Vacations never seem short enough. There's usually so many things that we want to do that we can't get them all done. When you're married you have to at least double your estimate of desired things to do.
My wife and I are considering getting back into foster care. We've been wanting to get our patio/bedroom conversion done for years now, but it's been a long difficult process. With all the home improvement projects that my wife has pulled me into over the past few years, she's been building confidence that we can do most of what is needed to complete that room. We finally finished tiling the floor in the kitchen. She actually liked the grouting part better than cementing the tiles down. That was the part I hated the most.
Out of three vehicles, we were down to one over the last couple days. The truck has a flat tire, the leak is so bad that I filled it up last night and it was flat by this morning. My car wouldn't start either. I got the battery tested and it was fine so I had to have it towed to my mechanic and got the starter replaced. The car is more important for me to keep on the road than the truck because we don't use the truck much anymore except when we are spending money on home improvements. Hopefully it will be a while before we need it again. As time goes on, I'm wondering if I ever really want to get rid of a vehicle.
Over at
TheRefineryRock.com, the major changes are in place now. The new Playlist & Request pages are live, allowing visitors to find the music that they want to hear easier. Tom will be adding more details to the songs so that lyrics and other information can be read each song. So now it's time to move over to
FuelRadio.fm. I helped Tom redirect his domain and last night I installed a forum there. Since Tom had styled FuelRadio.fm so similarly to TheRefineryRock.com, I've just taken the theme that I created for the Refinery Forum and installed it on the Fuel Forum. I'm going to try to get those color tweaks done today and then hopefully Tom will have the database for Fuel ready for me to work on.
The spring semester starts next week, so I'm gearing up for that. I feel tense about it already because it's another full semester, but it's more than that. Half way through the semester I'm picking up a 5th class. It's an express class, so it only physically counts as being in class half the semester but my understanding is that the workload is just compressed into fewer weeks. I need to keep all 5 classes in order to be considered a full time student for the entire semester (which is important for getting money for the GI Bill). I'll I can say is that I really hope I like all my classes this semester.
