On My Way Back Home - Both Literally and Figuratively

Here I am typing on my sweet new Samsung 900x3a, an empty shell of a man, or in my case the empty shell of a great man.  And by empty, I mean completely full; I ate a lot of food yesterday.  I haven't been "here" for a while, and I am trying to change that.  School has been a little too easy lately, although I have a bunch of stuff piling up that I should be working on now.  This is obviously much more important.  Today is a fresh start for me.  It's time for me to "get back in shape."  I've got a long way to go, on my way back home.

I want to set some goals for myself here.  When things are in writing I feel obligated to do them.  So here we go.  This is going to be a long list:

Lose 20 pounds - This one shouldn't be too bad, but you never know.  I messed up my back a few weeks ago so I've been taking it easy on the heavy lifting.  This was sort of a blessing in disguise because I decided to cut my bulking season a little short, and start cutting this week.  I think I had gained enough weight, I was 205 pounds at one point.  I'm floating around 200 right now so I hoping on bringing that number down by 20.  As long as the weather gets nicer I should have no trouble finding my way outside and juggling a soccer ball for a few hours, or playing Frisbee by myself.  I am planning on getting in the best shape of my life this summer, that's what I did last year.  I want to do it again.

Start Shaving - Those of you privileged enough to witness my grizzly beard probably will never see that again.  While I did decide to lose the beard a few weeks ago and shaved it off, I still don't shave as frequently as I used to.  I've become so used to not shaving that not shaving for a week seems like nothing to me.  I want to maintain the clean shave look from now on, so I will be shaving this morning and will shave every three days.  This will help bring me back to my "old" look and will also allow me to get an even tan on my face.  You see I have have reasons for doing these things.  I'm not entirely insane.

Find My Way Back to God - This one is a little bit more serious than the others.  To put it simply, I haven't been going to church for some time now.  I used to go every Sunday.  I really want to change that because I feel like I'm missing something.  Its perfect timing that my first day back at Church will be on Easter, it's also ironic and embarrassing at the same time.  But I am changing my ways and that is what is important.  Along with the whole Church thing I am going to work on my language.  I used to never curse.  That's not true.  I meant to say that I would never use the f word, and I mean never.  Now I find myself saying it a few times a day.  I know that probably sounds ridiculous, but its a big deal for me.  I really want to break that habit, it's definitely not a good one.  

Beat the Hell Out of School - School is almost over for me.  Hopefully I will never have to sit in another class room ever again, but I have a feeling I'll find my way back again.  I want to make a strong finish through this last trimester.  I think I am actually on track to graduate with honors in May, so I want to keep my GPA up and make the most out of what I have left.  The next step after graduation is to start working on my CPA which I have been dreading, but it's something that I have to do.  Along with that I am going to start my job search and see if I can find my dream accounting job having absolutely no work experience just an awesome haircut.  Should be a piece of cake.

Spend Time with the People I Care About - Out of all my goals this is probably the most important of the bunch.  Out of all the things I have done in my life the best times are when I am with my friends and family.  I care less about what we are doing or where we are going, and more about just hanging out with the people I  love.  I am lucky enough to have a great group of brothers, and I am not just talking about my two actual brothers.  As I get older, though I am still relatively young, I realize time is short.  These days of just being able to hang out, are almost over at least in the sense that I will have less time to hang in the future.

I promise myself that I will try to make the best of the times that I have left, and that I will do my best to continue that in the future.  I know it will never be the same once I get a job and start my career.  But that's life, people move on and sometimes people go their separate ways.  I know that I have made strong friendships and I am confident that I will always be in touch with those close to me.  I want to pledge to myself that I will do my best to make the most out of my time with others, and continue to make time for them going forward.  In the end, after you get rid of all the money, cars, clothes, and gadgets, the most valuable thing we have is each other.  I understand that more and more every day.  So here's to the people I care about, thank you for the good times, and thank you for the many more to come.  

Get a Girlfriend - Yea this is sort of a joke one, but I figure I'd try to lighten things up a bit after that last one.  This is actually the first time I am addressing this topic on here.  I always planned on writing about women on here, but I never felt comfortable doing so because even if I kept people's names out of things you'd still be able to figure out who I am talking about.  So for the sake of not hurting any one's feeling I have refrained form doing so.  I am planning on releasing a book of memoirs when I am older, by that time everyone will forget about me and won't be offended.  It'll be on Oprah's book list.

Girls have always been a non-issue for me.  My stance is that when I meet the right person, I'll meet the right person.  There's no need for me to waste my time walking up to random girls asking them to hang out.  That would be a lame story to tell people when you think about it.  It's like yea I met my girlfriend at a bar, I thought she was hot and I asked her for her number.  I'd rather meet someone by circumstance rather than choice.  It makes things both more challenging and interesting.  I refuse to go the easy route, and I will never settle for anything less than what I am looking for.  Plus having a girlfriend is expensive, and I need my money to buy cool gadgets.  Like Batman.  Let me stop there, because I think I've said too much already.

That's what I have to work on for the next couple of months.  Oh, I left this little one out, but I figured it was understood.  I am going to get back on here at least once a week.  I am getting close to 2000 views and I want to try to pick up the pace.  I also wish I could somehow turn in these posts for school and get some extra credit.  Anyway I got a busy day ahead of me.  This is day one, a new day, and the first day of my journey.   I'm on my way back home.  I'll see you soon.

These Days by Foo Fighters