Putting out Fires

Many people use their blog as sort of a daily diary. Well, if you know me you know that I’m not exactly short on words, so it’s a wonder that I have a problem thinking up something to write about lots of days. I think its mostly because I assumed that the only people (all 5 of you) out there who read my blog already know every little piece of my life, for the most part.

I’ve had the same girlfriends forever. Some of them I’ve known since elementary school, some I’ve had boys in common with, all of us went to church camp together, a few of us went to the same high school and played the same sports. Well now we’re all grown up, some of us in old-married-couple relationships, hardly any of us go to church (*gasp*), and we all have picked completely different paths in life. We survive the daily grind by writing group emails all day. Those of us stuck behind a desk end up writing a LOT of group email. And when we’re not reading each other’s email, we’re reading each other’s blogs. (Oh and I can’t forget Zane visits here too! Hi Zane!)

Point being: it has come to my attention that there may be other people visiting my blog! I’ve arrived! I’ve had TWO WHOLE RANDOM COMMENTS!

So, an introduction: Hello! My name is Amanda. I’m an engineer for a large company. In my spare time I’m a full-time student in an MBA program. I met and married an adorable musician and prepared myself for a normal life with a high school band director husband. Until he decided to become a firefighter. We have two dogs, Karma D. Bear and Mika (pronounced MEEKA, other pronunciation: DEVIL), and Ryan has two ball pythons named Melody and Harmony. I enjoy a good dose of TV, including by not limited to The Amazing Race, CSI and my newly acquired obsession: Alias. I live in the same city I grew up in and sometimes I wish that I lived MUCH further away. I have a tiny house with a huge yard next to some kick ass neighbors in a neighborhood frequented by the ghetto bird and the occasional S.W.A.T. team. I’ve been known to drink on occasion (read: nightly), my favorite activity is being in the same room as my husband (which is rare), I love a good book, I wish I was a writer (don’t we all?), I love to cook, and my favorite food is artichoke.

Tell me about you!