Blogs from United States, North America - page 6976

It's still very cold here. The past two days we've spent most of our time at home. Since we're in the country's most conservative state, we decided to celebrate Bush's state of the union address by playing the "state of the union drinking game". That didn't go over too well, though, because Katherine kept begging for alcohol, so I couldn't bear to drink it in front of her. We ended up turning off the TV, putting away the alcohol, and reading to Katherine. Even though I missed most of Bush's speech, he still made me upset. I got nervous when he started talking about Iran and Syria (no more wars, please), and I really didn't like the way he said we needed to help males in the inner-city. What about females? Anyway, at least the state ... read more

No, I'm not gone yet. I'm packed and almost ready to go, but I'm starting to get nervous. One big problem is I don't have semester-long housing quite squared away yet, and won't until a few days after I arrive in Ireland. The plan is to stay at a Bed and Breakfast (called Cregan's-- sounds cozy, right?) for a few nights until I can check out some houses and apartments around Univ. of Limerick and find a suitable one. Being the (generally) organized person I am (not counting my room), this last-minute stuff is sometimes hard to swallow. But, the UL international student guide says to find housing in this way, so I just pray it all works out when I get over there. I fly out of RDU on Sunday afternoon, hit the airport in ... read more

Hey Peoples!!! Well I'm just waiting for my flight to the UK!! I'm really bored!! Its only 10.50am and my flight doesn't leave till 4.30pm!! Eck!! Anyways....yesterday I walked through Central Park and that was beautiful...I sat there for like an hour and was like ahhhhhhh nature...Birds, Squirrels...yay!! So you guessed it took more photos of the cute, cheeky little squirrels...Yesterday I had planned to go down to Wall Street as well..But woke up late..Had to head to the post office first...WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!!...Ok in NZ we can just walk into the post office, grap whatever we need to post our stuff and then post it...Takes maybe 10mins right!!! Well not here!!! First of all you have to go to the post shop and buy all the stuff you need...Then there's a separate place for packing ... read more

” If everything’s under control, you’re going too slow.” Mario Andretti Lazy Days was an interesting campground, and filled with huge rigs that cost up to $750,000. We had a small breakfast and visited the camp store, nothing special. We had been toying with the idea of purchasing a GPS system for the Bothan, guess we are tired of getting lost. We found one we really liked, it mounts on the dashboard and is activated by touch or remote and has a voice system. So we ordered one to be sent our campsite at St. Andrews. We started out on I-75 and decided to take the scenic road Rt 44 over to Rt. 19. We stopped to have some tint put on the windows of the Bothan, and discovered a front headlight was out, so it ... read more

I know you are probably wondering what happened to us. Did we fall into a black hole? Of course not, but there have been a lot of changes. And I do mean a lot. We are both in Iraq now. But that’s the last part of the story. Here is all that happened in between. Sunday saw us flying to Houston for our job processing. The company put us up in a very nice hotel, fed us 3 times a day and subjected us to medical exams and a multitude of informational briefings while they determined if we were KBR material. Sunday arrived and it turned out to be a very long day. Up at 4AM and at the Medford airport by 5AM. Took off at 6AM. Had enough of a layover in Phoenix to get ... read more