So here I am. At work of all places blogging. I know what your thinking, “Why! Won’t you get in trouble!”, probably but not really. I’m staying late to finish up a few of my coding projects that desperately needed to be finished today, and probably could have very well completed a little earlier but it seems like when it rains it pours. One problem after another. Simple, stupid things, some things I should have known better and others not so much. Oh well, you live and you learn.
It doesn’t help that I’ve been having trouble focusing as of late. I’m not sure what it is really, other than the fact that I feel easily distracted. Whether it be a blue bird outside, a good tune coming over the loudspeaker, a funny link coming across through chat or just thinking. All of which can easily sway my mind but usually I can take distractions as they come and keep pressing. Not really as of late. I’m not sure why either. It’s weird, for sure.
Perhaps it’s going home only to see George waiting for me(funny story in a bit, if I can remember), perhaps it’s the uncertainty that the future holds. By future I mean the all encompassing darkness better known as the unknown.
So many things running through my head, and it’s unfortunate it’ll never make it to paper, but I digress.
As I keep stating in previous entries, I’ve been trying my hardest to stay busy. By busy I mean either exploring the mountains, exploring Denver, staying with family and friends… ect.
This weekend I went to the zoo! I do want to apologize up front for the folks who asked what I was doing this weekend and I said “Nothing”, or to those of which I should have invited but opted not to. No harm intended, I just really wanted to do this trip solo, so I could take pictures at my leisure, eat my 50$ ice cream cone in peace. I took a ton of pictures, all of which have been posted(and about 90% of them captioned) on my flickr account. So go check them out. Once I get a moment, and available bandwidth 
, I’ll upload the rest, the ones that didn’t make the “cut”, but still wanted to show to everybody.
It was a great time to say the least. I spent a good 4 hours just meandering. Waiting for a perfect shot, and needless to say I may not have captured the moment exactly as I would have liked to, but for a hobbyiest the time I spent at the zoo, my strange encounters, my blurry and fuzzy photos, my Kodak(or in this case casio) moments were well worth it. Alot of people have told me that no two trips to the visit are alike, and I’d have to agree.
First and foremost I have to say, that I’ve never been to a zoo in which I honestly felt the animals were well cared for. There were one or two exhibit I would have liked to have seen twice the size, and there were a few exhibits that I felt were too large and could have been proportioned out to the smaller exhibits, but for the most part, I didn’t feel guilty leaving. In Clovis, our Zoo was pathetic. The animals were kept in too small of cages, put on display for public attention instead of living in a “sudo natural environment”. I’ve been told that in recent years the Clovis Zoo has turned an about face. Anyways, getting back to the Denver Zoo. It was great!
They had a few monkeys, and I took a picture of one, that looked like he was observing his fingernails. It was so lifelike it was creepy. I had another different type of monkey think I was his trainer, and he came to the glass and licked it a few times in hopes of getting a treat. I saw a lion sit on his kingly throne(if you catch what’s smelling) lol, among many other fascinating things. One of the coolest things I can say made me smile the most was the Polar Bears. When you first visit the exhibit your immediate reaction is it’s far to small, given they can swim across 60 miles with ease(another photo I took), and yet they are cooped up in a pen no bigger than half an acre. However, I left, feeling a little guilty, a little saddened and a little frustrated that I was not able to take any decent pictures of them. I left, and towards the end of my visit to the Zoo I decided I’d go see my favorite animals for old times sake. The Bengal tiger, The lions, polar bears, seals …
As I approached the polar bear exhibit I saw what appeared to be 2 more polar bears … and they were both very lovey dovey with each other. Then they started to swim with each other, and it reminded me when I was a kid, I would push off with my feet from the wall, push as hard as I could and swim backwards. It was the funniest thing! They were like kids playing in the pool. Soon afterwards I left, but it made me smile. It made me feel better knowing they were obviously having a good time, and they were in good company 
That’s all life is about really. In the good company of others.
After the zoo, I headed and bought new tires for my car. Something I was dreading to be perfectly honest, I mean, who wants to drop 300$ on a car they hope to not have in the next few months? Anyways, cussing and mumbling to myself I handed over my debit card. Swipe Away. Afterwards I realize I was not only lucky to have had all my tires replaced, but thankful. I had a nail in my rear right which they advised was going to pop any mile, and furthermore Betsie rides like a Cadillac now! Well worth the money.
I then jetted to my old bosses house for a BBQ. It was awesome to see the old gang again.
Good Times.
Sunday I watched a little football, slept in, and headed over to a good friends(Dan’s) house. We’ve been hanging out lately. I like to call it, I’ve been munching off him hehe. He and his misses feed me it seems every weekend. She tries out new recepies and I’m the guinea pig. So far it’s worked out great! I love it, and the more I visit the more I grow attached to the “Fam”. It’s weird because I go from my environment, which is usually calm, cluttered and quiet, to completely the opposite. I see firsthand a family in action. It’s good. It makes me envious at times, well, most of the times, and at other times it makes me somewhat glad that when I go home, it’s my safe haven. When things get rough, I can go to my room, close the door(or not now), lay face down in my pillow and just stare into the nothingness.
We’ll see … I should be going. My freshly baked code is out of the oven, and boy does it smell good! Bug free too! *knocks on wood* If I get the chance I’ll share my story with George. Until we meet up again …
-kc
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Tonight was Robert Schimmel’s show and it was just as good as my pops said it would. I was able to get some autographs and a little message for pops. He’s going to love it (and probably not beileve me).
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