Theme parks are one of a few cheap getaways for me. Last night I received an email concerning one of my favorite parks, Kentucky Kingdom.  The email read that the park would be closing because Six Flags and the Kentucky State Fair couldn’t come to an  agreement regarding the lease.

I’m really upset about it.  I mean, Kentucky Kingdom is only 2 1/2 hours away vs the drive to Atlanta, GA.  Seems as thought that’s where I’ll need to go now.  Not to mention that the season pass at Kentucky Kingdom was always cheaper than the Atlanta based theme park.

Although this last year, I did buy tickets and never went.  It was always one of my options.  Now, I guess i’ll be traveling to Atlanta more often. Kentucky Kingdom will be missed.

Mr. Stern, you better get busy buddy!

However, life is good for the most part.  I need to upload and talk about christmas and new years. Those were some very fun times. I kept the roads very hot!

Anyhow, I’ve got to get back to work for now.

It started out just fine and dandy, got up, got a shower, got dressed and went to work.  Nothing unusual about that right? What went wrong is what I discovered when I came home yesterday evening.

I came home turned th water on to wash my hands and I had no water! Grrr. Ok so before I go into panic mode I had to think, did I pay the water bill.  Yes, I did. In fact I’ve paid more than I owed. So the next thing I thought was did they turn  my water off accidentally? Walking out to the meter I hear it running. I opened it and sure enough that needle was just a spinning.

Next thing I did was look for ground water and didn’t see any so I went to my crawlspace. Now keep in mind it’s getting dark now. sure enough there’s water under the house….and not just a little bit…i’m talking about 8 inches or so.

you can see where the water was

You can see where the water was until the city came out to shut it off.

Not the best way to start vacation.

So anyhow, I took half the day off to meet the people that came out to fix my silly leak.  Turns out the main line busted coming out of the ground.

Yes, it was my fault, I didn’t shut ALL the vents around the house.  The one the was closest to the pipe is the one that is so hidden you forget it’s there.

They’ve left and now I’m waiting on the water to heat so I can finally take a shower. I feel so dirty.

Anyhow, what brings this about is the word HATE. Hate is such a strong word.  I have a co-worker that just sits around and does just enough work to get by.  Just enough work to not get fired.  Recenlty though, we’ve found him sleeping.  We’ve also noticed his stuff starting to be stored here(at work)  Whatever his reason for doing so is wrong.

I’m not sure of his home life. Is he homeless? Is he avoiding his girlfriend? I don’t know.  He has a desk where he keeps his bills, supplies, church photos, etc… Today, I found his laundry basket of dirty clothes.  Guess that’s where my detergent has been going.

So, why do I not like him? Do I feel that he’s abusing the system? Do I feel used? YES! I find myself saying that I hate him.  I hate that word Hate. Wish it were never in my vocabulary.  When I do find myself saying it, I do retract it and say “I truly dislike” this person.

So if you see a few posts that look old, or don’t sound relevent to today, it’s probably because it was an old post that I’m just getting around to publishing.

I have a suggestion, if there is so much extra money, expand who can get a scholarship. There are many adults, single adults struggling to find a career path.  Many know where they want to go, but few have funds to back that desire.

Broaden that range of scholarship money so that some of those adults that play the lottery, can

Last night though, I downloaded the new 2.0 firefox.  It’s got a new look and even better Rss feed reader.  Firefox also has a better tab browser than IE.  If you are still using Internet Explorer, I highly recommend trying out Firefox.

What am I talking about? I’m talking about that piece of paper, that plastic coke bottle, or that empty bag of leftover chips, that people always seem to walk past and never put in a trash receptacle.  Heck, we even kick it sometimes just for fun. We never muster enough energy to simply bend over and throw it in the garbage.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m guilty of it.

It’s kind of funny though to sit back and watch how many feet step on, step over, or simply step away to avoid it.

Don’t look down! You might actually bend over to pick it up!