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some things change, some don’t, etc. Life, lately, has felt impossibly good. There’s a trick to enjoying it: you have to just enjoy it, and not examine it too closely. Magnifying everything just draws the wonder right out of it, and I’d rather enjoy the wonder. This isn’t easy for me; I examine everything that interests and excites me. One of the pleasures of being a man, I’m learning, is discovering that you have the ability — or that you haven’t lost the ability — to surprise yourself. I’ve spent the last few months reflecting on different ways to better myself, to grow, and I’ve found many, many ways to do this. I’ve heard people say for years that a positive attitude changes everything, even if you have to force it sometimes. This, as it turns out, is mostly true. (Sorry, a positive attitude doesn’t fix severed arteries or unburn your house down.) With the exception of a few strung-together days-long breaks, I’ve been running since August. My metabolism feels like it did in college — I tested this with four solid days of turkey dinner and leftovers and no exercise, followed by a single evening at the gym, and I’m in peak form again. This is kind of great. In these three-and-a-half months I’ve trimmed thirty-five pounds from my frame. I’m only about seven pounds away from my ultimate goal, but I think I’ll push it back by ten. Seventeen pounds to go? No problem. I’ll be in the best shape of my adult life. This has surprised me. I have a job that exercises my brain more than my abs, but it turns out all I needed to do was… anything. Now all I need to do is go shopping. Shit don’t fit no mo. This impossibly good feeling just stretches all over the place. Work’s great. We’ve had a banner year, and they’re sending us all home for a long, long holiday break come December. There’s more puppy shit in our lives now — our family has grown by one Boston terrier, which brings our tally to four pets, two adults. We’re completely at their mercy. Felicia’s put the high-stress job behind her, and works for fun now. My family’s traveling to visit in January for a late Christmas. There’s our wedding, slowly being planned. Wedding bands are being shopped-for. We’ve even settled on a date, I think. I think. I’ve been giving thought lately to this site, and what it means to have around, and the answer is: less every day. Blogging’s become a more stale effort these days. I don’t seem to have as much to say as I once did, when I had more time at my fingertips, and writing felt more natural. There are still things I’d like to share here, which means this site may evolve a bit to focus more on some other things that I’m doing, like my recent illustrations, or who knows what else. But of course, that all requires time, which I have very little of. So: expect more of the same, I suppose. Delinquent updates and the like.
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December 1st, 2009 at 8:46 pm
So……are you going to tell the “I think, I think date”??
December 1st, 2009 at 10:04 pm
May 22… we think, we think. :)
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Even delinquent updates are fabulous. And congrats again!