after a late night 7-eleven run, we had a most humorous side effect.
adams visit (thursday)
what a weekend! it was quite a fun one. adam, my good friend who is now living in l.a. flew in for a visit! rex and jeffry lee stopped down as well- and a good time was had by all!adam flew in on thursday night. it was a bit of a bother because his flight was delayed from 7:50pm to 12:10am! yikes! it was a lot later night then i was expecting. but we made the most of it. after he finally arrived we went back to my place and we were far too awake to go right to bed. so we hung out and chatted until about quarter after two. we both knew this was going to make for a pretty rough friday, but it was worth it.
in preparation for all the guests, i spent all week cleaning. it took forever to make the place look presentable. as i was cleaning i realized i was missing a few key items that would be useful for when the guests arrived. things like pillows for the second bed, a comforter for the second bed, and a door knob for the bathroom door (dont ask). so i found myself at the store and a came across an awesome transformers comforter! i know its childish, but i knew it was too cool to pass up! and i knew the guys would totally appreciate it. the picture above is of adam snuggled up in said comforter. oh, and hes wearing a cowboy hat (again, dont ask...)
work work work
here is what is so surreal about my life: ive only got 12 more days of work until the end of august. i have to work 12 days of the next 14 weeks. im not saying this to brag, im just stating how strange this is.ok, and to brag just a little...
mothers day
on sunday i went with my parents to my grandmas place. all the uncles and aunts were getting together, and mom said i was invited. i was a bit reluctant at first, being the only grandkid going, but i got over it and went anyway.it was great to see everyone again, it had been quite a while since i had seen some of my uncles and aunts. i wasnt able to make it to the family christmas party, so i missed out on the fun then. that side of the family is quite close, so i always look forward to a chance to see any of them.
in the evening tim and jill came over with all the kids and we played outside and grilled out for dinner. we gave mom her gifts (or more accurately, her gift certificates...) and had a great time being silly with the kids, and just genuinely enjoying the evening together.
i am very thankful i got to take monday off and be able to enjoy that night with the family instead of having to drive home! (the extra sleep wasnt too bad either...)
weekend hangin
last weekend i headed home for mothers day. i know im not going home for memorial weekend, so i figured id head up last weekend instead. also, i still had a day of vacation, so i took off monday and stayed up there an extra day, which is always excellent!it was a fun filled action packed weekend. well, not really, but it was still a blast! on friday i headed to the folks place and chatted with them for a while. when jeffry lee and i finally caught up we decided to go see a movie. he wanted to see disturbia, but i was not at all interested. so we settled on 'fracture'. it was pretty good. after the flick we went to tgi fridays and had dinner. we got talking and catching up that we actually closed the place down at 2:00am! i dont think ive ever done that before! we headed down to our cars, and sat and talked for another hour! hes always got something interesting to say, and he is a really great listener, so just the conversation was enough to make it a great night.
saturday the family and i went out for breakfast. then mom and i took my niece to the mall. we got her a cute little ducky stuffed animal which she loved until we had actually paid for it, then she decided that she hated it. thats kids for ya. in the evening i met up with jeffry lee again. we went out to eat and took part again in some great conversing. for old times sake wee went over to toys r us (which i actually used to work at, but thats another story...) to check out the cool transformer toys. eventually we made our way over to the movie theater and checked out '28 weeks later'. it rules. we ended the night shooting some stick. a great time was had by all.
finally, its all mine!!!
after almost four and a half years, this beautiful stallion is finally all mine!!! i unfortunately got a car loan all those years ago that restricted how quickly i could pay it off. i wasnt allowed to pay it off early, or i would face a couple hundred dollar fine.well, the restriction was lifted today- so right after work i raced down to the bank and wrote my last check for the car! i am very excited to finally have it payed off- now if i could just get rid of those pesky credit card bills...
free comic book day!
after going out for breakfast with ken, we went to go see spiderman 3 (a second time for me). on the way back we were talking about the movie and about the comic books that the characters are based on, and then it hit me! i had almost totally forgotten! saturday was free comic book day!!! i brought it up to ken and he was in, so we headed over to the local comic shop (a first for ken), and checked out what free stuff was there for the taking. after milling around for a bit we found the free stuff and grabbed as much as we wanted! oh, how i love free stuff! ken enjoyed flipping through a few issues on the shelves and seeing what his favorite superheroes were up to these days. we each grabbed about 10 free comics (i bought a copy of wizard and a tpb i had never heard of) and headed out. i dont know if ken will read the books, but it was really fun to share the comic book store experience with someone. now that i think of it, i think that may be a first for me- bringing someone with me to the comic shop.thank you free comic book day, for bringing people together!
a very fun bad choice
thurday i was chilling at home after work. i had just finished dinner and the phone rang. it was a friend i havent really kept in touch with lately. i saw him the night earlier, but otherwise it had been about a year and a half since we last saw each other.he calls me up and presents me with a question: "we have an extra ticket to see a midnight showing of spiderman 3. are you in?"
here is the problem: i am an adult with a full time job, i have many responsibilities and am accountable for doing a good job at work. and i really like my sleep. if i were to go, i would not be home untill 3:00am, there by destroying any chance of having a good day at work. i had also already made plans to go and see the movie with another friend on saturday. there was really no reason for me to accept the offer, it would be foolish, irresponsible, and childish.
which is exactly why i said yes! we ended up having a great time, i met up with him and a few of his friends i had never met at bw3 before the movie. we hung out for an hour and talked, i got to know them and we had some good laughs as well. we went to see the movie (which i talk about here), and i finally got to bed around 3:30am. oops! amazingly enough though, friday went just fine, i didnt feel any more tired than usual. so, the only side effect of going was a great time and a chance to meet some new people. not to bad, huh?
dark before the light
this winter was a rough one. not necessarily the weather, it was actually a fairly mild winter, except for about a week there where we had a huge blizzard of snow (and two canceled days of school!!!). the truth of the matter is that it was a rough winter for me personally. im not entirely sure why, but the dark months of winter were also dark months for me. nothing really bad happened or anything, life went on as usual. work was good, family was good, church was good, but i wasnt. as darkness creeped in earlier and earlier each night, i was feeling a sense of depression creep in on me.i cant recall any particular day or event that triggered it, but i was definitely withdrawing from those around me. after work i would head home and try to think of a good reason to call someone to hang out, or just to get out of the house. as time went on i found less and less reasons to make the effort. so i didnt. passing on invites from friends became more and more common. i think some of them just stopped inviting me at all to do stuff.
i know this is a lot more candid than i usually am with this blog, but its something that i want to acknowledge. about two weeks ago things mysteriously changed, the fog went away. ive been rediscovering my life. work has taken on a renewed enjoyment for me, ive gone out more nights than ive stayed in this week (which hasnt been the case for about 8 months), and i have been reconnecting with old friends. ive even been working on getting healthy again. i dont know what brought about the change, but i am very thankful that it happened, and i look forward to finding joy again!
dearth
i havent updated in a while. sorry about that, i guess i just havent had much to say lately. hopefully that will change soon. starting today!
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