Mmmm riding is good

Yesterday I went riding for awhile. The weather was just beautiful, blue skies, light breeze and about 70 degrees, doesn't get much better than that. Oh man it was wonderful. I went by myself again since nobody was here, which was nice to get out and just relax in nature. It was really nice after the past week being all rainy and cruddy. Plus on Wednesday I had a calculus test that turned out to be not even close to anything the teacher had giving us to practice and what the majority of our homework had been. So pretty much the whole class failed and we are retaking it this Wednesday. I will find out what is happening for sure today. Our softdev team is meeting today for some testing and network integration stuff, so hopefully we will get a lot done. Any that is all for now. ~Semper Fi

Riding for the win!

I ended up not going riding on Saturday because by back was still stiff from moving bricks, so I ended up just relaxing. Erin's MFT group came over for dinner and we ended up playing wiffle ball after dinner, which was fun for once. Sunday I went riding by myself to get some space and get away from the house. The weather was wonderful, blue cloudless skies, just a bit of nip in the wind and I could feel the suns warmth though my clothes, perfect riding weather. I rode for about two and half, three hours, long enough for my butt to start getting tired from riding so long. I rode in the woods, which was an adventure on a sixteen hand high horse. Plus Fancy was being a little tooty as well to increase the sense of adventure of dodging branches and trees. I did feel like I was on a plow because of Fancy's huge head, she would just lower it and plow through the bushes. Good times indeed. Then I went riding on the gravel roads for quite awhile. On my way back an old guy saw Fancy and asked some questions about her, so I talked to him for a bit. It was so nice to get out and ride alone, to enjoy nature and the peace and quiet of it, beautiful it was. ~Semper Fi

Meh

Not much in the way of happenings since my last post. Just going to class, programming and working. Softdev is going well for my part, but our team leader isn't much of a leader I have come to find out. Anyway I don't feel much like ranting or anything so I am not going to. I talked to Sara today while she was on her way to visit her grandparents for the weekend and will talk to her again on Sunday. I really need to go riding and get some space,i f the weather is good I will on Saturday. I really need to call Luke this weekend and talk to him, since I am feeling lonely again and just missing talking to him or anyone else I connect to. I am looking forward Christmas break since I will be going home. I haven't been home since last March? I think. It will be good to be home and just get to relax and chop wood, mmmm chopping wood, fireplace, home. This is quite the random post. My thoughts are all over the place and our Internet is being gay so I can't play online and relax. Oh well off to bed and reading. Semper Fi

Felt like writing

I have decided that it is much harder on me to see a close friend for a few days and then they go back to where they came from then to not see them at all. Seeing them though is very much worth the addition pain then to not see them at all. Another thing I have noticed recently is I am becoming much more in touch with my emotions/more emotional(?) as I have matured, continually seeking to be the man God needs me to be. It is a good thing because it is forcing me to become more transparent, ie people see my emotions and know exactly how I am feeling. These are all good things and are part of my journey to become a true man of God.

Last weekend was really nice with Sara B being here. She wasn't here long enough but I still really enjoyed it. She got in Friday night and we got to talk for quite a bit before we need to get to bed, since she had be in Little Rock for Race for a Cure at 7am. She was gone most of the day and we didn't get to hang out much but I did get to she the most awesome movie in the world: Killer Clowns From Space. dun dun. It was hilarious I can't believe I had never seen it before. Sunday Sara B had to leave right after church got out so we said goodbye in the morning, it was bitter sweet. I wish we would have gotten to hang out more but the time we did was great.

Not much else has been going on. I have been tired and pretty anti social today but I did get to work outside. Cleaning up the trees in the front yard so I don't have to be so careful about getting knocked out while I mow the yard. Softdev is going pretty well, I still have a lot of fixing and redesign to do, so that will keep me plenty busy. Anyway that is all. Keep me in your prayers. ~Semper Fi

Start of week :( End of week :)

My week started with me wanting to shoot my self in the face. Sunday I programmed for nearly ten hours, rewriting most of the game engine and then integrating networking to it. I was up till 2am coding and still didn't have all the bugs fixed but our game was talking to itself. Monday more programming and our AI tournament was that day at 8am. We didn't make it to the tournament. I was realty pissed off that day on top of that me and another team member but in another four hours into it and we finally got it to play. Man was a cranky and pissed. I got cooled down by Tuesday and the week started to improve. Wednesday night I filled in for Ray leading his group for Bible study and that went really well. Then our team had to do a sales pitch to the teacher about our game, it went well. Today, Thursday was nice even though it felt like it should be Friday. Sarah and I went riding, which didn't start off to well. I was riding Fancy, a huge mule, and this 3 year old stud comes charging at her from behind and spooks her, I didn't know he was coming in time to brace myself, so I am half off her and decided to bale because there was pretty much no way I was going to recover my seat being bareback and all. I got a nice bruise on my knee, another on my right thigh from my pocket knife and some scratches on my forearms, I am fine mom :) Anyway after that it was a nice ride. Tomorrow Sara B will be home! I am so excited to see her. As you can see this week went from crap to really good.

Other happenings. Last Saturday a group of us went and visited Caleb and Lindsay in their new apartment and we had a ton of fun. Plus it was nice to get out of the house for several hours and hang out with old friends. My opinion of my team has changed a lot and hopefully my leader has learned a lesson this week. I don't think any of them have a firm idea of how much planning and time it actual take to make a game, even a simple one like checkers. If it doesn't get designed right from the start its going to give you problems the whole rest of the time. Our engine is in a sorry state, being all hacked together from Sunday and Monday and needs to be redone completely in my opinion. Anyway other then that life is great. If you haven't used my photo link in awhile I have changed to a new place with free unlimited storage and have moved all my pictures over to it now. I suggest you check the new place out, I like it a lot better. Good night, Semper Fi