Thursday, June 18, 2009

Two weeks in Richmond

Coming near the end of a two week period in Richmond, VA. Work has been a real slog lately, with a lot of problems with equipment, and long hours. Friday nights tend to go into the early Saturday hours.....yeah, I am grateful to have a job, but sure would not mind a little less of it. Over the weekend just stuck close to the apartment. Interesting place, saw a car towed the other night. Owners and passengers came running out of their apartment (saw this as I was pulling up at 11pm after work) and talked to the tow truck driver. Looked like some money changed hands, the pickup truck was lowered from the lift, and they all drove away. Anyhow, visited the pool some, gave the DVD player a workout (watched The Dark Knight....yeah, its been out a while, but sure glad I saw that one, best of the Batman movies), and mostly relaxed. Good thing, as this is shaping up to be another wild week.
Probably will head back to NC this afternoon. Did see that there is a Motorcycle show at Hooters of Chesterfield this Saturday from noon to ? (ad did not say ending time). Depending on when I head out, will be possibly roll out there. Course, have my motorcycle in North Carolina and the only thing better than looking at motorcycles is riding them. In fact, due to the bike being there, and me being often here, looking at getting a PC Motorcycle game. As a former flight crewman on a Navy plane miss flying, and enjoy my flight simulators. Think it might be fun checking out a motorcycle sim (and as a bonus, get to ride a MotoGP sportbike at least virtually). Amazing how real the flight sims are; after many hours of Microsoft Flight Simulator, doing the real thing in a "Discovery Flight" had that been there/done that feeling.
Have also been reading some local blogs. One of note that really made me smile when I needed it was "Working Stiff" which is about working in Richmond, VA. I really enjoyed that blog. I also have enjoyed reading "Journey to Ironman" which is about bicycling, but some good stuff in there. Makes me want to put some new tires on the old Huffy and get out for a bit on that (plus with the rising fuel prices, be a cheap way to get out in the wind).
Next post will be on the weekend in North Carolina, looking forward to being back with family and friends there.

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