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helping John

Antioch, CA
My buddy John is nice enough to let me stay at his place these past few weeks. I decided to be nice to him and force him to clean his apartment. Oh the fun we are having!

Music & Birthday

John and I went to Vacaville tonight to see a musical thingy and stayed for a birthday "party" after.

The Garage

My father was nice enough to store a bunch of stuff for me while I was in college. I'm hoping for a job offer in Colorado soon, so I'm trying to consolidate and shrink down my stuff, in preparation for the move. I've got some stuff in storage in Antioch, some stuff at John's and some stuff in my dad's place. The Garage was the last place I have stuff to find. However, as I started to sort this stuff, I found my stuff intermingled with so much other people's stuff. I decided to wait for my father.

Oakland Sky Line

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Panera

I have a friend who is the top chef for one of the Fremont Paneras. Every time I'm in town, she treats me to breakfast. the only catch is I have to meet her at 7AM (!) when her shift is ending.

Usually I get keesh, but this morning was a blueberry muffin and two cinnamon scones.

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Will

I'm in Fremont visiting old friends. I used to teach Will in Sunday School 4 years ago. He was a lot shorter then.

(BTW, the BFC on his shirt stands for "Boyfriend Club." It's a club for girls who go to one particular high school in Fremont and have BFs that go to another specific, different high school in Fremont. It's very exclusive.)

Fine dining

Antioch, CA
California does have its perks.

Welcome back to Antioch

Antioch, CA

I'm in CA. An hour after unloading my truck and trailer, John & I stepped out the front door to see this going on. It's so nice to be back.

(Sorry - I didn't get the picture of the police officer pointing his gun at both of the suspects telling them to put their arms out like an airplane.)

Salt for my Father

Taken at a rest stop near Wendover, UT. This picture is mainly for my father.

puzzel pieces

Today we packed my trailer for the trip to CA. (picture may not upload - I'm using my laptop that sucks.)

SR 71

My father and I stopped in Ogden at the Hill Air Force flight museum on the way back to Rexburg. My father met my mother while he worked for Hill Air Force, so it was a double emotional experience - seeing both the planes he worked on and telling me stories about my mother.

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The reason Why

I was here on Thursday and that is the reason you didn't get this post on Thursday.
(I literally took the pic in the middle of the road, then turned 180 degrees and took the other pic.)

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Gradjamacaded

What a weird feeling (two of the pictures shot by guest photographer - my brother).

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Steve

For the past 2 years I've worked for Adaptive Services. This is my adviser Steve after he got done lecturing me about getting my degree in University Studies.

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Temple and Chuckars

Idaho Falls, ID

I took Nina down to IF today and showed her the sites.

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Rolls

Rexburg, ID
A friend made me home made (from scratch) rolls today. They were delicious. I have no clue why they are blurred.

Wheelchair basketball

Today was my last day with Adaptive Services and Wheelchair Basketball. In theory, Rec Sports has agreed to take on WCB in fall semester, so I'm thinking that this is probably the last WCB game BYU-Idaho will see.

crawdad

I went to Island Park today for a sunset and saw a bunch of Crawdad carcasses.

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Book Buy Back

Today was book by back. I made enough to pay for my cell phone bill and a third of my credit card bill. Oh, and I ran across nearly every girl that I've talked to, dated, or made out within the last year. And I passed them each about 8 times as the line weaved all around. Oh the memories.

Court

After nearly 3 months of being in court every Wednesday, today was my last court day. Two clients graduated from drug court. Two clients violated their parole and went to jail. The top picture is of my happy court room. The other is the glass looking out over main street from just inside the court house.

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Soy sause and tub of sweats

Once a quarter, Drug Court goes out for their staffing meetings. So today we went to Old Fong's and I got this picture while we were staffing.

While I was at Fong's, my massage therapist was returning my flour bowl (she borrowed flour for some cinnamon roles). When I got home the bowl was on my bed full of goodies (most of which I have eaten).

Wiring on the trailer, again

Rexburg, ID
I FINALLY finished the wiring on my trailer today. This was the fourth attempt. In the end, I went back to a style my father and I did on my first trailer.

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Sunset

Melinda and I went on a walk tonight.

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Buffalo

I went to Yellowstone today with a friend to celebrate my anniversary. Early on in our adventure we came across three buffalo in the road. The first pic is from me hanging out my window as the buffalo passed the very frightened motorcyclist. The second shot is from within my truck as the same buffalo passed us. I'm not sure why I rolled up my window to take the shot - it's not as if the buffalo couldn't have just broken the glass.

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Cave Falls

I went to Cave Falls today on a blind date.

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Looking for work

Rexburg, ID

Independence Day Parade and Fireworks

I've never lived anywhere where they drive a tank down Main Street to celebrate Independence Day. This was really cool.

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Hobo Dinner

My roommates are going camping tonight. They made 24 Hobo Dinners (or tin foil dinners, if you will).

Wiring the trailer

Rexburg, ID

I spent this evening working on the wiring for my trailer, but after several problems, I was forced to stop and start again tomorrow. The trailer is legal in Idaho, but not anywhere else.

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shooter

Because there is nothing to do in Rexburg on Sunday, my roommate tried teaching me how to shoot an air soft gun. I'm not very good, but then again, I haven't shot a weapon of any sort since I was 14.