Sunday, December 14, 2008

Whew! 103! That's a Load Off My Mind!

I had an awesome day, so let me tell you how it started.

bk got me into geocaching back in August, and then I visited Phoenix in October and introduced RAJwantsabirdie to it. I never really thought of it as a competitive sport, but RAJwantsabirdie can be counted on to make just about anything competitive. I only had 26 caches when I got him started and he's been taunting me since about how he's going to pass me in numbers.

Initially, I scoffed, he will never pass me. The more I thought about it, though, I realized: it's inevitable. He's determined, he has nice weather this time of year, and he has 671 caches within 10 miles of his house. As of yesterday, I too was determined, but it was 30 degrees out, and I only have 109 caches within 10 miles of my house -- many of which, I've already found.

So, to make peace with those circumstances, I settled for logging 103 caches total (21 in the last 24 hours) ... handily beating RAJwantsabirdie to 100. I'll be looking at his ass for the rest of this race, but that's ok because it feels good right now.

And it is, after all, the best I can do.

Here's to the end of a gorgeous (but really cold) day spent with my absolute favorite: That's right ice-cold-Amber-Bock-next-to-a-roaring-fire, I'm talking to you!

Oh, and you too bk! ;-)

As for RAJwantsabirdie -- thanks for making me work for it! Good luck and happy caching!

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Life By the Numbers

New Phones: 1

Blessings I Was Thankful For Last Thursday: 74 (not including family, friends, pets, work I can live with, good health, or working electronics).

Recent Out-of-State Trips: 1

Traveling Companions: 1

New Members in bk's Fanclub: 11 (oh gawd, everybody loves Bill)

Followers of My Blog (which is public): 1

Followers of bk's Blog (which is private): 2

Travel Bugs In My Possession: 3

Total Geocaches Found to Date: 75

Total of Unpaid Bills: $0.00 (not including mortgage)

Showings of My House in the Last Two Months: 0

Anticipated Percentage of Equity at Final Sale: 100

Total in Checking: $32.46

Christmas Gifts Still to Buy: 0

Christmas Gifts Still to Wrap: 2 (maybe 3)

Number of Snowman Movies that I Love Because the Music Tells the Story: 1

Happy Holidays!

(The film is based on Raymond Briggs's The Snowman. I must have seen it on PBS when I was just ... young. There's no dialog. Runs about 20 minutes. This is part 1. The video quality seems poor, but gets ... well, it never gets better. Just listen. Here's Part 2. And Part 3.)