Do I Push Your Buttons?......

Well, I just got back yesterday from a quick trip through Las Vegas and Utah. I'm between jobs right now and don't want to get hired on anywhere for only two weeks, so I used some of my tax return money and took a trip! I figured "why not go!? Do something spontaneous!" So I thought I'd either go to Texas (where the Sis, Bro-in-law & nephew live), San Jose, CA or Utah. Seeing that the first two are some 20 hrs away (and I'd be driving alone), I went with Utah. Besides, I figured that way I could do a little snowboarding, hang out with some friends, take out a way cute girl on a date (which didn't really pan out...) and enjoy colder weather (it is winter in the rest of the country you know). First, I rolled to Las Vegas for a night and stayed with some friends, while making my way north to Utah. They're a younger married couple who are always fun to be with. After a night of cards, steak and chatting I went up to UT.
I had a bunch of things planned while I was up there, but none of them really worked out... Nobody was available to go boarding, so I almost went alone, until I remembered that I try to do crazy things and could likely get hurt without any help around. Then that cute girl I mentioned got stuck out of town overnight, which canceled the fun group date A Lowe and I had planned. The next day (Sunday) I was going to drive to Milad, ID to go flying in a private plane (a friend from my mission is LOADED!) but the weather was too ugly. Monday, everyone went back to school and work so I decided to drive home.
Although a lot of my "plans" didn't work out, I still had a good time. I hung out with Aaron Lowe a lot, watched "Lost" for the first time ever, saw the movie Be Kind, Rewind (with Jack Black), and even managed to spend a few hours with the cute girl Sunday night. We chilled at her place and talked a lot. She says I like to push peoples buttons, and I analyzed that on my way home (I'll save that for another post...coming soon).
I did TONS of thinking this trip! About life, work, family, future, etc. I took two audio books with me; one by the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and one called Think BIG and Kick Ass by Donald Trump. Both were good and got the brain juices flowing. All said and done, I'm glad I went. The thinking lead to a lot: I have a new idea for a book I'm going to write, decided that I wished the cute girl lived in AZ, figured out that American Idol is not for me, realized that I try too hard to do everything on my own, figured what my 3 wishes for a genie would be..., how to whistle using two fingers, figured out how to retire before 50, and that time travel really is possible with the curvature of the earth, space time continuum and one secret additional thing...
"Be a man of the sea.... not a man of the land. A man of the land simply follows the roads, but a man of the sea must chart his own course" -Ret

Just call me Hoover....cause I SUCK!!!!

Once again I have taken forever to update anything in this blog. A couple of people have mentioned they actually miss reading some of my colorful remarks, so I guess I'll start up again.
As some of you may have already read on Scotty's blog, I have been offered a position ad Edward Jones as a Financial Adviser. I am in the process of accepting, and I'm actually going to get fingerprinted as soon as I finish writing this entry. I quit my job about two weeks ago and have been riding out a severance deal, while waiting to hear back from EdJones. I've stayed busy (and sane....well as sane as I can) with other things: cut down a tree in Mom's backyard, fixed a quad, rebuilt a carburetor on a motorcycle, cleaned out my closet & dressers, cleaned out the fridge, was an MC at a huge charity event, DJ'ed a high school dance (I was looking for a wife, but no luck....j/k), etc... I just found out I can't start at Jones until March, so I'm going to be looking for a temp job this week. I was thinking 7/11, so I can have all the Slurpees I want... or maybe QT, where the fountain drink combos are virtually limitless... or maybe one of those guys that stands on the street corner twirling a sign around hoping people will stop at the business being promoted... or maybe I could work for Jamba Juice and stand on the corner wearing the big banana suit! Either way, I have a month to kill until I start at EdJones.
As for the rest of life, I doing fine. Still single and not dating that much anymore (and for those of you who assume, NO I don't have any make-out pals either). There's nobody around that I'm very interested in. I'm excited to start this new job, however I understand how difficult (and low paying) it is in the beginning. But, I know how rewarding it will be in the long run!!
I'll stop for now; Rachel F. once told me my blogs are WAY too long so that'll be it for now and maybe I'll post the rest tomorrow.
Shoot for the stars! That way if you come up short, you'll still land on the moon! - ReT