"Fightin' the Good Fight" or "My involvement in a drug bust"

SO here I am at work tonight when i come out of some training and there are a few detectives in the lobby talking to the 2nd shift guy. It seems that they had learned that this big deal Drug dealer was staying at a local hotel. Gues which one. Anywho. the kid working 2nd leaves and I get these dudes passed off to me. This was about midnight. they ask me how to go about getting in a room without disturbing the person inside. I show them how to bypass our locks. (By the way, if you ever stay in a hotel people at the desk can get in if they really want and there is NOTHING you can do about it.) after showing the guys how to do it they figure it is to ricky. So I suggest that I call the guy up and state that there is a problem with his credit card. They suggest that I call and tell him there is a problem with a water leak in the room below. This sounds good to me and then we wait for the legal stuff to go through. During conversation, I learn that it seems that this same sort of thing is going on at quite a few places tonight.They are just waiting for them all to go down at the same time. Pretty sweet huh? Anyway, I go back to studying for my exam and they drink a couple of pots of coffee.

Then, at around 2AM, about a dozen people walk in the front door with flak jackets on that say POLICE on them. It's like I'm in an episode of Miami Vice or something. (Thats a shout out to you older folks like me.) I guess I will be on the news tomorrow at least a mention of the incident. So they have me call up to the room and tell the guy that there will be a maintenance man up in a few minutes to let him in cause he has to look around to find the leak. Of course, They are the ones who went up. It went off without a hitch. No complaints from the other guests or anything. They were done before I knew it.

So there is my excitement for the evening. Now back to the studying.
I am just glad that the kid on 2nd shift checked the dude in and not me.

Finally

So I finally broke down and went out an bought myself the camera i have been wanting for who knows how long. I won a sweepstakes at work that resulted in some cash being floated my way. After a great deal of pushing from Amy. I was finally convinced that it would be OK to spend it on myself. I did and here are the results.

I found this case on the curb a few months back. It had some test tubes in it with some sort of Petroleum based fluid in them. There were some measuring things and what not. As soon as I saw it. I slammed on the brakes, threw thevan in reverse and jumped out. I dumped out the contents onto the pile from whence it came and saved myself some cash and the good people of Montgomery county some space in the landfill. Alittle of degreaser and it was good to go. Readily awaiting its predetermined contents.

I picked up the cutaway foam for $7.95 at CORD CAMERA, and I was in business.

Sweet. I am totally loving this camera. Very fun with lots to learn.

Ahoy hoy!

So here it is, your (hopefully) semi-monthly blog post for all of you fullyclothed fans out there. We just got back from a trip to Huntsville, Alabama to visit Amy's Folks. We shot down there early friday morning after getting a sweet deal on a rental. We booked a car for $20 and wound up with this sweet Xterra instead.

We got there after lunch time due to a little side trip we took to REI.

It was pretty cool. we had a good time with a few interesting
stops on the way back too. It was good to see Amy's parents.
The kids absolutely loved it and Jaisen of course was excited
to visit a state that she had never been to before as was I.
We geocached while we were there, taking Grandma on her
first of such excursions. Amy's sister and her husband were
down there while we were and they picked up 20 caches overall!
Certainly, the best part of the trip was a fantastic voyage down
to Birmingham to visit my favorite of all fastfood establishments,
Whataburger. this was indeed, the highlight of the trip.
Tom, Mike, Jaisen and I piled into the car at about 8PM for a
3 hour, round-trip tour to experience bovine bliss.

that is the SWEET Xterra in front of WHATBURGER.
Jaisen, Tom and Mike (the Brother-out-law are looking
on in eager anticipation for latenight delight or for me to
hurry up and quit screwing around.

As you can plainly see, we were number 37. But the food was number 1.

Jaisen waking up after the ride down there.
I have said it before and I'll say it again...Good Times!

More than one of us was heard to exclaim, "WHATABURGER!" OK, it was just me but whatever.

I had a number one, extra sandwhich and a Whatshake. MAN! Was it GREAT! I slept like a baby.
I also brought a plain one home for breakfast the next day. Who knew they were so versatile? Me, that's who.


On the way home we stopped by the Nashville Temple to grab a picture of our family at The House of the Lord. It is a wonderful blessing to have these sacred edifices. We were glad to be there and make yet another memory that will remind us of our covenants with Our Father in Heaven.