It's June

Can you believe it? It's already June. Almost half way through 2006 already.. Where does the time go now-a-days?? With a new month also comes another Reserve Duty weekend. At the time I'm thinking about this, it's early Sunday morning. By the time I publish, it will be early Sunday evening. I write down my ideas whenever they hit me, then I publish them after I get home in the afternoon. Right now, all I'm thinking is: Where does the time go? Our lives are so non-stop these days, the first time we sit down to look at the past, more has gone by than what we thought. It's amazing how quick everything goes by. Of course, they always say, "Time flies when you're having fun." And, I am. I am loving life and all that goes with it. There was a time, back from about 1996 to 2001 that life, in general, sucked.
I lived in Columbus, GA back in that time. I love Columbus, but jobs were few and far between. I had gotten out of the Air Force and took a job with, what I thought was going to be, a great technology based company based out of a little town on the AL-GA border. Well, the company ended up being a second rate piece of shit with a Redneck Good 'Ol Boy club as it's company officers. Of course, with disfunctional half-breeds running the company, it was bound to go bankrupt. And, it did. But, while I was working there, I hated life. I wasn't even a nice person to be around because I hated just about everything was to do with that job, that town and most everything else. After they fired me, things started to look up some. But only slightly. I was still working and I had started racing. I got screwed over about a year later by someone who said they were a friend. And, they may have been, but with friends like that, I sure didn't many more of them. Things went downhill fast for the next few months and it was about to hit rock bottom. But, luckily, the job I'm at now came my way near the end of that time. It wasn't until I got the job where I'm at now and moved away from that entire area that things started to really look up. I started working with people that new meaning of "teamwork" and had a great higher echelon to look up to. Darling Bride got a job with a real good company that treats their people the way companies should treat them. She has also made her way up in the company and is happy where she is. We've been able to buy and sell a couple of houses and all around live a great life. Now, in about 5 weeks or so, our lives are going to take another turn. Our new bundle of joy should be here in about that time frame. She is actually due on 8 July, so we'll see what happens. If I think life has passed by fast up until now, I can't imagine what it's going to be like while watching my little girl grow up. Speaking of which, Darling Bride has her 3rd of 3 baby showers today.

On other notes: We'll be making our first trip to Six Flags Over Georgia this coming Tuesday. Sister's hubby doesn't like to ride a lot of stuff, so I usually take his place when these trips come up. So, Sis, niece, nephew and I are all headed up Tuesday to do the rides. A group from work has a trip planned for the 13th, so we'll be headed back up there on that day. 2 trips in two weeks will be fun.

I'm starting to have dive withdrawals. I haven't been able to dive since March and I'm really itching to go. Unfortunately, there aren't places local to hit, so any diving would have be done 3 -4 hours away. I'm not comfortable doing that with baby so close to coming, so I'll just have to wait. Mom and Dad's pool will be open sometime in the next week, so maybe I'll just throw on my gear and hit the pool for a bit. It'll be better than nothing at all. I think I'm going to contact ScubaSteve and ask him if there is ANY place around here we can do some diving and I can earn another specialty or two. This non-learning break is killing me. I want to learn more and get qualified for more. Come October, I'll be able to get back into the swing of things. I've got a Rescue Diver class scheduled and as soon as I pass that, I'll go directly into my Divemaster training. Then I will learning A LOT over the next 4-6 months. That will be fun. Until then, I'll just do what I can.

Hope everyone has a great week and I'll write more when I get the urge.