Free at 200.
Slept at Dad's the past two nights. At home. They say home is where you hang your hat, but in my case it's where I hang my Yin-Yang mobile, and now it hangs in the very same bedroom I grew up in. My bedroom is set up. The den is set up. The internet is hooked up. The kitchen his half-stocked - sufficiently enough that I can cook supper this evening, and perhaps tomorrow or Saturday walk to the Sobey's with a list of what else it needs.
I'll be adjusting my diet somewhat to match what Dad can and can't eat, but I think that's an excellent thing. Dad's diet is restricted by the fact that he's a diabetic. My brother is a diabetic as well. I'm sure it's in my blood (har har) so I might as well start eating that way now, by choice, rather than later, by lack of choice. It'll give me (hopefully) years to get used to it before it becomes imperative.
Today I weight 200 pounds. I'll get back to you later on that. ;)
I'm going to be more aggressive about job-searching once I've settled in, and I'm looking at going back to school in the fall. I think I finally have to break down and apply for the shit job I've been avoiding applying for for ages now, just for the money. Even if I find a regular good gig, I'd still consider night courses starting in the fall. I'd also like to get my driver's license again at some point. I'd like to ideally own a house and car before I hit 40. In the past few years I've noticed a very strong change in myself in a lot of ways, and one of them is that I've spent a lot more time considering life goals, and thinking long-term. I hope I can continue to do so, and in positive, progressive ways. :)
Right now, as I type this, Nora Jones is gently crooning in the background, a tune whose lyrics I don't really care for, but the sound of her melodic voice is very soothing. The CD changer is loaded with at least 3 of the 5 CDs being ones I'd not have played with Dave around, as it's not his sort of music. That's not a slight against Dave; we simply selected our music according to the overlap of our musical tastes as roommates often do, but here with Dad seldom around and certainly not in the computer room, I now have a musical freedom available to me I've not had in a while. When I first arrived I loaded it with 5 CDs of Marilyn Manson, which Dave can't stand. Tomorrow perhaps I'll listen to my entire BNL collection. I know, I know, I could play whatever I wanted during the day when he wasn't around, but... I don't know, it's somehow different. This is Dad's house just as much as Dave's is Dave's, but this feels somehow like my place in a way that Dave's never could.
And I love my new room and computer room. I can't wait until the last few items are in and set up. I might even have to take pictures. (I'd throw on the web cam and take shots of this room now, but my shirt came off a while ago when I was putting the desk together, and I'm not the kind of guy that looks better with his shirt off than on... yet. :) )
Speaking of which, there's still work to be done! I have to find some of the pictures that have gone astray in the move and hang them.
Goddamn, my new bedroom looks good, and this room too. I mean really. Really goddamn good.
Da-amn.
I'll be adjusting my diet somewhat to match what Dad can and can't eat, but I think that's an excellent thing. Dad's diet is restricted by the fact that he's a diabetic. My brother is a diabetic as well. I'm sure it's in my blood (har har) so I might as well start eating that way now, by choice, rather than later, by lack of choice. It'll give me (hopefully) years to get used to it before it becomes imperative.
Today I weight 200 pounds. I'll get back to you later on that. ;)
I'm going to be more aggressive about job-searching once I've settled in, and I'm looking at going back to school in the fall. I think I finally have to break down and apply for the shit job I've been avoiding applying for for ages now, just for the money. Even if I find a regular good gig, I'd still consider night courses starting in the fall. I'd also like to get my driver's license again at some point. I'd like to ideally own a house and car before I hit 40. In the past few years I've noticed a very strong change in myself in a lot of ways, and one of them is that I've spent a lot more time considering life goals, and thinking long-term. I hope I can continue to do so, and in positive, progressive ways. :)
Right now, as I type this, Nora Jones is gently crooning in the background, a tune whose lyrics I don't really care for, but the sound of her melodic voice is very soothing. The CD changer is loaded with at least 3 of the 5 CDs being ones I'd not have played with Dave around, as it's not his sort of music. That's not a slight against Dave; we simply selected our music according to the overlap of our musical tastes as roommates often do, but here with Dad seldom around and certainly not in the computer room, I now have a musical freedom available to me I've not had in a while. When I first arrived I loaded it with 5 CDs of Marilyn Manson, which Dave can't stand. Tomorrow perhaps I'll listen to my entire BNL collection. I know, I know, I could play whatever I wanted during the day when he wasn't around, but... I don't know, it's somehow different. This is Dad's house just as much as Dave's is Dave's, but this feels somehow like my place in a way that Dave's never could.
And I love my new room and computer room. I can't wait until the last few items are in and set up. I might even have to take pictures. (I'd throw on the web cam and take shots of this room now, but my shirt came off a while ago when I was putting the desk together, and I'm not the kind of guy that looks better with his shirt off than on... yet. :) )
Speaking of which, there's still work to be done! I have to find some of the pictures that have gone astray in the move and hang them.
Goddamn, my new bedroom looks good, and this room too. I mean really. Really goddamn good.
Da-amn.
posted by unfoldingsoul at 4:50 PM
2 Comments:
I am so proud of you for the plan that you have outlined - You go tiger! Grab life by the balls and run with it.
*nods in agreement with the above poster*
Might as well take pics of the ball grabbing too, while you are at it. You never know...it might point the way to a whole new opportunity...a way to fund school this fall!
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