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Wayne is crazy!

My Baby!

Wayne and Jay finally arrived in New Orleans on the 24th and arrived to my place to stay over at 1:15am! I had to force myself to stay awake to let them in the access gate and when I saw them I jumped for joy! We came up to my place and we talked for a few minutes and played a game of Family Fued and then we all went to sleep. Then on Tuesday morning, I fixed Steak Fajitas for us for breakfast! Lol-we all got showered up and headed out for the day. We went to the French Market then to the Quarter then from there we headed to the Aquarium of the Americas and the Entergy IMAX Theater and saw a movie about Hurricane Katrina. After that, we walked to the Riverwalk and bought some lunch then form there we headed to the Westbank to see a few people that Wane knew when he use to serve a mission here-then from there we headed back to my place and we chilled there because we were walking a lot and we needed a dang on break! HaHa! We left to go to Shores Park because we could get some great pics there and then I discovered that I did not have my camera so after we took pics we went back to my place to see if I let my camera at my place then we headed to the bowling alley and we only bowled one game because of the price and Wayne won the game! From there-we headed back to my place and Wayne left me and Jay at my place because he wanted to go see some one on the Westbank and that he would not be long and we said go. While he was gone, Jay and I watched a few "Charmed" episodes and I started to prepare the Red Beans and Fried Chicken-I wanted 2 prepare the food when I knew Wayne would be back so the food was not even cold. We ate and they loved it! Afta that we played a game of Deal or No Deal then we watched the movie, "Deep Blue Sea." I baked some cookies and we ate some treats too! On Wednesday morning, they woke up and went to the Westbank again without me and when they came back we ate Turkey Necks and corn with Macaroni and after that we saw the movie, "Obsessed." Then we went to Laferniere Park to take goodbye pictures and then they went back to Baton Rouge! I was so sad when they left!

Travis in Mudlake, Idaho....What the....

Sorta true, y'all....there is this ex-missionary that I already miss to death and he has only been home for like 3 months and I miss him so much. He has been keeping in good contact with me and I so appreciate that from him. I want to meet his family and his sister, Kara. He has a lot of cool relatives form what I hear and they would all love to meet me, and chill with me, and just have some of my Southern cooking! I can never really do fun things with missionaries while they are on their missions for the Church so when they get back home and settle down, that is when I plan a trip to see them and do fun and exciting things and in January-it looks like I will be in Idaho! I may see some peeps in Utah too while I am there since they are right next door....plans are in effect and I have to admit-it may b Idaho, but I am still excited!

I Can Do Bad All By Myself Movie #8

This is Tyler Perry's 8th successful film that will be in theatres on Sept. 11th!! I cannot stop watching the preview for it! It has an amazing all-star cast and I love his movies and this one I am so excited to see!!! I will be getting this Friday, 9/11 night off, definitely!!

Hurricane Season Approaches!!! Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are already THREE major tropical storms brewing up in the Gulf, Atlantic, coast of Florida, etc all this that I am hearing about on the TV and reading in the newspaper! I hate it! I hate Hurricane Season with a passion because ur always in the dark about things until the damn last minute. I wish I lived up North or something when Hurricane Season begins and is here til November! Every state has their own natural disaster, but to be honest, I am ready to endure another natural disaster. Snow. I was in a snowstorm in Utah. I mean, I know snow is dangerous and what can come of them-but hurricanes just seem out there now to me-boring, not all that. I am not asking for a natural disaster to happen, just something little and not as dangerous.....

Talking to Kailen/Growing Up

I talked to my nephew, Kailen yesterday and he was absolutely shocking. I had NO idea that he could formulate sentences as well as he does and all. Last time I saw him he was a baby, and now he told me that he was 6 years old. All my nieces and nephews are catching up to me. I have a niece in College now! College! They are growing, that's for certain! I really felt sad when he told that he did not know who I was. I wanted to be the Uncle Travis that is dedicated to spending time with my family, but unexpected circumstances came up/finance issues, etc. so I was not able to be the type of Uncle that I had anticipated on being. I really felt disappointed in myself in that aspect. But I intend on changing that and hoping that I can be more involved in my family.

The Time Traveler's Wife

I, very seldom get Fridays off at my job and today was one of those days, so I took advantage of that & went to the movies like I always use to do before I found a job in this tough economy!!! This movie was truly romantic and people were crying up in there, I could tell that it was real, sincere, and intense and other people were faking it and being all dam dramatic, but is to be expected in a movie theater. Drama! Drama! Damn Drama! This movie could be comparable to "The Soloist" starring Jamie Foxx becuz you know some stories have great plots, storylines, etc but there will be certain pats int he move that are sad and depressing and that u can see coming-but it just cannot b avoided. With this movie, I felt like it was true romance all the way from start to finish. I did NOT read the book-I still fell in love with this movie. It had some sad parts but as it has been stated-nothing is true romance with out a lil hardship, sacrifice, and most importantly loss. You have to have the bad happen to you in order to see some good rise up and surface. No life is perfect. Life is only what YOU make it. You will learn that form this movie! I already did!

Travis=Banana Republic!

I never knew how exclusive and expensive this place was until today. The material from their clothing line is exceptional and the fragrances are AWESOME! This is a pic of the Cologne that I have got to have-it smells so dang on good. It is called "Slate." I had a job interview with them today and Ceci has to check my references and I am all set to go to work there and I cannot wait. Working two jobs is something that I have never did before but I am willing to try and text it out! More money is never a bad thing!

Jay and Wayne's Arrival 2 NOLA N 1 Week

I have some ex-missionaries friends coming into town in exactly one week to visit and they are going to be seeing me and spending some quality time with me and I am so thrilled about it! We are going to have so much fun! I'm so excited and cannot wait to see Wayne again! I have never met Jay before-but getting to know him via Facebook and Wayne has told him that I am the coolest cat on this side of the Mississippi! Funny, huh? Oh, let next week come here fast!! Let it! Let it! Let!

Opening and Closing Hollywood Video Store Today!!!

Today was mah very FIRST solo act of opening up the store by mahself and tonight I will b closing the store. The Store Manager has trained me very well and I feel comfortable in both opening and closing shifts!!! I did a great job this morning and I will close tonight with the exception of a rude or complicated customer, I think that I will be fine-the only concern that I have is that a problem may arise that I have either never heard of before or I will have to call some one for assistance and the customer may not have the patience to wait! We shall see! We shall see!

Saturday's "Orphan"

My movie theatre debut returns for Thursday, July 30th, 2009! This movie was one of those horror/laughter thriller films.. there were NO scary parts, but the normal ones like people jumping out form the middle of no where and things like that-but there was a twist with this film and at then end. One that I did NOT see coming and I will give the credit where the credit is due on that part. Good job Hollywood! Lol! It was good-but it could have been a little bit better! It was gruesome! Definitely! I could not believe some of the things that I saw! After seeing this movie, I would have to do a deep background check on my own terms before I adopted a child! Seriously! :D