travis' brain dump

the countdown has begun… with a good drop of snow last week (2’+) it sparked the fever in a few of us. abasin is set to open towards the end of october (last year was oct 23) so that puts up just under a month away to get out there and party again. keystone and breck are both likely to open nov 10, so at least they’re not too far behind. i’m so ready. my pass is renewed, got some new gear, board carrier for the car… oh yeah…. i feel like a kid waiting for christmas. i hope to get my daughter up there this year, perhaps doing some skiing just to get her started in the snow. might have to wait another season or two before attempting the snowboarding exposure.

in other news… almost ready to put in the ceiling in the guest room… got the remaining vent installed this weekend and i’m planning on patching the floor today and locating the power for the ceiling fan, so this should be fun. on a good note, it appears that i have more than enough sheetrock to do the ceiling and some patches around the house, so i’m excited about that. i want to try to get this thing wrapped up and ready for tape,plaster,paint no later than the middle of october. that gives me some time to get everything mapped out and wrap up this room by the end of november… *fingers crossed* at least the heating system is out of the way, that was a worry spot for me. just need to round up some more money and get this thing finished up so that i don’t have it hanging over my head and clear it out before my parents come into town. would be nice to have that room finished …

anyway, gotta get back to work… i’ve got to head down to denver today to fix a database and reinstall our tape backup software… oh fun.

later

well this has been a busy one… both at work and at home… honestly, thats been a good thing. it’s helped it fly by, but hasn’t allowed me much time to post up. since wednesday, i’ve had no access to my normal computer since its blocked off by slabs of sheetrock… i could use my laptop, but its been dead and the docking station to charge it in as been blocked off as well. lol hopefully that will change tonight, i need to get that stuff moved into the room i’m redoing. it got held off due to the heating system this week… it took longer than i expected to revamp, but still overall was easier than i had thought it was going to be… now the advantages to this weeks work are already being seen… better heating, cleaner air, easier changing of my filter and the mess of an old distribution duct that held off putting a ceiling in the guest room has been cleared! andy and i did the dirty work, we got the intake from the living room sealed off and the main intake into the furnace all cleared and setup properly. mike put in the return vent with the filter upstairs for me… that thing rocks mike, thanks. and andy… props to andy for fighting with that evil output duct and getting most of it out of the way for me… allowed me to finish up last night in record time. 😀 (yes folks, andy is badass) YAY FOR PROGRESS! i’ve got a couple of small projects (30 minute deals) to clear off before putting in the ceiling of the guest room… patch the floor in my room where the old vent was, insulate the ductwork, run electrical wire from the switch to where i’m installing the ceiling fan, etc… etc… nothing major though… tonight i’m going to try to clean up the room and maybe pull down the remaining boards from the last wall to pave the way to completion. anyway, need to get back to work.. err wait, i need food first… still got 30 minutes left for lunch so i need to take advantage. lol

later

i’ve been busy okay?

not that too much exciting has been going on… last weekend was nuts… we had a little going away party for Seah since he decided to go and move to DC. You’re a punk Seah! 🙂 Also combined it with his girlfriend’s birthday. I’m pretty sure everyone had fun, although, the party ended up moving across the street to Les’ house and well… you know what happens over there… people turn into drunks there. Amusing to say the least. I can’t believe another weekend is upon me… i’ve been fighting off a sinus plague this week (thanks a bunch Jesse, when i feel better, I’m going to beat you down) so I’ve been pretty much out of it. Most of my spare energy is spent trying to get stuff done at work and keeping up with the munchkin with unlimited energy. i was going to hit up Skylab this weekend, but I think i’ll be too busy sleeping trying to get rid of this sinus thing. (again, Jesse, I’m gonna pwn you)

Got my rear lip installed on the Rolla this week, looks much better, now to get the front and the hood scoop on… i need to get that hoodscoop in place, i fried a power steering pressure hose last week so i need to get that thing installed so i can cool the back of the engine bay better. $100 for that hose… yikes! Thanks to Andy for helping me put that thing in… at least it wasn’t a hard fix, just anoying. Also got my snowboard rack in this week… (again with the props to Andy for helping me install that thing) no more boards in the back seats baby! 🙂

my head feels like its gonna explode… woot! oddly, i’m excited since this day is almost friggin over… i’ve gotta go hit up a client’s place today to configure a laptop and I may take off an hour early because I feel like I’m going to die… speakin of kiddo, i need to upload the new pics i have of her, i’ll do that tonight.

laters