Stir Crazy

Ok, I get the whole "you're sick and you need to rest" bit, but after 5 days I am going crazy. I mean there is only so much TV to be watched and so much Internet to browse. I don't even know what to tell you except that I am going a bit crazy. Not crazy enough to start missing work and all that, but crazy enough to start thinking of going to a movie by myself!! That would be something that I have never done....well maybe once, but not really. Not that it's bad or anything, but I'm just not enough of a movie fan to plunk down ten hard earned dollars to watch a movie, so even less inclined am I to do it alone.

One thing I have discovered is that TV sucks as well. I mean there are hundreds of channels and all I can do is channel surf all day. IN between I read random people's blogs and have a good laugh. It appears that there is absolutely no protocol for blogging and that people blog about all things inane, lame and asinine. So here I am.....joining the fray.

I think I should get up and have some breakfast or something.

The Snake

High school seems like a million years ago, but I just got off the phone (after a three hour +) conversation with a very dear friend of mine from elementary, junior high, high school and college. WOW!! A flood of memories came back to us and we laughed and talked as if 15 years had not flown by. AMAZING.....what is it about those childhood friends that we just can't forget but very rarely make that effort to connect with? Why do we not touch base with them more often? As I was talking to the Snake (her actual high school nickname) I started realizing that maybe we stay away from childhood friends because we sadly know that life will never be that innocent and carefree again and that we know we will miss it more if we dare to connect with these friends and reminisce. Hmmm, something to think about.

We really were a unique and great group of friends. I still miss and love these people dearly and they are certainly quite an integral part of the man I have become. I think I will make a greater effort to connect with these people and include them in my life. They were important then and they are important now!

Signing off I remain then, now and forever,

Tumbleweed (my actual nickname)

Kids

OK, so I love the thought of having kids, but then I think about all that I would have to sacrifice and I usually end up thinking that while the notion of having kids is nice I am not ready for the reality of child rearing. Does it help that I deal with the worst behaved children at my work site? Not really. So today I had a really good time hosting the Rivas boys. They are a lot of fun and provide us with some extremely unintentional humor; some is intentional, but not usually.

So I had a great time with them over playing Wii and Monopoly. FYI - Monopoly is not the greatest game to play with a 5 and a 4 year old.

More later.

To be green

You know I didn't used to think that I needed to be all that green, but the more I think about it, the more we should all be a bit more green. I mean I don't think I will ever drive a car powered by old McDonald's fry grease, but I certainly think that I can make a difference in my own life and for those around me. So I do what I need to do.....energy efficient lights, recycling, turn off the water when I brush my teeth, no showering when I am sick, etc. I'll never drive a biofuel car, but I certainly won't the water run while I brush my teeth. Not enough of an effort maybe, but a lot more than most people I tell you.

Speaking of being green, with envy that is....I always comment to people that as a group us Mexicans are a collaborative group of haters, but over the last few days I learned a little bit about myself. You see, I was browsing the net and I cam across three people from my childhood. I was genuinely proud of all them for all they had accomplished; envious at first, but then genuinely happy and proud of them. I also talked to another friend and she really helped me put things in perspective. I was talking to her about how I felt that life was just passing me by and how I felt that I was not accomplishing as much as others with whom I had grown up. She made me realize that we are all doing our own thing.

Tomorrow

OK, so off I went to take some pictures.....too cold out there and then I had a coughing fit that almost knocked me out. I did, however, have the best intentions.....sounds like the story of my life. I don't think a well intended person has ever had as much impact as a determined person. I need to get myself and my priorities in order and get to cracking.

Tomorrow is another day and I will seize it first thing in the morning. I will be up and at 'em at an ungodly hour and will drag my carcass out of bed and hit the road on a trip of one.....a trip of self discovery, motivation and determination.

T - O - M - O - R - R - O - W!

Frank

Yes or no?

Ok, so I have been spending a lot of time online and I have been doing a lot of thinking. I often go through these moments of malaise and try to figure life out. I guess I should be honest with myself and realize that life is not to be figured out. Do we spend so much time trying to figure life out that we end up not enjoying life? I often think that I could be doing so much and then I stop and think that I should be grateful that I can spend a lazy day at home and do nothing....this does nothing to make me feel productive, but should I feel good because at least I have this luxury?

Hmmmm.....OK, so my problem is this -- Either I spend all day doing a million things and then feeling like I got nothing done or I do nothing and then lament that very fact. Hmm, sounds like I'm full of crap and making up excuses. Why didn't I take my camera for a trip today and take pictures of the city like I had planned? Oh I know, because I have freaking bronchitis and I feel like crap!

I think I'll take some night time pictures tonight. Just for fun.....bronchial passages de damned!

Frank