In 2006 I was a dirty old car salesman. I was back in Tulsa and decided that I wanted to find a job that was different than any other job I had. So selling cars it was. I loved that job. It was so much fun because everyday was a challenge. The hours ended up being too much. I really do miss the money though… <Sigh>
Miranda and I decided this to give internet dating a try. This was round 1, round 2 came this year. You can reference some old blog posts of mine to hear how the second round worked out for me. The first round wasn’t very successful either. One date in particular a guy drove up from Norman. He brought his friend with him and I brought Miranda. Miranda and I met them at a sushi restaurant I’m pretty sure even before the food got there both guys were drunk! The guy there for me was gawking at Miranda the whole time. We decided we go to the Elm Street Pub after dinner. And things got much worse. These fellows became so obnoxious that people kept looking at our table… Now, I’m not one that gets obnoxious in public, I don’t like loud people so being at a table with the loud people was horrible… We ended up dropping them off at their hotel and then they got really offended that we didn’t want to hang out longer. Ugh. So, the next day I get a call from this guy when I am getting ready for work asking for me to come pick them up and drop them off at their car. So I did, I mean, what would Jesus do, right? Neither guy said one word from the hotel to the car except for, “Wow, you go to church? I’m so sorry.” I dropped them off and never answered an email or phone call from him again.
That summer my parents took the entire family on another Alaskan cruise. This was Sam’s first cruise! My mom’s two sisters and their husbands and her brother and his wife and my cousin and Bevan, Evie & Sam and Millie & Jeff. It was such a great trip. This was my first trip to Taku Glacier Lodge. I cannot explain how much I love this place. As soon as I stepped on the plane in Juneau and flew over the Juneau Ice Fields I knew I was in love. Then when we landed on a lake in front of a gorgeous glacier and stepped off on towards this charming lodge, I knew that one this would be the place where I would get married. It hasn’t lost its charm either… This summer I went back and I am still as in love with now as I was when I first saw it. Please go and have a fabulous salmon bake there if you are in Juneau. You won’t regret it.
The Crew leaving Seattle
Sam in Alaska... I LOVE this picture!
Miranda, Michelle & me at Miranda's new house
President: George W. Bush
Vice President: Richard Cheney
Population: 300 million
No Economic Info
No. 1 Song the week of February 12, 2006: Check On It by Beyonce featuring Slim Thug
Nobel Prize for Literature: Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) (One of my favorite authors)
Random Facts:
- New Horizons spacecraft is launched. It will travel three billion miles over nine years to study Pluto’s atmosphere and surface.
- The International Astronomical Union votes to redefine the solar system, and Pluto loses its status as a planet. It is reclassified as a dwarf planet. (This broke my heart…)
- Saddam Hussein dies.
