A Life of Bliss

Greetings! It has been quite some time, and it only taken me a couple months and a lot of stress to remember why summer always feels like running the gauntlet. There is just an impossible number of things to do. I remember back to my younger days when I was so quiet no one really knew me, and a summer would be a blissful repetition of lazy days in the sunshine. I'd stay up until all hours of the night and sleep until the sun was well overhead in the afternoon sky. I'd make my own schedule and eat grilled cheese all day long. And my biggest stress of the day was trying to determine if I should wager all of my fictional money on Final Jeopardy.

Sometimes growing up sucks. ;) And turning 30 last month has brought with it some fun realities.

I think part of getting older requires that you finally give in to life's tightening schedules and realize that you have to start cutting things out. Most often, it is a long-held debate between life's pleasures (hanging out with friends, sending e-mails and telephone calls, watching your favorite television shows, shooting plungers at rabid rabbits with a Nintendo Wii remote, or going to Hooters) with life's responsibilities (cleaning the house, mowing the yard, work responsibilities, business trips, and rubbing the dog's belly when he looks like he really, really has to have it or he'll just explode inside). I think all of us live in this perpetual state of battle between the two.

So as you can guess, I'm trying to find my way through this life crisis. I constantly feel neglectful of something, simply because there is not enough time to get to it all. Lately the responsibilities side of the war has been winning, I think, to the detriment of things such as this blog and keeping in contact with a number of you. But alas, it is never too late to change!

Does this mean I'm going back to my life of sleeping all day and eating grilled cheese? Actually, it does! I realize this is big news to many of you, but it is time for a much-needed change back to the simple life. Wait, hold on a second...

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Oh, great, Kelly just came in and vetoed that idea. Argh! Why does she have to be the responsible one? And what the hell am I going to do with all of this cheese now? Apparently we don't really live in a world where a family can exist on one income, at least not with DirecTV. So we're back to square one. Such utter disappointment, but I guess I'll need to make the best of it.

With that said, I will part ways with you for the moment. I'm off to enjoy a really fun weekend! But first I have to clean both my house and car, write a couple of e-mails, pay the bills, and do some grocery shopping.