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Happy New Year 2009
1/04/2009
Happy New Year!!
Christine and I went to Green Bay for a short vacation this past week. We decided to go out for a nice dinner on New Year's Eve at a place called Rivers Bend in Green Bay. We had made reservations several days ahead of time but we still had to wait over an hour to get seated!! They were allowing walk in seating too, so I think that's why they were so backed up. It didn't really bother us much since we didn't have anything else planned for the night and got the opportunity to visit with each other. While we waited we also got to talk to a few nice older women. One of them even gave us a bottle of champagne that they didn't really want. The restaurant offered to buy us drinks because of our long wait but because the dinner we ordered already came with champagne we just decided to get free soda. They probably laughed at that.
I put up some pictures from the dinner and a few from a dinner that we had at my parent's house. It was a fun vacation. You can check out the pictures by clicking here.
On our way back to Rochester on Saturday we ran into some bad weather about 10 miles into Minnesota. There was freezing rain predicted for the area and we happened to hit the very start of it so most people were driving really poorly for the conditions. In about a 45 mile stretch in Minnesota we saw a total of 15 cars in the ditch, including two which were upside down. We also almost saw a tanker truck plow into the back of a sedan which was slowly passing someone in the left lane. Like I said, people were not realizing how slippery it was out. When we got to Christine's house we couldn't even walk up her driveway because we'd just slide back down it. On my way home (10 minute drive), I saw another 3 cars off the road. It was a pretty crazy afternoon.
Christine and I went to Green Bay for a short vacation this past week. We decided to go out for a nice dinner on New Year's Eve at a place called Rivers Bend in Green Bay. We had made reservations several days ahead of time but we still had to wait over an hour to get seated!! They were allowing walk in seating too, so I think that's why they were so backed up. It didn't really bother us much since we didn't have anything else planned for the night and got the opportunity to visit with each other. While we waited we also got to talk to a few nice older women. One of them even gave us a bottle of champagne that they didn't really want. The restaurant offered to buy us drinks because of our long wait but because the dinner we ordered already came with champagne we just decided to get free soda. They probably laughed at that.
I put up some pictures from the dinner and a few from a dinner that we had at my parent's house. It was a fun vacation. You can check out the pictures by clicking here.
On our way back to Rochester on Saturday we ran into some bad weather about 10 miles into Minnesota. There was freezing rain predicted for the area and we happened to hit the very start of it so most people were driving really poorly for the conditions. In about a 45 mile stretch in Minnesota we saw a total of 15 cars in the ditch, including two which were upside down. We also almost saw a tanker truck plow into the back of a sedan which was slowly passing someone in the left lane. Like I said, people were not realizing how slippery it was out. When we got to Christine's house we couldn't even walk up her driveway because we'd just slide back down it. On my way home (10 minute drive), I saw another 3 cars off the road. It was a pretty crazy afternoon.
2008
1/01/2008
Happy New Year!
Winter break has been pretty nice so far. I've been spending a lot of time with my friends. Jackie, Ryan, and I have been watching some interesting anime. I doubt I would have ever seen them if Jackie didn't show them to me, but I'm glad she did. Some of the episodes are pretty cool. Justin also came over for a few days to go to the Packers vs. Lions game this past Sunday with me. The game itself was pretty boring since it was meaningless to the Packers. After they were up 21-3, or something like that, Favre and the starters were pulled and the game became boring.
It's kind of weird thinking this is the last time that a lot of us will be "living" in Green Bay or at least at home. I guess a lot probably won't change since most of us will probably come back to visit parents during holidays, but it's still odd thinking about it.
I usually don't really make any New Year's resolutions, but there are a few things I'm looking forward to doing in 2008.
1. Graduating. I'm really looking forward to ending school. I've had my fun and would like to start my life. I'll just have to make sure to enjoy my last semester as much as I can.
2. Moving. I've been looking at possibly buying a condominium instead of renting when I move back to MN. I'm really looking forward to this because it will make things seem more like home instead of a large building where a bunch of other people also live. This obviously is going to require more research and time as it gets closer.
3. Meeting new people. I don't really know that many people in Rochester. Well, I guess I "know" plenty of them but I only am really friends with three or four people. It would be nice to be able to meet people there who have some common interests with me.
4. Bike. I'm hoping to find a place in MN that is near the bike trail that I normally use or at least near something like it. I would love to be able to hop right on the trail.
5. Learn guitar. Mike, my older brother, gave me an acoustic guitar for Christmas so I'd like to learn that this year. So far it's been a mixture of being fairly easy to learn and physically impossible to make my hand do certain things. I think it'll be something fun to try.
I'm sure 2008 will be an interesting year and hopefully a good one too.
Winter break has been pretty nice so far. I've been spending a lot of time with my friends. Jackie, Ryan, and I have been watching some interesting anime. I doubt I would have ever seen them if Jackie didn't show them to me, but I'm glad she did. Some of the episodes are pretty cool. Justin also came over for a few days to go to the Packers vs. Lions game this past Sunday with me. The game itself was pretty boring since it was meaningless to the Packers. After they were up 21-3, or something like that, Favre and the starters were pulled and the game became boring.
It's kind of weird thinking this is the last time that a lot of us will be "living" in Green Bay or at least at home. I guess a lot probably won't change since most of us will probably come back to visit parents during holidays, but it's still odd thinking about it.
I usually don't really make any New Year's resolutions, but there are a few things I'm looking forward to doing in 2008.
1. Graduating. I'm really looking forward to ending school. I've had my fun and would like to start my life. I'll just have to make sure to enjoy my last semester as much as I can.
2. Moving. I've been looking at possibly buying a condominium instead of renting when I move back to MN. I'm really looking forward to this because it will make things seem more like home instead of a large building where a bunch of other people also live. This obviously is going to require more research and time as it gets closer.
3. Meeting new people. I don't really know that many people in Rochester. Well, I guess I "know" plenty of them but I only am really friends with three or four people. It would be nice to be able to meet people there who have some common interests with me.
4. Bike. I'm hoping to find a place in MN that is near the bike trail that I normally use or at least near something like it. I would love to be able to hop right on the trail.
5. Learn guitar. Mike, my older brother, gave me an acoustic guitar for Christmas so I'd like to learn that this year. So far it's been a mixture of being fairly easy to learn and physically impossible to make my hand do certain things. I think it'll be something fun to try.
I'm sure 2008 will be an interesting year and hopefully a good one too.