Update Season IX - "CAD, Kenya, CAD, Kenya, CAD, Kenya, CAD"

[Joe Biden 2020]

Olives are supremely nasty

Olives aren't too bad.  I prefer black olives over green olives, though.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Olives are supremely nasty

Olives aren't too bad.  I prefer black olives over green olives, though.

Me and my family have a massive amount of green olives every Thanksgiving, I love them. Of course I'm an Italian, so that explains it.

The majority of my friends have green olives as snacks on a veggie platter.  They really like them.  I don't mind one every now and then.  Its not my first choice, and I still prefer black olives.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I'm going to start buttoning things up for the night.  I'm going to read a couple or three chapters in my Bible before I go to bed.  I plan to turn in within the next 30-45 minutes.  I need to be up by 06:30 for church.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Bushie did you apply to kohls and subway?

With Kansas City now in the picture (I talked about this earlier this season, but it got washed away in the diabetes debate), and upon consultation with Mom and Dad, I am going to re-suspend the job search until I start looking for a job in KCMO.  I plan to be in KC by June 1, 2014, so I am going to start looking for a job around Valentine's Day.  So, no, I haven't applied to either place.  And, just for the record, I don't have a ridiculous plan to go up there every 7 weeks like I had at one time for Fort Worth, but I do plan to go up there on Spring Break for a couple days and stay with my uncle who lives in Smithville (north side of Kansas City).  By the way, Kansas City replaces Fort Worth.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Bushie did you apply to kohls and subway?

With Kansas City now in the picture (I talked about this earlier this season, but it got washed away in the diabetes debate), and upon consultation with Mom and Dad, I am going to re-suspend the job search until I start looking for a job in KCMO.  I plan to be in KC by June 1, 2014, so I am going to start looking for a job around Valentine's Day.  So, no, I haven't applied to either place.  And, just for the record, I don't have a ridiculous plan to go up there every 7 weeks like I had at one time for Fort Worth, but I do plan to go up there on Spring Break for a couple days and stay with my uncle who lives in Smithville (north side of Kansas City).  By the way, Kansas City replaces Fort Worth.

i dont understand how wanting to move to kc after you complete cad prohibits you from working now?

im not going to bust your balls for not working, i just dont understand your reasoning.

It doesn't prohibit me from working, but I want to focus completely on school.  I want to make sure I get adequate rest every night and be able to chill in the evenings so I can be 100% ready for the next morning.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Bushie and I are going to be neighbors?!?!?!?

Quite possibly!  I may try to live over by Independence or Lee's Summit.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I've started this phase of having one piece of fruit a day. At the store yesterday, we got some nectarines, pluots, and cherries. I had a nectarine yesterday and a pluot today. A pluot is a combination plum and apricot. It's quite delish, too!

[Joe Biden 2020]

Bushie and I are going to be neighbors?!?!?!?

Quite possibly!  I may try to live over by Independence or Lee's Summit.

If you know what's best for you (debatable), you'll live on the Kansas side. Speaking from experience...

I'll have to ask my aunt and uncle what they recommend.  They live in Smithville.  I kind of want to be close to them, but still close to the main part of the city.

[Joe Biden 2020]

And bushie still doubts me when I say he will never move to Kenya, never adopt those kids and never leave OK?

He says he probably won't move to Kenya until 2018 now, right?

I asked him before, but he didn't answer.  How old will the kids be by then?  Are they going to be 16 or 17 or so?  What's the point of adopting them then anyway, if it's only going to be a year or two before they become adults?

Sorry, accidentally glossed over that.  By 2018, Mercy would be 17, Felix would be 14.  The adoption dream is out the window by that point, because you're right it would be pointless at that age.  God knows my heart that I just want what's best for these kids whether that's living with me or me just sponsoring them and putting them through school.  The answer is probably the latter.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I'm home from a good day of worship.  Tomorrow, I've got to take JJ to the vet at 1645 for another round of her puppy booster vaccine.  After that, I need to help some of the guys take the furniture and sound system from our old church to the new church.  Once that is over, I'm hoping we can have another ECHO group where guys get together, talk about guy things, what we struggle with, encourage each other, build each other up, correct each other if necessary.  Whatever is said in that group stays in that group.  The guys don't even tell their wives unless they need to.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Tmth, it was Liberty, Missouri I was thinking of, not Lee's Summit.   I wanted Northeast suburb,  not Southeast.

[Joe Biden 2020]

At least Bushie is falling in line with my predictions. The Kenya dream is slowly, but surely, dying off too. Good thing it is too.

I wouldn't say it is dying off, because I fully intend on being in Kenya before the end of the decade, whether that's 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, or 2019.  My goal is sometime in 2017 or 2018.  If things work out much more smoothly than I think, I could be down there in 2016.  2013 and 2014 were never legitimate possibilities, 2015 is pushing it, 2016 is the first real legitimate goal.  2017-2018 would be ideal.

[Joe Biden 2020]

And bushie still doubts me when I say he will never move to Kenya, never adopt those kids and never leave OK?

He says he probably won't move to Kenya until 2018 now, right?

I asked him before, but he didn't answer.  How old will the kids be by then?  Are they going to be 16 or 17 or so?  What's the point of adopting them then anyway, if it's only going to be a year or two before they become adults?

Sorry, accidentally glossed over that.  By 2018, Mercy would be 17, Felix would be 14.  The adoption dream is out the window by that point, because you're right it would be pointless at that age.  God knows my heart that I just want what's best for these kids whether that's living with me or me just sponsoring them and putting them through school.  The answer is probably the latter.

Sometimes, laziness just happens to coincide with common sense.

Sure does.

[Joe Biden 2020]

CAD is boring. When will his love life pick up?

Yeah seriously. At this rate it'll be 2018 before he goes on another date.

Now, that I'm in America for what looks like another 4-5 years, I have time to try to find me the right girl.  However, first thing is first, I need to get this CAD certificate, get myself a job with CAD, and preferably get up to Kansas City before I start looking!  I am nowhere near ready to settle down at this point.  I am not capable of supporting a relationship of any kind right now.

[Joe Biden 2020]

CAD is boring. When will his love life pick up?

Yeah seriously. At this rate it'll be 2018 before he goes on another date.

Now, that I'm in America for what looks like another 4-5 years, I have time to try to find me the right girl.  However, first thing is first, I need to get this CAD certificate, get myself a job with CAD, and preferably get up to Kansas City before I start looking!  I am nowhere near ready to settle down at this point.  I am not capable of supporting a relationship of any kind right now.

Isn't there an awfully good chance that whoever is otherwise interested in "settling down" with you won't want to move with Kenya?  You still seem to suggest that moving to Kenya is a sure thing, but this seems like an obvious way that the dream might die.  Don't you think there's a good chance that if you met someone and fell in love, but she didn't want to move to Kenya, you'd end up not going, or at least not this decade?

First off, my preference if I get to choose, would be one who is missions minded and open to living in other countries.  True, that could delay it into the 2020's after she's had a chance to explore Kenya first hand, but we'll see how things go.  2017 is 4 years away and 2018 is 5 years, so a lot can change that far out.  Nothing is a sure thing that far out.  Heck, its not even a sure thing that I'll even be alive tomorrow, let alone 5 years from now.  Not trying to be morbid, but God could decide He wants me to come home at any given time.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Once that is over, I'm hoping we can have another ECHO group where guys get together, talk about guy things, what we struggle with, encourage each other, build each other up, correct each other if necessary.  Whatever is said in that group stays in that group.  The guys don't even tell their wives unless they need to.

Does the porn addiction come up? 

It does come up every now and then.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I don't understand why he's so fat.  I mean - I eat whatever I want and am quite old, but I'm not that fat.

1.  he eats a lot.  4 sloppy joes was his idea of cutting back.

2.  he doesnt exercise.  at all.  none. zilch.

You'll be happy to note that I haven't had sloppy joes since that quadruple bypass sandwich session.

[Joe Biden 2020]

So, today is pretty much a waste of a day, so far.  I didn't sleep well last night.  I went to bed at 2300, but was up and down in the bathroom 4 times in the first three hours.  I was finally able to fall asleep at 0200 and woke up at 0800.  I was very lethargic and not feeling well this morning, so I laid down again at 1030 and woke up at 1315.  So, the first  half of the day was pretty much a waste of a day.  I know I can't afford a nap with school starting in one week, so I don't know what was wrong with me this morning.  I've got to stay up the rest of the afternoon and evening so I can have any chance to sleep tonight.  This evening, I still have the vet appointment and the men's meeting so I'm hoping I can still make use of part of this day.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Bushie's well being is in jeopardy as witnessed today by the fact he's so sick he can't get out of bed and can't stop napping.

If he doesn't make significant life changes CAD will be gone, because Bushie won't be awake during class or too sick to go.

Today was just an aberration.  I'll get back on track tomorrow.  I'll be fine.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Bushie's well being is in jeopardy as witnessed today by the fact he's so sick he can't get out of bed and can't stop napping.

If he doesn't make significant life changes CAD will be gone, because Bushie won't be awake during class or too sick to go.

Today was just an aberration.  I'll get back on track tomorrow.  I'll be fine.

Your napping is not an aberration.  It's habitual.

True, but I'll be fine just the same.

[Joe Biden 2020]

CAD won't happen if you can't stay awake through an entire day. Do you have graded tests in this program and things that require you to do outside classwork? I couldn't imagine you will be able to do all your work while also napping all day.

There is no homework.  As far as graded tests, I think they're just a self-paced review at the end of each chapter.  I'll find out more when I get into class next week.  Clearly, though, the naps have to stop because it may be a self review, but there is also an attendance requirement.  I have to attend at least 86% of the time which averages out to about a day and a half a month.  Not very much.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Bushie's well being is in jeopardy as witnessed today by the fact he's so sick he can't get out of bed and can't stop napping.

If he doesn't make significant life changes CAD will be gone, because Bushie won't be awake during class or too sick to go.

Today was just an aberration.  I'll get back on track tomorrow.  I'll be fine.

Which track is that? The "Ice Cream and Cake for Dinner" or the "4 Sloppy Joes with No Exercise" track?

The Ice Cream and Cake Dessert was a one night thing.  I definitely do not have that every night, just once in a blue moon.

The 4 Sloppy Joes were just a one time thing, as well.

[Joe Biden 2020]

It's pretty obvious why Bushie has to take naps constantly: his diet and lack of physical activity. Until he fixes those things, the naps aren't going to stop.

There is a lot of truth in that.  Speaking of diet changes - I'm craving some Subway tonight...  The evening schedule is not conducive to a family dinner, so we're pretty much on our own, so I'm thinking Subway.

[Joe Biden 2020]

how can a grown adult have ice cream and cake for supper?

That was dessert.  Dinner that night was a Bacon Cheeseburger.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Bushie's well being is in jeopardy as witnessed today by the fact he's so sick he can't get out of bed and can't stop napping.

If he doesn't make significant life changes CAD will be gone, because Bushie won't be awake during class or too sick to go.

Today was just an aberration.  I'll get back on track tomorrow.  I'll be fine.

Which track is that? The "Ice Cream and Cake for Dinner" or the "4 Sloppy Joes with No Exercise" track?

The Ice Cream and Cake Dessert was a one night thing.  I definitely do not have that every night, just once in a blue moon.

The 4 Sloppy Joes were just a one time thing, as well.

Oh ok so it's the "Eat Mass Amounts of Different Awful Foods for Different Meals" track.

Yep, you got it.