So my father called me on Tuesday and told me that his doctor wants him to have a heart catheterization just as a precaution. He doesn’t think there’s anything seriously wrong, but he wants to get it done just to make sure. So I got up at 4:30 AM this morning and drove out to his house to take him to the hospital to have this done. Since my mother hasn’t driven in a while and we’re not sure if she would be able to drive him home, I wanted to take him to the hospital and also take him back home just to make sure he is safe. So I’m sitting here in the waiting room right now trying to keep busy so that I won’t think about what he’s going through back there. Hopefully the procedure goes off without a hitch and they don’t have any blockages in his system. I told him he needed to stop eating fried chicken. 
It just came on the news here that the pollen count in Atlanta is 1470 today. Oy Vey! ***Knocks on Wood*** Thankfully this year I haven’t really had a flare up of my allergies that I seem to always have around this time of the year. I’ve even worked in the yard for 2 weekends straight with Sarah and still I have yet to need an allergy pill. I hope this is a sign of things to come for me this year!
It looks like the work for the City of Suwanee is about to pick up here now that spring is upon us. I’ll at least have some more time this summer to devote to that contract now that I am not doing anything for the Gwinnett Braves, so I guess that’s a good thing considering that they actually pay me and the GB’s were not paying me.
Sarah and I did attend a game here recently though, so I’ll leave you this morning with my favorite shot of the game we attended on 4/10 of the team celebrating after their 2nd win of the season (they’re 2-5 so far).
So after getting a good 10 hours of sleep last night (the first time I’ve slept a full night in about 3 days) I feel really refreshed today. The weather is gorgeous outside with a high of 71 today and not a cloud anywhere to be seen. Unfortunately Sarah had some work to do this morning while I was finishing up my long slumber, but now we’re about to go out and attack the day. I think we’ll go to the park and get a good walk/run in first to get our exercise out of the way, then after that…who knows!
I’ll update later…
- Dave
The thunderstorm that rolled through Atlanta yesterday washing away all of the yellow/green pollen that had accumulated over everything (and is still on my car since it spent the entirety of the storm in the garage) is like a cleansing of the palette. Today is a new day, the sky is blue, the sun is shining and the weather is gorgeous again. I think Sarah and I might go to the Gwinnett Braves game tonight and try to locate us a new section to sit in this year. I don’t think we’ll be buying season tickets since that’s a tough commitment to make, but we’ll definitely attend our fair share of games as we both enjoy going out to the ballpark from time to time.
This has been a rough week at work for me. After putting in a 13 hour day on Monday, then a 19 hour marathon day from Wednesday to Thursday (early morning) and then back at work at 12:30 AM early this morning, I’m beat. I’m going to get out of here in a couple of hours though and head to the house and catch me a well deserved nap. It’s been a while since I’ve had to work such crazy hours like this, and it really takes a toll on your body when you get out of your normal routine. Hopefully next week will be better…because it’s spring but I am not a spring chicken anymore that’s for sure.
I finally got around to uploading the pictures we took in Venice, Italy back in 2008 to it’s proper gallery on our site yesterday. After looking at the shots again, it really makes me want to just take off, sweep Sarah away and go somewhere. We love to travel so much, but her paltry 2 weeks of vacation she gets with her job is a real buzzkill for any major trips that we try to plan. We can get normally one in per year, but I want to do so much more! What else am I going to do with my 5 weeks of vacation that I get!
Enough rambling for now…I needed to do something to help keep me awake. Writing is always good therapy and keeps my brain working which in turn will keep me awake. For your viewing pleasure today, I have one of our favorite shots from Venice…Sarah took this as we were passing under a bridge on our Gondola ride. I miss Venice…and I love my wife so very much!
- Dave
Well, that was probably the shortest lived internship for anyone…I never even got to shoot anything for the Gwinnett Braves before being told today that they would have to sever our relationship. I guess I figured you had to have a relationship before it could be severed, but apparently not. Oh well, you live and learn I guess…tomorrow will be better than today.
As for now, I need to concentrate on my job that pays the bills and make sure everything that is going on tonight will go through without a hitch. I’m feeling more confident about it now though…too bad I’m stuck here at work until at least 11 PM.
- Dave
It’s been a while since I have posted here, but since my internship with the Gwinnett Braves is about to get started at their Media Day this afternoon I figured it was time for an update. I’m really excited to be able to meet all of the players and get some candid shots of them interacting with the media, and also get a chance to walk around the baseball stadium again. Opening day is only 2 days away now. Unfortunately they are predicting thunderstorms for that day, so I’m not sure if they’ll get the game in or not, but we can hope!
I’ll try to post some shots from today when I get a chance later this evening.
- Dave
