Still A Good Year

So far, so good. This year has been chugging along and I'm riding with it. Nothing new to report. Nothing old cropping up. I've kept the resolutions that I have made for myself. I did not set out to make them, but once we rolled into 2012, I took a look at myself and my life and decided that there were a few things that could change. I'm not going to rigidly hold myself to these self promises, but I won't allow myself to become too laxed with them either.

How are you guys doing?

Happy New Year

I always feel somewhat regretful about this time of year. I have regret for the things I did not accomplish and regret for the things I didn't do or say.

And yet, I also feel hopeful. A new year, to complete some of those left over goals and to start new ones. Plus I have a whole new year to put things off..


Happy New Year everyone!!

Rip Van Winkle

Did you ever wake up and think it was a day later?

This morning I woke up--sat bolt up in bed (like in the movies, when you see the character sit straight up) and thought, "crap, I am late for work--it's gonna be one of those showerless days". When I grabbed my phone to look at the time and temperature, I then realized it was only Sunday.

I've done this several days this week. During the week, it was waking up at around 4 a.m. thinking it was 8 a.m. and that I should have already been gone.

Nothing new going on. Nothing expectant suppose to happen. Wondering what's going on in subconsciously that makes me feel like I'm late.

Happy Birthday

My nephew turned two a few days ago and he is the nephew that I remember the most about. He was the one that I got to visit in the hospital the day he was born (I was out of town for all the other births). On top of that, two days after he was born, my brother and sister-in-law had a really important business dinner to attend, so I got to babysit him, at two days old, for three hours. And I do spend a lot of time with him, so we've bonded.

I'll never forget the first time I babysat him. My brother told me that he would wake up around 6:30 to be fed, that I just needed to burp him and then let him sleep in the bassinet. He woke up like clock work and after feeding him, I tried to burp him, but heard nothing. Fearing that he might aspirate on vomit, I just held him until my brother and sister-in-law came home. When they arrived at about 9ish, they asked if he had woken up again. I explained what happened--and they both laughed. My brother told me that the burp would not be loud, it would sound more like a sigh or light pop, in an infant.

Anyway, happy birthday Elijah!!

Companionship

There is a show on National Geographics about mail order brides. This fascinates me, not because I would like to order one, but because I don't think I could ever do this, even if I was uber lonely. I'm still getting to use to the fact that some of my friends have met their significant other on-line, thru some of those advertised dating/match making sites. But so far, it was worked for some of my friends. They have found the love of their lives, and a few have even married them. Happy endings.

I guess it's no different than randomly meeting someone in a bar, meeting someone in class in college or accidentally bumping into someone and knocking a stack of papers out of their hands (yes, I know cheesy). You meet someone on line, you chat awhile, you end up talking and then eventually meeting for dinner and voila, you get married.

It is just a different way to meet someone. In some sense, I'm old fashioned. I still feel like you meet the love of your life while plastered and puking your guts out and having made a complete tool of yourself....

Just Lazy

I'm still around. I've just been lazy. And these hot summer days are not helping the matter. It seems all I want to do is talk about how hot it's been, how unbearable being outdoors has been. I am not one for tropical weather. I've never liked the beach--for as long as I can remember. I've never liked going below the North Carolina/South Carolina border. So this stifling heat is driving me indoors.

You would think that being trapped indoors would give me time to write a little post every now and then. However, being indoors and sedentary, has made me lazy. I do get some reading done. I'm almost done with The Hunger Games trilogy. And I've read some other interesting books as well. I've watched a lot of movies on Netflix and I've also gone to the gym and exercised. So the summer isn't a complete waste. However, the weather is driving me crazy.

Bring on the fall!! And college football season!!

Weird Weather

I am in Vegas for a couple of days. I could understand the cold in Chicago (during my layover). However, it's pretty chilly here too. So chilly that I'm walking around in a leather jacket. It is so cold that there is no one at the pool. I can see the pool area from my window and I kid you not, there is absolutely no one there. I can only see lifeguards. There is one couple in the jacuzzi, but no one else.

What is with the weather lately. I don't recall it being cold, even in West Virginia during the month of May.

Hopefully the weather will warm up for a couple days while I'm here. I don't gamble, so I have to find something to do. I will attend some of the medical conference lectures. Yes, I do enjoy those. However, I want to be able to walk along the stip and enjoy sight seeing. My cousins have convinced me to watch one of the shows tonight.

Other than that, it's pretty much indoors for me.