Back from the dead
Well, I haven't touched this in awhile! Where to start...how bout recent stuff, and maybe I'll get back to July. Nic and I arrived back in the states July 21 and are happy to be home. We had a nice time traveling throughout Europe, seeing lots of fantastic things and visiting the most gorgeous places. Put Europe on your list...and the younger you are, the more time you can blow over there, so hit it up soon.
Mom had lots of surprises for me when I got home. She acquired herself a very beautiful Toyota Prius, which I still think she's on the moon about. Very sweet car, crazy as hell. Makes you wonder what took the automakers this long to save the consumer a little money in the tank?
We drove home in it from the airport and she surprised me with MY new(er) car, a Toyota Matrix. She and I had been kicking around some replacements for the Metro, or Go-Go for us jokesters. Cruise control is a beautiful thing, let me tell you. I was not looking forward to driving to Idaho without it. The Matrix is a fantastic car, very versatile, with lots of interior room and a surprisingly lean engine. I probably get equivalent or pretty darn close gas mileage as I did with the go cart. I'm very happy with it. It's bright yellow, so we call it the banana boat, or BB for short. :) It's fun buying new cars because then you get to name them!
Before Nic and I drove up to Idaho, I made a trip down to Yuma with Mom to see Grannie. She's hanging in there, but not knowing when I'd be back in AZ next, we thought we'd make a quick trip. Here are the pictures that we took while we were there.
Grannie liked it, she offered to trade it with her car ;) It was a very nice visit.
Nicole had almost a week at home, which she said was nice cuz we weren't traveling all over the place and it really gave a nice chance to catch her breath and enjoy some of her summer. Nic and her parents came up to celebrate with us, Mark and Jan, and the Finchers for an informal going away part for me. Nic's father, Jim, was able to hunt down some of the delicious Orvieto Classico that Nic and I drank like water this summer. The Italian red wines are great, but OC also comes in white, regular and dry. So look it up the next time you're overwhelmed by the bombardment of winery brands that there are these days. Should be reasonable too, bout $12 a bottle.
Nic and I had a good trip up to Boise, where I am now living and working. BB handled the highway like a charm, and the sun roof is a nice feature. Don't know if I'll be able to give it up when I get another vehicle! And of course the cruise control served its purpose. We stayed overnight in Salt Lake City and arrived in Boise in about 18 hours from PHX total. Could have done it in a day if we had left early enough, so that will be good to know in the future.
This must be another dry summer for the west. I thought the NW got more rain than was normal for the west, but I haven't had so much as a cloud burst in a week. Total, I think it drizzled one early morning, that's it. So the green and lush Boise that I remember from April is now a little more brown. Boise reminds me of Nevada actually; not quite desert, but it might be headed that way depending on what mother nature is doing, or what we're doing to her. Temperatures are much cooler though. Anything other than AZ is an improvement in that category! Days get up into the high 80s, occasionally spiking to 100 when the pressure is really high. Nights are in the upper 60s, so it is very easy to enjoy a night walk if you'd like.
My job is going very well. I work for Micron Technology as a Product Engineer. I'm learning a lot, and I am in a transitionary phase from school to work, so I need to specialize and get all the details down on the product that I'm working on, a 2Gb NAND Flash device, alike to what you use in your digital cameras, or flash mp3 players. Just call me the memory guy, even though I own memory may not be much comparison. Just ask Nic about my remembering things!
Nic is back in Tucson now, finishing up her last year of college, and graduating in May. It is terribly boring when someone who is such a major part of your life is away from you, and I hope she feels the same way. She is entering her 4th year as an RA, and it appears this will be another typical year, and hopefully a piece of cake as usual. She is student teaching in the spring for her art education degree, which she is looking forward to learnign the ins-and-outs about. She might also take the GRE this year too, but we'll see.
I hope to be more regular with this, I really do. Somebody call and chew me out if this thing isn't updated again by next weekend!
Ciao all,
John
Mom had lots of surprises for me when I got home. She acquired herself a very beautiful Toyota Prius, which I still think she's on the moon about. Very sweet car, crazy as hell. Makes you wonder what took the automakers this long to save the consumer a little money in the tank?
We drove home in it from the airport and she surprised me with MY new(er) car, a Toyota Matrix. She and I had been kicking around some replacements for the Metro, or Go-Go for us jokesters. Cruise control is a beautiful thing, let me tell you. I was not looking forward to driving to Idaho without it. The Matrix is a fantastic car, very versatile, with lots of interior room and a surprisingly lean engine. I probably get equivalent or pretty darn close gas mileage as I did with the go cart. I'm very happy with it. It's bright yellow, so we call it the banana boat, or BB for short. :) It's fun buying new cars because then you get to name them!
Before Nic and I drove up to Idaho, I made a trip down to Yuma with Mom to see Grannie. She's hanging in there, but not knowing when I'd be back in AZ next, we thought we'd make a quick trip. Here are the pictures that we took while we were there.
Grannie liked it, she offered to trade it with her car ;) It was a very nice visit.
Nicole had almost a week at home, which she said was nice cuz we weren't traveling all over the place and it really gave a nice chance to catch her breath and enjoy some of her summer. Nic and her parents came up to celebrate with us, Mark and Jan, and the Finchers for an informal going away part for me. Nic's father, Jim, was able to hunt down some of the delicious Orvieto Classico that Nic and I drank like water this summer. The Italian red wines are great, but OC also comes in white, regular and dry. So look it up the next time you're overwhelmed by the bombardment of winery brands that there are these days. Should be reasonable too, bout $12 a bottle.
Nic and I had a good trip up to Boise, where I am now living and working. BB handled the highway like a charm, and the sun roof is a nice feature. Don't know if I'll be able to give it up when I get another vehicle! And of course the cruise control served its purpose. We stayed overnight in Salt Lake City and arrived in Boise in about 18 hours from PHX total. Could have done it in a day if we had left early enough, so that will be good to know in the future.
This must be another dry summer for the west. I thought the NW got more rain than was normal for the west, but I haven't had so much as a cloud burst in a week. Total, I think it drizzled one early morning, that's it. So the green and lush Boise that I remember from April is now a little more brown. Boise reminds me of Nevada actually; not quite desert, but it might be headed that way depending on what mother nature is doing, or what we're doing to her. Temperatures are much cooler though. Anything other than AZ is an improvement in that category! Days get up into the high 80s, occasionally spiking to 100 when the pressure is really high. Nights are in the upper 60s, so it is very easy to enjoy a night walk if you'd like.
My job is going very well. I work for Micron Technology as a Product Engineer. I'm learning a lot, and I am in a transitionary phase from school to work, so I need to specialize and get all the details down on the product that I'm working on, a 2Gb NAND Flash device, alike to what you use in your digital cameras, or flash mp3 players. Just call me the memory guy, even though I own memory may not be much comparison. Just ask Nic about my remembering things!
Nic is back in Tucson now, finishing up her last year of college, and graduating in May. It is terribly boring when someone who is such a major part of your life is away from you, and I hope she feels the same way. She is entering her 4th year as an RA, and it appears this will be another typical year, and hopefully a piece of cake as usual. She is student teaching in the spring for her art education degree, which she is looking forward to learnign the ins-and-outs about. She might also take the GRE this year too, but we'll see.
I hope to be more regular with this, I really do. Somebody call and chew me out if this thing isn't updated again by next weekend!
Ciao all,
John
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