Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Oops!

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?

Saturday, February 5, 2005

Sad News

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 and fun to have around. I'd love to have another bird and get the chance (that I didn't have with Roscoe) to bond with them. On the other hand, cockatiels are really social birds, and get stressed out rather easily I hear. Being in and out for nearly 5 months during training wouldn't be good. Also, I have general plans to move out of Grandma's house within the next year or two, if circumstance allows. A lot of changes could be happening rapidly, and I'm just not sure any intelligent, social pet (a.k.a. any that I'd want) would be able to handle that. I'll think on it some.

Thursday, February 3, 2005

Life is good

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't running. Thru a series of phone calls to Ashley's grandpa and successive tests, Bob has determined that my timing belt is off, which could be an expensive fix since the belt is buried in the block. So now I'm stuck, in debt, driving around in my grandma's trucks. I hate to say it, but I should get a job. Oh well! I don't have to look that hard, right?