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Texas is Hot!!!

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Today, Charles, Sessel, Tony, Aiden and I helped Daniel and Chelsea move into there new apartment on the third floor. The high today in Austin was 97 degrees Fahrenheit and the humidity was between 60% and 70%. It’s been a while since I hung out much in the humidity. The humidity wasn’t that bad but the 3 flights of stairs I was not prepared for. We worked for a couple of hours up and down those stairs. It was good to feel the sweat. In Utah it all evaporates and you don’t really get that soaked. I actually wish I had an excuse to do that kind of work every day. I would definately be stronger and in better shape. Food tastes so much better after working hard.

After the moving we went to Ikea to get a desk. They were out of the desk Charles wanted. It’s been a long while, maybe 6 or 7 years since I have been in an Ikea. Ikea feels more like an art gallery, well maybe the gift shop in an art gallery. But definately not a regular store.

Charles showed me around his neighborhood, Steiner Ranch. He showed me a couple of pools were I will probably do some lap swimming next week.

We got some food from HEB also. It’s been over two years since I was in an HEB. We got some of their root beer and stuff to make omelets for dinner tomorrow.

Talking to Amanda on the phone today she said she wants to move back to Texas. The schools here are definately better than in Utah. I don’t know if she would be able to handle the Heat. 🙂

Driving Texas – 12 hours Day 1 – 15 Day 2

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We started yesterday about 7:30 MST from Salt Lake.  Daniel and his family in the truck towing a trailer and me driving there car.  About an hour into the trip coming down the canyon into Price the car started making a rumbling sound.  By the time we had reached the bottom of the canyon the sound had gotten worse.  I was praying that it was not serious and we could get it fixed and be on our way.  We stopped and discovered that the lug nuts had not been tightened properly the previous week when Daniel had the tired rotated.  We were blessed it wasn’t something more serious and we were on our way.

As were driving I saw a farm that was growing, what I estimate was over 100 acres of sunflowers.  I am always chewing on sunflower seeds to keep me alert.  I mused, “What if the sunflower seed I am eating were grown right here”.  I also thought, “It looks like as if one sunflower could fill one of these bags of sunflower seeds I have with me in the car”

We drove Through Albequerque and stopped in Santa Rosa.  It was 10:30 PM MST when we stopped.  We had been on the road for 15 hours.

Friday we got started between 7:30 and 8:00 AM MST.  We drove through POST Texas, where my grandfather had lived as a child.  There were tons and tons of oil wells in Post.  So I can see why my great-grandfather was their with his family.  I wondered if any of the oil wells I saw had been drilled by my great-grandfather.  My grandfather had told the story that Mr. Post or Post cereals had invented the Post Toasties.  A predessesor to the cornflake and wheaties.  My grandfather still called cornflakes Post Toasties.  other than all the oil wells agriculture is the main industry from Post to Lubbock and beyond.  I saw some corn and some other type of crop that I could not identify.  It was short maybe 18 inches off the ground with hearty stem about the size of my thumb around and it had white flowers.

The trip was pretty uneventful and we arrived at Tony’s house about 8:30 CST.  We had been o the road for 15 hours.

Tony and Sunam were very gracious and bought us some texas barbeque from a place called Smokey Mo’s.  As always Texas barbeque is the best.

Aiden it much taller than when I saw him last.

First Interview in Austin – And Other Misc Job Offers

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I have my first interview in Austin on Monday September 1st.  Now that I think about it.  It’s probablly going to be Tuesday September 2nd.  I will call the company Monday Morning.

I also got some response from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about a possible IT manager position in Salt Lake.  Of course I will follow up with that next week.

I also recieved a curious e-mail about part time PHP developer job in Provo.  It’s basically an incentive based pay program.  I am intrigued and will check to see how works.  I will give it a try and see how the comany and structure workes out for me.

Selling for Mike

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For the Past couple of days I have been in St. George trying to sell video for Mike.  Our basic idea is for us to sell the production of one video so people can put the video on their google maps link.  Yesterday I sold one.  Now I need to go follow up on a couple more.