Dec 31
It’s now becoming a ritual for me to do a Christmas update with all the cool stuff I got. So here it goes for 2001.
It turns out having an Amazon wishlist paid off this year. I got practically everything on my list except for the Akira graphic novels. Here’s just a portion of the cool stuff I got:
1. Wide-angle camera lense
2. The Sixth Sense DVD (Wow!)
3. Dropkick Murphys CD
4. Whole ton of books
5. Couple of sweet shirts for work
6. A very nice and professional atache for work. I think it’s called an atache.
So that’s that. Christmas has gone by quickly. The wedding is now imminent. We are now spending all our free time doing wedding stuff. We are currently working on the programs which may turn out to be the most time consuming of all our projects. I’m a little concerned about the honeymoon. All we have gotten from the travel agency is an itinerary. I think that’s all we need. I hope there isn’t any more.
Oh yes, by the way, the RSVP thing. Right, yeah, so we sent you all RSVP cards for a reason. Use them. The deadline is January 2nd. No RSVP, no dinner. We sent out 175 invitations and have seen a sliver of RSVPs returned and it’s quite annoying. Just off the top of our head we have been able to count 40 people who did not return RSVPs who we know are going to be at the reception. We’re seriously concerned about those who we don’t know are going to show up. It’s gonna be a good dinner too. I wouldn’t miss it if I were you.
Dec 20
Whoa! Where did December go? Between the wedding, Vegas, Christmas, computers, and the dentist I haven’t had time to think. So let me recap what’s been going on in my life.
Wedding
Although there are a ton of outstanding issues everything seems to be falling into place. The big thing I have left to do is write my vows. I keep promising Courtney I’ll do it. One of these nights I actually will. For the second time our honeymoon got a little derailed. Not as bad and before though. We were flying on Sun Country until they decided to close up shop. Now we have to take a flight back at 11:40pm Sunday night which is less than ideal.
Las Vegas
Las Vegas was everything I thought it was going to be. And I’m never going back again. Well, at least not for many, many years. The trip was best summed up by Grant at 12:30am Friday night when we were trying to find a bite to eat. We had been there for 16 hours and Grant declared to everyone in a very low, shaky voice, “I am a delicate flower.” We peaked high and quick and from there on out it was all down hill. Vegas has too many lights and too much noise. It’s a sensory overload. I can say honestly if I never see Carrot Top again I’ll be a happy man.
Christmas
Christmas has really snuck up on me this year. We finished our shopping early ‘cept for Courtney’s dad. Though Courtney’s brother said he had it all taken care of. All we had to do was kick in some dough. But I haven’t heard from him lately so if you’re out there, Chad, I think you know my email address. I went to the jewelers (again!) to see if I could find Courtney anything interesting for Christmas. We promised not to go all out like we traditionally do. Neither one of us have much money to be throwing around. So I wanted something cheap. Well, I couldn’t bare to have my darling wearing anything cheap so I picked her up a nice pearl necklace and earrings. You know, for the wedding and all. I couldn’t keep a secret so I gave them to her that same night. Now I wish I hadn’t cuz I won’t be able to top that with a cheesy Christmas present.
Computers
The week before Vegas my computer decided it was going to give up. It basically stopped functioning all together. The hard drives started spouting loud profanities at me so I decided to finally put it in its final resting place and build a new one. I wasn’t able to go all out like I had hoped but for $450 bucks I was able to build a pretty decent machine. 512 megs ram, AMD Athlon 1700+, a new motherboard and case have turned me back into the hardcore computer elitest that I love to be. Feel free to envy me.
Dentist
You may be asking why this was such a big deal, right? I haven’t been to the dentist in 5 years. Of all things my parents made me do, the dentist is what I feared most. This topped off with a tooth ache that was starting to throb had me scared shitless for two months. That’s how long I had to wait for an appointment. I ( and by “I” I mean Courtney) made the appointment back in October. I mustered up enough courage to go this morning and after all was said and done, the Doc told me I have great teeth…..except for the gaping crack in my back tooth. So it wasn’t so bad I guess. It could have been worse. They did say the crack was probably from me gritting my teeth. So no more caffiene or stress for Jason! Yeah, right.
