Colder than average week. Mom went for mamogram and they found something in her breast so she had to go for more tests. Thankfully the other tests came back negative. Was late to work on Thursday because a truck flipped on Toll Road. I half jokingly asked Ed if I could have off on Friday and he said to call him during the afternoon to check with him. I thought about it and decided to take the day and he granted it for me. Holly and I dropped Jeremy off at her parent's and came home. She fell asleep early and I just stayed up the rest of the night playing games. On Saturday we went to get the car. We weren't sure what we wanted and were looking at a few different cars on Singh and Colonial. Decided to go to Singh. We tested out a Mazda truck and Kia Optima. Holly liked the truck until we rode in the Optima. I thought the Optima was the better out of the two because the truck also didn't have 4x4. Couldn't take the car home because the banks were closed by the time we decided we wanted it. Went to Burger King to eat, then hit a bad patch of rain and wind. Went to Unclaimed Freight to look for a chest of drawers to wait out the bad weather. Only saw one that matched the room but I wasn't particularly fond of it. Holly found a lamp she liked (but I didn't like) and we looked at some paintings. Went to Holly's to pick up Jeremy and then came home. Put Jeremy to sleep in his own bed for the first time. He was bad and screamed for hours. He finally fell asleep. I watched the Coulture/Lesner Fight and one other one and then we watched 'The Happening'. It was Ok. Hung out all day Sunday watching the Giants.

Dale took me to pick up the car on Monday. Cold all week. Haven't driven the new car to work yet. They layed off most of the part timers at work. I got called in the office because of a handling error and ended up arguing because I didn't mess it up at all. It got messed up after the next center handled it. I told Ed about a broken column outside one of the doors and got called in the office again because he was looking at the tape and I jumped off the forklift without the parking brake and the lift rolled into the lift by itself. Try to be a nice guy and help out so no one gets hurt and I fuck myself. Another relaxing weekend. Had big plans to clean the house for Mom and Aunt Mare. Didn't get much done. Went shopping at Walmart and got all essentials: Boots, Gloves, Jumpsuit, Space Heater. Space Heater works like shit. Semi decided on 42" Vizio TV. Liked the picture the most out of the choices at Walmart. Don't know when we're getting it. Holly and I started cleaning the back room. I displayed all my figures. She started going through boxes. I still have to go through comic and collectibles and put them in the attic or closet. Sunday watched Giants game (Beat Cardinals) and watched Hulk. I liked it. Holly made me French Onion Soup for dinner. Very tasty.

Haven't worked on the book. I've had the time, especially time without Jeremy but I haven't had ambition. I have to start though. Been addicted to the video games. Picked up Guitar Hero and beat it on Hard. Tried to get some achievements. Trying to 5 star all songs on hard. Working on it. Beat Gears 2 and beat Horde Mode. Horde mode is fun with others but also fun and challenging alone. I like the game. Going to beat it on Insane soon. Trying to play online because I suck at it and want to see if I like the structure. I wasn't fond of it in Gears 1 but there are more modes here. I'll give it a chance. I might start Mass Effect. Want to get the new Lennon book from the library. Chris bought Artie's book so I'll get to read that next week. Mom and Aunt Mare were supposed to come here on Black Friday but they changed it to Saturday so Dad could come and do stuff around here and Chris would come. Spoke to Mom tonight and she didn't sound like she wanted to come at all. It is a hassle but I don't feel like driving there next Saturday. Haven't played hockey in 3 weeks. Haven't really felt like it by the time Sunday came. The carpooling mostly forced me into going some weeks and when I got there I felt like playing. But with the money issues and shitty league/team and hardly any play time, all I want to do on Sunday is watch movies with Holly and relax. Short week this week and am really looking forward to it.

Going to get Jeremy into daycare next week for at least one day a week. Holly made a homework chart for him to do EVERYDAY to try to get his attention under control a bit.

End of weekend

Started listening to audio books in the car on the way to work. The old FM transmitter I bought for Chris is starting to die so i'm going to have to use the one i bought. I listened to Junky by Burroughs and it took just over two days. It was unseasonably warm at work all week; a welcome surprise after the cold we were having. I crashed my forklift into a pole at work and now it shakes a bit when I drive. I had World at War all over my trailer from a display. John was supposed to bring me Soul Calibur but he took early outs/company convenience all week. Hopefully he brings it on Monday if he's there. Kevin told Steve to put his parking brake on the forklift and Steve started flipping out at him. Saturday we went to Big Lots so Holly could get discounted Halloween decorations, PayLess so she could get a pair of shoes. Circuit City for Gears of War 2 (sold out) and then I got it at Toys R Us. Went to Old Country again. There was a line out front and I didn't really feel like waiting especially with Jeremy but we did because I was in the mood for the food. It took about 30 mins to get seated. Jeremy was a pain in line and he even hit the guy in back of us. The food was Ok. I got in there and I wasn't really in the mood for it when I started eating. We came home and I watched the end of the Rangers game (loss to Washington), played Gears for a few mins and then tried to put Jeremy in bed by himself but he flipped out and cried for hours. Holly went to bed w/ him and then we watched the Happening. I watched the new South Park and then played GOW before going to bed.

Sunday we hung out the whole day. We were supposed to go to Walmart but I didn't' feel like going out. I had the early game at hockey and while I wanted to play, i didn't feel like driving and arguing about money to Bonnie. So we stayed home and I played Gears. Jeremy was bad and was put in his room for an hour. He cried the whole time. His behavior is out of hand. Took him almost six hours to eat one slice of frozen pizza.

I haven't played Halo in a few days. Got acquainted with Gears of War to get ready for the sequel. Played a few mins of Prey and realize that it was pretty bad and it doesn't hold up. The new Gears is pretty nice all in all. Haven't tried it online yet but played a bit of Horde and played some of the campaign. I read some bad things about online matchmaking. Hoping to get online tonight. I don't want to play with Justin and Sal.

Snow already, Mini Halloween Vacation, Halo Addiction

On Monday the snow started and Tuesday it continued. The Poconos got over a foot and we didn't get anything here except for rain. I took the turnpike home from work after food shopping on Monday night and home from work on Tuesday night. I took the backroads on Tuesday. Long Pond was a disgusting mess with snow drifts and snow covered, icy conditions.

I had off on Wednesday (Palmerton Trick or Treating) and Friday (Halloween). Palmerton Trick or Treating was fun. We were out the full two hours. It was a brisk night. Everyone in the neighborhood was pretty hospitable. Some people had nifty decorations up. I could see Holly studying it and getting ideas for next year. We officially met the neighbors next door with the kids. The people on the other side gave us a welcome to the neighborhood gift. Made sure Holly could remember their names because I had no clue what their names were at all. Jeremy got a good amount of candy. Came home and watched the World Series and some hockey and hung out the rest of the night. We were supposed to go to the mall to trick or treat on Friday but we wound up going to Toys R Us so he could spend his birthday gift card from Aunt Mare. We went to Circuit City afterwards and then to Loews to get the washer and dryer. Came out to the mid 900's and we get a 65 rebate. Then had dinner at Old Country Buffet where i gouged until i was almost sick. Weekend was quiet and we just hung out most of it.

Hockey hasn't been to my liking. I scored 3 or 4 goals the other week but I didn't play well. They were all weak, lucky goals. Last week I ended up playing defense and scored once. Our team's offense was pitiful and I couldn't get anything going. Our O is slow and don't pass well. We had 6 guys on the bench while the team we played only had 3. Then the next two teams only had 1 and 3 subs. I don't know if i'm going to play this upcoming week because of the hassle with money. We'll see what happens. It's easy to say i'm not playing but then sunday comes and even though it's a pain in the ass to drive down there, it's worse when Sunday night rolls around and you haven't played. The only upside to not playing is the Giants/Eagles game. But then again we also have a 630 game so i wouldn't miss much of the football.

Work has been the same as always. Been very bored there. Yesterday, I asked Ed if I could listen to my MP3 while working and he said "I don't see nothing, i don't know nothing" Just the response I thought he'd give. Got two hours overtime last week for the first time in a few weeks. I didn't stay for voluntary once or twice the last few weeks. Too cold.

This week has been surprisingly warm at work. A welcome surprise after the last few weeks. I didn't do overtime Monday night because I had to go food shopping and the washer and dryer were supposed to come in the morning. They never called to confirm and then Jeremy and I both slept through their arrival here at 8:45. I called to reschedule and they're coming on Thursday, hopefully in the afternoon.

Since the World at War Beta and hooking up the xbox downstairs, I've acquired a Halo 3 addiction. It came out of nowhere. I've been playing non stop. I even bought the new map pack. I was trying to play during the day when Jeremy is downstairs but his insistent questioning messing up my gaming. This is throwing me off my game and may break my addiction.

Bioshock finally went down to 30 on Amazon. I'm going to making a purchase soon with some of the games I didn't get last X-mas. I don't want to wait because if I do they may get the price increases. Waited too long on Rainbow Six and Virtual Fighter and they've gone up 10 each. John agreed to sell me Soul Caliber for 20 which I hope to get this week. I'm planning on getting Gears of War 2 because it comes with the free 1600 point card (which only makes it 40 dollars). That Vigilante 8 game is coming out for the Live arcade and want to get that. Still debating the other big releases like COD. Getting Fallout and maybe Endwar for Xmas. Too many games, too little time, too difficult to play while watching the kid all day.