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*sigh*

You would think that work would let up a little every once in a while.

Of course, I did get a week long vacation a few weeks ago (first week of July), but without Internet access and with everything else I had going on that week, updating the Blog wasn't a high priority.

Yes. I know. I'm whining. Oh well.

Wow! I actually managed to get out of work early today--almost an hour and a half ahead of time.

I'm not complaining, of course. Actually, it's a good thing, even beyond the simple fact of not being at work. It gives me time to finish getting the house cleaned up before an old college friend of mine shows up tonight for a visit.

Haven't seen him in years and he unexpectedly called last night to say he was in town and would we mind a visit? Should be some good times.

Several of you have asked what the lake-house I have looks like. I've finally gotten around to posting some pictures that I took in June of this year.

The yellow cabin you see in the pictures is the family cabin. Everyone uses it. It's been in the family since the thirties (I think that's when it was built). The interior shots are not of that cabin however. They are of a cabin owned by my wife and I (along with my brother and sister). We've been in the process of "remodeling" the interior of that cabin for the last year or so (it was in really poor shape when we inherited it). And, it actually looks different now that what you seen in these pictures (there's new carpet now as well).

The lake it self is about seven and a half miles around. At its widest point, it's probably about a mile across. That should tell you how long it is.

The lake is, of course, my favorite place in the world. I dream of being able to live there full time one day. I have no idea if that'll ever happen, but it's an extraordinarily nice thought.

My wife and I went out shopping this morning (just for some odds and ends, nothing major) and had thought about going on to visit this year's Street of Dreams, but decided against it at the last moment. It is really getting hot out there.

The forecast is for 105°. It's already 97°. Supposed to do this again tomorrow, and then cool down to the upper 80's. Thankfully. *BLEAH*

I'm so mad at my place of employment at the moment, I could spit nails.

I really can't go into details just yet (because, admittedly, things are not necessarily set in stone as of yet), but will say if things pan out as they appear to be panning out, the company will have royally screwed me over after I have given them nine years of hard work and loyal service.

Hopefully I can expound on this further soon, because I really need to get some things off my chest.

No...not THAT kind of cool one.

Things really cooled off around here today. After nearly a week in the upper 90s/lower 100s, it only got up to 72° here today. We had really nasty series of thunderstorms that passed through the area starting yesterday evening and lasting through this morning. As I drove to work this morning, I saw several trees that had been badly wind damaged and even saw one that had obviously been struck by lightening!

It's nice to have the cooler temperatures. I'm a summer not, and I like it when it's hot out, but even I was getting tired of the continual 100s we were experiencing. My lawn is happy too.