Another overdue blog

It's been too long since I last wrote about my life. I guess I could say I've been too busy with life to sit down and examine it. Saying that, though, is like an excuse for not taking down this small amount of time to sit back, relax, and keep up with my intent to keep up with this blog. So, to start, here's some highlights since my last post.

--> Amanda (cuethesun) and I spent all of Valentine's Day together :) First, she had her visit with me at my church. Then we watched Inglorious Basterds at my house (it was a long overdue movie date we'd been planning to have for months ever since we both first saw it in theatres). Right after finishing it, we went in search of a good restaurant to eat. After much driving all over 1 & 18, our "restaurant" ended up being Chipotle: that giant burrito chain that sells the BEST burritos either of have ever tried. By the time I reached her house to drop her off, we both agreed that we couldn't have had a better time together that night. Despite the minor .. setbacks, everything worked :)

--> School finally took over most of my time (along with work) this past month. Amanda and I barely - no never had time to go out on a date. She was confined to school, home, and work, just like I was. At the very least, we put more time into catching each other with morning and evening calls so we could talk more.

--> I finally took my first real step towards keeping a consistent pace with keeping in shape. Ever since last summer when I first signed up at Retro, my interest and drive plummeted to the point that I could barely keep up for more than a week. Now I've been keeping for about 3 weeks. It feels good to be taking better care of my body, and even better to have the extra energy that comes from working out.

That's been my life lately. Nothing too exciting so far in the past month and a half. At this point I'm just waiting for this weather to clear up so I can start running outside more and just enjoy the sunshine and breeze.

I'm anxious for the upcoming months because I know my life will pick up then.

Life these days is like one IOU after the other

Life's taken a bend in the road since my last post. It's been a little over a month since I've gone from breezing through stress-free with my work-sleep-eat-live schedule to my current school-work-sleep-eat-live one. Notice the longer named day sequence I follow now. Up until this past Friday I thought that this was a realistically impossible feat to accomplish, considering I'm a 14-credit student, work 20+ hours a week, practice at least once a week with my band, and I still need time for studying, family, my girlfriend, and breathing. For the past first two weeks of class I freak out at least 23 times a day wondering how to manage all my time appropriately into all of my life.

Then an old friend from elementary school came in to eat in. We talked about school mostly. He works 30+ hours on top of going to school full-time at DeVry. I don't remember what he does; DeVry isn't a difficult school. Regardless, I took from our talk the idea that I have a lot more time on my hands to do what I need - that I can and should stop complaining about not having enough time and making excuses. I need to make time - in a literal and figurative sense. I know it can be done. Now, I just have to do it.

The exception to this motivation is the weekend of a great snow fall. Today I handled my family and significant other obligations, but little any other "duties." I shoveled a good portion of the snow around my house and my mother's apartment building. After, I spent my entire evening with my girlfriend and her family. Idk how but I had a better time today than I thought I did. I believe this great saturday is like a great ...

Now, it's over a ten hours since I started this post. My mind drifted over to my bed and I woke up at 7 wondering, "How did I end up on my bed AND on top of my sheets?"

Those hours of sleep change not how I felt last night. I still feel overwhelmed over my busy life, and I still feel ashamed of my failure to really keep up with it properly. Today, though, with the bright snow reflecting the bright rays of the morning sun, I am more motivated than before to man-up and do life the right way (or at least what I can call right for now).

Post away from home

(there's a flag post somewhere on the moon where the American flag on it)

Posting away from my own room and posting, instead, at my girlfriend's (Amanda's) kitchen in her parents' house.

I haven't posted on here in a while. I don't want to let this journal fall behind like all others past, so here I am.

She's right next to me reading a book. well, now she's about to pop in a Cesar Millan dvd about leadership tips. so, away I go!

Day 2.

... or, rather, night 2. I'm listening to "I Need More Love" by Robert Randolph and the Family Band. It's such a busy, busy song. I love it. So much funk in one 'family.'

It's about time to eat dinner, but, as per usual, I'm putting off that moment. Idk why I and my brother have this habit. No matter who it is - my mom, dad, or his wife - we always wait at least 5 minutes before moving our bodies toward the table of food. Hm. Oh well. Maybe we always found the food to be hot so we figured out a way to avoid burnt mouths.

p.s. how do you spell the plural form of mouth? it seems wrong

- till tomorrow :p

The Very One

My first blog...

- on this site

- on any blog site other than woohu and xanga back in middle school

- since I stopped posting on my personal paper journal

- but not the last :)

This week is one of the busiest of the year: it's the week of Christmas. I, myself, am a victim of last minute gift purchases, so I will be contributing to the madness that is the holiday season. Idk where or when I'm going, or what I'm buying, but I do know that I will be soon. Very soon. Who knows what I'll find. I think I'll just wing it and buy what I feel for whom I feel when I see it. As I take a sip from my tall glass of milk, I realize that's the best way to do it this year.

Let's see who's lucky this year :D

Goodnight,

Dralle