I'm taking updates for my Friends page on my website. I realize it is outdated. Some of you I've lost contact and some of you aren't on my special page.

My friends site is here

Please e-mail me for updates and you must include a photo!

What is my neighbor doing? I'm hearing banging on the walls from below and I heard a dog howl...????????!!!!!!!!

EDIT

YES, I believe that was because of my stereo

It's Thursday and I am wishing it were Friday.

I miss Joe. He did so much for me this past weekend when he visited. He helped me get motivated to unpack and assemble quite a few things. He's such a good guy and I feel awful for leaving him in Aurora. But I feel awesome with this great apartment and career opportunity. I don't know how long all this will last or how life will turn out 1 year, 5 yrs from now but I hope I'm alive. healthy, and happy. There are going to be sometimes that I feel lonely.

I'm going to orientation for a church in a few weeks. I hope this works out for me and I meet some nice people and a community to worship with.

Tonight I assembled my CD/cassette stereo set. The volume was set on medium but I think because of the speakers and location near the window it disturbed my neighbor and she knocked on my door to politely ask me to turn it down. I am going to have to find a new location for the stereo because I was not blasting it. Sound can travel down the window area, and it was at a corner area of the wall.

My new office is starting to turn out ok. I'm still unpacking it...

Ok, it is time to go to bed now!

The Article is Here

I totally believe the cost of copper wires and transformers have gone up. People have to realize that they need to factor in inflation and investment into the rates. That kind of static budgeting hurts investments in aging infrastructure and compensating to attract and retain talented employees.

Wake up people, the cost of living in Illinois Chicagoland is horrible.

You've got

• Working class family homes running 300k+ needing 50K+ in repairs


• 8K+ property taxes


• Tolls and Toll roads


• Corrupt cops and justice system


• Government Waste and too many layers


• People can't have guns to defend themselves


• Grocery prices.. and taxes on groceries


• Taxes on gas


• Too many handouts to lazy people who don't want to work


• Too many illegal immigrants


• Too much traffic problems, 2 hr commutes


• Salaries not in-line with cost of living/inflation

Families on dual incomes and they still can't afford all the above

A recipe for disaster