these are our bats. they live in our wall next to us. they fly out of the wall next to our window every night and then come back the next morning. it's a little unsettling at times and kinda gross, but in a weird way kinda cool. now that i've recorded them and know how big they are and how many of them are there it isn't as gross or scary. but, as you can see, there are quite a few. i counted at least 15 coming out last night and who knows if they all came out at once. hopefully our management will take care of this fast and it won't be a big deal. hollie doesn't like this so much...but it's kinda funny. i'll admit though, i'm not really fond of it either. i just don't want any in the house or anything to start stinking. the first video is of them coming out at night at 9:20. the second is them coming back at 5:45. enjoy!!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
thoughts on life
first, what's with so many friends having kids? seems like all of my friends have jumped onto the train that leads to parenthood. whether intentional or by accident all of my close friends, well i guess most, have or will have a kid within the next month. i am 24, barely. my friends are my age or younger. personally, i don't feel ready or prepared to enter that realm of life. my guess is that none of them felt "prepared" or "ready" either, but apparently more than me. the thing that sucks is that with kids they don't have time to really be friends anymore. now don't get me wrong, i'm more than excited to have kids and happy that my friends are having them. i just didn't think so many would have them as young as they are. at least i'll have someone to get advice from when we start having our own.
second, i hate growing up and not having any friends anymore. seems the older i get the more detached i become with people who i used to have great friendships with and that blows. i guess that is just one of the things you lose as you get older.
next, stupid finacial aid. i hate taking out loans but there's no way i'd be able to pay for school without it, especially flying. i have a very decent job for going to school and we make enough money to meet our needs and still have some left over. don't get me wrong, i'm grateful for the job i have and the money we both make. but i hate that as i make more we get less aid for school. when i plug in my financials into our school calculator for how much our "need" will be in financial aid it comes out to like $28,000 for the next school year. and my grant $ offered went down as well as my total offer. it just doesn't make sense sometimes.
enought of my ranting for today...
second, i hate growing up and not having any friends anymore. seems the older i get the more detached i become with people who i used to have great friendships with and that blows. i guess that is just one of the things you lose as you get older.
next, stupid finacial aid. i hate taking out loans but there's no way i'd be able to pay for school without it, especially flying. i have a very decent job for going to school and we make enough money to meet our needs and still have some left over. don't get me wrong, i'm grateful for the job i have and the money we both make. but i hate that as i make more we get less aid for school. when i plug in my financials into our school calculator for how much our "need" will be in financial aid it comes out to like $28,000 for the next school year. and my grant $ offered went down as well as my total offer. it just doesn't make sense sometimes.
enought of my ranting for today...
the update
so...it's been over a year now. apparently I'm not too good at keeping this up. however, i am going to try to keep this up more or less as a form of a journal. i'm terrible at journals and this will be my feeble attempt.
so, since last july lots has happened. i have since passed two more checkrides for my instrument rating and my multi-engine rating. both were pressure packed but both went relatively well. i'll now be working on my commercial and CFI ratings. pretty sweet and we're making some good progress. i can't tell you the amazing things you can see from the sky. you know it is kind of boring looking when you're in a commercial jet, but when you're the one at the controls it's so much different. the joy that being in the air brings is overwhelming and i am incredibly lucky to be doing this now and in the future. if anyone really wants to i'll have to take them for a rid sometime soon.
hollie is almost done with school. less than a month and she will be a graduate of BYU in the Dance program. props to her and the effort she has put in to get this done. she has worked hard and now that work will pay off. she'll soon be out of a job, so she has a lot of work ahead to get her project done and get a new job. but she'll be fine.
other than that life is pretty much normal. we are still plugging along and living the married student life and enjoying the majority of it. everything has its ups and downs but all-in-all life has been enjoyable.
so, since last july lots has happened. i have since passed two more checkrides for my instrument rating and my multi-engine rating. both were pressure packed but both went relatively well. i'll now be working on my commercial and CFI ratings. pretty sweet and we're making some good progress. i can't tell you the amazing things you can see from the sky. you know it is kind of boring looking when you're in a commercial jet, but when you're the one at the controls it's so much different. the joy that being in the air brings is overwhelming and i am incredibly lucky to be doing this now and in the future. if anyone really wants to i'll have to take them for a rid sometime soon.
hollie is almost done with school. less than a month and she will be a graduate of BYU in the Dance program. props to her and the effort she has put in to get this done. she has worked hard and now that work will pay off. she'll soon be out of a job, so she has a lot of work ahead to get her project done and get a new job. but she'll be fine.
other than that life is pretty much normal. we are still plugging along and living the married student life and enjoying the majority of it. everything has its ups and downs but all-in-all life has been enjoyable.
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