Last night, the baby kicked for the first time, ever. Amazing! However, she didn't tell me this last night, she waited until today to tell me, after I had woken up, because she said she didn't want to wake me. The reason for that is her dad wanted me to go to Atoka with him today so I could go back by the Movie Gallery to see if they have got the results of my application yet and save gas by going while he was going anyway. However, he was leaving at 9:00 AM, and I hadn't woken up until 1:00 PM that day, which left me being up for only 6 hours before I had to go back to bed in order to be up at that time. So, I took a few benadryl to help me sleep, and tossed and turned for the first hour before I was able to fall asleep. Man, I really hate changing my sleep schedule on a dime like that. It wouldn't have been so bad if he didn't tell me that he wanted me to go to town with him at 7:00 that night, because I had no idea it was going to happen. I was just going to get up on my own and go by myself to do it, but since I'm living in his house, I have to do things his way. He really likes to let me know that it's his house and that he pays for it single-handedly all the time, but I feel like I know why, and wouldn't dare to say otherwise. It's not like I'm just doing nothing around here; every day, I clean dishes, do laundry, do whatever Kim's parents tell me to, but that doesn't mean I have to be 100% happy about it. The thing I can't understand, is why do I have to get up when they get up? It's not like I'm much of an enjoyable person, or even like I do anything worthwhile when I'm as tired as I can be when I don't get at least ten or eleven hours of sleep. I really wish I didn't need this much sleep, but there's nothing I can do about it. I've tried the doctor, but I didn't go long enough. And now, I can't afford a doctor. Well, it's probably better to stay off of pills and just live naturally, I suppose. And back to being woke up... I'm as quiet as a mouse when they're asleep. I never even go into the room they sleep in, very rarely the room next to the room they're sleeping in (the only reason I would do that is to get a drink, I don't dare cook when they're asleep). Why can't I get this kind of respect? I guess it goes with the territory, though, and the territory is this country life I'm living in. Up with the chickens and down with the sun, eh? Well, life isn't always so bad around here, it just seems like everything (and everybody) gets really uptight when Rick is here... It's like we're all in the military. I can't explain all the details of why, but Kim and Barbara would both agree, I'm pretty certain.

Back to the baby. Tomorrow will be the 6th month of her pregnancy. I think this is actually kind of late for the baby to first be kicking, but I'm no expert. I take it's a good sign, though, and I'm looking forward to what's going to happen in the future, if only everything works out right. I just hope nothing goes wrong...

Well, a very late Happy Thanksgiving to everybody that reads this Blog. For today, check out http://www.pureperformance.com/, a site to help speed your computer up. Later!

Is it Thanksgiving already?! Man, Thanksgiving just shot out of nowhere, didn't it? It surely did for me. I wasn't really ready for it, nor planning on much for it, but today I've done a lot of cooking. I made two pie crusts today from scratch (my first time ever), made some Jell-O salad, and some Broccoli casserole (which my mother wasn't too helpful on, I had to look it up myself, heh). We had to scrape together some change just to make all of this, because we were missing a few ingredients. Well, bugger all, Kim is calling me in there right now to eat a little "Pre-Thanksgiving" food right now, so I'm not going to turn her down. Talk to you people later.

It's been quite a few days since my last blog, hasn't it? Well, I never did go hunting because Kim begged me not to. Besides, some of their family was coming over that night and Barbara wanted me to meet them, so I decided to stay after all. Then, that night we lit a fire (well, Barbara did, I was asleep inside because I wanted to wake up when everybody else was asleep so I could get online). Anyway, they woke me up and I went out and sat at the fire. Then, the next day, Kim and I went to get some more firewood from back in the brush behind their house. It took us 2 wheelbarrel's and 1 small kid's wagon to pull it all back. Then, I set up all the wood so that it would burn good. Then, the day slowly goes by. That night we lit another fire, but this time Kim, Rick, Barbara and I sat out by the fire. Then comes Monday. Oh, it was a bad day. Rick gave us a pretty big lecture about how bad I needed to find a job and that I wasn't responsible enough and whatnot, which made Kim cry and have another asthma attack (the second of the day, he caused the first one too, but Kim only told me about that one). After she ran off, he stopped lecturing and let me go talk to her. We talked, and we were both pretty upset that he did this. You know, I don't even really know what the point of the lecture was. I knew everything he said before he said it. It's just like he thinks that I don't think about things like that. But, I've been trying very hard to get a job. I may have one at the Movie Gallery, but I'm still waiting on the results to get back with them. That won't be until this Thursday, at the earliest, but that's not going to stop me from looking for jobs until then. Then, after much sleep, Kim and I just woke up, and I'm here blogging. I'm going to get off and go spend more time with her, so I'll see you guys later.

Today, check out http://www.w3c.org/ to get up to touch with your HTML skills. Until we meet again... Goodbye.

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Does anybody actually read this? Does this blog have a point? Well, if you're wondering, the reason I'm doing this blog is so that my baby can grow up and read it. Maybe it'll be an interesting read, or maybe it'll be too long to read, who knows. I don't know how much time I'm going to be putting into the blog as life goes on, but I know I'll keep it as updated as I can. Well, today Kim and I went to Wyrick's, a hardware/lumber store, and radio shack. Neither of them are hiring. Does that surprise me? Not a bit. I wonder if there will ever be a job available here.

*Breaking news* We just shot and killed an armadillo. *Breaking news*

Anyway, about the pictures, here are some links: [pool winter water]. Comment on them if you like them.

I think my pictures are a good enough link of the day. Think they aren't? Then post a formal complaint. Hehe. Goodbye, folks.

Today was a day for job hunting and decoration. First, after waking up, shaving (both my head and my face), and getting a bite to eat, Kim and I went to Atoka to find a job. Out of three places, nobody was hiring, so that means three more tomorrow. Then, after returning home, Kim and I put Christmas lights in the trees in the front yard. It's starting to look more like Christmas already, it just doesn't feel like it very much weatherwise. After putting in the lights, Kim's mother and I put wooden Christmas displays up, then we ate some spaghetti, which then leaves me here on the computer.

Lately, I've been working with 3D image programs to draw. I've done a couple of really good images, I'll try and post them up later.

Today, check out http://www.googlefight.com/. It can be really interesting to see which of two things is more popular. :)

Not much has happened the past two days. We're out of money (again), not sure how we're going to make it to Kim's Dr.'s appointment on Monday, but we'll make it. Also, lately I've been playing around with 3d tools like Bryce 3D 5, and Maya 4. They're really interesting programs if you have the time to sit and learn them. Well, since it has been so uneventful, I'm gonna leave this blog nice and short.

Today, go to: http://www.thescreensavers.com/

Today, I went to my appointment for Ethan Allen doing furniture work. They took my information (W2, application, and a drug test), and told me that the temporary service would be mailing all of the results of everybody in there to Ethan Allen. After that, either they will be calling me or I will be calling them, whichever comes first, I suppose. I dressed up my best for this appointment, even put gel in my hair, which, if you know me, you know that I never do.

And now, like I've told Kim, it feels like she swallowed a bowling ball whole. Right now, her mom is poking and prodding her stomach, feeling of it.

Today's link of the day: http://www.kazaa.com/. If you don't have it, get it.

So far today has been uneventful and disappointing. While at my Mom's a couple of days ago, Kim's mom called and asked me if I would take a job working at a restaurant with Rick's brother's wife, who is like a manager or something there. Well, turns out, they were only hiring if they fire somebody (who they said they probably will be pretty shortly), but I still don't think my chances of getting on there are very high. So, anyway, we went to a Dollar Store in Coalgate and a feed store in Atoka. Neither were hiring, and I got the same old reply that "we're not hiring right now, but things may change, so we'll just keep this application on file." Blah. I'm tired of hearing that. I've also wrote up a new résumé, maybe this will help increase my chances of getting a job. I can only hope so.

Now that Kim has her new glasses on the way, I really, really wish I could get new glasses. The glasses I'm wearing right now are all lopsided, and held together with glue. The nose pieces are stained a light green from sweat, and right above is the big brown splotch of glue holding the frame together from when Kim accidentally broke them (by just giving me a hug). The frame is also bent, and the lenses are both crooked. I bet this is the reason I've been getting more headaches lately. I really hate how I feel in public with these things on; I feel like everybody's looking, so I have to keep my head ducked, even when I'm talking to people. I've even had dreams about these stupid glasses. I'm really tired of them. Maybe when I get a job, I can get new ones, but geeze, that seems so far away.

Also, my aunt sent me a link about dilated kidney's in pregnancy. It is a link to an online forum, located here. It makes me feel a little better, but I still wish the problem would just vanish.

So, anyway, for today's link, go to http://www.webattack.com/. They have lots of software for internet stuff. Enjoy.

Today, we made it all the way back to Oklahoma. We also got the $90.30 that the ETSS finally sent, woohoo! So, with that money, we paid for our post office box, got her some new glasses (well, new lenses anyway, for only $10 with Medicaid), filled the gas tank up, and went to Chili's for some amazing food.

So, anyway, I've been thinking a lot about the baby... It's kind of scary that it may need surgery as soon as it's born, because, hey, I'm 22 years old and never once had to have any kind of surgery. I don't think I've ever felt this way about anything, but I still don't really show it to anybody because I've been taunted most of my life about even being with a girl. But, if things do work out the way I hope they do, it is going to be a good experience for all of us involved. It's going to be kind of weird when the baby grows old enough to have an intellectual conversation with me.

Well, for the link of the day today, I think I'll choose http://www.itpaystolearn.com/, a site that you can make money on by answering multiple choice questions. I've been there over a year, try it out.

I finally got around to making the blog look a little bit nicer. Hmm, will that make my blog any more interesting? Probably not, but do you like it? Anyway, I've noticed that I've been getting all these weird ideas in my head lately that I want to blog, but I never can remember them by the time I actually get to the computer. Most of these ideas I usually get before I'm ready to fall asleep. The other majority of the ideas I get while driving somewhere... Why can't I ever remember them by the time I get back on the computer? Okay, anywho... Kim is asleep right now in Mom's room, I'll be joining her shortly. Tomorrow is going to be another day with a bit of driving, but this time only about an hour (not including going to Western Union to pick up the wire, if they even wire it tomorrow). It'll be back to the good old country after tomorrow, but I think Kim is really looking forward to it.

Okay, I fixed the archives. They should all be working again. I also just back from scanning some pictures of the sonograms at my aunts. I'll be posting those pictures as soon as I get time. She also gave me an interesting idea; I could get comments on what the babies name should be. So far we've selected Celes Elise for a girl name, but we have no boy name. If you have any ideas, put up a comment. Or, if you have any other ideas for this blog, comment it too, or e-mail me.

Today has been a day of a lot of driving. We drove over 300 miles to Dallas and back. That's about 5 hours of driving. Anyway, Dallas is a really cool looking city, but really frightening to drive in. There's two kinds of drivers on the road there, it seems. Those who go way faster than the speed limit, and those who just barely creep along the highway. Since I don't know Dallas at all, I'm a creeping kind of person. Driving in a small town my whole life, I'm not used to how the traffic just flows through at such high speeds, with so many cars ahead of, behind, to the left, and to the right of me. Finally, when we did get to the hospital, it took us about 30 minutes to find the Dr. that she was supposed to see. It seems like he's just started out in that hospital; he works normally at the hospital in Plano. So, anyway, next time we'll probably be going to the hospital in Irving. And about the sonogram. It turns out that there were 3 things that could have been wrong that the people in Paris failed to tell us. Luckily, however, only one thing is wrong (which is dialated Kidneys) but I'm not all too sure what that means. On that bad side, however, we're going to have to go to Plano/Irving once every 3 weeks to get a sonogram each time to watch the development of the baby. This is more than likely going to conflict with the job hours that I'll be getting, so her mother is going to have to start getting her there and back.

Hmm, what web site today. I'm starting to run out of web sites... Ahh, try http://www.snarg.net/, a really wild web site that seems to change around sometimes. Later.

Nothing new, nothing old. The ETSS (whatever that stands for) really screwed us over Friday. They were supposed to wire us $90.30 for the trip to Dallas, but the wire never came through. So, we wasted even more money on looking for a way to cash a $90.30 check on a Saturday with a holiday coming on Monday. Let me tell you, it's impossible. We tried like five different places. So, now, we're left with little in pocket but still a lot to do. Life is fun, eh? Oh, yeah. Console rocks you. I should have burnt more of it to my mix yesterday, but oh well. I like my mix, except for like two songs.

Today, go to http://www.moodlogic.com/ and get your MP3's and ID3's fixed and organized. Later.

Let's see, what's new... Well, this morning, I first took Kim to the Dr., then to the DHS, then to the hospital to get a urine sample for a protein test or something. Then we came back here to my Mom's. Then, Michael and I went to Wal-Mart to get a couple of things to eat, and voila, here I am. Last night, I did an XviD rip of Panic Room. It looks great, and doesn't look like it has any errors. Woohoo!

Today's link of the day is: http://www.doom9.org/. This place has lots of guides for ripping and such.

Okay, I just added comments to the page. I'm getting the comments from http://www.haloscan.com/. I've also added a counter, which I got from http://www.webcounter.com/. I'm also thinking about changing the layout of the page a little, but I'm still going to stay with this same theme. I thought maybe some of my all-time favorite links in a table to the left, but who knows.

Now some really bad news. Today, Kim and I went to the Dr. The Dr. told us that the sonogram we got last month showed that the baby had some abnormalities in its kidneys. It really hurt, but I think things will have a way of working out. I tried to stay as happy as possible about it so I can keep Kim cheered up about it. And, to top it off, Kim's blood pressure was REALLY high, so they put her on a blood pressure medicine. They told her that she needed to lay around as much as possible, so I'm pretty much going to be waiting hand and foot on her, but I don't mind. In fact, I probably enjoy it. And, back to the other issues at hand... Bill's Dollar Store is hiring. I talked to them 3 days in a row, but the manager that does the hiring just never seems to be there. Hopefully they'll call me about the job soon. If not, I've got to go to a meeting or something next Thursday for a temp service up there. If anything, maybe I'll get a temp job somewhere. At least it will be a little bit of income.

And, today's link of the day is: http://www.mailwasher.net/.

Well, Kim and I have moved in with her parents. It's actually pretty nice up here in Oklahoma; it's not near as busy, the hills are a nice change, and the trees look really great this time of year. Oh yeah, I also had my birthday. I got $70 as a gift from my family, but I spent $60 on the phone bill that I owed Mom. *sigh* I've been looking for jobs the past two days here... The job that Rick told me about didn't seem to be hiring, but I've got applications in elsewhere. I went to the employment office today to register for work... The only jobs they had available were for minimum wage and about 45 minutes away, so I didn't think it was too feasible to apply for them. However, the lady there saw my computer skills and recommended that I put in an application for the McAlester Regional Medical Center, doing data entry, so I filled out that application and turned it back in. It would be really cool to get that job, but I really just think that it's just wishful thinking to get a good job like that.

Today's link of the day is: http://www.google.com/. That's the best search engine out there, in my opinion.