Busy Day

Today was my work day. Hit all my yards and damn, they're looking good. The constant rain and early season has helped my business a lot. Ang has been busy training every day. They are all getting their refresher courses on things like chainsaw, wildland fire, the engine, medical, etc. She seems to like it so far but both of us hate the distance. We're going to visit tomorrow and stay the night at Juanita Lake which is a beautiful lake about 6-7 miles from her station. We'll be coming back late Saturday and then I have to deal with trying to get Sam and I to the Star Wars movie. Can't wait! Ang finally has a roommate. She works in wildlife and does something with the owls.

Most of my classes are complete in terms of homework and now all I have to do are my finals next week. Can't wait to get done. Been keeping in tune with Iraq more with the Bolle clan over there. Really disappointed in what the whole Iraq thing turned out to be. Could have helped a lot of countries in terrible shape or tried to deal with the nuclear situation in Korea or Iran. But that's for another category blog.....Tom's ramblings about the state of the nation. Another day.

House still has this huge empty hole in it since Ang left. Long summer ahead but I plan on traveling with the kids whenever I can locally and getting the outdoor fever. Kids are great and have a couple of weeks of school left. They have been very helpful around the house doing many of the chores that take a lot of time. Sam does a lot of vacuuming, dog poop, and other cleaning. Emily does the cats box, rabbits, and always her room. Such awesome kids! Love everyone.

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