I took this photo yesterday while on the first leg of my road trip to Orlando. Okay, so it's not too winding in this photo, but believe me it had quite a few turns on the way.I am currently lounging in relaxation at my uncle's house in Wyoming. The trip was uneventful save for some rain and a rather extreme lack of sleep. It was an unsuccessful attempt to sleep between getting off of work at 6:30am on Sunday morning and leaving at about 12:30pm that same day and continued driving until I stopped in Santa Fe when I started hallucinating on the road. Never a safe bet.
There were a couple of odd (read "funny") things I saw on the way up here:
1) On a railroad trestle I passed under in Pueblo, CO, someone spray painted "DANNY GLOVER!!!" on the side. I wish I could've gotten a pic of that because it was so absurd to see that there of all places. Maybe I should propose a Photoshop contest for that on Something Awful or Worth1000.
2) I passed one of these on I-25:
This is actually just an industrial concrete pumping truck. Nothing too special, except that the brand name made me laugh in a geeky high-school loser fashion.
"Putzmeister". 'Nuff said.
Anyways, I made it up here late yesterday afternoon and after a good night's sleep, I was able to settle down for a good day's slacking off. Although there was a new wrinkle in the household: a last-minute addition in the form of an exchange student from Serbia! Apparently, some friends of my aunt and uncle were supposed to host him for a year and he was going to finish high school. But due to some background check glitches, they were cancelled at the last minute and my aunt and uncle agreed to host him instead. Sam (a nickname instead of Vladimir) is a nice enough kid, looking to finish high school and college and eventually join the Marines. Since his student visa is only for a year, I'm not sure how he'll do that, but more power to him.
So he will still be living here for a while after I'm gone. In the meantime, Sam, my uncle Bob and I all went out to the rifle range for a little while today to give Sam his first real exposure to guns and their proper handling. He didn't do too bad for his first day and I'm sure that he'll improve over the year. My uncle taught me how to handle guns and he's the only one in the world I feel completely safe around when he's holding a firearm. In fact, this is the only place I ever go shooting because I prefer not to own a gun at home. It makes it a real treat to spend time with Uncle Bob doing something we both enjoy and makes it a real vacation for me.
And one last brief bit of good family news. I spoke to my brother today and he and his wife have sold their house. Even with the downturn in the real estate market in Phoenix and nationwide, their place was only on the market for about 1-1/2 days before they got an offer for the full asking price of the house. Everything is coming up roses for them pretty much and they're moving to Albuquerque next month. They'll even be moving practically debt-free, having only the mortgage on their new house to pay. Bravo... you lucky bastard.
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