Hello, Folks

Hi guys. Please excuse my absence. I'm struggling with finding stuff to blog about as of late, so the posts are few and far between.

Just a quick update of everything since I've been back from the great state of Wyoming...

I came back and worked for a couple of months at the grocery store, Dillon's, where I've unfortunately been employed since sophomore year of high school. I'm thankful for the time there with extreme schedule flexibility and great co-workers (for the most part). But, it was time to get the heck out of there. I've since taken my talents to South Iowa Street at Peoples Bank. I'm enjoying it there. It's very laid back compared to the fast paced corporate world of Kroger/Dillon's. So, I plan on sticking it out at the bank for a little bit until I determine what my next adventure will be.

Just in case I decide banking isn't for me, I've applied and accepted a position at Yellowstone again for next summer. The job would be the same thing as next year, and likely at the same location. I'm up for any location, so I'll wait to hear more about that later on.

As far as running is concerned, I've been on a hiatus for about 3 weeks now. I got a nasty bug a few weeks ago, which took me out for a week and after that the weather took a turn for the worse. After missing a week of running and trying to jump back into it with crappy weather, it makes it a bit tough.

I've been snapping a few photos, but nothing great. I'll post a couple images here that I recently had printed to fill a frame that I received from Jake for Christmas. Other than that, being the rookie photographer that I am, I find it tough to find my creativity during the winter months, so hopefully I'll come up with something before spring arrives to put on here.

Lastly, I've been considering setting up a Twitter account. I'm not sure why. It seems like that's where all the news in the world comes from now, which is slightly ridiculous, but I don't want to miss it!

Until next time!

A Bit of a Rewind

I guess I should have talked, er, blogged about this on my last post. But, the goal of my blog is obviously to document my experiences of living in Wyoming. I've recently purchased a Nikon D3000 to help me document, as well. A beginner's camera for a guy with beginner's talent. Many of the photos I take will hopefully appear on this blog. If you have any pointers, suggestions, critiques or complaints I would appreciate hearing them. With the great scenery and wildlife that is in that portion of the country I felt like it was necessary for me to have a camera that could capture the greatness of the shot.

While I will be talking about the happenings of Wyoming most of the time, it is possible I will also touch on my opinions of many other things. That could range from the happenings of the sporting world, rap music, NOT politics, my attempts at photography and my hiking and running events. Basically, we'll see where this leads and hopefully I don't get too off topic or boring. I will do my best to do frequent updates, but truthfully, only time will tell.

I was convinced/coaxed/forced into creating this blog by my brother, Jacob. You can view his much more witty and professional writing here. Enjoy.

Well, Fourth of July was a bit of washout. We were successful in lighting off all of our goods within the city limits without an encounter from the Lawrence Police Department. In order to get everything lit we were furiously rifling through the boxes of fireworks kept in the garage and lighting them in between the downpours that Mother Nature graced us with.

After the Mass Street Mile yesterday Jacob and I went back downtown to watch the races that were going on. It was much different than than the KU Criterium that was going on on Saturday. The racing was much faster which became slightly dangerous once the street became a bit saturated. It definitely kept the bikers aware, as well as the fans.

I've been packing for the last week or so in preparation for moving up to Yellowstone and I finally took some of the boxes out of my apartment today. All that is left to move is my big pieces of furniture which I will do here in the next day or two, hopefully when it isn't raining.

I don't have much more to post that wouldn't be a waste of your time. So, until next time...

A Good Day to Start

Happy 4th of July to you, America. This is my first blog entry on what hopes to be an adventerous next few months. At the end of this week I will be departing my hometown, Lawrence, Kansas, to head northwest to the Equality State -- Wyoming. There I will be working as a Guest Service Agent at one of the many lodging facilities inside Yellowstone National Park. If I knew which one I was working at I would gladly disclose that information, but I do not. Sorry.

Today started off with a true bang as it was race day for all of the elite athletes in the Lawrence-Kansas City-Topeka area. The Mass Street Mile was ran in conjuction with the Tour of Lawrence. It was a great race, and very fast. The winning time for the men's race was somewhere around a 4:43. I came in sixth (second in my age group) at 5:04 and Jacob rounded out the top 10 with a 5:19. I was pleased, and also surprised, with the competition this morning. I feel we could have ran faster, but we decided not to use EPO this morning.

This was a nice follow up to attending the Tour of Lawrence up on the University of Kansas campus last night. There was some great racing and plenty of fans. Really, a great atmosphere. It's about time Lawrence hosts more events like this. I think the community here can really support these types of things and help them become very successful.

I will now proceed to light fireworks illegally in the Lawrence city limits.