The home stretch
Originally published at When the Sh*t Hits the Fan. You can comment here or there.
It’s been quite a summer, and quite awhile since I posted.
Since the last time I went to Comic-Con in San Diego, then Defcon15. Had a much better time than I expected, and after a rocky start, was able to talk to and meet a whole bunch of really cool people.
School is still progressing nicely. I have 1 month of my IT Management class left and I just started my Capstone class. It looks like it will be a fun end to the curriculum. Oddly, though they are supposed to be the last 2 classes you take, I’m the only one in my IT Management class who has taken all of their IT classes, and one of 3 people taking the Capstone that it is their last class. I guess the order doesn’t as important as they claim. For anyone interested - Western International University has an IT curriculum that is a bit of a joke. I learned things here and there, but for the most part, could have taught the classes. I’m told they have just overhauled the whole program, so I’m curious how that will play out.
In other news, I’m playing less WoW these days, and more EQ2. I like my little evil fairy - the graphics and game complexity are a lot better than WoW, but I’m sure I’ll keep both accounts active and neglect them both:). Haven’t been invited to play on the Warhammer Online Beta yet, but the elves were just revealed. The game still looks pretty bad-ass.
Yesterday was our 2 year anniversary, we celebrated with a weekend up north last weekend. We’ve decided to just celebrate on Labor day weekend each year. This time we went up to Jerome Saturday morning and ate at the Haunted Hamburger (which does not have a bacon and cheese filled meatloaf on the menu, no matter what Rachel Ray says) and walked around, then went up to Sedona and got rained on. We stayed the night in a cozy Bed and Breakfast between the two in Page Springs and had a nice breakfast served by the hosts. On the way out we went through Camp Verde, along the 260 and took the Rim Road all the way to the Young Heber Hwy. Driving down through Young we stopped at Alice’s Restaurant (yes, really) and got everything we wanted (exceptin’ Alice) then looked around at the area.
My hope is to pay off the revolving debt and vehicles in fairly short order. After that getting a plot of land, maybe 1-3 acres, up north where it is cooler, but not in a touristy place that will explode with population. Getting a bit of land and having a round house delivered in Young seems pretty do-able, but there’s a lot of logistical and financial planning involved. I’m wondering if it’s time to lay out our goals, and talk to a financial adviser.
Well, I’m off to class - still have a paper to write, so until next time…
Toodles!