The David Thuis Blog

Well I was doing so well posting updates in March, then I disappeared over the last week.

The boy was on his second week of Spring Break and we really did not do much, so not much to report.

We got a ton of snow so we stayed indoors mostly playing games and just hanging out.  It was actually nice just having some down time with him.

Soccer has started for the boy, well sort of.  We did have four practices and one game scheduled over the Spring break.  We had one practice and everything else was cancelled due to winter weather.

ummmm… I don’t have much to say.  I just had to post something (a personal thing).  This week looks pretty busy so maybe I’ll have more later.

I don’t have much to say today… But before I end my day I have to say THANK YOU to some folks.  Today I was awarded the BSA District Award of Merit.  This is the highest honor  that a district can bestow on one of its volunteer Scouters, and our District can only award two annually. 

There are no “requirements” for this award, quite simply you are “secretly” nominated and an awards board reviews that nomination and the decides whether you are “worthy”.

So, THANK YOU to whomever put together the nomination package and turned it in to the powers that be, and THANK YOU to the District Board members who (oddly enough) decided my actions over the last year merited this award.

Lastly, I would be remise if I did not congratulate my good friend Will Bishop as well as the other recipient of this award this year.  You truly deserve this honor.

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O.K. I knew I would pay for my day of overindulgence yesterday but I didn’t know today would be so rough.

Not only did I not sleep well last night due to burning sensation in my gullet (obviously spurred on by jalapenos and processed meat pizza), but I took my mid-term for my technical writing class on-line this afternoon.  I still can not believe how hard an open book test could be.  Ten questions and it took me almost three hours to complete.  Needed a little Motrin after that. 

Now time for some sleep.  Have to drive to Limon tomorrow for the High Plains District Awards Dinner (for Scouts).

After spending most of yesterday afternoon and last night at home braving out the blizzard of 2009 (O.K. it wasn’t that bad as blizzards go) we decided to head on out and enjoy a Friday snow day.

After trying to figure out why our driveway seemed to be the only one on the block with a two and a half foot drift going down the middle, spent an hour shoveling of all the snow (I am going to pay for that tomorrow)

We then headed to the movie theater to see the new movie Monster Vs Aliens in IMAX 3D with two other families.  After the sticker shock of 3 IMAX 3D tickets wore off I truly enjoyed this movie.  Since my son was born all of our movies seem to by PG-13 and below, so I think we’ve seen most of the “family” movies of the last decade and this one is definitely in the top ten.  While there I ate way to much popcorn and drank way too much soda (I am going to pay for that tomorrow).

After the movie we headed across the parking lot to Rock Bottom for some snacks.  Despite the fact that I wasn’t even hungry I put down a large beer and half of a large plate of beef nachos smothered in spicy jalapenos (I am going to pay for that tomorrow).

After a short break/nap at home we headed over to a friends house for a few more adult beverages and a couple of slices of Garlic Jims Hercules pizza,  This Pizza is basically an artery clogging piece of heaven consisting of Salami, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, beef, spicy Italian sausage, bacon and lots of cheese. With this addition to today’s menu I am positive my caloric intake and fat grams are way over any recommended amount (I am going to pay for that tomorrow).

This one is too true!

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