Thursday, June 29, 2006

Life update...

Okay, okay. Two people called me out (Dlo and ToddQ). Having both of these guys teaming up on me reminds me of the ole freshman days in Miller. Todd, you may be interested to know that I was listening to FIF yesterday and was totally taken back to Summer 2002 Center Hall. Do you still have the five iron? The marriage proposal to Jeff?

Dlo wants me to convey some news. I suppose that a blog would be the ideal place for spreading news: small amounts of information to a mass amount of people. So here we go.

I proposed to Kathryn Emily Harper on June 2, 2006 at Waterfront Park in Louisville. I did it in the most romantic fashion I could, which involved a limo, sunset, family, expensive dinner, blanket, guitar, and bushes. Ohh, and a ring that she loved which fit her finger without me knowing her ring size. It went as smoothly as possible. Thanks to everyone for keeping the secret from Katie. She was totally surprised! Thanks to Dave for doing all of the reconnaissance work for me!

Since then, Katie moved down here to Florida to enjoy the sunny, palm tree weather. She's living in east Orlando, which is about 45 minutes driving time from my beach bungalow in Cape Canaveral. I'm very thankful for her leaving everything in IN to live down here. We have been spending a lot of time together and our relationship has grown as a result.

She's been down here three and a half weeks and about two weeks ago, we decided on a wedding date: June 9, 2007. We've reserved the church and we've reserved the reception place. Everything else will happen in between now and then.

Work is going well. I'm actually doing real work now, which involves hardware that may be sent to the Space Station. I'll go into more detail after more of the testing is complete.

The launch of the Orbiter Discovery is coming up this Saturday. Yes, Todd, Katie and I will be watching it on the beach. Everyone is like small children before Christmas day. We can't wait for it to go up. It'll be the mark of work returning to some kind of rhythm.

At work, I requested a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. It feels very nice, and I recommend it to anyone that types a lot.

Dlo, I'm still using DVORAK. Are you?