My Rides

I HATE traffic. I feel like it's such a waste of time and energy. Traffic is so bad here in Davis County the media has given it an official name. Davis County Bogdown. When I say bad, I'm not talking about LA where it takes 4 hours to go 30 miles, even at midnight. I'm talking an hour to an hour and a half both ways to Salt Lake City, which is 20 miles. I started riding mass transit when I started going to the University of Utah back in 2001. This was my ride to school and back.
I was able to get my homework done and take a nap on the way home. After graduating in 2003 I started my first real job working for Fidelity which is also downtown. We bought our first townhouse in Draper so I was able to start riding Trax into work.
I love Trax because no matter how bad the freeway was the rail always was the same pace everyday. I could study for the Series 7 stock broker license or read the newspaper. Then came a new job. I started at Zions Bank in 2005, which is also downtown but we moved back to Davis County. Farmington is where we built the new townhouse. Trax doesn't go to Davis County, but now I was able to take the express bus into work. A nice travel bus that hops right on the freeway, very comfortable.
Now, I know you are probably bored out of your mind or probably thinking does this have a point. Yes it does. You see, when I tell people I take mass transit most every place I go they think I'm a tree-hugger. Really, it's because I'm too tight with my money and my car hasn't had A/C for close to 5 years now (the new compressor and installation would cost close to $2k to fix). Most schools and places of employment give you free UTA transit passes. I figure I'm saving about $300 plus dollars a month plus my sanity riding the transit. I have been socking that away for when my 1994 Acura Vigor decides to die. I don't believe it's ready to go anytime soon. I do believe it is one of those cars that becomes annoyingly old and won't ever just quit. It never has had any big cost repairs needed. I've had to replace the tires and the windshield and the oil every now and then. When it does die I'm ready, Ferrari F360 here I come! UTA has now built an actual train called the Front Runner that opens tomorrow 04/26/2008 to the public. Luckily the train station is about a mile away from my house. Looks like I'll have a new ride.
Yes, I am excited that I am helping save the earth, it's an added bonus!

Jazz Beat Rockets Game 2

This game was a little too close for comfort. T-Mac brought his A game. It's no wonder people lionize him. Fortunately his teammates didn't follow. As we were watching the game I noticed that T-Mac wears low top shoes. I decided to make a call to his agent and trainer to let them know he's going to sprain his ankle (as my father always told me).

In response to previous post comments:

1. Dane - I want the Suns to beat the Spurs because I'm always so torn as to who to cheer for when Jazz play the Spurs. Seeing as though we went on our mission there and they are a winning team! And yes, the Spurs seem to destroy us in the playoffs. I love watching Nash play. So fluid. With Shaq Attack you should destroy all.

2. Josie - It's easy to win if you stack the team. Look at the Celtics, Lakers seem to follow suit. Wait a minute, the Lakers have always done that since Magic left. And yes, I am terrified of what the Lakers are capable of now. Good luck in your move back to Californee!

Being a Mom

Jack has been sick for the last couple of days. So sad I know. I took him to the doctor this morning just in case and she assures me that he will be fine in a few days. I really hate it when he is sick because he is at an age where you really can't give him any medicine. A little Tylenol and that is it. So you have to sit back and watch while he can't breathe at night and coughs all night. But for me there is a silver lining. Yesterday while I was putting away the dishes I had leaned down to put something in a cupboard and Jack came over and gave my back a big hug. Then he just sort of rested his head there for awhile. When I tried to stand up he wouldn't let go. You see when Jack gets sick he gets very clingy and wants to be held as much as possible. Since I love to cuddle this is more than ok, to me it is one of the perks of being a mom! So even though after he finally let go of me and ran over and knocked his bowl of Kix everywhere (luckily they were still dry) I am still just as happy to be a mom.

Jazz Smash Rockets

Tonight the Jazz took it to T-Mac. This was a very exciting opener to the Jazz vs. Rockets playoff series. Utah Jazz led most the game but didn't really open the spread till Kyle Korver hit two 3-pointers back to back. After that AK47 gained more confidence in himself and pull out 21 points. Way to go Kirilenko.

On a side note, I'm so happy that KJAZZ has decided to work with channel 2 to bring the Jazz games in High Definition. Come on over and view it on the big screen.

And You, You Complete Me

I know what everyone is thinking,"shut up, just shut up...you had me at hello." I love movies. There is only one other person that I have met that likes movies as much or more than I do...I married her. Funny thing is, we know and remember completely different things about movies. For instance if we are at a restaurant looking at the menu I would suggest something for Sarah and undoubtedly she would turn it down to stick with what she knows. Being the funny guy I am, I generally would spit out a line like,"In 50 years don't you want to say you had the guts to get in the car." (this is an obvious line) Sometimes it takes her a couple minutes to pick out the movie but from there I receive a plethora of knowledge. You see, while I remember lines in every movie I watch (even just once). She can tell me who wrote it, who directed it, and little things like who they were thinking about having for the lead role and why they didn't get it. Sarah, the love of my life, completes me. Together we know more about any movie out there (except R rated) than even the "Academy." Well, maybe not, but you get the point. We watched Juno tonight. I'm sure either Sarah or I will be writing a review on it soon but there is one point in the movie where the father is giving love advice to his 16 year old daughter who has just lost hope in humanity. *In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your... That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with.* That's Sarah, plus she is one terrific mother! I definitely lucked out.

Outside

Jack is 16 months old as of last week. He is a mover and a shaker. If he's awake he's doing something. Though Jack doesn't talk he understands us quite well. Especially the word OUTSIDE. We have resorted to spelling it because whenever he hears the word he runs to the front door and tries to reach the handle. If I don't follow immediately he will start to inveigle by grabbing my hand and stare at me with those huge puppy dog eyes.

What are some of his favorite activities:
1. tasting rocks and pebbles.
2. watching the other kids run around and scream.
3. having me help him walk over the parking curb again and again.
4. pointing (he once again shows his pointing skills in the bottom picture)
5. Jack loves to laugh at cars and birds.
6. run...run as far and as fast as his little legs will carry him (or until he sees another pebble to taste.)

Enjoy the pics.

Silly Stories

Whenever Sean or I are in on the computer Jack gets really jealous that we get to push all sorts of buttons, he is always trying to reach up and push them. Yesterday as I was sending off a few e-mails Jack kept trying to squeeze in a few q's, a's, then I notice that everything is in caps (the buttons he can reach). After the fifth time I decided that something needed to change, and I remembered that Sean has a box of old computer parts (of course we can't throw old cables and speakers away). I hoped that there would be an old keyboard that Jack could have and most likely destroy. There was. So I put it on the "foot rest" part of Sean's desk and set Jack in front of it. He would type while I was typing. It was great...now I just need to get him a mouse so he stops playing with that!!
For those of you who know Jack or have been around him for more than 5 minutes you know that he is a ball of energy. He runs everywhere instead of walking, he plays with every toy and non-toy in the house everyday. He is just everywhere. Lately there have been a couple nights where he hits a wall about a half an hour before bedtime. He has wound himself so much that he gets whiney and cranky. Since he isn't actually sleepy yet (I tried putting him down earlier and lets just say that did not work) I put on his favorite movie - Enchanted. It is funny to see him stop dead in his tracks when he hears the music starting. After a couple minutes he will sit in the chair and then a couple minutes more he will lay down. Then I know he is ready for his bottle and bed. So cute!!