This week went by somewhat slow. Work is becoming dull and hopefully will pick up soon. This week shouldn’t be so bad since I have a certification class for ITIL V3 this week. Have to go into the admin folks to straighten out some paper work tomorrow, but other than that, I expect most of the week to be dedicated to the kids, since orientation is this week for both of them. Yes! School is starting and I think Kim is relieved. 

Speaking of kids, the long wait is over. After a month on trial for the team, Gannon officially made the Brazilian Soccer Club. The coach (with interpretor) met with me and had good things to say about Gannon. He said there was things that need improvement but has confidence Gannon will do well for him and the team. There is supposed to be a team meeting this week and they have the week off from practice while the coach travels around the island looking for other teams and clubs to place on the schedule.

Kim and I went to see The Hangover Wednesday night and it was hysterical. I recommend it to anyone who has partied just a little to hard and woke up the next morning wondering what the hell happened.

Kim and I also took in the The Time Travelers Wife this Sunday afternoon. Good movie for a chic flick.

Not much else to chat about right now. Until next week.

Saturday we took a trip to the Shuri Castle. We enjoyed ourselves, but like all other outdoor activities on Okinawa, it is better maybe to wait until the fall or spring when a little cooler. It involved about 3-5 hours of walking and observing ceremonies outdoors in very hot weather. We only spent about 3 hours there, but that was just due to having the kids and being in the heat. We ate lunch at the Suimuikan Shurijo Castle Rest Center restaurant.

We then walked the paths around the castle, checked out some of the displays, watched some dancing outdoors and finally called it quits after about 3 hours. There was more to see, but we were getting drenched in sweat and called it for the day. We ended the day with some mango and chocolate milk shakes for Kim and the boys and I had a blueberry sundae from one of the little shops at the rest center.

 All in all, it was an educational experience and recommend it for anyone as a must see when visiting the island.

Today, we took the boys to see the movie GI Joe. I didn’t care much for it at all. The kids were somewhat neutral. I’ll throw out the military related inaccuracies like in one scene a guy is wearing senior enlisted rank and in another he is wearing a junior enlisted’s rank. That is just one small example. You would think a movie with a military theme would have someone fact check their props. Anyway, I can ignore that, but ironically what got me was the over use of the special effects and the overkill of futuristic weapons. Just way too much. Not sure why, but it just didn’t seem right. Either way, if you are going to take the kids, be sure you understand the rating because there is some violent scenes.

Gannon will start another soccer camp this week that the Brazilian Soccer Club is holding. So he is really going to be wore out. He has 4 hours of camp in the morning all week through Saturday, then he will practice with the team Tuesday and Thursday evenings. So Gannon is going to be sleeping a lot

Can’t wait for school to start, Gannon will be a big freshmen this year and Gavin starts pre-school. Kim will finally get her breather.

Not much more to share. Take care and check out Kim or my Facebook page for new pictures.

WOW! Is all I can say about the last week and a half. If you are a guy and never had your junk snipped, I have the following recommendations:

1.) DON’T
2.) No matter what, DON’T

 If you want to know what it is like, have someone kick you in the junk real hard about every 30 minutes for 5 days straight. Then tie a bowling ball to you and let it hang between your legs. That is about the best way I can describe it. Try it for yourself, so much fun!

So enough of my whining. If you are a Facebook friend, then you have noticed a great deal of stuff being posted from my Twitter account. In fact, if you look on the left hand side of this blog you will see my Twitter feed. “My name is Joe B., and I am a Twitter Addict” The first step is acknowledging you have a problem, right? I do and I don’t care. I think I’m ADD anyway, which is why I believe I did so terrible in high school, nothing ever kept my interest. See I’m starting to drift off topic already. Anyway, chatting in 140 characters or less, quick bits of information and updates. Love this stuff. The guys that invented it have to be ADD folks too. So Twitter just took the place of Facebook for the most part.

Gannon is still in his 30 day probationary trial with the Brazilian Soccer Club. He practices with the team every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for about 2 hours each day. He really seems to enjoy it and hope he gets the coaches thumbs up at the end of this month. I watched the last half of practice today and not sure how the kids understand the coach, he speaks Portuguese, which for those that don’t know is like Spanish, but they seem to understand through his hand gestures. His interpretor was not there that I could see, so it was just the coach and the kids. Could see him yelling stuff in Portuguese and waving his arms and the kids are actually doing what he wants and understands what he is asking. Kids for goodness sake, but we say immigrants create language barriers. NO! Adult, small minded people create language barriers. Ok, Ok, that’s my ADD kicking in again. 

Anyway, not much else to update you on but my bowling balls, Twitter addiction and Gannon’s soccer.

Oh, an old school mate of mine, Beth Bono has a website on a topic near and dear to her heart and mine. It’s not the typical anti-drug, “just say no” stuff either. Read it, I think you will see what I am talking about. http://vincennesdrugs.blogspot.com

My sister-in-law, Sherri, sent this to me via e-mai. Absolutely love it. If you are reading this Sherri, I love ya gal.

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Scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of bacteria found in feces.

Alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Water = Poop, Beer = Health.

Therefore, it’s better to drink beer and talk stupid,
than to drink water and be full of shit.

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So with that said, let’s have a party in the stomach!!!