9.27.07 (phototrippin day 77)

ok, i actually have a good excuse for not updating for a few days this time. no really. read on

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got to courtney and rion's place in one piece last sunday night. first time i've hung with them since they got engaged so it was cool seeing both of the rings :)

ok ok, i'm sure ya'll are wondering about the no-updating excuse. well....halo 3 just came out and as we were walking around a grocery store i mention to rion that i've never played halo and didn't even know what the storyline was. after a severe beating and the removal of some geek points we proceed to play the first halo after we get back to the apt. holy sweet christmas that game is made of AWESOME!! LoL. so, pretty much, we've been playing that non-stop. the plan is to try to get through all of part one in one week. anyone who's played halo should know that won't be an easy feat (rion has to work). and there you go ;)

anyway, been having a blast. i'll be going to see emily saturday afternoon (i think she lives about 30 minutes or so away in dallas. i'm in plano at the moment)

anywho, that where things stand in the land of pat at the moment :)

(oh dad, i got your voice-mail but i've been forgetting to charge my phone so that's why i didn't call back)

w00t!

9.23.07 (phototrippin day 73)

day 73?! wow, it's still hard to believe sometimes

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well, sunday has come around and now i'm getting ready to pack up and head to texas to spend a week with rion and courtney (and to see my friend emily to boot)

i really had a great time hanging with tracy in springfield. it's cool hanging with another survivor of MCA and talking artsy-fartsy crap :p

yesterday she took me out to the family farm and her parents drove us around their land in the pickup. i had a blast trying to find the horses ;) (joke, you had to be there)

they really have a lot of really beautiful land out there in those hills (hills, not mountains. joke, had to be there)

anyway, took many photos (which i'm sure won't do it justice) and had a blast

buy anyhow, i need to quit stalling and get the car all packed up. so, i'll "see" ya'll in texas! :)

9.21.07 (phototrippin day 71)

*whew* so i've had a full day today/yesterday (since it's two something now)

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so i had a blast seeing angie and her boys (and her future hubby) monday night and tuesday day. caught up on old times and played the Wii with her boys. (mason is pretty good at Wii Golf and Bowling) tuesday night i hopped back on the road to springfield to meet up with tracy

tuesday night was mostly us catching up on old times and being filled in on the new times. wednesday she had to work and today/yesterday (thursday) we:
- went to silverdollar city in branson
- rode rollercoasters all day long (and i surprised myself by letting tracy talk me into riding some i usually wouldn't ride)
- got soaking wet at said silverdollar city (water rides are fun)
- went home to change clothes
- went to go see Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End at the cheap two dollar theater. (that movie kicked ass)
- came home and now here i am (tracy's asleep)

gotta say, it was a fun day.

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hope this longer post makes up for the short ones i've been posting lately ;)

9.17.07 (phototrippin day 67)

gettin' ready to hop back on the road toward angie and tracy in missouri :)

had a great time hanging with michael and leslie and wish they lived closer so we could hang out more

so, on the road again i go :)

9.14.07 (phototrippin day 64)

packing up and gettin' ready to head to Minnesota to hang out with michael furious and leslie powell :)

awww yeah!

9.12.07 (phototrippin day 62)

time to clear out the camera so you know what that means

photo post!






















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if you want to see the rest, just click the phototrippin photo album link to the right :)

9.11.07 (phototrippin day 61)

it's a sunny 66 degrees in the windy city of chicago and i'm about to head back out from shar and matt's place for more exploring and picture taking

i love this city :)

9.9.07 (phototrippin day 59)

real quick one cause the car's already all packed :)

on the way to chicago to see and stay with my friend shar and her hubby

i'll let ya know when i get there (should be about a 6 hour drive)

had a blast hanging with alex and lea :)

(next time ya'll are down south i better get a call) ;)

9.03.07 (phototrippin day 53)

drove through alot of mountains (on the way to columbus, ohio from hampton, va) and decided that i love them :)

(but man, those roads get long sometimes. of course, only getting a few hours sleep the night before a 8+ hour drive probably had a little to do with it too) ;)

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made it to alex's place in columbus all in one piece and now just chillin and watching "Hidalgo" before i take some sinus meds and hit the sack

i'll probably crash here a day or so and then (after i get in touch with shar) start making my way to chicago

w00t

9.02.07 (phototrippin day 55)

i was just about to put day 54 until i saw what time it was ;)

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made it to Hampton, VA and chillin at my friends cory and karen's place. they have a very nice house. (and when did they get so handy with tools?!) :p

anyway, this one is only a short stop. as soon as i hear from alex (when he gets back from GenCon) that's when i'll be heading to Ohio from here. (it's a 9 hour drive so i hope it isn't too late) :)

and now, off to try to get some sleep :)