So apparently when you install carpet you do a lot of banging on the floor with hammers. And no that is not supposed to be erotic in any way you sick freak. It means that after staying up pretty late on Monday night I got woken up to very loud pounding. At first I thought it was a joke, Mom wanting me to get up or something. But no, it was the carpet installers making the noise. I tried to sleep through it and actually dozed off a few times. I know that it was probably worthless to try but I was too tired to get up. It made for an interesting day.

I went to Macado's in Christiansburg for lunch. It was time for my traditional expensive lunch on payday. I got a cheese/mushroom/olive sandwhich type thing. It was really good, but looking back I probably should have gotten somthing with meat. I went and had coffee with Dad after I had lunch, and we actually had a nice talk. I don't know what was different about it but it was nice. A couple of times he started off on the choir preaching that he normally does but he didn't keep it up for very long. He asked me about Kate, and I told him we were good friends and had talked about dating. But that we basically didn't have room for romance in our lives at this point. Me, because Kate wouldn't be seen as a devout Christian by Mom and Dad. And Kate because of her being in school etc. It was nice to be able to actually tell him at least some of the truth. He didn't pry to much about how I felt about her or vice versa. And after talking with Kate about being a Christian last night I am really tempted to tell Mom and Dad that we are dating. Obviously I wouldn't be able to tell them everything.......hehe. But that's not really serious thinking. Mom and Dad have enough on their mind with Betsy and Ryan. Thankfully Betsy's cyncism doesn't seem to have rubbed off on Ryan as much.

I had a red-eye while we were talking and then some more soda before going to work. So I was tired and over caffeinated. And my stomach started to bother me a good bit. I couldn't wait to get off. Kate went over to hang with David and said that she would meet me around 10. Thankfully she actually did get back at 10. I picked her up and we went to BW3's and got wings! Finally got wings I'd been craving them for almost a week but hadn't had the chance to get some. Of course there were a couple of times I could have blown people off and gone by myself. But it worked out better this way because Tuesday is $.35 wing night. We were going to watch Chronicles Of Riddick. But the video store didn't have it. So we went to Wal-Mart to buy it. It was on sale so I didn't feel that bad about it. But I could get squeezed once New Years rolls around. Especially with Christmas presents to buy. This is one time that I am thankful that my parents are simple and frugal. They don't want expensive stuff they want functional stuff. I still have to figure out what to get Kate. I have a number of ideas, but it should be something really special. Especially when she is getting me something pretty substantial.

We watched the movie, and it was different from the original. Some parts were added back in for this version. Nothing incredibly world changing, but enough to make it a little different. Kate and I flirted and made out during the whole movie. I have been in much more of an flirty mood lately. It's easier for me to get turned on for some reason. I don't know why, or what happend. I guess all the biterness and inconvenience from Halloween is wearing off. Or maybe it was the return of the opportunity. Kate kinda scared me last night: we are planning to have some fun on Friday night. And she made the comment "we have to be careful, I'm not on any kind of birth control". Now in a normal situation that would mean that we have to use other methods of protection. But in our case it could have meant that she was ready to cross a previously uncrossed line. Neither of these is what she meant of course but it did make my head snap around pretty quickly. It was kinda funny now that I think about it. Lately she's been saying different things like she might be hinting she wants to go all the way. She probably doesn't realize that she is giving off that vibe though so I'm not worried or going to make a big deal out of it. She doesn't know how much of a tease she is I'm sure, so this is probably just her way of ramping up the flirting.

These next few weeks are going to be interesting. On Tuesday I'm heading up to Richmond so we can go see TSO in concert which should be great. I tried to find some reviews of their current concert but didn't have any luck. Then on Wednesday I'm picking up Grandma and bringing her back down here for Thanksgiving. Hehe, I wish I could leave my car up there and user her car. She has a 2001 Saab that is super sweet. I'm not sure how we're getting her back up there though, I'll have to find out. Ryan will probably take her. Also next week I'm planning to teach all the guys how to play football. Or at least how to be recievers and quarterbacks. When John and I were their ages we knew everything about how to get open, run different routes, adjust a route, etc. The little guys now just kind of run around. So I'll teach the clinic either Thursday or Friday. And by Saturday or Sunday I'll probably be super stir crazy. On Sunday I'll probably go up to Roanoke and have a mini practice with Antonio. Which will be good for both of us, I need to get my schlagher fighting up to par. I am in Celric's Dragoon's now. At this point I'm only going to fight with them a little bit and I'm on their mailing list. I talked to Troy about it and he said that there wouldn't be any negative stimuli around my joining. But he also said that I am a good leader and that I would do better to start a group of my own. It was a nice compliment to get obviously. But I have to start somewhere and I guess associating myself with Celric, Dante, and Kenji is a good place to start. On December 11th there is an event that requires 3-man teams. Dante recruited me to be on his team along with Kenji. It should be good, I hope to surprise some people, so I'm going to work really hard on my technique right up until then. That will probably be my last event until Ice Castles in January. But I should be able to get in a good bit of fencing in at New Years. Which is once again at Troy's, it would be nice to get up there for a weekend without there being something going on. But that kind of thing would also probably have to wait until January some time.

Wow this got really long. That's all for now