Thank God its Friday again.....

This has maybe been the busiest week I have ever had in my life. I can't think of a time when I have been more busy. I have worked so much this week... I am completely burned out right now. I am damn glad its Friday!!! So now its Friday night. I am sitting here watching basketball while surfing the net. Very relaxing!!! Got my coke too!!! We also have a 3 day weekend too... FINALLY a day off!!!
I have also had a very stressful week worring about some family memebers health and found out yesterday my best friends mom who was kind of my mom also passed away. So its been a little tough. But life is tough sometimes... just have to stay positive... So tomorrow I will go to her funeral. I will meet many many old friends tomorrow so it will be good to see them all. So tomorrow will be kind of a somber day.
But do have good news too!!! Got my Yankee tickets and my US Open tickets this week. So I will be going to New York this summer and go see some professional baseball and tennis. Of coarse I will also go to a couple musicals on broadway. So thats a little exciting I guess. I am excited to go to the US Open this year. Thats about my only excitement these days...hehe. Other than that just working and dreaming...hehe.

Well... the basketball game is over. My team lost... :( I guess there is always the next game!!! Thank god its Friday!!

Where does the time go??

I can't believe we are almost in the middle of May. I have been so busy these last few weeks. I was thinking to myself where does the time go??? I have also been thinking I am too busy!! There has been one fire after another at my work. I have had so many problems to fix.... I am going crazy!!! Sometimes I wonder if its really worth it to work so hard. I see all these people who work 14 hour days. I have done this myself these last few weeks. It just isn't worth it to me. I am not one who thinks that staying in an office all day gives me a quality life. Unfortunately many people I work with and many customers of my company believe so I guess. They think that working long hours is a responsible thing to do. I guess I am lazy. I would rather play and have fun experiencing many things in life. But then again, I know I must work to get money to experience things and have a nice life. I guess I am just bitching a little. So I should stop now.

The weather here is excellent! But my hay fever has started. So my nose is starting to run and I am starting to sneeze. But the warm weather feels great. Today it was really hot. It felt like summer. So the hot and dry weather is around the corner. I did some yard work today and went to my parents house. Today is my mothers birthday. Tomorrow is Mothers Day. So my mom is going to have a good weekend I guess. We had a big family party tonight for her. Now I am dead tired. Tomorrow is another day. But Monday is around the corner.... I will try to stop complaining about work... I really like my job. I just wish I could make money doing nothing.

May Day,

Well its May Day. Nothing special here. Its also Monday morning and I hate Monday mornings.... Although I don't hate my job.... I don't really like working. I wish I could be paid to play...hehe. But thats life. Its back to work. I guess I have to work so I can play.

Today, many immigrants in the United States are not going to work. They are protesting immigrant laws and want to become legal citizens. There are many illegal immigrants in the United States and now they want to just be made citizens. I completely disagree with this. I don't care if people come to the United States to work and live. I also think its good to become a citizen. But I feel they need to follow the laws. I know many people who have come to this country legally. But a large number of people from Mexico here came illegally. To just give them citizenship is a mistake. They should go through all the legal steps as everyone. They are not special because they lived here for many years illegally. Why should they get rewarded for breaking the law??? I don't understand it. Its a huge problem in the United States.

So today they will not go to work. They will not go to school. They want to show how important they are to the US economy. Thats fine with me. They shouldn't be working anyway because they are not legal citizens and don't even have working visas. So let them stay home. Let them stay out of school. My taxes pay for their childrens school. I don't want to pay for their school. So let them stay home.... I guess I sound cold. But it upsets me they think they are more special than people who come here and follow all the laws.... Well I should stop complaining...hehe. Time for work...

BACK FROM MOAB....

Well I am back from Moab. It has taken a few days to post this because I also had to go out of town on some business. Anyway, Moab was a blast!! I had a really good time and the weather was awsome!! We had one night of some really strong winds. But other than that it was warm and sunny.

There were many many people there as always. A lot of nice jeeps and 4 wheel drive vehicles. I took two vehicles this year and did a lot of 4-wheeling. It has been a long time since I did so much 4-wheeling. At first I was a little cautious but after a couple hours I was back to being a little wild and not caring so much if I broke something. It was like old times!!! Oh yea... I did break some things too. But it was ok!! Fixing the car is also fun...hehe... but it costs too much money!! Anyway, check out my pics. The area is beautiful!!!

This first pic is my camp. You can see my jeep and tent trailer. We had about 30 people in my group. But this was where I camped. (The background is awsome!!)

Here is a picture of Steve and I. Steve is the big guy in the center. I am behind my jeep. Can you see me?? Anyway, we went on a safari this day. The rock behind is us called" tombstone rock".

Back on the trail. This is me finally getting to the bottom of the rock. It is much steeper than it looks.

I took this picture while returning back to camp. This is a very famous area used in many American Western Movies. It is really beautiful country!!!

Back to Moab....

It's 6:00AM and I am going back to Moab this morning for the 4 wheel drive festival. The time is finally here!!! So I am excited to finally take a few days off and go play. I need this break...hehe. But I am already thinking about all the things I have to do once I get back... no fun!! But at least I can relax for a few days and play on the hills.

I am taking 2 cars to Moab this year. Plus a trailer. One car is not completely mine. It is a very large jeep type car made for climbing rocks and steep mountains. The other is my jeep. I look forward to seeing how good this jeep can do. I have made many modifications on this jeep so now I will test it!!

Anyway, I will post some pics when I get back. Its time to go...

Sick of snow!

Well March has been the cold and snowy month! I can't believe it. I think we have had about a total of 5 days of sunshine this month. I am happy its almost over!
I talked to some friends in Hokkaido and they said they got a lot of snow recently also. But then some other friends in Tokyo tell me the cherry blossoms are out. So it really makes me jealous! But I know once spring is here then I have hayfever so I guess its not too bad. I wish I could skip spring and go to summer. This year it might happen because winter is really late.
The video above reminded me of ME! Its one of the same jeeps I have and there is still snow all over here!! So I posted it this week. I will replace it now and then with some others.
Well... its Wednesday night and I am tired. Tomorrow is another busy day... I have to take some customers snowboarding... I guess thats not too bad...hehe.. But I hope the sun shines....

Sweet Revenge ....

The headlines of the sports section today in our newspaper reads "Sweet Revenge for Japan". I think this is absolutely true. To think that Japan came back from the bad calls in the game against the United States and the tough loss to Korea to win the whole series is incredible!! I was surprised and happy for Japan.

So this is a great story and yes sweet revenge for a team that had to overcome some tough losses. But they played solid in the last two games against Korea and Cuba. I watched the game last night with my parents who generally don't care about baseball. But they were also caught up in the drama of the game and circumstance of Japan. So it was a great game. Congratulations Japan!!

Well the real season starts now. Somehow I am not so excited. It has been exciting and I really like the World Classic. So I guess I have to wait until October to get really excited about baseball again. But at least its spring so my tennis starts now!!