My tooth hurts

My sinuses are so screwed up, it feels like all of the teeth on the right side of my mouth are loose/falling out one by one.  It hurts.  I am in pain and it is not fun.  I feel like someone is drilling into my cheek with a drill bit that is covered in glass.  Seriously.  The pain is bad.  The same thing happened last summer and I was down for about three days last summer as well.  Hopefully today is the last day of pain.

Look out Texas Wildlife...

Chris Baugher is coming for you!  If you don't really care about hunting or you think hunting is gross, skip to the next paragraph.  If it doesn't matter to you, this was my Thursday.  Yesterday, I went up to my lease to get some stuff ready for deer season.  I put up a couple deer feeders and hung a camera so I can see the monsters that are roaming my land while they are still walking around.  Hopefully that will change come deer season.  As in, they won't be walking around anymore because they will be riding in the back of my truck back to Houston.  As in, we will be eating them for dinner.  As in, I will be lucky enough to shoot one or more.  Ya got it?  I really hope that I get some pictures of some hogs and some turkeys on there too.  If I do see some hogs there might be a Pig Roast at the Baugher's.  We will just have to wait and see.  After I got the stuff ready for the deer, I went over to the cabin and fished a little bit at the lake.  Two bass later, it was time to head back into town.  Hunting is a lot different in Texas.  There isn't really "open" woods in East Texas.  My lease is pretty much exactly what you would think Texas is.  Flat and thick with gas pipelines running through it.  Most everyone hunts out of box blinds of tripod stands.  I'm pretty lucky though because my part of the lease has a tons of trees for climbing and a sweet opening that should be perfect for bowhunting.  I am pumped...

So I guess the rumor is that football is back.  Awesome.  I said it before so don't be all surprised when the Texans go to the playoffs this year.  I'm not saying Super Bowl, I'm saying playoffs.  Just like I said that Michigan will win a National Championship with Rich Rod and the Orioles will, well, I never really said anything about them.  Not that dumb.  Plus, I promised myself that I wouldn't complain about them anymore so, how bout this tropical storm huh?  Anyway, the Texans have a new Defense with "Squinchy Face" Wade Phillips running the show (Shout out to Carly.  She came up with Squinchy Face.  Really, check it out.  He always looks like he is eating a lemon)  and they just got a corner and a safety.  You'll see.  All the Texans need to do is get better on D.  The offense is good.  Check it out for yourself...

That's right, I have his jersey...  I'm not really sure why I never really got into the skins or ravens.  It was always about baseball for me.  Don't get me wrong, I want the redskins ad ravens to be good.  It must be because I've been to a bunch of Texans games and I never went to a football game growin up.  Being so close to Reliant has allowed me to get to a bunch of games and really like the Texans.  And I'm not a bandwagon fan because they have never won ANYTHING.  Usually, they don't win as many games as they lose during the year.  This year is different though, this is the year. 

I am starting to get bored with summer.  It's hot and I'm running out of things to do.  We don't have a pool and every time I go outside I get sunburned, sweaty and tired.  Fish don't bite in the summer and you can't hunt.  I took Cam for a walk a couple of days ago at 9:00 in the morning and after 5 minutes he was pulling me back to the house because he couldn't do it anymore.  Being outside is torture... 

Oh crap...

Man, I haven't done this in a while.  Must be because I have been so busy working...  haha  Well, I knew it would be here soon.  I have seen so many post about back to school shopping and I remembered, in less than a month I will go back to work.  The summer goes by so fast.  It went by fast when I was in school and I think it goes by faster as a teacher...  The only good that comes of this is that I will once again feel as if I'm holding up my end of this "grown up" deal.  I do feel pretty guilty when Carly gets up to go to work and I say good bye from the couch.  Just like every summer, Camden is MY best friend because I am usually here with him most of the day.  Once I go back to work, he definitely will love Carly more again.  I guess all I do is pull even every summer in the doggie love department.  I did paint a little bit this summer and I feel that I did a pretty good job.  I guess all those summer and winter breaks growing up were worth it.  I also learned a little bit about fishing for something other than bass.  Fishing Galveston is different but it's pretty cool not having any idea what your going to catch...  I have also achieved, as I have said before, half way decent guitar status.  My fingers are gross but that's the price you pay for being a singer/songwriter.  I really gotta step it up this last month of summer break and do something outside!  If only it wasn't 100 degrees everyday.  (Thanks Houston)  I kinda miss getting to school everyday and having kids scream at me though.  I haven't given a high five in about 2 months and that makes me a little sad.  I guess at 27 (less than a month from 28) I'm still a kid at heart.  Counting down the days until I "go back to school".

I find myself waiting for Monday nights because the Bachelorette is coming on!  OK, so I guess I really need to go back to work.  Say what you want about me, that is a great show.  As long as you watch it "for the right reasons".  (That's a Bachelorette joke.  You don't watch, you don't understand.)  With the end of summer comes College Football.  Thank God, this baseball thing has really gotten me down.  Michigan better win 7/8 games this year or I don't know what I will do to myself/house/personal possessions.  It doesn't matter though.  Every year I'm filled with the same dreams that every college football fan is of a great year and a good bowl game.  This is what is getting me fired up now...

Are you ready for some football?

A bunch of meaningless information

I'm bored so I am writing in this.  Warning, this will not be entertaining.  If you want to, get out of here.  If you are bored you can be bored with me.
Everyone is bored.  Check Camden out.  He's bored too. 

He's not asleep.  He is bored.  Just laying down with nothing to do.

Let me start by saying, I can't put my finger on why, but I have been in a shitty mood for about 2 weeks now.  I complain about everything.  I really am being Negative Nancy and I can't seem to shake it.  This morning, I woke up furious because my ankles were itching.  I sat up in bed, sighed deeply and went downstairs at 4:30 in the morning.  Kinda felt like crying when I came down here but I swear I didn't.  I don't know if it is mosquitoes or the fact that I have been laying down on the ground in various places for 2 weeks painting but my ankles are itchy.  Ya know how you are always told as a kid to not itch it?  Yeah, can't do that.  I itch.

Because I get Texas Rangers games on TV, I got to see the O's play for the last three days.  Well, I had the option.  I watched about 3 total innings because they suck so bad.  Maybe the Orioles have put me in a crappy mood.  I just don't get how a team can be so bad for so long.  It has to get better someday right???  I'm still a fan don't get me wrong (Carly was telling me I wasn't being one with the way I was acting) but SERIOUSLY O'S?

I'm afraid to cut my hair because I'm scared that it won't come back.  I've been saying this for 5 years, but I'm serious now.  It's getting mighty thin on top.  It's almost long enough to put it in pigtails.  I feel like a surfer guy from California.  I could have a crucial "Middle School Middle Part" if I wanted too!  It really doesn't bother me that I'll have to start shaving my head soon.  It's just gonna hurt that first time I buzz down the middle.  I'll take some funny pictures and laugh but when I'm alone, I'll probably tear up.

I have been HAMMERING away on the guitar.  I keep peeling skin off my fingers and keep getting yelled at for it.  I feel like my three fingers being all callused up and gross looking makes me cool.  Right???  My set list looks like this so far...

Opening song...  Chicken Fried-Zac Brown Band
Red Rag Top-Tim McGraw
In Color-Jamey Johnson
Knee Deep-Zac Brown Band
Encore Song-Homeboy-Eric Church

Pretty good I know.  I'm really getting good. 

I really don't know what else I got.  See, I told ya it was boring and you read it anyway...

MICE

It makes me furious that mice are so small and they seem to be SOOOOOOOOO much smarter than me.  I continue to put out traps and in the morning, they eat all of the cheese or peanut butter and the trap does not go off.  How?  I don't know.  All I know is that everyday I wake up and run to the garage to check my mouse traps and 85% of the time, I feel like a moron.  Like a big dummy that isn't even as smart as a mouse.  Does wonders for my self-esteem...  This is what my garage looks like

Notice the three mouse traps.  Usually, every morning, I have to re-bait them.  Today only one of them had no food on it.  Apparently the jerk mouse got full.  Good for him. 

Mom got a picture with the great Chris Hoiles at the Keys Stadium last week.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hoiles 
She didn't work Monday but I just talked to her and she said Brady Anderson was there! 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Anderson
That is big news.  Big time stars are goin to watch some baseball at The Grove...  (I played there in College and got a hit FYI)  Seriously Orioles, I don't even have anything to say about you.  You suck.

Rain Rain don't go away

So for the first time since MARCH, it is raining in Houston!  Thank God because I started to fear that my hunting lease would burn down...  Talk about money going up in smoke.  I believe that we are something like 12 inches below average the last I heard.  It's pretty unbelievable that the weather has been so cruel this year.  Flooding, Drought, Tornadoes and Earthquakes.  Pretty ridiculous.  It has been so long since it rained down here that Camden freaked out this morning when he heard thunder, worse that usual!  I know bud, it's been a while.  My yellow yard hopefully is enjoying this weather because according to the 10 day forecast, its not going to last long.  Back to 98 and sunny starting Saturday.  I believe all of my fishing holes have dried up.  Maybe next week I'll have to get out there and check them out...

I haven't been fishing much because I can't seem to put my guitar down.  (Except for this picture)




It's probably for the best that I can practice when Carly isn't home.  It doesn't sound very good.  But hey, gotta start somewhere.  I am in full rock star mode.  Laugh if you want but I change the color picks I'm playing with depending on my mood...  I gotta keep myself entertained some how.  This week, I'm going with the white pick.  Even dorkier, I sign the back of every pick.  Could be worth something someday, probably not.  Country music is awesome to play because it is mostly only 3 or 4 chords.  That's right, I know what a chord is...  I also know that if I continue to play, I will not win any "beautiful fingers" contest.  My fingers are starting to get all hard and callused.  Beautiful.

My guitar is the best pawn shop purchase EVER.  Thanks Carly, even though you are probably wishing that you wouldn't have agreed to get it after some of the sounds that come out of my studio.  I'm off, gotta go practice some good Ol' Country Music.  Homeboy...

Hot again...

Well, I'm back in Tejas.  Back to the summer months.  People are at work, and I'm watching Swamp People and The Maury Show.  I was in MD for 8 days and I don't think Carly and I slowed down for 8 minutes.  It is so hard to see everyone when we come home because we're never there for long enough.  We did have a great time though.

Leslie and Bobby's wedding was great last Saturday and when I read the bible verse, I didn't even cry!  Take that.  Awesome to see the family together for such a great day.  Everything was perfect.  The rehearsal dinner was awesome and the reception was awesome too.  Man, I really feel old now.  My little cousin has gotten married!  Soon I'll be yelling at people that drive their car with their music too loud.  Wait, I do that now...  Well, I'll be doing other stuff that makes me old I guess.

Friday night Carly and I stayed with Brian and Leslie at their place in Hagerstown.  It is awesome up there and they are doing so good.  The house was great except the stairs must have been a little too steep or something because Friday night I fell up them and Saturday I fell down them.  Pretty funny.  I literally fell down on the first step, slid on my butt to the landing, tried to get up and rolled down the bottom flight of stairs to the first floor.  Sounds rough, it was.  I stood up and expected someone to come and see if I was OK.  To my surprise, kinda, no one did.  About 5 minutes later, my brother came down laughing so hard, I started laughing too.  Ahhhh, the memories.  I'm so happy that my brother married someone who keeps his ass in check.  (I'm serious Leslie) 

Sunday, we went to Carly's parents house and it was awesome to see them again.  It has been too long.  We got to see the Orioles play awesome, kidding, and watched one of my favorite movies of all time, Forgetting Sarah Marshal.

I LOVE IT.  Ask Carly.  I constantly sing this walking around the house.  Extremely funny to me.  Probably not to everyone else in the world.  It was good to see Carly's brother too.  We definitely miss everyone up in the Free State.  I also go a chance to see the deer that eat 5 yards from Carly's parents house!  There was a buck there too, in velvet.  I have to pay, drive and sit in a tree to have the possibility of shoot a deer and if they would let me, I could shoot a deer from there living room.  Although, I wouldn't feel right shooting them seeing how Mick walks the corn out and talks to them and they stand 10 yards from him waiting for him to leave so they can eat.  Pretty tough hunting...

Carly came back Monday and I went back to hang out with Mom and Dad till Thursday.  As always, we had a great time together.  Too short, but a great time.  Shopping and just hanging out with Mom and Fishing with Dad and Brian.  PERFECT.  It was so great being able to hang out with Mom, Dad, Brain and Leslie so much while I was home.  We might have to just win the lottery and make this a every weekend thing.  We miss everyone up there and we're so glad we could be with family for a while again!  Now, back to the 100 degree grind...