4a to 10p

Chris says he gets up between 4 and 5 AM and goes to bed between 9 and 10 PM. It sounds like he is doing good in the Air Force, still getting used to the schedule, but the heat hasn’t been so bad since he spends lots of time in Air Conditioning.

His words on the food: “Some of it is fake but some of it is good. We have to drink 3-4 glasses of liquid per meal.”

Oh, and there has been another update on his address. What is listed in the right panel is the best, at least until it changes.

update: Chris

Just heard from Amy (Melody’s mom) that Chris is still in the Air Force. He hasn’t had time to write to anybody, but he is receiving mail, so keep the letters going (and I updated his FLT number in the address section to the right, so make any appropriate changes on your side).

He is learning that the Air Force is tough, and that they expect you to do things on your own. Make sure to give him any encouragement that you can.

Serial In does not equal Serial Out

I had to send my Nintendo Wii in for repairs. It stopped coming on. I had been having problems for a couple of months, where it would freeze unexpectedly, sometimes just as I would push the power on button. I had thought about getting it fixed, I actually thought about backing up my game saves to a SD card, but all those thoughts got changed when the Wii stopped turning on AT ALL.

Now the options were buying a new Wii, or getting the old out-of-warranty one repaired. Buying new would get me a new 1 year warranty, probably a black console, an extra controller with Motion Plus, and Sports Resort, but set me back $200, plus full loss of all my save files. Getting it repaired, as I discovered, only set me back $85, got me a new 1 year warranty, and the possibility of keeping my game saves.

Repair was chosen, but I guess the problem was so bad that the components replaced were significant enough to merit a new serial number, and a full loss of data.

Kase and Gus are a little sad that all their hard work is gone. But I told them that it is better now, and since they are 4 years older than when the Wii first showed up in our house, that they can experience all the beginning of game fun for themselves. I don’t know if that sold them on it, so I told them I can help get them caught up.

All my spare time in the next four weeks will be playing Wii. Not.

August Fun

Summer might be passing by quick, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun in August too! The following set of pictures include a few from a train ride the big boys went on with Grandma, the latest pictures from the swim lessons session, and a couple of shots as Kase and Troy went kayaking down the Mighty Crawfish River (but bummer no picture of the two of us in our kayak). Enjoy, and leave comments!

August fun