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This is wretched. I'm sitting here at work and I'm updating my journal. What does that tell you? Ugh… I've made over (no exaggeration) 30 phone calls today about the Patient 1st state Medicaid program and no one is able/willing to help me. In other words, I've got no story for tonight's newscast. I've been trying to track down other stories, but I've run out of time. It's an hour until the news and I don't have time to pursue anything else today. This is the second day in a row that I won't have anything for the newscast. However, it should be noted that yesterday wasn't my fault, either. Both of our cameras bit the dust here in the bureau right after I came into work. Liz had problems with one of them and the other died two weeks ago. We've just never taken them down to the engineers. Well, I did yesterday and by the time I got down to Columbus, there wasn't enough time to begin a new story. So, I got an early night at home. I just talked to my assistant news director and they're all understanding. They've had these things happen to them, too. It's always nice to know I'm not alone in this boat.

I've got four story ideas for tomorrow morning. I'll be darned if this happens again. It's only the second time in two years that I've not had anything. But it's certainly not because I didn't try. I've had this phone up to my head all day.

In other life news, things are going pretty well. Amy is enjoying her new class. She's having to be at work every day by 7 a.m., so she's up at 5:00. She's not made the full adjustment to it yet, but she'll be fine. She's been very tired because we live a half hour from her school. The little kids she's teaching are pretty good from what I've heard about them.

I've not had much of a life outside of work. I get home at night and play NCAA Football 2005 for a while. I go to bed, get up, play the game again, and go to work. What can I say? I'm never motivated to do anything else, except go for a walk. Since I don't have college AND work to deal with, life has slowed down a little. It's nice.

I guess we'll start house hunting before too long. I'll admit that I do like our apartment, though. We're both ready to own a home and that will come soon enough. I'm ready to install a surround sound system and Amy's ready to fix up a nursery. She hasn't said so recently, but we're about ready to try for kids. I hope I can have a child before I'm 30. Mom was in her late 30's when she had me and Dad was in his early 40's. I love them a great deal, but I don't want to be an older parent. I didn't miss out on anything with my folks, but I just want kids before I get too impatient to deal with them. I know my tolerance levels.

I've been asked by an old friend to do voice-overs for web sites that he builds. He started his own company while I've been away. He looks to be doing well for himself. He pulled up behind me yesterday in a Ferrari. That tells me he's just fine. I checked out a couple of sites and they're very nicely done. I'm impressed with them, so I'll certainly lend my voice. Hopefully not for free…

This is a longer update than I expected. I have been looking back and forth for ideas while typing, though. I've also answered a few rejecting phone calls about this Medicaid story. Color me done for the day. I'll try to pick this story up again when they have the statewide town hall meetings on it.

We're heading to Atlanta this weekend to go to my wife's family reunion. I can't begin to tell you how much I dislike those types of things. I've never gotten into them. I always seem to imagine better things I could be doing on a weekend off than sitting around chatting. But, I am rather fond of my in-laws, so I'll go. My siblings-in-law will be there, so that will be good. I wish Matt and Sara were closer. I've been able to spend some time with Walker and Melanie, and I've really enjoyed that. Melanie was the first one I met from the family, and we kind of grew apart over the years. I hope that can change. It seems to be already. Plus, Walker is a lot of fun to be around. Sara's always been a hoot, and Matt is just wonderful. I hope I can get closer to them, too.

Next weekend, we're going to Dad and Mary's for a day. Dad brought me a new fishing rod last week for my 28th birthday. I want to go fishing with him, so that's what we're doing. I went fishing with Uncle Wilson this past Saturday. It'd been 15 years since I last cast a hook into the water. It came back to me with no problem. I caught five fish in an hour. It was great getting back into it. I guess the older I get the more relaxing fishing is. I used to love it as kid, but got bored pretty easily with it. Now, I just want to stand out there.

This will give me a chance to bond some more with Dad. I missed out on a lot growing up. He was always working, so I never took an interest in the things he did. It wasn't until I got into the Air Force that our relationship started to grow. It really hit home last year when Amy's dad passed away. My dad is seven years older than her dad was, and that really made me think. Dad is in great shape, though. I still wouldn't tangle with him for fear of getting my butt kicked. Thankfully, he'll be around for a long time, I pray.

I hope Mom will be around for a long time, too. She is about three and a half months older than Amy's dad was. I've always been close to her. With her Crohn's Disease and the recent battle with e-coli, she's been a bit down health-wise. She's kept her spirits up as always, though. She's one tough cookie to be dealing with the things she does. I admire and love her for that. She's been through an awful lot in her life, but she stays more positive than most people who have it better. I hope things can improve for her in other areas of her life. I won't go into details here, but for all the stuff she does for people, she deserves a lot of favors given back to her. If Amy and I are settling down here for a while, we hope that she'll move closer to us. I'm her only child, so I want to be able to take better care of her when she needs it.

Wow… if my boss sees this I'm in trouble. If you do, please know that I have not been sitting here the whole time doing this. This has been sporadic over the course of the day. *Disclaimer finished*

Now that the life update is finished, I can go back 100% to work. I've got some other things I'd like to discuss, but I've wasted enough time. Maybe the next wave of thoughts will come soon. Ciao for now!