How are you guys and gals doing lately? Things are going well for me. I feel like I've been existing more in the real world and less in the digital one, which is good, because for the last five years I think I've been rragnaar much more than I've been Aaron. I haven't had much time to be on the boards and outside of a compulsive push to hit level 50 in Bad Company 2 and platinum the game, I haven't been gaming much lately. It feels good. My dad had surgery on his spine a few weeks ago and I've been picking up a lot of the slack here at work and helping to train the temp guy that we've got doing our stonework right now. All the while, I'm also trying to finish things up here at the shop so that when school starts I can quit my job and know that I haven't left any loose ends for my family to tie up.

I bought a new bike on Friday. I absolutely love it. I think I rode about 50 miles this weekend. It is such an improvement over my old mountain bike. The best part was that I didn't have to spend any student loan money on it like I thought I would. The only downside to my new bike is that I destroyed my front tire and tube this morning when I dodged a car that was about to hit me. It cost $60 to get a new tire and tube, but my wheel wasn't damaged and the bike shop repaired it on my lunch break, so I'll be back on the road tonight.:)

Anyway, things are going good. I haven't felt this optimistic or happy about things in a very long time. Thanks for listening to my ramblings.:P