sweetwater caving, ocoee rafting...

back from tennessee...and all in one piece... maybe you're disappointed?
had loads of fun. spent friday driving up there, hanging out with mom and dave. we visited the lost sea, which *used* to be the largest known subterranean body of water. i have since been informed that there is a larger one in africa, but that it is only open to scientific types. a few images from our dirty, damp descent:
overall, we had lots of fun. my one complaint, which i'm sure will be deemed ironic after my review of ruby falls, is that the lighting sucked. the tour was ok, but bryan and i were both pretty disappointed that we weren't allowed to wander through at our own leisure.
it was dave's first time on a boat, and he was suitably impressed, though pretty anxious, i think. he mentioned the boat sinking once, and falling in the water once. everyone made it out ok, though...
saturday, mom and dave attended a barn-raising, and bryan and i went whitewater rafting. it was great. i included some shots that i took at the ocoee welcome center in the cherokee national forest:
i'm going to post the ruby falls photos next time. kinda tired of fooling with it right now, actually...
expect the rest later this week!

endless evenings of nonexist...

finally escaped from work!
i am so sick of working in the rough areas. the store i'm at now is a little slower than the ones i've been at, but it's still southside... that translates to rough.
i still have to clean my car out and finish some laundry, but i'm almost ready to leave town!
the cats are all sitting where their food/water dishes normally are. sasha and jazz are meowing pitifully and poor little cosmo is making that strange trilling noise he makes. i can't feed them tonight, though--they're getting "fixed" tomorrow...
poor little things!
they've been so cute today. i bought them new toys: 2 yarn balls with rattles, a dog w/ catnip in him, a little bird that chirps when you tap it, and a little hedgehog or something that vibrates when you tug its tail... so far the yarn rattles and the birdie are the reigning favorite. cosmo loves the little rattles...

ants in the pants ain't all bad...

i have to leave for work in like 5 minutes.
that sucks so hard core.
but, i do have a few more images from before i got so damn busy with school and work... and keep looking forward to sunday or monday when i'll post vacation images. vacation, yay!

this dialog is without worth, content, significance...

crap.
i don't wanna go to work.
i didn't get home until after 2am last night, because i got hung up talking to a coworker. pretty cool guy, too.
but then, when i got home, bryan woke up. turns out he waited up for me until 12am. i felt pretty bad about it since we don't get a lot of time together, and he gets up so early...
but today i feel slightly less guilty due to the fact that i've waited up for him plenty when he's stayed late at work and such. i wonder how the shoe feels on the other foot... doesn't fit too well, i bet...
here's a photo i took of the new kitty. i decided to name her jazz. i think it fits... bryan was leaning more in a different direction, but i think she looks like a jazz... it works.
a friend at work is talking about a paintballing party in a few weeks... i haven't talked to bryan about it yet, but it sounds really fun. i'll have to call gina & miguel to see if they're interested...
this weekend, we'll be away. going to see mom. we're trying to go white water rafting, and to visit the lost sea. i'm sure i'll have photos to post upon my return...
until then, here's another couple of photos:

attitude, you've got some fucking attitude...

getting ready for work now.
bryan left to go write an order at his job. i'm a little disappointed as i'd hoped to spend the rest of the morning together.
i accidentally locked the new kitty in the closet. she ran outta there like greased lightning... madder than a 4-balled tomcat, too.
i guess i'd better prepare myself.
i'm a trainer at a gas station. i have 3 trainees today, which is a bit unusual... and one of them has kind of a snide attitude. i think i won't have much patience today...
in fact, i know i won't...
by the way, coolest online comic ever: www.questionablecontent.net ... check it out!

pukatronic!

well, i guess this is post #1. don't have too much to say. it's about 10:52 here in sunny atlanta, and hot as hell outside, i'll bet.
bryan's asleep right now, and i'm a little jealous. i awoke at sunrise, unfortunately, but since i was up, i finished the trash novel i was reading and played with the kitties for a while. cosmo, my little boy vomited on the carpet, so i had to clean that up. right now, he's sitting on the back of my chair, "reading" over my shoulder.
i'm going to go wake bryan now so that we can go out for breakfast or something... all i've eaten today is half a butterfinger. in the last 4 days, i've had 6 candy bars and half a pint of ben and jerry's... i think it's totally safe to say that my diet is ruined...
c'est la vie.