Operation: Long Haul is going very well!

got into town about 3 am friday morning; the entire drive up, except for a little bit in Ohio, was RAINY! and that sucks since my tires are as bald as drag racing slicks.
anyway, last night was Jenn's birthday, so i met up with her, Danielle and Kim and some other friends at a bar in Naperville. it was a fun night! we did some bar hoping till about 2am. good to see them all again.

today me and dad went to a furniture place and bought a dresser for me. mother has a bunch of other stuff she got a little while ago, so im bringing it all back.

later tonight? who knows!

yes im bored. but this video of an old rock band is the shit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q

watch it. the singer goes freakin' crazy! heck the whole band is insane!!

FINALLY sold my tonneau top today!!

got a call. the guy came over, checked it out, liked it, and bought it!
100 bucks i was asking, and he payed in full; in cash.
Very Nice!

i helped him tighten down the mounting brackets, and we got the top secured over the bed of his truck. he said he would mount the hydrolics later. and that was that! im a hundred bucks richer, someone is much happier, and the world keeps spinning.

now im celebrating with Jack and Pep!!

we went to the beach today! it was fun. the waves were pretty damn big!! course there was a storm front out over the bay, so im sure that was why.

Jeff's parents are coming up today for a little visit.

Operation: Long Haul is still a go, but with a few minor changes. i was going to rent a trailer and bring back the couch and matress and other stuff, but the cost of a trailer was way to expensive. and a truck was even more outrageous!
SO, i looked online and there were a couple people selling trailers for cheap. i contacted them, and hopefully i can take a look and purchase if its worth it. then i can bring all the big stuff down. if its no good, then just a few things will be coming back with me. so, going back to Illinois: yes. loads of furniture coming back: maybe. going to be fun: definetly!

boy oh boy. a bunch of us played a game of Waterfall last night with Joose.

that was interesting! i never even heard of the stuff, but its really not too bad!

so Operation: Long Haul looks to be in effect. i think we have that friday off, and in that case i and paying someone to take my duty day that thursday, so i can hit the road right after work.
looking forward to it!

been a week in our apartment, and so far so good!!

got a few more furniture things. and a TV. some cookware and silverware too.

chatting with the parents now, and they might be able to hook me up with a couch and dresser and other things! mother said she would check out some garage sales.
we have a three day weekend over Labor Day, so i think im going to head up to Batavia with a UHAUL trailer and bring some stuff back.

score 1!

GREAT game last night!
our first Cerimonial Beer Pong Game.

fun for all. though my team lost; 0 and 6.
that sucked.

oh and we went to 4 different stores at 10pm to find ping pong balls; with no luck!! no one had any!!! we ended up buying these cheap pro-golf-wiffle-balls. although i found the PERFECT beer pong table at WalMart. heavy plastic top, locking fold-out legs, like 7 feet long....sweet. i bought Sharpies and the plan is to have all my friends sign and decorate the table; mainly when they're drunk. what a kick ass idea!

more games to come.

were all going to lee's tonight for some UFC fight.

well this is new.

apparently i cant make huge lump sum purchases. my account locks up.

this happened to me at Target. and i had to put the cart full of stuff back on the shelves!

i was PISSED.

but i took care of it just now. im back in the game!

SUUUUCCESSSSSS!!

We finally got all moved into our NEW APARTMENT!!!!

actually we got to move in a day early (yesterday) but today we got the cable/Internet set up, and i got a new desktop computer, so im good to go!

so the place is really nice, fairly spacious, clean; the complex was remodeled about a month ago.

now we run up the paperwork for BAH, and start collecting furniture! checking out CraigsList for stuff.

im a happy dude now!!

three days until Apartment Move-In 2008!!

anyway, the contractors across from the base FINALLY demolished the big old gutted out building near the base premises. of course, i got it all on video!!
its up on the net.

tonight me and a bunch of the guys ran all around town looking for boxes for Lee and Christina to use when they move. it was funny; we were driving behind dark alleyways in the ghettos, almost getting busted by store security, and finally hit the jackpot of boxes (thanks PetSmart!). on the way back we drove past about four cops. and with my ninja-like driving we avoided suspicion.
it was the ultimate heist.

Jeff and I got most of our services all set up.
electric gets turned on the 6th.
water, sewer and garbage, and gas are getting taken care of by the staff on the 6th.
the cable guy comes out the afternoon of the 7th.

we called the post office, but the phone was either busy, or kept ringing. no one ever answered!
guess we'll try again tomorrow...

now we just need to run up our chit for BAH. we have to have the lease, some financial counseling sheet, and two bills in order to get the money. we have everything but the two bills. actually we need one more bill. we were trying to figure out how we could get that. might have to make a stop at the apartment place and get a "dummy" bill so we can get paid be fore we move in; that way no out-of-pocket money is used! a scam, yes. but the money is there, so why not use it to the fullest!!