took a turn for the worse. I didn't sleep at all because my chrones decided to flare up. I finally dozed off for a few hours around 6 a.m.

Monday: My stomach still hurt... all day. I spent the entire day in the leather comfey chairs in pain. It was cool to be lazy and do nothing, but it sucked being sick. I called my Doctor in Houma and they hooked me up with some Steiroids. And they did the trick.

Tuesday: I woke up able to bench press 325lbs and then beat up my dog. Not really... but I did feel great. I played with my dog for a while, took a shower for the first time in two days, went to lunch and did some shopping.

Plans for the rest of the week include... A trip to Wichita so see Kelly and meet Lili, A visit with the grandparents and then the wedding festivities. (That's actually why I'm here, my brother John is getting married on Saturday)

I'll post more later

Kicking the Beggar

How about them Cats! Knocking off Texas for the second year in a row. My fantasy football team sucked this week, I made a bad Jimmy C pick... but I could care less because I know all of Texas nation is still upset for losing to Kansas State.... Twice. I love it. Bring on KU!

And if you would please... just ignore my most recent run. It's pretty embarassing. It goes to show that eating is pretty important when it comes to working out on a regular basis.

I had a nice lunch and I even saved some of it to eat for dinner. But I got caught up at work and all I had to eat for dinner was a Red Bull and a Snickers.

Well, when it comes time to work out and all you have in your system is nothing, it makes it a little difficult to do anyhing... and you can plainly see by how quicly I dropped down to a near walking pace tonight.

I bet I looked a lot like these guys... I think I was most like Oliver.



Oh well, at least I did something.

And did anybody catch that Rockies vs San Diego game tonight? Holy Cow what a finish uh? And the dude who scored the game winning run didn't even touch home! I predict that we'll see instant replay in Major League Baseball soon. Maybe not next year, but that play will be talked about a bunch during the Playoffs and the off season. Some rule will be made or changed because of that play.

That's about all I know right now. No photo this time, haven't really shot anything interesting in a few days. I did start a new project about off-shore oil wokers. But I want to get a little deeper into the projcet before showing anything.