Chris' Updates

I just made a little boo-boo. I completely erased the hard drive on my desktop computer. Oops. Those of you who know me know that I just do it myself every once in a while, but usually there's a section of the hard drive that doesn't get wiped. I usually don't lose all of my music, my downloaded files, etc. Oh well, I guess that means I get a completely clean slate! Life has been good. Ashley and I celebrated Valentine's Day last night; we went to Woody's Pizza, then came home and watched movies. It was really nice! I got Ashley a pair of earrings that somewhat match her promise ring, and a fuzzy green scarf that she's been dying to get for herself. She has been strapped for cash, but she's planning on getting me somthing soon and won't tell me what. Is that mean or what?

Last night, things were going well. I was over at Ashley's with her, Jackie and Jeremey. We were having a generally good time, playing the new card game Jackie got me for my birthday. I got a call from Nancy, and she told me that she had been playing with Roscoe. He must've gotten spooked, because he flew off her shoulder and headlong into a mirror. He broke his neck and died instantly. He'd been in the house for about a week, and he'd been in my room for about 3 days. He was really starting to warm up to me, we were getting to be buddies. I'm pretty sad. I know Nancy was pretty broken up about it, because he was a really sweet bird. I buried him in Grandma's garden this morning. Call me a softie, but I chose to put him under the bush where the sparrows hang out in the spring, so he could be with them. Guess it doesn't take long to get attached, eh? I'm thinking about whether or not to get another cockatiel. On the one hand, Roscoe was really friendly an...

Yes, you heard it right, life is indeed good. School's back in full swing, and I'm actually doing homework and keeping up in classes. The army is doing... well, what they always do, telling me to lose weight and recruit all of my friends (which I'm sort of ignoring). Ashley is no longer sick and/or menstural, so we're both happy there. An interesting note, my aunt sort of aquired a few birds from one of her friends that was getting rid of them, so Ashley got 2 more cockatiels, Grandma got a lovebird, and I, yes Chris, got a cockatiel of my very own. His name is Roscoe, and he's one very cool bird. I sometimes have mixed feelings about having so many pets, but maybe I can start out with just this one. He's pretty cool, after all. Yes, about the only point I can complain about is my financial situation. After the traffic ticket for expired plates, my car sat for a few days. When I had forked up $100+ for the ticket and new registration, I found out the car isn...