Wow, has it been that long????

Sorry for not updating the blog!!!! :(

To catch everyone up on what is going on in the life of Chris..... since I last posted, quite a bit has occured. First, I left off the last blog with me saying "off to work again to start another fun-filled year (I hope that doesn't turn into a sarcastic statement by the end of the year!)." Wellllllllll, since then "Bloodbath 2009" has occured. For those that don't know what I'm talking about, Clear Channel Communications laid off 1,850 (including two very close friends) while most of America was watching Barrack Obama screw up the Presidential Oath.

On the same day, and only about 15-25 minutes after I heard that the second of my friends got the ax, I called to CSU-Bakersfield to see what the status of my application was. The admissions councilor looked at my transcript and told me that I already had the equivilant number of credits to graduate with a B.S. in Sports Management (my major) right now, before I transfer. I asked her if that was a bad thing or a good thing and she responded with the following sentance. "Well, all I'm going to say is welcome to CSU-Bakersfield, Chris!!!" To which I responded to her, "please don't pull my leg, I haven't had a good day." She came back with, "I'm not welcome to the family!" So say hello to one of the newest members of the CSUB Class of 2011 (providing nothing goes wrong!)

This past week was opening week for the Spring 2009 semester at Grossmont College, and hopefully, my final semester at "Harvard on the Hill". This is going to be one crazy semester. 3 classes that are either completely or partially on the 'net and calculus. Of course, I also have a small group communications class that has us doing a project that will help make the "World a better place". The group that I joined (the 4 other people sitting near me on the first day) decided that the best way that we could make the world a better place would be to plant a tree at Grossmont College. Not to mention that when we come back and visit the campus, we can say that is the tree that we planted!!! Also, this semester, I'm the home statistician for baseball, game day ops for softball, and I'm continueing as the PA for Men's and Women's basketball at Grossmont and Women's Basketball over at Cuyamaca.

So as you can see, its going to be a busy semester.

Adios for now.

2009 -- Here is to a good year!

Well, we all survived 2008.

To catch up everyone on my happenings around New Years here is the overall schedule from Christmas until New Years. Work, Basketball tournament, work, trip. The trip involved me going out and hanging out with my friends the Mays as they were out 4-wheeling in the Mojave desert near El Centro (Salton City). I finally got out there around 7:30, and finally found the campsite around 8 (there are no landmarks in the middle of the desert at night!).

After I got there, I helped Jesse haul three Christmas trees up on top of a sand dune. We bound them together with bailing wire and eventually loaded the trees up with fireworks and propane bottles (the small ones, not the big ones). Before we light the Christmas trees up, the guys had fun loading small charges into firing tubes and creating large explosions and a couple of big fireballs, when gas is added to the explosion. After midnight, we sat around the campfire and I listened in on what is going on with the group. Someone thought they knew me, but ended up giving up on where ahe knew me from.

New Years Day, I, for some unknown reason woke up at like 7:30am. I ended up taking the May's dogs out for a morning walk so that they could do their business and then went back to the camper and fell back asleep for a couple of hours. Around 10a, I woke up to Jesse loudly asking (it wasn't quite a yell but it was close) Amanda to wake up, the ride was going to start in about 10 minutes. Cheryl asked if I had a ride, and Jesse was still working on it. He ended up getting me a ride with Ron (?) in the trail jeep. This was the first time I had ever been off-roading and it opened my eyes quickly. Anytime that the passenger nearly has to lean out side the vehicle to make sure that it doesn't roll, you're eyes will open up! We got back from the ride and as we rested a little bit, we all decided to go out for dinner. So we went "into town" to a Mexican restaurant and had dinner. After we got back, I hung out in the camper and talked to Cheryl and Eric for a little while. After that, I went out to the campfire and hung out with Amanda and Jesse.

This morning, I chose to sit out the ride so that I could get home in time to lounge a little before going into work tonight. I left the campsite around 11:45a and got to Dudley's around 1:30p. When going through Santa Ysabel you MUST stop at Dudley's, if you haven't ever stopped there, and you're in the area STOP trust me you will enjoy the bread. I finally got home around 3p.

So there you go, I am going to have dinner, and then off to work again to start another fun-filled year (I hope that doesn't turn into a sarcastic statement by the end of the year!).