So my buddy Juston Ellis was up from Utah this weekend for the SRP. He's in C CO and we deployed together to Iraq last year. After the SRP was finished today, Juston came out for dinner. When it was time to take him back to the barracks on Gowen Field, Shandy asked if I could grab a few things at Walmart. She needed biter biscuits for Nathan, now that he is starting on solids, some baby food for him, and since he has had some constipation the last day or so, some prune juice.
So, we finally find the prune juice (thanks to the help of an Austrian woman who was stocking shelves) and I turn to Juston,
"You dare me when I put the prune juice on the checkout to say, 'this is to help me make poopy.'?"
He tells me to go for it and we approach register #22. I repeat the question and he says, "Heck, I'll say it, if you want." I say sure and we proceed to put the contents on the conveyor belt. Well, Juston doesn't say anything and so I give the checker a knowing nod and inform her, "You know, when you're buying prune juice in the middle of the night, it only means one thing..."
"What's that?" she asks, raising an eyebrow.
"I've got to make poopy," I state, rather matter of factly.
"Hmm...prune juice and baby food, eh?"
"Yeah," Juston chimes in, "it's for his diet."
"What diet is that?" she asks, a little too skeptically for my taste.
"Why, the prune juice and baby food diet, of course," I share, mocking unbelief that she has never heard of it.
"And what's so good about that one?, she asks.
"Well...It goes in liquid...and it it comes out liquid, too."
"TMI," Juston shakes his head, "TMI."
I gather my bag, the transaction complete, and she wishes me well on my efforts to get everything going.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Who I am
Having a dichotomy, a quandry, a conundrum, if you will, on your name is no fun. Half the people I know call me John, the other half, Gus. My wife calls me John, work calls me John, good friends call me Gus, my family calls me Gus. I guess I'm both which makes things complicated when sending out mass emails, Christmas letters, or making blog posts. I should have just gone by Magnus, Gustavo, or Lloyd. Ah, the duality that is me...
With that out of the way: I'm a Boise State football fanatic. By fanatic, I don't mean I watch a few games a year and I own a hat, I mean I am a friggin' idiot when it comes to all things Bronco related. I have jerseys, a helmet, a football, several posters...and those are just the autographed items. I've got more hats than days of the week. More shirts than days of the week. My wife Shandy thinks I'm ridiculous but she tolerates this obsession because I'm so hot.
I've been married to the love of my life, Shandalyce for 12 years. We met while we worked at McDonalds in High School. Cheesy, I know but when you used to flip burgers for a living, cheese is a way of life.
We have four boys, August, Seth, Benjamin, and Nathan. Apparently, I only produce the Y chromosome. It's cool, the boys are so much fun and so neat that I forget all about how we would like a little girl some day.
I'm an active Latter Day Saint and have been for 14 years. Church is more than just a way of life, it is life.
I'm a Captain in the US Army. I have travelled to 13 countries, 12 with the Army. I am overworked, overstressed, but thoroughly love being a Combat Engineer.
I wish I still had time to play the bass, to paint, to read recreationally, to work on my 79 Trans Am, to work on a graduate degree, and to snowboard or ski more than once or twice a year. I'm glad, though, that my priorities are straight and I know what is truly important in life.
With that out of the way: I'm a Boise State football fanatic. By fanatic, I don't mean I watch a few games a year and I own a hat, I mean I am a friggin' idiot when it comes to all things Bronco related. I have jerseys, a helmet, a football, several posters...and those are just the autographed items. I've got more hats than days of the week. More shirts than days of the week. My wife Shandy thinks I'm ridiculous but she tolerates this obsession because I'm so hot.
I've been married to the love of my life, Shandalyce for 12 years. We met while we worked at McDonalds in High School. Cheesy, I know but when you used to flip burgers for a living, cheese is a way of life.
We have four boys, August, Seth, Benjamin, and Nathan. Apparently, I only produce the Y chromosome. It's cool, the boys are so much fun and so neat that I forget all about how we would like a little girl some day.
I'm an active Latter Day Saint and have been for 14 years. Church is more than just a way of life, it is life.
I'm a Captain in the US Army. I have travelled to 13 countries, 12 with the Army. I am overworked, overstressed, but thoroughly love being a Combat Engineer.
I wish I still had time to play the bass, to paint, to read recreationally, to work on my 79 Trans Am, to work on a graduate degree, and to snowboard or ski more than once or twice a year. I'm glad, though, that my priorities are straight and I know what is truly important in life.
Chillaxin in Idaho
Chillin...relaxin...chillaxin...
Ahhhh, yeah....It's Idaho, baby!
So I would imagine in your first post you should write something profound. If those first few lines weren't profound, then I don't know what is.
So we kick off the SRP in Boise tomorrow at 0500. It's 2215 right now, so I guess I won't be getting much sleep tonight. Maybe I'll sleep in my office tomorrow while no one is looking...yeah that never works out. The few times I have been so beat that I've decided to take a 20 minute power nap (or PK as LTC Adams calls them) I've either been interupted by a knock on the door, a phone call, or noisy people outside of my office. It sucks. Oh, well, maybe tomorrow.
And one other thing...
Boise State Rules!
Ahhhh, yeah....It's Idaho, baby!
So I would imagine in your first post you should write something profound. If those first few lines weren't profound, then I don't know what is.
So we kick off the SRP in Boise tomorrow at 0500. It's 2215 right now, so I guess I won't be getting much sleep tonight. Maybe I'll sleep in my office tomorrow while no one is looking...yeah that never works out. The few times I have been so beat that I've decided to take a 20 minute power nap (or PK as LTC Adams calls them) I've either been interupted by a knock on the door, a phone call, or noisy people outside of my office. It sucks. Oh, well, maybe tomorrow.
And one other thing...
Boise State Rules!
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