Dear Steve (I'm giving you a name blog)

Dear Steve (your new name),

So this week is finals week and my birthday all in the same week. Yeah, it kind of sucks. I decided to switch my degree to a 2 year associates from a BA because Loni wants to go back to school to get her degree in Dental Hygiene. Which will make a lot of money so I am not complaining, I'll go back when she is finished for my BA. So I am going to test at the prison next month, they finally raised the pay to something worth my while till SLCPD (Salt Lake City Police Department) is hiring again (this fall hopefully). I was going to do Highway Patrol but it's a state job and they get paid very poorly. Max pay over 20 years is $50,000.00, which sucks compared to SLCPD; the reason $60,000.00 by your 8th year, guaranteed! How I know, because SLCPD is the only Union Police Department. This is negotiated into the contract they sign every year. So it won't go down I'm told, if anything, it'll get higher! As soon as the hole prison deal gets going and I graduate the Academy we are going to move out. And when we can, I am taking Loni away on some sort of vacation, probably Park City; hotel, blow money, it's always a good time. Hmm, I'm hungry, so I'm gonna go now, O YEAH, blog your name is whatever I said it was before. It is going to be Steve, yes Steve..

Well later Steve

Chris

PS I know I'm weird if someone is reading this but I have a hard time with the one way conversation...it's still one way but yeah, it's a problem.

I'm 21

It's kinda funny how everyone at work and at school wanted to know what my big plans were tonight, and I had the best answer ever, and I mean it. Well lets say they were talking up their 21st b-days and how drug or dumb they were. So when they were done I was like, well I am going to top all of yours...COMBINED!!! So I said this, everytime: "When I get home I am going to eat a very nice meal prepared by my wife, who is a very good cook! Then help feed my kids and then watch a movie as a family and then go to sleep." And most of the girls smiled, and they guys gave me crap. They don't realize it but it was the best birthday I have ever had, so they can drink and do there stupid stuff, I had a great time!

Happy birthday me!

30 Seconds from Mars

Well I'm back to my blog, it only took me 8 months to remember my password. I filled out my profile more so yeah. Now the title of my blog has nothing to do with what I am going to talk aboubt but it sounds cool so its there.

Since I last posted (last September) a lot has happened, I am in the process of starting my career as a police officer, I had, well my wife Loni had our baby boy "Deron Christopher Shepherd" and he is awesome! He went in for his two week check up and holy moly, he went from 18 1/2 inches long (his length when born) to 21 inches; his weight went from 8lbs. 4 ounces (birth) to 7lbs. 11 ounces (when we left hospital) to 9lbs 4 ounces (two week check up)!!!!! So now we have a family of four and were done!!!! (Loni disagree's so we'll probobly have more but we do agree on 2 to 3 years before another one).

Now, the pride and joy...THE UTAH JAZZ, as of right now they are in the second round of the playoff's vs. the LA Lakers. They were down two games to none when they won last night (I was there, owe and I got to see David Archuleta "the American Idol Star" sing the national anthem at the begining of the game, he did good and Loni was jelous). So anyways, now the serious is 2-1 in favor of the Lakers, for now.

Well I am going to figure out how to add my family to this...so basically I am going to have Loni call Hallie to show me how...

Deron is crying now, gotta go!!!

Chris

Hmmmm, something new

Well my name is Chris, and I like....music....my wife....my daughter....and the next one on the way! My hole life I have been told "Chris, you need to find a way to vent or you'll go to jail for the murder of someone who is just asking for directions...." I am not sure what that means but I am sure that talking on this thing will do what my past teachers have told me I need to do.

I am a big Utah Jazz fan, I like the Denver Broncos, and hate baseball, I like to go bowling, Christmas is the best (even though I am excited for that time of year for different reasons then before, when I was a kid it was sweat free stuff that I'll play with for 6 months and forget it exists; now it is PAID VACATION!!!! Time with the family, and the only downside to Christmas that wasn't there before is I am buying everything instead of a jolly fat guy), my least liked holiday is......Valentine's day, it's lame and once your married this holiday shouldn't exist, the only point of it is for single people to get two step ahead with the person he or she likes by giving that person flowers and chocolates on a special day. So much is expected out of guys on this day, I swear it was invented by some women who wanted their spouses to by them candy and flowers once a year without getting in trouble for asking. It's a day were women automatically expect these things, and if you forget...its the dog house for a week or 7. Guys need a day like this, I'm serious, where we sit home all day, and wait for the wife, girl friend, secret admirer or whatever to come home (in my case bring me...) and have a 12 pack of ice cold Mountain Dew, a Meat Lovers pizza and 4 action movies that she knows she'll hate but knows I will get a kick out of it..I say movies because the notebook was really gay, I don't need to say more. Wow and I just went off forever on Valentines day, maybe my teachers were right..

Well this is going to be something regular I think, Just because I just starting writing and felt better afterwords...I like it, nice work misty...

Till next time, Chris