Darkavich's Daily Ramblings

Forgot to mention, while driving we saw a bald eagle. This is the first one we have seen since our trip to Alaska. This was a sign of good luck, as we got to our destination in record time, the Padres won, and Bonds went 0-2!

All in all a good day.

I am trying to remember a cartoon from the 1970’s that was shown around halloween. It was about an evil witch that stole children. I can only remember a scene where they all came streaming out of a cave at the end.

Anyone else remember this one?

I was going through old papers and magazines and I ran across some ads for some services that seem very trendy and that got me thinking about the things we used to do in the past that were trendy.

The one that stands out for the 1990’s is “Murder Mystery” parties. They seem pretty geeky now, but I recall going and planning at least a half a dozen of them. I can’t complain to much as that is how I met my now wife. 😀

What other things can you remember about your past that seem to define the things we did back then?

So I rode the 56 bike path today, about seven miles each way. There are two really good hills along the way. Although the second hill about kicked my butt. I had to stop at the end and catch my breath.

We met two riders that may join our team. I need to remember to keep business cards and ride postcards in my pack.

At least now I feel like I am back in the swing of things for training.

Well I have been away for a few days working my butt off on a number of things. I decided to get out and clear the ground around our redwood trees so I can start fixing up my garden railway. I decided rather than tie this section of the line to the entire project, I need to just get a simple loop running. It is amazing how much better the ground looks all cleared. I did run into a problem… If you cover the root ball of a redwood tree it has the tendency to grow out and up. This creates a large forest of little redwood fingers. I need to uncover the root ball so this doesn’t happen again.

I am still struggling with the pond. Again it is not getting enough water flow to keep the filter full. I am not sure what I will do as we are planning to be out of town for a few weeks. (more on that later). I bought some screening material to keep the fish out and will try to get that installed later this week.

Some of you know, I am planning to go back to school and get my masters. I have been frustrated with the fact my work would not pay for a degree in my field at the school I wanted. The only school available was USD, but it would end up costing me more money than I wanted to spend. I finally decided to see about going to school part time to get the entire program paid for by work.

Unfortunately yesterday, I learned they no longer are offering a Masters in IT. Not only did this completely deflate all my momentum, but now there is NO school in San Diego that offers a degree in MS/IT. I have no idea what I am going to do now. Because my goal is to change careers and teach, I may just go to school and get a teaching credential. So for now, I am just mostly depressed and frustrated.

We are back on track with the pool. I got my quote, but it seemed higher than I expected. I am working back and forth with the contractor about it, but should get it straightened out this week. We are going to finish the hard-scape planning before the end of the month, so I will feel much better once I am on their schedule for the pool remodel.