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May 14, 2005
2 more sleeps!
Yey! 2 more sleeps until we leave for Jamaica!!! :o) We've started gathering things for the trip, but nothing is in the suitcases yet. Heh heh.
We went to the Byron Nelson today. It was fun (and quite sunny). :o) I think I got a tan from being outside for 3 hours. Hee hee. We did our usual thing and walked backwards on the course to catch up with the leaders. We ended up camping out at the 15th tee, and saw Jesper Parnevik, Vijah Singh, Phil Mickelson, and Nick Price come through. It was pretty cool. We were sitting about 10 feet from where they were teeing off. :o) Fun times.
On Friday, I ended up taking a half-day 'cuz I was done with all my work stuff...and went to Aqua Adventures to pick up my wetsuit. While I was there, I ran into my dive instructor, Mike. I hadn't seen him in like 4 years. He remembered me, and we chatted a little bit. He asked where I was going. Hee hee.
After picking up the wetsuit, it was about time for lunch. I called up my sister to see if she has had lunch yet. Turns out that it was the only day she didn't have lunch plans. :o) We went to First Chinese BBQ...which was completely packed even at 1pm. Craziness. It was a good time. :o)
Greg had a dentist appointment, and came home at about 3:30 or so. We hung out a bit, and he went to play golf for a little while. I continued converting my CDs in to MP3s to put on my iPod. What a time consuming process! I think I just have way too many CDs. :p
Posted by alpha at 09:28 PM | Golf , Wedding | Comments (3)
April 11, 2005
Long Time No Blog
So...it's been awhile since I last wrote. Plenty have happened since then...fasten your seat belts...
On April 2nd, we had our wedding shower at Jo's parents' house. It was the first time I had seen it since they remodeled everything. Looks really really nice! :o) Lots of our friends showed up, and we had a great time hanging out with everyone. Presents were opened, food was had...fun times. We got home at around 5:30ish. Paul was already over and was watching basketball games. We unpacked and organized all of our new loot. Hee hee. Yey!
We went to Chris & Beta's crawfish boil on Sunday, April 3rd. :o) It was great fun too! Their doggie Spunky looks bigger than the last time I saw her...Katrina & Trevor brought over their dog Hobie, and Mark brought over his dog Skyla. It was a doggie playground! My parents came and joined us for the boil, which was cool, since they never really come to hang out with us and our friends. I think they enjoyed themselves! I got home kinda late...prob about 8:30 or so.
Last Monday, I went to Jo's after work to pick up a cake that was made by one of her co-workers, Marina. It was delicious!! :o) Greg and I (and my sister and Matt) were all very satisfied with that. So Marina is going to make our wedding cake for our Dallas reception! It's gonna look something like this, but instead of the sugar calla lillies, we're gonna have fresh red roses and petals put on it. :o) It's gonna be so gorgeous. I can't wait. And the best thing is that she's doing all this for $150!!! She's gonna show up at around 4:30 or so on the day of the reception to put the cake together, and to put the border around the bottom layer. Yey I can't wait!!!
The rest of the week was kinda blurred...it went by really fast...and our new person was in town for training, so I had to make sure that he's okay and stuff. We all went out for dinner at Dickey's Thursday night, and that was fun. They had free beer at the Coppell location 'cuz they don't have their liquor license. Hee hee.
We went to the driving range after we got home from Dickey's...worked on my driver quite a bit since I just had the grips changed on my driver, 5-wood, and 7-wood (they were too big). I'm hitting 'em much better now. :o) When we got home, the garage door wouldn't open...turns out that the spring had snapped. :o( We decided that it was too late to worry much about it that night, so I took the info of the repair company that I had used the last time with me to work the next morning to set up an appointment.
Unfortunately, I found out that the garage door repair company that I had used went out of business. :o( It really was too bad, 'cuz they were really nice and helpful in showing me to fix the minor things. Anyway, I had to look for another company to fix the door. I ended up calling Action Garage Door 'cuz they had a good record with the BBB. They sent a guy out Saturday morning to take a look at the door...and then he gave me a quote of $259 to change out the spring!!! WTF!!! I flat out told him that I got it fixed 4 years ago for $127, and that I had a receipt to prove it. It just didn't make sense that the price could have doubled in 4 years. The repair guy disgruntally called the guy in the office to "see if there was anything he could do." The guy splattered off some sales pitch (they must do this often since it sounded rehearsed), and I told him to just give me the price. He called me on the phone and told me that they'd do it for $165.50, which is a whole lot more reasonable that $259!!! What a ripoff. I can't even imagine how much money they're making off of the unsuspecting public. Anyway, the repair guy got to work...banged around in my garage, showed me the rollers that needed to be replaced (he said it was gonna be $12/piece to change them out), and went on his way. I was so glad to get him out of my house. Later on, I looked up this company that sells garage door parts to do-it-yourselfers, and I'm buying some rollers for $1.99/piece + shipping. Good thing I didn't tell the repair guy to change them.
With garage door fixed, I quickly had lunch and then went off to meet with Luci & Jodie to go shopping. We stopped by the Stila counter, and the make-up artist there fixed me up with some make-up. I think it looks really nice...not too overly done, since I don't usually wear make-up. Anyhoot, $120 later, I think I'm pretty much all set with that for the wedding. There's 1 thing though that she had forgotten to ring up...the Sheer Color Tinted Moisturizer...I'll pick that up next time when we go for this workshop class thing on the day of my bachelorette party. :o) The workshop itself costs $35/person, but we get it back in make-up, so it's a good deal. Hee hee. It's my gift to the bridesmaids for helping out with everything. I think it'll be a blast. :o)
After the make-up adventure, we went to look for a shirt for me for the bachelorette party. We ended up finding this blue button-down one at Express. :o) It's pretty nice.
I got home at about 5:30 or so, then Greg and I went bike-riding. We went down to the (small) lake that's near my house. We rode probably about 4 miles or so. It felt nice. :o) I had to get back in shape for hockey on Sunday! Hee hee. Afterwards, Greg grilled this perfect ribeye steak for dinner. Yum!!!
Sunday we slept in, I took a shower and then started cleaning the house. We got a lot of stuff done in the kitchen...consolidated some of our duplicate spices and things...cleaned out the pantry, etc. etc. The kitchen looks much roomier now. :o) Yey! Then we watched the Masters pretty much all afternoon. It was pretty exciting! Left at 8pm to go to my hockey game. We played against the Mantis...lost 0-1. They got this new girl who's pretty good...she played in the Charity Challenge. I think we played pretty well. :o) I ended up getting the "Game MVP" award for my team. Ha ha. I didn't think that I played *that* well. Anyways, the prize was awesome...it was this pillow with "Red Hot" stitched into it. :o) Hee hee.
Posted by alpha at 10:51 AM | Biking , Friends , Golf , Hockey , Wedding , Work | Comments (2)
March 10, 2005
Kinda like a Friday!
It's kinda like a Friday for me today. :o) I'm taking tomorrow off to use up my comp day that I had gotten from last Saturday. Hee hee. Yey! It's supposed to be beautiful weather too...lower 70's. I've got some errands to run, but I think I'll stop by the driving range for a little while as well.
Yesterday was Greg's 36th birthday. Hee hee. In celebration, we went to the driving range last night (it was windy and kinda chilly) and then came home and baked chocolate chip cookies. :o) Hee hee. It was pretty fun. Greg showed me this new modification to my swing that helped me hit my drives straighter and farther. It was pretty nifty. It was against a pretty stiff north wind too. Hee hee yey!
Hmmmm what else...it's been pretty busy at work lately. It's nice 'cuz then the days go by much quicker, but then I keep feeling like I couldn't get things crossed off my to-do list fast enough. Oh well. Such is life. :o)
Greg is off work today in celebration for his birthday. He's playing golf at Castle Hills. Hope he has fun. Hee hee.
Posted by alpha at 09:29 AM | Family , Golf | Comments (2)
February 23, 2005
Saga Galore
My beef with Sprint, is that the staff in their call center in India are completely clueless. I had them repeat everything I said back to me so I could know that they understood me, and yet I can still receive blatantly wrong information. Without going into much details (the story takes 10 minutes to tell in person), make sure you talk to someone from the UNITED STATES. Those people at least know what they're talking about. Better yet, just email and let the eCare people handle it for you...they apparently have the most power to actually fix a customer's problem.
Long story short, if you get a rep at Sprint that sounds Indian. Hang up and try again...
Let's see...what else...Friday night Luci came over and had BBQ and watched TV with us. Hee hee. It was a fun hang out time. :o) Saturday Greg went to rehearsal in the morning...we had a quick lunch and went over to Jo's to drop off her bridesmaid dress. Then we headed over to BB&B to work on our registry. We've filled it up quite a bit with a bigger (price range) variety of stuff. Hee hee. Fun times. Afterwards, since we were already in the area, we went to Toyko One for dinner to celebrate "3 months until wedding." Had a great time. Rented "Napolean Dynamite" (not my choice, but Greg HAD to watch it)...it had some funny moments, but definitely not the funniest movie I've ever seen. :o)
On Sunday, the weather was gorgeous. We went to the driving range, then bike riding around the Sherrill Park area, and then I had my hockey game that night. It was a fun game in spite of our loss. We actually scored more than 1 goal in the game! Ha ha. :o)
Monday's weather was gorgeous too. :o) We went out to Kohl's so I could get some shoes for the wedding, and I found some (the white ones) for $6.50 with the use of a coupon! :o) Wheeee! I'll look for other ones to match my Chinese dress for the reception. Hee hee.
Posted by alpha at 08:22 AM | Biking , Golf , Hockey , Wedding | Comments (2)
January 10, 2005
Day 4
I had a pretty good weekend. Friday night we met up for dinner at BJ's with Luci, Austin, Chris, Beta, some of Luci's friends, and some of Greg's friends from work. We went to their new location in Plano, and it was PACKED! Luckily Luci made reservations for us, otherwise it would have been an 1.5-hr wait. Yuck. Anyway, the food was quite good. We got a pizza...it was Chicago-style deep dish, and it was rather tasty. I think we're be going back there again (just maybe not on a Friday night).
Saturday we went to Oshman's to find some golf shoes for Greg. He and his Dad are going to Phoenix this weekend to play golf. We also went to REI, where they're having a clearance sale on the zip-off pants that I wanted a few months ago, but didn't get 'cuz they were $55. Then we went to the driving range...I hit balls for the first time in months. Did pretty good for not having practiced in so long. But boy my arms and back sure are tired...
Sunday we went to church, as usual. Then I think we watched TV and I took a nap for awhile. Greg went to play golf in the afternoon. We watched the first hour of "24" together before I had to leave to go to my hockey game. I had taped both episodes, and when I got home from hockey, he was all asking if we could watch the 2nd episode. Ha ha. I think I might have gotten him hooked on it. How funny. :p
Posted by alpha at 10:04 AM | Friends , Golf | Comments (3)
August 20, 2004
TGIF!
This week has surely been long.
We went to the driving range Wednesday night. I wasn't hitting the ball really well, but I was physically and mentally very tired. That was probably why. We were planning on playing golf with some people from my office last night, but it got rained out. So we went and dropped off Greg's motorcycle to get a new front tire put on it. And then my Dad called and said that the wireless keyboard & mouse that I had ordered for him from Amazon (which amazingly, arrived 1 day after I placed the order) didn't have an USB adapter so he couldn't hook it up. So I went to Circuit City and found him the adapter, went over to help him set it up, etc. He's all happy now. Fun stuff. :p
I'm gonna go take pics at Greg's orchestra rehearsal Saturday morning, so I'd have something to use for the website. I decided that I'm going to have to buy an external flash for my camera so the pics won't be so underexposed. So I went ahead and bought the Sigma EF-500 DG Super...same one that I've been looking at for months, and the same one as Chris'. Waiting on the confirmation to come through email. I should have it just in time for the concert on 9/11.
Oh, tonight we're going to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory with Chris & Adam & Company for Adam's birthday (it was yesterday). Mmmmmm tastiness.
*Yawn* Is it time to go home yet?
Posted by alpha at 12:57 PM | Family , Friends , Golf , Photography | Comments (0)
August 04, 2004
And the winners are...
Okay, I'll attempt to post an update before my 2pm meeting, before which I have to make some popcorn in the microwave...
Last week was crazy busy at work. It was completely insane. I was glad to go on vacation for the weekend. Friday afternoon, I met Greg at his office, so his coworker Brenda can take us to the airport (that way we could leave Greg's car there instead of having to pay for parking). We found Greg's Dad without much problems inside the airport. Had some McDonald's for dinner, and then on to Detroit we went. We got in at about 10pm (half an hour early). Uncle Don came to pick us up (we stayed with him and Aunt Mac). We visited for awhile before going to bed at around 12:30am. :o)
Saturday we slept in a little bit. Had an elaborate breakfast that involved French toasts (Aunt Mac likes to entertain guests). Uncle Don, Greg's Dad, Greg, and I went to the driving range for a little bit to warm up for the tournament in the afternoon. I was hitting pretty well, and felt ready for the tournament. We went back to the house to pick up Aunt Mac and headed to Stony Creek Golf Course to meet up with everybody else. There were about 50 of us there for the tournament. Greg and I were paired up with Greg's cousin Mike and Mike's girlfriend Robin. I had sooooooooooooo much fun. We played a scramble (where you pick the best ball out of your group for every shot). Our group was just on a roll...I was hitting my driver *really* well that day, so they used a majority of my drives. I missed the fairway by 8 ft to win the longest drive competition. :p It was awesome. We usually got to the green in 2 shots...had a couple of eagle putts that we missed, and ended up with a -3. We tied with another group of Greg's cousins, but since they won last year, we were named the winners for this year's tournament. We get our names put on the tournament plaque. Hee hee hee. After the tournament, we went to Greg's cousin Marshall's house for a huge dinner party. I hung out with his aunts and uncles, etc. Great times.
Sunday morning we got up early to go play with Greg's cousin Mark's golf league at Oxford Hills Country Club. It was a pretty difficult and long course with lots of blind shots. I did pretty well, considering the difficulty of the course. I had a personal best of 109. I can't wait to find out how I do at some local courses that I've played at before.
Sunday night we had a BBQ. Uncle Don cooked pork tenderloins on his charcoal grill. It was mighty tastiness. Of course, that wasn't the only thing on the menu that night...the meal included salad, fruit salad, bread, and broccoli. Uncle Don & Aunt Mac's son Scott and his family stayed over for dinner too. Scott's son Hugo is just hilarious. So cute. He was all bragging about getting to shake hands with Gordie Howe (hockey great, if you don't know) Saturday morning at breakfast. Ha ha.
Monday morning we woke up early and packed up to go to the airport. Uncle Don & Aunt Mac were leaving to go on a family trip to St. Louis. So Lynn (guess...Greg's cousin) came over and took us to the airport. It was fun hanging out with her. :o) I didn't want to come home.
We didn't do much Monday afternoon when we got home. Went out to look at a couple of cars, but that was about it. I took Tuesday off from work to just chill at home and do various things. It was nice to hang with the kitties. :o) Hee hee.
Posted by alpha at 01:36 PM | Family , Golf , Memories | Comments (0)
July 20, 2004
Jet skis, broken mailboxes, new cars
Friday afternoon Greg got a call from his bro-in-law, John, saying that Diane (Greg's sis) slipped and fell at the boat ramp and hurt her shoulder. They were unloading the jet skis and there was a lot of algae that had accumulated there on the ramp. Anyway, they were at the hospital gettings x-rays done to make sure that she didn't break anything...so for awhile there we weren't sure if we were going down to visit for the weekend. Finally John called at about 7:30 and said Diane was fine, and to go ahead and come down. We quickly had dinner and left for the long trip to Canyon Lake. Got in at about 1:30am...
Greg spent most of the weekend jet skiing with John and his nephew Marshall. I went Saturday afternoon with John and Greg. It was my first time on a jet ski, so I had Greg take me around once to get the feel for it. It was pretty fun. I spent the rest of the weekend hanging out with Diane and Marshall's wife Laura. It was cool and relaxing. They have a hot tub that overlooks the cove. Was pretty.
We ended up driving back Sunday evening. Stopped by this little country restaurant and had dinner. Tastiness. Got back kinda late, and promptly went to bed.
Monday morning we discovered that our mailbox got knocked over while we were gone. As we were standing there examining the damage, the daughter of the older Korean couple that live across the street drove up. She said her parents' mailbox got knocked over too on Saturday night. Apparently little things like this happen every once in awhile in my neighborhood. It's pretty irritating. Then I was on hold with the Garland police for half an hour while I tried to file a police report. I gave up and never did. Anyway, we had Luci over for lunch. Grilled salmon and had rice to go with it. Good times. Jerry even made an appearance for a little while (we coaxed him with ice cream). Heh heh.
We rested a little while, then went to the driving range. It was hotter than hell. I was hitting pretty well. :o) Should be all set for Michigan. On the way home, Greg wanted to stop by this golf shop on 75, so we were driving down the service road when he saw this black 2002 Solara convertible at one of the dealerships. We turned around and went for a test drive on it. The guy at first told us that it was selling for $13,900. We didn't really believe him 'cuz that's just way too cheap for the car. But he repeatedly told us it was that price. So we went home (to look up financing) and found out that the dealership had it listed at $22,500 on their website. We weren't expecting much, but Greg went back up there to see about it. As he was sitting at the little table (where they try to rip every penny out of you), they went back on their price (don't go to Courtesy Nissan...they're not very courteous). So no car as of yet, but we're stopping by to take a look at a few Sebring convertibles at different dealerships tonight. Wheeeee!
I've got training the rest of the afternoon. Fun fun. Hopefully it won't be too difficult staying awake. :p Hee hee.
Posted by alpha at 12:14 PM | Family , Golf , Misc | Comments (0)
August 11, 2003
Weekend of Sports
Friday after work, Greg and I had our usual date with the driving range. I was hitting my irons really well. :o) It was pretty cool. Then we went to dinner at this Mexican restaurant...don't ever go to Ole's Tex Mex in Coppell. Their chips were kinda stale and the waiters were really pushy. We sat down and barely had time to open the menu when the guy was back asking if we're ready to order. It was ridiculous. And the coupon that they send out in those ValuPak things don't work on Fridays. It was definitely one of the worst Mexican places I've been to around here. We won't be going there again.
Saturday morning we went out to Ft. Worth to look at some Royal Enfield Motorcyles. The guy there at the dealership was really nice. We were looking at this one bike, and he said that it's a new 1955 motorcycle. Ha ha ha. :p Also picked up some brochures on rider safety courses for motorcycles. Maybe I'll go take it with Greg. We'll see.
After we got back from Ft. Worth, we ate and then headed over to Darcy's for our little shindig. Adam and Curtis were also there. They were playing Scrabble when we arrived. :p Hee hee. We got to meet Darcy's cute kitty Prailey. We got Prailey to spin all around to play with her string. It was hilarious. :o) We also watched the end of "Cowboy Bebop" and one of the "Gundam" episodes. Was definitely interesting. :o) It was a great time.
We skipped out of the shindig a little early to go play 9 holes of golf at Grapevine Golf Course. We played on the Mockingbird course...it was a fun course to play in (Greg said it's a harder course than LB Houston). The fairways and greens were extremely well kept, which says a lot in this Texas heat that dries out most of the courses around here (except for the expensive country clubs of course). It was really cool. I had a lot of fun.
Sunday we chilled out most of the day before heading out to Bed Bath & Beyond to look for some new sheets for Greg. His fitted sheet was getting worn out and after doing laundry Saturday night, there was a nice rip on it. We didn't end up buying any, but saw some really nice sheets (1000 thread count??). Hee hee. :p
After dinner we went to MacArthur High School to play some tennis. It was packed. We got the last lighted court. I think my tennis skills are coming back to me. Hee hee. :o)
My dad's been busy uploading pictures and product information on our online store. I'm glad I assigned that to him 'cuz I really don't have the time to mess with all that stuff. I've been working on the backend applications that go with the store. Eventually we'll modify the look and feel to our own liking. We'll see what happens. It's starting to take shape though. I'm glad. :o)
Posted by alpha at 12:51 AM | Family , Friends , Golf | Comments (0)
June 23, 2003
Golf in Its Proper Perspective
The following is forwarded not to offend tennis, basketball, football or soccer fans. It is, rather, an attempt to put everything in its proper perspective.
Ever wonder why golf is growing in popularity and why people who don't even play go to tournaments or watch it on TV? These truisms may shed light.
Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players being honorable people who don't need referees.
Golfers don't have some of their players in jail every week.
Golfers don't scratch their privates on the golf course.
Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at, other people.
Professional golfers are compensated in direct proportion to how well they play.
Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight when they travel between tournaments.
Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new contracts, because of another player's deal.
Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the courses on which they play.
When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them or back them up.
The PGA Tour raises more money for charity in one year than the National Football League does in two.
You can watch the best golfers in the world up close, at any tournament, including the majors, all day, every day for $25 or $30. The cost for a seat in the nosebleed section at the Super Bowl will cost around $300 or more.
You can bring a picnic lunch to the tournament golf course, watch the best in the world and not spend a small fortune on food and drink. Try that at one of the taxpayer funded baseball or football stadiums. If you bring a soft drink into a ballpark, they'll give you two options -- get rid of it or leave.
In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters (.300 batting average) do.
Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.
Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.
Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.
Golf doesn't have free agency.
In their prime, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and other stars, would shake your hand and say they were happy to meet you. In his prime Jose Canseco wore T-shirts that read "Leave Me Alone."
You can hear birds chirping on the golf course during a tournament.
Ladies are welcome players.
At a golf tournament, (unlike at taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and arenas) you won't hear a steady stream of four letter words and nasty name calling while you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.
Tiger Woods can hit a golf ball three times as far as Barry Bonds can hit a baseball.
Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.
Finally, here's a slice of golf history you might enjoy.
Why do full-length golf courses have 18 holes, and not 20, or 10 or an even dozen? During a discussion among the club's membership board at St. Andrews in 1858, one of the members pointed out that it takes exactly 18 shots to polish off a fifth of Scotch. By limiting himself to only one shot of Scotch per hole, the Scot figured a round of golf was finished when the Scotch ran out. Now you know.
Posted by alpha at 08:17 PM | Fun Stuff , Golf | Comments (0)
June 10, 2003
Wooowheeeee!!!
An excellent weekend in my book! :o) Here's what's up...
Friday I did much of the usual. Packed and went over to Greg's. Went to the driving range. He changed my golf swing, and all of a sudden I was launching my iron shots. Amazing. :o) Ha ha.
Saturday we went to run some errands in the morning and to check the weather for the weekend. Took a gamble (for it not to rain) and went camping at Purtis Creek. Was nice. We got the same campsite as we did the last time. :o) It was actually nice and cool. Had an early dinner and then went down to the fishing pier to watch people fish. Exciting hobby, lemme tell ya. I'm pretty sure that I'll never get into that...oh the horrifying amount of time to sit and wait. I think I have better things to do. Anyway, we saw the same person catch 2 bass within 5 minutes. So that was kinda neat I guess (oh the excitment). We left soon after despite the "ooooh's and aaaaaahh's" that the dude was getting from the other fishermen. Just couldn't take more of that and be bitten by bugs.
Saturday night it did rain a little bit. Nothing major though. Rained again Sunday morning. Mostly just very light rain where you can still walk around in without being too concerned with an umbrella. Must be what it's like to go camping in Seattle. :p We made our usual breakfast burritos and packed up before it started raining again. Caught some nice rain on the way back though. Then it chilled out and we went to the driving range later in the evening. :o)
Today was the exciting part! I went on a ride along with the Plano Police Department. It was SOOOOO fun!!! They assigned me to a rookie officer who is still on her probation period (it ends tomorrow). She was good company. We went and checked out a burglary call first thing...the burglar went in through the back yard (lock your back yard doors please) and broke the glass in the back door and got in. They went straight for the jewelry and documents in the master bedroom. All this happened within the 2.5 hours that the owners' daughter went out to do some shopping. They must have been staking out to see when she was leaving and stuff. Anyway, then we went to talk to some kids who were caught launching spitballs (coulda been rocks too) at passing cars off of Legacy. We took a bathroom break at the fire station, and I got the fireman to take me on a tour of the station. It's actually really cool. They work 24-hr shifts, so the station is actually like a house that they live in...complete with state-of-the-art kitchen and exercise room, etc. :o)
After visiting with the firemen, we stopped by Kohl's to check on a theft call. The store employees had stopped and detained the 17-yr-old guy. He couldn't come up with his home address & phone number (he was staying with a friend), so we took him to jail. That took awhile...the officer had to fill out a bunch of paperwork for that. When we finally got outta there, we went back to our beat and got some gas and had dinner at Boston Market. Then we got a call to check on an abandoned vehicle. Went and drove around for some patrolling. We sat and tried to do some traffic stops on Legacy, but 5 minutes after we got there, we got called on an 911 emergency case. So we turned on the lights and sirens and sped down Custer going about 70mph. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! We didn't really know where we were going, so I was trying to help by checking the map. The PD's new map sucks...the markings on there were tiny and hard to find. Anyway, we caught up with the paramedics going to the call and found the apartment complex. Then the officer handed me the old map that she has for me to find where the building is in the complex. It was cool to be able to help out a little bit. :o) It was a domestic disturbance call where the guy was bipolar (they think) and was bothering his girlfriend and kids. Long story short, the guy wanted to kill himself 'cuz he didn't have a job and wanted a way out of his relationship with his gfriend. He told the officers that he wanted to be arrested so they could put him in a hospital for treatment. Weird huh? At one point he had a brick and was hitting his forehead with it. So we were at the call for awhile, collected a statement from his gfriend, went by the hospital to check on him, and got back to the station a little bit later. :o) All in all it was a fun and exciting ride along. Little did I know all this stuff happened in Plano during the day. Ha! :o)
Posted by alpha at 12:27 AM | Camping , Fun Stuff , Golf | Comments (0)