In general, life is really pretty good right now. I have a good job working at Saguaro high school teaching the drumline a.k.a. the percussion the instructor. I will be living at home my first semester, which really doesn't bother me that much at all. The thing that bothers me is that I probably won't really get to see Jill all that often at all. I know this is really pathetic but I really do go through withdrawels when I am not around her. Last year was so tough, I only got to see her on the weekend, and even then, WE never really got to be with just one another, there was always something in the way. And, believe it or not, I am pretty sure that family is the one to truly blame here. I mean there are just so many different factors, but it pretty much just comes down to the fact that I always end up getting pulled in so many different directions that it's not even funny. Oh, well what can you do. I suppose I will just have to wait until school gets going. Then I won't be complaining because I will have so much going that I won't even have time to think about this kind of crap. Went apartment/condo/house shopping today with Helen and Andrew, and didn't really have much luck. Of course, all the leasors want you to sign today, and boy they are about as bad as car salesmen are. Anyhow, I hope that everyone has a really good start to their school year, and that everything will go really well for you. Sleep well Peace -Kris

Ok, well I guess I can try and finally update this beast. Things have been pretty good lately. The click 5, Andrew, Helen, Travis, Jill, and I have been hanging out all the time this summer. They are quite the enjoyable group to be around! A couple days ago, Jill had managed to score some tickets from DP to the Diamondbacks games. I don’t think we could have picked a better game to go. Luis Gonzales tied Ted Williams for the record of 525 career doubles. Stephen Drew, J.D. Drew’s younger brother, got his first major leaguer double and triple, and also made some really great plays at shortstop. To top it all, we were right behind home-plate getting served all the food that we could dream of to order, thanks to DP of course. This weekend should be interesting, considering they typically are. Jill planned a big game night on Saturday night for all of the old high school seniors to get together on. I think it should be fun, and hopefully any dark rain cloud has past over the heads of a couple people. Other than that, nothing to exciting is really happening. Work, is still quite boring, considering that I am doing this at work, and the rest of life… it’s spectacular!!! Sleep well Peace -Kris

I just updated!!

I have a new speaker system completely installed in my car and it sounds absolutely unbelievable. It is honestly so hard to even remember or believe that I used to listen to music without this system. Finals are starting and I am little worried about them, but really only for physics, and I suppose a little bit for Calculus, but I think that I will be ok. I got a 90 on my last Algebra test, so now I feel pretty good about that class. From a 100, to a 65, to a 90, averaging out to be an 85, and as long as I do well on the final, I have a chance of even managing to squeak out an A. I suppose I best go and study for my psychology test that I have in about an hour. Sleep well Peace ~Kris

Just in case you don't know (although I am pretty sure only two people read this) I am transfering to ASU next year. I truly do believe that next year is going to be a really great year. I will be working with my father, I will be much much much closer to Jill (big happy face), I will be closer to all of my friends, and I will be living right at home, until the possibility of moving out with Travis. I am really just truly excited and just can't wait to be home. I love Scottsdale and I love the people that live there. Sleep well Peace -Kris P.S. The weather in Flagstaff was absolutely beautiful today.

So the semester is almost and the heat of summer is just around the corner. Which is no where near Flagstaff. Today it has just constantly snowed through out the entire day and me let you, I am purely sick of it. There is definately a reason for why I live in the 120 degree plus heat, and I know for fact it is because I hate the cold. The weekend is also just right around the corner. It's nice because the weekend is always my time for some rest and relaxation, as well as the ability to go and spend time with the family. Anyhow, sleep is just around the corner, so it is my time to good night. Sleep well Peace ~Kris

Another great weekend to scratch up on the board. Friday was a nice relaxing day, followed by another one on Saturday, and even another one on Sunday. Naturally there was the big family dinner on Sunday, and boy do I just love those. Anyhow, I have a lot of work ahead of me this week, a research paper, EE homework, EE study guide, design midterm, calc, a lab write - up... just quite a bit of work. Oh well. I hope that everyone is have a good week so far. Sleep well Peace -Kris

It's a Monday and naturally, I wish I truly wasn't back in Flagstaff. I just wish that I was close to home and my friends. Oh well, I guess that best thing to remember is these wonderful weekends that I am coming home too. It truly was a really good weekend, and I am positive that no matter how hard I would try, I would forget to mention something that happened, so instead, I won't mention anything and just tell you that it was a really good weekend. Excerpt for this one thing... that I truly do love Jill's family and everyone in it. Jackie and Tim are always so giving and warm, and I just love hanging out at their house (they just need to get that pool table cleared off), I am finely not really scared of Doug anymore and I think that he is really creative and smart as well, Laurie is absolutley hilarious and just loves to give me a hard time, just kidding mommy, she's awesome and always takes care of me when I come home, and of course the Jillie, and she is so wonderful, and just the complete love of my life. I love you Jillie and your family, thanks for being so great!!!!!! Sleep well everyone Peace -Kris

MY GIRLFRIEND IS THE BEST GIRLFRIEND IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!! She was so nice and sweet and she bought me a really wicked awesome, black, 30 gig, video ipod!!!! I lot it and I love her sooo very much!!!! Thank you Jillie!!! I love you more than you can every know :-)

I went to the gym again today. This time Jessie and I decided that we should do some weight lifting. It felt so good for arms to feel like jello walking out of the gym. I know that sounds probably pretty ridiculous, but boy it felt great to leave there with a sweat. My percussion studies are going well. I know that next year (even though it takes up a lot of time), I am going to miss being able to study with Doc. He has taught me so much about anything dealing with percussion. He hasn't only improved my concert percussion skills, but has also improved my drumline skills as well. I just know that is going to be the biggest loss in coming down to ASU next year. However, I have everything else to gain from it. I will be drumming with two of my best friends, I got into a good engineering program, it'll be cheaper, which is funny because I thought that it would be more expensive, closer family, closer to my new nephew/niece :-), and of course Jillie. Naturally there also a million other reasons why as well. Anyhow, I am coming home for the weekend. Big surprise there ;-). But, my dad's birthday is on Sunday, and I am really excited, although I haven't really thought of what to get him yet, now that I think about it, crap. Lol, but I am sure it will be pretty easy to figure out. Haha, well I better keep doing my Calculus. Sleep well Peace -Kris

So I finally went back to the good old thing called the gym and played a game of raquet ball with Jessie. Holy cow did it feel good to sweat and just release all of those endorphins that were screaming "Let me out!" Lol, no seriously though, I feel really good right now, physically anyway. SO Jessie and I decided that we would play raquet ball on Tuesdays and weight lift on Thursdays. However, besides all of this I am going to weight lift on Mondays and then run on Wednesdays. This way I will have something physical to go and do everyday, which is going to make life up here a lot better, because even for that short while, it will take my mind off of everything. Oh, and I am also going to attempt to eat pretty healthy again, except for my ice cream :-). I don't think that I will ever be able to give that up. Anyhow, I am going to go and hop in the shower because the gym and I don't really mix with smells ;-). Sleep well Peace -Kris P.S. Are you happy now mommy!?!?

So it snowed again yesterday. Just a beautiful white and fluffy powder fell. I also gained my first experience of driving on fresh snow. That was pretty cool and crazy at the same time. It was quite helpful to have the four wheel drive going on. My engineering classes are going really well. I really really really like my intro to engineering design class. I can't even really tell you why, but I think that it is just the thought of working/building a building or a house is really cool. I just really like what I have chosen right now. Well anyhow, I have a lot of reading ahead of me, and yes, I am actually reading. Haha, that is one truly scary concept. Sleep well Peace -Kris

Right now, it is snowing very hard outside, and let me tell you just how awesome everything looks up here. The ground is finally covered in a soft white substance that is quite fun to throw at other people. I am really enjoying my engineering classes. The class that I love the most would definately be the intro to engineering design. It is just a lot of fun, oh, and I finally know someone from Saguaro in a class. Steven Heel is up here and walked into that class today and was just like, Hey what's up? So it is nice to finally know someone in a class. I hope that everyone is doing well and that school is going well. Sleep well Peace -Kris

So I guess that you could say I disappeared for awhile but in reality, I just never really had a computer at my exposure for most of break. I am back up at NAU right now, and well, I am not exactly happy to be here, I also for some reason don't really mind being here right now. However, that could possibly have something to do with the fact that my classes haven't started yet and the pressure of school and school work has not yet arrived. In some sense, it feels like I just got away for the weekend and waiting for that return drive home back to reality. Oh, I already something at home... my pillows. Which could make this week slightly difficult but I am really hoping that all it really does it make it faster so that I can go home and enjoy more time with family and friends already. Well, I suppose that I better finish unpacking. Sleep well Peace -Kris

I UPDATED JUST FOR YOU MOMMY AND JILLIE!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU BOTH SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

So in all honestly, I am extremely stressed right now. I don't think that I have ever been this stressed in my entire life. I have juries tomorrow in less 12 hours, and ya I am prepared for them, but I am really scared that somehow or another I am going to screw them up. I have a huge math final that I am pretty sure my grade in math is going to be really depending on. I have to turn in a portfolio when I go to my jury tomorrow that is has to be full of a lot of different crap, and I am extremely tired on top of that. I just really want to go to sleep and not wake up until xmas. I can't get ahold of my family right now, which is really frustrating. Grrrarrrr... ok, I am going to leave it at that, because I don't want angry me to come out. ~Kris

So I just took a Calculus Exam, not a final but an exam, and let me tell you... I have never had such a hard math exam in my life. This test was unbelievable. I mean, I will admit that when it comes to math, I can perform upper division math exceptionally well, but I mean I am not sure I even got a 50 or 60 percent on this dang test. Oh well, I am pretty much over this class, and I figure that I just need to get about an 80% on the final to pass this class with a "C". I really wanted to get an "A" in this class, but pretty much everyone in the class is like, I am just praying I don't get a "D" or an "F". Travis and I have made plans to go mountain biking next week on Tuesday and Wednesday, because I am done with classes Tuesday morning, so he is hopefully going to actually try and come up on Monday, so that we can hopefully get a fairly early start on Tuesday. Juries are this Saturday, but all of the sudden I feel really relaxed about them, like there really isn't too much to do with them. I am fairly well prepared, I just need to keep doing some run throughs on my solo's but other than that, I feel pretty good about them. Jill is absolutely amazing 1) because she sent me phone charger that I forgot at her house this past weekend :-) and 2) because I love her more than what I even know. My family is doing really well. My dad is really happy (I think) because he finally was able to get himself a new truck, so he no longer is driving the ghetto van. Haha, I am pretty sure that he is really happy his new truck now that I think about. Mom is doing well, constatly busy with her harp lessons and what not. I believe my brother is alright. I think that he misses me a lot because I never really get to see him, but in all honesty I miss him too. I realized that sometimes he actually really did relax me because he and I would just go and play a video game together or something of the sort. But, I will soon be home so that I can spend quite a bit of time with them, because I really do miss my family, I think I just tried to ignore it all year long. Ok, well this if by far one of the longest entries I have ever written, so I better stop. Sleep well Peace ~Kris

So I finally bought a new mountain bike. I am really excited for this bike. It was a litte more than I thought it was going to be, but that is ok, because it is actually a pretty nice overall bike. Now when Travis comes up here on the 13, I will be ready to take on some wicked cool trails with him. Anyhow, I had a really good weekend. I stayed with Jill, and in all essence we kind of got a taste of how it would be if we lived together at this point and time. Well, in my opinion, we would be just fine. Maybe not always the case finacially or anything, but we would always have our love to help and guide us through any difficult problem that would lie infront of us. On another note, I turned in this bloody research paper in math on Friday. How stupid that a math class made me write a flipping research paper. I honestly did not take English this past semester, just so I wouldn't have to write anything for any of my classes, but I guess I proved that whole theory wrong. Oh well, it is over and done with, and now all I have to worry about is a bunch of studio work as well as my juries that are right around the corner, so I will be practicing my butt off these next few weeks. Ok, well it is time for me to head to Calculus class. Sleep well Peace ~Kris

Well, I just typed an extremely long entry and it all of the sudden just disappeared. So to sum it all up, I had an absolutely wonderful weekend that I wouldn't replace at all. I hope everyone did too. P.S. I love life and everything that goes along with it!!!!!! Even if it is 8 degrees outside with a wind chill of 10 mph!!!! Sleep well Peace ~Kris

So Thanksgiving is now virtually right around the corner. I don't know why it is, but I have always loved Thanksgiving. I truly believe that it really has nothing to do with my birthday, but more of the fact that families and friends get to come together and realize that the most part of their life is there, and that there truly is nothing that could go wrong, as long as friends and families are there. I have learned, so many times, that friends and family are what truly bring the joy of happiness to you. Life is always good, no matter how hard it will hit you in the face sometimes, life is good. I hope that everyone is having a terrific week and that it isn't too rough right now. And just like I said before, I can't wait until Thanksgiving (I think part of the reason, is that I just love the food as well :-)) Sleep well Peace ~Kris