Adam Koch’s Blog

Alyssa [to Christi]: I know what I'm getting at Grandma and Grandad's house!
Christi: What?
Alyssa: A movie.
Christi: How do you know that?
Alyssa: Because daddy shook it.

Anyone have a funny Thanksgiving quote? The only one I can remember was from my brother: "I'm only friends [on Facebook] with people I don't know." It was also funny to see my face popup on his Droid.

I also was reminded of how much I love my wife. Since she didn't come to my parents at the same time I did, I waited until she showed. At one point we all heard the door open and my mom said that is was probably "Chris". I immediately got excited because I thought it was my wife instead of my brother. (Sorry Chris!)

Lexi celebrated her 10th birthday this Thanksgiving! (The big one-oh. Double digits.) We gave her treats and lots of love.

Christi: I've got [Facebook] friends in 6 countries. I bet you can't say that.
Me: "I've got friends in 6 countries." Gee, that wasn't so hard.

I just got a funny phone call from my wife:
Her: can you look up to see if there's a Bank of the West branch by your parents?
Me: Sure.
(time spent looking for it)
Me: There's one on 180th and Center.
Her: Oh! I see it!

:rolleyes:

Last night we headed to the beach and spent some lovely time just walking the coastline and watching the sun set. We then stopped at In 'n' Out. My burger had a funny taste -- I don't know if it was the special sauce or the onions, but I didn't like it. And then they messed up my order and gave me a vanilla shake instead of a chocolate one. So, I wasn't impressed.

I didn't pack enough T-shirts. I assumed that I would wear my business-casual attire in the evening, but that didn't happen last night. Oh well.

Christi didn't want me uploading any pics from her camera, so no cute picture of us at the beach.

I hope the kids survived spending time with my mom this morning. I hope Sandy is surviving, too.

I've been missing Joel a little on the trip, ut all in all I haven't missed home too much. I think having Christi here helps that.

Class is going at neck-break speed, but that's fine by me. I know most of the stuff already, so it's easy to pick up on the things I didn't.

I don't know what else to write. I feel a little bored. A little sad. And not at all hungry, even though it's lunch time.

Adam...

• got lost on his way to class today. Not really, I blame construction since I saw no signs for my exit. I'm glad I left 15 minutes early!
• 's class is 1/2 men 1/2 women, which surprised him.
• is privy to free pop and snacks in the kitchen at the learning center. Too bad he brought his own Dr. Pepper.
• 's "neighbor" was on Facebook.
• is able to log into work and home from his class. Probably not a good idea since it might distract him.
• feels sorry for Christi who doesn't have a car to go travel anywhere today.
• liked his bed last night. It was nice and soft.
• felt like a giant in the shower this morning. Everything was really low!
• 's wife brought him a good breakfast this morning. No donuts, but chocolate chocolate-chip muffin was good!
• thought traffic was worse than he expected for being after 8 o'clock. Does the work day start at 9 here?
• is upset with the crappy projector and mice with balls on the bottom (not optical) in his classroom.
• likes his instructor's penmanship
• sees there's someone here for the State of Nebraska. And IHOP.
• had a really rough check-in at the airport. I had like 5 bins worth of crap. My laptop, my laptop case, my belt, my CPAP machine, my CPAP machine case, and my coat.

Warning: this post is probably TMI - too much information! (Although I don't talk about bras.)

I'm sick. It started with Saturday when I was stuffy from allergies. Then yesterday it was really bad. I took a half dozen allergy medications to no avail. Earlier in the week I thought maybe I was sick, but Christi pointed out that I was better at work (where my allergies don't bother me.) So all day yesterday I thought it was just allergies... until nightfall. I was up most of the night vomiting and running a fever. I woke up with a temp of 101.1°, but I went to work anyway because 1) I wanted to breathe cleaner air and 2) I'm in a class and would've felt bad missing it.

Yesterday, my mom gave me an old trail my grandfather made for me. As I was staring at it my mom said, “What? You don’t want it?” Oh, exactly the opposite. I love it. Christi suggested I put up a shelf in the den/office. And I can use the shelf he made me!

MOUTHOLOGY:

What is your salad dressing of choice?
1000 Island

What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
(shrug)

What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
(shrug)

On average how much of a tip do you leave at a restaurant?
Between 15-20%. More or less depending on the situation.

What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
Italian

What are your pizza toppings of choice?
pepperoni

What do you like to put on your toast?
peanut butter

TECHNOLOGY:

What is your wallpaper on your computer?
my kids

How many televisions are in your house?
3. But only 2 plugged in at the moment.

What kind of cell phone do you have?
I don't have one!

BIOLOGY:

Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Right

Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
8 teeth and a gallbladder

What is the last heavy item you lifted?
a Tupperware container

Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
yea, as a kid

If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
I already do.

If you can change your name to anything what would you change it to?
I can change my name to anything I want to. But, to answer the question, I've always liked Alex better than Adam.

What colors look good on you?
Supposedly blue

Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake?
a pin. Kind of like this:

Have you ever saved someones life?
No, but I've had mine saved.

Has someone ever saved yours?
Yes. Prom. I fell asleep and would've driven off the road if it wasn't for my date. (Thanks Sarah!)

DUMBOLOGY:

What is in your left pocket?
Kleenex and Blistex

Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
Yes, in some ways

Do you sit or stand in the shower?
Stand

Could you live with roommates?
No. Even in college I had a place to myself for 2 years.

How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
2

ast time you had a run-in with the cops?
When I did my "illegal u-turn"

What did you want to be when you grew up?
I don't know

Who is number 2 on your top 8
Top 8 what?

Last person who called u?
Christi

Person you hugged?
Alyssa. Person that hugged back? Christi.

FAVORITOLOGY:

Number?
6

Season?
Spring

Holiday?
4th of July

Day of the week?
Saturday

Month?
April

CURRENTOLOGY:

Missing someone?
Sort-a.

Listening to?
white noise

Watching?
the computer screen

Worrying about?
money

RANDOMOLOGY:

First place you went this morning?
downstairs to let Lexi out

Last movie you saw?
Whatever I saw with Eric and Chad. Or should I count the 2 minutes I saw of Music and Lyrics that Christi was watching?

Do you smile often?
I like to think so!

Are you a friendly person?
I like to think so!

This quiz was found on my friend's sister's blog.