travis' brain dump

I nearly died laughing when I read this one… It’s too good not to immortalize on my blogsite… stupid terrorists…

BAGHDAD (CNN) — Soldiers manning a checkpoint near Baghdad stopped a wedding convoy to find that the purported bride and groom were wanted terror suspects, an Iraqi Defense Ministry official said Monday.

Abbas al-Dobbi, left, and al-Bahadli were reportedly part of a wedding convoy that drew soldiers’ suspicion.

The Army set up the checkpoint last week in the Taji area, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Baghdad.

The soldiers became suspicious of the convoy because its members — save the “bride” — were all male and because one of the cars in the convoy did not heed orders to stop, the official said.

Also, soldiers said, the people in the car seemed nervous and the groom refused to lift his bride’s veil when soldiers asked him to, according to the official.

Soldiers ordered everyone out of the car, the official said.

Upon inspecting the convoy, soldiers found a stubbly-faced man, Haider al-Bahadli, decked out in a white bride’s dress and veil.

Bahadli was wanted on terror-related charges, as was his groom, Abbas al-Dobbi, the official said.

Two other terror-related suspects were detained as well.

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you know i’m starting to find more often than not that i’m seeing time fly by and i’m not getting many postings in. does this mean i’m really just to busy or am i being lazy? i’ll pick the latter because when you intend on keeping up with something and you don’t, it can only be attributed to procrastination or a completely forgetful mind… maybe both.

so the last couple of weeks have been good. i don’t remember much since i’ve been working 10 hour days all this week, but hey… it’s all good right?

we finally got a decent snow last night… the weather has been more like spring/fall than winter the last few weeks. no snow, temps in the high 60’s and low 70’s… it’s been depressing actually. breckenridge had bare ground up until last night despite a few snowfalls over the last couple months. needless to say the resorts definitely have delays on opening up runs… hopefully mike and i will be heading up to go hit some runs tomorrow morning if everything pans out right. breck got 6-7″ of snow so that might be worth going up and at least getting a couple runs in.

i can’t believe how tired i am today… it’s like the last three days are finally catching up to me. i’m glad i only have to work one 10 hr next week, the rest are all 9.5 although i’m contemplating working 10’s again to make up some time. 🙂 next month is going to be insane… i’ve got to work at least 2 weekends, but it’s worth it. at least i get a few days off around christmas. 🙂

speaking of time off… these next four days are going to be so nice… definitely something to be thankful for among other things of course like family and friends… i am most definitely grateful for them as i would be nothing without them.

anyway… i better get back to work.. only an hour and a half to go! 🙂 hope everyone has a happy thanksgiving!

I can’t believe it’s the end of Wednesday already. I’m glad, that’s for sure. Two more days this week and then next week is a four day week, so I’m excited. 🙂

This past weekend went pretty well. Amanda evidently enjoyed her birthday so that’s a good thing. It was a full three days of activities that’s for sure. LOL At least everyone came away from having had a good time.

Did I already mention how glad I am this week is almost over?! It’s been a busy one with more busy days ahead. One of these weeks I’m going to lose a few days when the company I’m working for sends me out to SLC for a couple days to do some work out there. Should be fun though, nothing too crazy, mostly just making sure some things are in line and getting a feel for a couple of the other locations.

I’ve really enjoyed it here so far. The schedule has been a little odd to get used to but I really like working for this company. I definitely would love the opportunity to stay on here if given the chance. It’s a great environment and the people here are a blast to work with, it’s like a big family here. We’ll see what the future holds though but I definitely hope for something permanent to present itself sooner than later as this hourly stuff is really getting annoying. I never thought I would enjoy the aspect of a fixed rate salary despite the obvious uncompensated overtime. I guess compensation for that comes in so many other ways like stable/affordable/good benefits and reliability on a pay schedule. Eesh.

The “benefits” I have now have got to be some of the worst I’ve ever seen. It’s almost pointless to even have them aside from the fact it keeps you in a “covered” state so anything that comes up will transfer to new insurance. Other than that, it’s a waste. Gotta love it!

Anyway, end of the day so I need to get moving. 🙂

honestly, i have to say i’ve had one long week… perhaps it’s the 9 hours in the office and the hour on the bus before and after but i’m so ready for this weekend. not a whole lot planned for it thankfully… i’ve got to run some errands and such but nothing major. we’re going to be doing a little maintenance on the snowboards this weekend or at least  i will, lol… this next week should be pretty good though… it’s a four day week which is nice. pretty soon those four day weeks will mean friday snowboarding… i so can’t wait.

amanda’s and andy’s birthdays are this week so we’re planning on going out friday night for that, woohoo! amanda gets the extra trip out on her birthday for dinner though, so that will be nice too… two nights out, whatever shall we do!? i also have to fit in putting in a window friday during the day if at all possible. i’ve gotten behind on replacing those things and i want to make sure i can at least get the one in for the living room before it gets too cold. that thing was the worst last year. i’m all for remodeling an older house but man, sometimes it’s a pain.

well, i have some things to finish up before i head out for the day so i better get to em.

later