A Sliver of Brain Matter

One step at a time removing e-mail accounts-- yahoo and hotmail-- and "unprofessional" gmail account will now be used for stuff like signing up for stupid stuff that makes you register on the interwebz (stuff like social networks, etc.). trying to eat better and healthier-- this is more difficult. ok, that's two steps. hopefully more to follow shortly!

I feel loved when... The Five Love Languages My Primary Love Language is Physical Touch My Detailed Results: Physical Touch: 11 Quality Time: 7 Acts of Service: 6 Words of Affirmation: 5 Receiving Gifts: 1 About this quiz Unhappiness in relationships is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. It can be helpful to know what language you speak and what language those around you speak. Tag 3 people so they can find out what their love language is. Take the Quiz! Check out the Book

Wow! It's been a month since the last time I wrote something! That's a long time for me! Anyway, what's happened since then? Judy had surgery right before Christmas. Nothing major, just to see if her endometriosis was back, which it isn't. She had a fairly quick recovery. :-) Happiness! Christmas was nice. I got a new video camera, and Judy got a new digital still camera (also takes video). Of course Judy got her Xbox 360 too! We've been playing Movie Scene It! and Fable II, plus a couple of games we downloaded. Super cool! I also got some new clothes for work and a new wallet and some games and stuff :-) New Year's was kind of uneventful. We stayed home w/our friend Laura who came to visit from Pennsylvania! That was cool. Laura's fun :-) The Winterguard had its first show this past weekend. We did pretty well with that, I think. Basically it's been a nice month or so. :-D That's my update!

words cannot express my deep feelings of total and utter frustration at this very moment I don't want to take it out on anyone though. Today has been a most horribly stressful and thought provoking day. One I hope I never need to experience again ever. I should realize it's not about me personally, or rather it's not about making me feel like a sucker but I do feel like that Give an inch they will take a mile and another and so on until they have become so distant there's no point in trying anymore.

Well, the last month (and a few days) of the year have arrived! It's been quite a tumultuous 2008! In February I lost my job-- one I really enjoyed! In April I found a new job-- one I didn't enjoy, but it is growing on me, and I do it well. Friendships were lost, but new ones made. That hasn't happened to me in a long time. Since college, I'd say... but as the saying goes "good riddance to bad rubbish" and I'll add "and to high school mentalities!" I've started a bootstrap non-profit ( ATX Winterguard ) that is currently operating in the black, is gaining notice around the area, and will hopefully continue to be strong and productive in the goals I've set out. I've hired an all-volunteer staff that is amazing, and I wouldn't trade them for anything! My goal is to be able to pay them next year! Judy and I are still married and still going strong. I love her so much! I wish I could let her know just how much she means to me, but ...

I set out a goal to update this blog at least weekly, but instead have updated weakly :-( The past month has been incredibly busy for me! At work, we finally got a whole lot of projects that need to be completed quickly-- mostly by the beginning of December. So, I have been working pretty late compared to my normal business hours. Since I work for a major company, I don't like to put in long hours, but I've been doing it lately to make sure I don't have to take work home over the weekends. So, lately I've been working from 8:30 am until 6:00 or later. This past week was the first close-to-40 hour week I've had since the beginning of October. I only worked 40.5 hours. I know a lot of people probably think that's nothing, but when you're accustomed to working 37.5 hours a week (like I was), and making MORE money than you currently make, you can see why it might be difficult to increase the hours you work and not see an increase in income. I've been red...

I've updated. Well, not a REALLY long time, but longer than I usually prefer. Let's see-- I've been swamped at real job. Looks like things are only going to get backed up and frustrating for the next month or so. Yay. I'm not feeling well. Allergies? A cold? I don't know, but my throat is on fire and I'm all sniffly and feel a bit on the warm side. It's 70 degrees and I'm sweating like it's in the upper 90s. Not fun. Been working a lot on the website ( http://budurl.com/677z ) for my non-profit group, and trying to promote it. I am probably not doing enough, but I don't have much time to work on it as I would like. I need to get more people involved. Our auditions for performance group are this weekend, so I'm hoping that we will actually have people show up and participate, and they will get the word out! If not, I don't know what to do. Give it up? Try again in a few weeks? I'm kind of confused. I also worry too much and need...