travis' brain dump

You know, I have to say I’m extremely glad to be back into a “normal” routine. There is only so much time off someone should take and I think I maxed it. lol I ended that vacation a wreck. The last two days have been nice getting back up at 430 in the morning to workout and being at work during the day. I miss hanging out with my family but my body is so much happier. It seems to be operating in a little smoother, albeit ready to shutdown by 8pm, mode.  Either way, it’s good to be doing some productive work again. I’ve come into the new year with new projects to get my butt in gear right off and so far, so good. Lots of fun things to work on.

So I’ve picked up Russian again. Hopefully this time I’ll get it to stick a little better and be able to use it more regularly since Amanda is interested in learning it. Due to the fact the kids will be raised bilingual in Spanish and English we have to have something to communicate in that they can’t understand right? lol It’s actually been pretty remedial throughout this first part of the course. I’ve blown through the first two units and have remembered most of the vocabulary and for a change I actually have the alphabet down pretty well. The hard part is that stupid grammatical nonsense. So frustrating but what do you do? I’ll get it. At least this time it’s much easier to remember where and when to change the last syllables of words. At the rate I’m going I should be finished up with Level 1 by the end of the week and be able to move on to Level 2. That’s where the big slow down will be, lol. I’m sure I’ll spend a good solid month on that.

In other news, the kiddo is getting huge. Well, both of em… Arwen is just a couple inches shy of 4′ (46″) and Travis is an inch shy of 2′ (23.5″).  It’s hard to believe she’ll be 6 this year and he’s going into his third month. The little guy is already trying to babble his head off sometimes. It’s amusing. I actually forgot how entertaining it can be to have a baby around.

Well, that’s about it for now. 🙂

It’s that place between Christmas and New Years… Not quite the spot between asleep and awake but you get the point. It’s a haze none the less. Some are on vacation, some are working for a few days… many find themselves preparing those “New Years Resolutions” in recap of all the craziness of Christmas and the aftermath that ensues naturally with consuming too much food and sometimes too much alcohol. So what’s yours? Do you have the typical ones? Lose weight, be a better parent, perform better in your job, save more money, get out of debt? Funny how many see that new year mark as a new beginning, a place to “start over” while others just see it as another day and the doorway to another birthday approaching. Well however you view it, may it be a safe one and if you have them, may you carry through with all your resolutions to the fullest.

I’m going to go back to enjoying my vacation and doing… NOTHING. 🙂

When Mexicans pack up and head back, move to the South East and even crazier… move to Idaho or Alaska!

Seriously… I’m not poking fun and you couldn’t make this up.

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DENVER (AP) – The traditional holiday migration back home for many Mexican nationals living in Colorado is different this year.

Some say they have no intention of returning to Colorado, citing layoffs, dwindling job opportunities, and a perceived anti-immigrant sentiment.

Mexico’s consul general in Denver, Eduardo Arnal, says proof that more people are going home for good is in the rise in applications by Mexican nationals wanting to take all their belongings home without being tax. The consulate says it now receives about three applications a day, compared to one per week in 2007.

Nationally, applications for the exemption rose more than 25 percent this year.

That’s hardly an indicator of a reverse migration trend, according to Carlos Rico, Mexico’s undersecretary for North American affairs. However, Rico says there is proof that some Mexicans are moving to other states — often places that historically have not seen a large population of Mexicans. Rico says they include North Carolina, Georgia, Idaho and Alaska.

Finally…  Winter is finally settling in and I can’t wait to get some more board time up in the hills. Goaling for twice this week and four times at least after Christmas hopefully. 

So this weekend was pretty productive and we were just under the wire with getting the Christmas lights up in time before a snow storm.  Sitting here now with -4 and watching it drop. I freakin love Colorado. 🙂 Here’s the work so far.

I feel like I’m actually getting caught up. Just in time for some much needed time off work! So in catching up, I finally delivered on some more pics. You can find them in the gallery. A new section on my son and more additions to the misc category. Just a few but it’s additions none the less. Now I don’t feel like such a slacker. LOL

Anyway… workouts come early so this is a short post. 🙂