Wrestling and the Beach and Stuff

I’m on my second cycle of 10 hour shifts here at work.  These have been rough and it’s been DEAD at night.  Which I know isn’t a bad thing because that means nothing bad is happening.  But man does it make for long nights. 

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend two wrestling shows on consecutive days Friday July 25^th in Fairfield for Maine Event Wrestling and Saturday in Augusta for IWE.  Canaan and Alex came along Saturday.  Attendance was low both shows, but they were both entertaining in their own way.  I know I got my $10 worth!  My next wrestling outing is shaping up to be IWE in Fairfield on Aug 8^th. 

Saturday morning before going to the matches we took the kids to the beach.  We tried to go to Popham but they closed the road for an hour to celebrate Phippsburg’s 200^th Anniversary, very inconvenient!  We turned around and went to the half mile beach at Reid State Park.  We brought a cooler with lunch and the kids had a blast, we all did! 

I had been doing quite well on my exercising and eating write, I even managed to drop several pounds the last couple weeks.  However, some very unpleasant chafing has but a hiatus on my walking until it heals up.  I’m feeling motivated and want to get moving so this is upsetting because I don’t want to lose that motivation.

I’m approaching 5 months since I submitted by story to Tor.com.  Their website states they usually get back to people in 3 months, if it’s been 4 then most likely it’s in the second look pile.  Of course it follows that up with at 7 months you should hear from us, if it’s been 9 months we probably don’t have it.  I’m hoping it’s that they are considering my story for publication.  That would be a dream come true! 

That’s all for now, check out this great cover version of “I’m on Fire” by Town Mountain, great stuff. 

Later readers!

Mike

The Ketchup Blog!

So I haven't blog in a long time, it's not for the lack of excitement in my life, it's laziness pure and simple!!

I'm still in the background check process for DPS and it's taking soooo long that I just cannot believe it!

My camera broke at the Robbie Ellis Super Junior Tournament, that sucked.  I called Canon, they can fix it for a flat fee of $115, no matter what is wrong with it.  So I will eventually send it in to get it fixed because it will be cheaper then buying a new one.

Oh, well here's some photos to catch everyone up on what's going down!

Kate and I, and a couple of her friends, went to the Bangor Waterfront for the Bare Naked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd and the Monster, and Cracker concert.  It was a blast! 

Addison & Canaan are both playing soccer, they had their first practices and games.

We went frog catching down at Uncle Bob & Aunt Jeanne's

Toni B scared the crap out of me when she suddenly appeared in the front seat of my vehicle as I was driving down the road.

Kate & I went to the Popham beach, I had never been before.  We went swimming in the Ocean, the first time in Maine for me since I was a kid!  It was a little cold at first but you got used to it.  The tide was coming in and the waves were awesome!  We brought a picnic lunch with us and I brought a book and we just enjoyed the day!

First day of school!!  Canaan is a big ole first grader now!! We had open house and met his teacher Mrs. Webb. Canaan loves school!

Took Canaan to IWE Wrestling in Fairfield, it was a fans bring the weapons match featuring the 3rd encounter of "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards vs. "The Tower of Power" Mark Moment.  Canaan got himself a cookie sheet at the dollar tree store and drew a target on it and had me write, "Mark Moment's head goes here!"  He showed it to Eddie Edwards who assured him he would make it happen, and he did!
It was a great match, as theirs always are and Moment picked up his first ever victory with a low blow and a school boy to Edwards!

Kate met the kids!  It went very well!  She was so great with them and they really liked her.  We went to the Wiscasset playground and to the farm where she keeps her horse Rocky.  I didn't know until after that she was ill and not feeling well. In fact that night she crashed for basically the rest of evening.

All of the above photos were taken with my kick ass Samsung Galaxy S III phone, so I have then until I get my Canon fixed.

Here's some videos I found on you tube from the concert

Later readers

Michael