HOLY END OF MAY BATMAN!

Wow, that really was a fast month. Counting down the days now to my first anniversary with my wife! I'd let you all in on a few of the things I'm planning for her, but I'm afraid you might tell her (oh, and she reads this blog).

Just got off the phone with my mom. We had a discussion that turned into an argument. Haven't done that in a while. And of course, as you all are probably aware, I was right and she was wrong. But hey, that's neither here nor there....what IS here and there is this three-day weekend that's coming up! Woo! Memorial Day!

No real plans for the weekend. Gonna sit by the pool A LOT. Gonna play tennis, yep, A LOT. Probably play a little guitar, working on the wedding DVD, sleep in, stay up late. Good times. Totally need this, too.

Everyone have a good weekend, and on Monday, take just a moment or two to look around you and realize the impact of all the men and women in the armed services, especially those who gave it all just to help make our lives a little more free, and also to help keep it that way.

More congratulations to people I know, so check it out:

My friend Julianna got engaged this weekend in Charleston, SC. Technically, you could call her my "boss" or "supervisor" or whatever, but we've gotten to be good friends since I started working at this job a year ago. Send her an e-mail telling her how happy you are for her, and ask her to show you the ring. It's real nice.

The only other congratulatory commentary is for myself. I'm celebrating a year in the "real world." I graduated last May and started working at my current job last May 21st. Feels strange that it has been a year. I guess your parents are always right when they say "time only goes faster." But for cryin' out loud, I'm only 23! If it's this bad now, what's 10 years from now going to be like?

Wrote a bass line and guitar part for a new SCAP song this weekend. I've got about 3 songs in the works that could easily be finished soon, but getting folks together is next to impossible, what with everyone's schedules. Including a couple other "new" songs, we're on our way to another album. Don't know if that will ever happen though. Costs a fair amount to record and press an album (well, if you do it the right way), and I don't think we'd ever be able to support it properly. If getting practice together is difficult, playing shows is about 10x more. Maybe we'll just do a live recording someday, and keep our cash out of the studios. I guess time will tell...

Had a blast on vacation. Good weather, good food, good company...good times. I'll be posting some pics sometime soon (no, really).

So I come back from vacation, and it appears that the host for my blog, Blogger, has gone and changed up the appearance of their service. Well, that's fine, gotta update stuff now and then, but this update is in the wrong direction if you ask me. They've made everything HUGE...the buttons, words, everything. It's like it's been redesigned for old people (no offense to old people). Prior to the redesign, the look catered more to the techie community, which until recently was the bulk of people doing blogs in the first place. As time goes on, things change. But this just seems a little bulky.

Oh well, I'm sticking with them. Blogger is owned by Google, and the support is good, and there's little chance of these guys disappearing overnight and costing me all of my posts.

This week of work has been sort of dull, but I'm sure it'll pick up soon. I'm ready to go back to the beach myself...

Great news folks...my sister Heather just had another kid yesterday! Woo! I'm an uncle again ;)

He's a boy (redundant, yes) and is doing just fine. Born today around 9am. Name's Brandon Niel (or maybe Neal) Galloway. Send her a nice e-mail to congratulate her!
And from Hilary and I...CONGRATULATIONS HEATHER!!

Tonight is the season's final episode of Smallville. Man, that is a good show. What in the world am I going to watch on TV between now and October?

Even better, the Smallville Season 2 box set is out as of yesterday. Kind of pricey, but it'll help pass time for the next few months.

Angel is having it's final episode of all time tonight. Don't care too much, never watched it. I'll watch it anyways. I like to read the last chapter of a book first and then see how it all gets there as I read.

May already....amazing.

I'm glad it's May. January and Febrary aren't exactly my fav months of the year. March and April are good because the weather is pretty mild, but those months are pollen months. May is about when you really feel like relaxing a bit, going outdoors and taking in the warm weather, and giving yourself a little time off. So that's what I'm about to do.

I haven't actually had a single day off of work since New Year's Day. No holidays or anything (we didn't take MLK or Pres. Day off). So needless to say, I'm ready for a break. It's been really busy at work since Christmas. We've been getting new business like crazy, and just had to hire on a new guy to take some of the edge off.

So this weekend, Hilary and I are heading down to Florida's St. George Island for a week of R&R with the in-laws. It's a real nice place...there's not really a lot to do, so you can actually spend all your time just RELAXING. Doing nothing if you want. Most vacation destinations are packed with activities. That's nice and all, but sometimes all you want to do is sit at the beach or pool, or maybe do a little sight seeing. Anything more than that can get pretty exhausting most of the time.

Maybe I'll find some buried treasure in the sand.