So I'm new to this whole blogging thing. I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later. But it took a heck of a long time before I caved. Like that means anything.... Sometimes I find it hard to take people who blog seriously. It's as if they think they're these amazing writers who should win a Pulitzer for writing about how much they love their cat or how much they are grossed out when they see someone in the car beside them picking their nose... or some random uselessness that.... I mean come on.... nobody wants to read about that crap. And look at you, reading about me ranting about people writing about useless things.
The real reason that I caved and started this blog thing is that Janice and I are heading to South America for around 8 months. I figure this will be way more efficient than sending email updates to friends and family, and who knows, maybe some randoms will even stumble across this and have a laugh.... or perhaps cry at the atrocious writing that is the fate of an engineering background. Well, that's my excuse anyway. I'm a nerd, not an arts major. But I still flip a mean burger, just not at a restaurant.... well, yet, anyway.
We're leaving Nov 27 and will return around the end of July next year (2011). We've started to learn Spanish, and now I'm busy packing all the stuff around the house in preparation for leaving. I was pretty sure that we got rid of a lot of stuff last year when we moved but I still find myself cursing that we've got WAY too many things! We're like squirrels, burying stuff all over the place and forgetting where we put it. Saving things for that rainy day that never comes. Well, okay we're not that bad but I swear we have WAY more stuff than we need. If anybody needs anything for their house or knows where a guy could store a vehicle for cheap then let me know. I'll love you more.
Anyway, it's dinner time and I'm starving. And this is long enough for my first foray into the blogging world.
JW
