"Picking potatoes from a garden is like finding Easter eggs..."

Hey friends!

It's been a while since I updated my blog, so I figured it was time to do so.

Since the last entry, a lot has happened. I've gone to quite a few concerts lately, and I actually got the chance to go to the Soundcheck 9 event at Wild Bill's for the Kasey Kahne Foundation. Kasey, Elliot Sadler, and Darryl Waltrip did a Q&A session before Dierks Bentley performed. It was an awesome concert - we were about two people back from the stage in the front section - and it was really cool to see the drivers enjoying the concert. Not that I put them up on a pedestal, but it made me realize that they're just people, too.

The weekend after that concert was the Atlanta Motor Speedway race, and it was seriously the best AMS race I've ever been to. Lots of action, lots of racing, lots of cautions... I loved it!

I also started my first on-ground MBA class and managed to make an A in it. The class was focused on Project Management, so it gave me an insight to the surface details on that topic. I'm now in my next online course, but I'll be starting another on-ground class in 4 weeks. I didn't realize that my classes this summer were going to overlap by 4 weeks, but oh well. It's all good.

Oh yeah - I almost broke my finger playing air hockey with Patrick at the ESPN Zone. Looking back, it was actually pretty funny; however, when it happened, I almost passed out. The ESPN Zone people told me I needed to go to the hospital to get it checked out, so I stayed there until like 2:30 am. It was crazy... and then that next day (or maybe I should say "later that day") we went to Six Flags. We got there late, so we didn't really get to ride much. Luckilly for us, though, we have season passes.

I entered the Mustang into a car show/poker run that benefitted the Gwinnett County Police Department, and I actually won the "Worst Poker Hand." Yeah, it's not something to really be proud of, but I won a wings party for 10 people and me, so I don't mind. We all enjoyed eating $164.00 worth of wings. It was great. Speaking of cars, though, I traded my 2008 Jeep in on a new Equinox Sport. The new car, which I named "Jet," is so much better than the Jeep. It's sportier and has dual exhaust, so I'm pumped. :) You can see a ton of pictures of it on my CarDomain website (www.cardomain.com/id/stanggal), but here's a picture of it for now:

Work has been good. Busy, but good. I'm helping out with the student development of Brenau's new Fairburn campus, so I'm going to be making quite a few trips down that way in the next couple of months. There have also been a lot of educational/job fairs lately, so that's definitely keeping me busy. I'd much rather be busy than bored, so I'm definitely cool with it.

Della is doing really well... she's losing her puppy teeth, so her "big girl" teeth are coming in. I've never seen teeth come in so fast! It seems like the minute she loses one, the new one starts to show. It's crazy. We took her to the Pet-a-palooza this past weekend, and she seemed slightly overwhelmed with all of the noise from the other dogs there. She'd never really seen too many other dogs before, so she was taking it all in. She's getting big, though. She's already up to around 8.5 lbs, so she shouldn't grow too much more after this. Her hair is getting really long, but we're waiting to get her a "puppy cut" until she's around 6 months old.

So, if you're wondering about the title of this post... I'm actually in the process of growing a garden at my grandmother's house. It's going to have a lot of crops in it if it actually grows. We planted corn, carrots, bell peppers, jalapenos, asparagus, watermelon, and a few other things. I hope it grows because I'm pumped about it!

Well, I've got to do some of my work for my online class. Hope everyone is doing well, and I'm sure I'll talk to you soon!