I was way shocked that no one commented on my ability to totally waste 3 minutes of people’s lives with the video on Sunday. I tried to go all Andy Kaufman and make you think that there was something more to come… I was disappointed that I didn’t get a reaction. Looks like I need to get a little more creative.
I promised to be a less me focused on the blog, and I will blow that here in a moment… but before I get there, I wanted to share about a friend of Joe and Kelli who had a heart attack last night at the age of 35. He is doing fine now, but how scary is that?? His name is Matt… I don’t really know him, but he never seemed like he was an unhealthy dude. Just another reminder of how fragile life is. I’m glad that he is doing alright.
Ok, back to more ‘me’ stuff (sorry). I have this friend named 636.benjamin, and he is a master videographer… he is the one that recorded my ‘good o’ year’ vlog in his company’s green screen studio. He posted the following video on facebook today (I guess he was practicing on a new piece of software and decided that I was a good subject)- if you are going to watch, make the switch to HD… it is totally worth it…
So, I am a little really late for Saturday’s post… in a way, it’s a little bit fitting…
Know why?
I am now officially within a month of being done with the blogging year! I feel like I have been faltering down the stretch here. Hopefully I can end strong… either way, it has been a pretty cool year.
Saturday… after work, I joined a bunch of Alisha’s friends in a skype date. They were skyping with their friend Molly, who is currently living in Iraq training nurses how to nurse more effectively… what a good thing!!
After that, Alisha, her wheelchair, and her friends all went to the Cardinals game… and had a great time. I went to family dinner in St. Charles celebrating father’s day.
I love my family, and enjoy every moment that I get to be with them (that includes my non-STL family too, I wish I got more of it).
Special moment… Elle and I went out and caught lightning bugs. She had a special bug catching bucket with a twist off lid that had a meshing top for air… We caught 2 lightning bugs and that was about all she could handle because she was afraid that we would lose the original two. I can’t blame her, they were pretty cool and lit up a ton.
There have been so many nights that the last thing I want to do is blog (tonight is actually one of them). There have been a few nights that Alisha had to pinch hit for me. I am doing my best to keep this thing going the entire year… as you can tell I am plumb out of ideas for vlogs (and I only have 38 more to go!). I am sure that the year will be over before I know it, but right now it seems forever away.
The goal of this blog is to find the good out of each day- even when I am dead exhausted or completely frustrated… there are plenty of good things that I can focus on, if I choose to.
As for today, it was a fairly manageable day allowing me to get out of the office for a while visiting some accounts. That hardly ever happens for me on a Monday. And then I will only work half days on Tuesday and Wednesday… sweet! Probably the best part of today was the carmel apple pork chops that Alisha made for me tonight… Unbelievable!
My wife is good. She knew that I was struggling today (and for good reason too- it feels like no progress is being made at the hospital), so she kicked me out to get my head together. A hospital room can feel like a prison in a sense, and she simply cannot escape, but she knew that I needed to for my sanity. Thanks Alisha! I love you.
Everyone has been so quick to be there for me through this. Joe and Jeremiah sacrificed time to hang out with me today. Scott made a vlog for me. A bunch of people came to visit at the hospital. Even more called, sent text messages, or left messages on my blog. Thanks guys… I love you and I hope you know it is reciprocal.
Lunch with Joe today was especially great… I told him how discouraged I am about things with Alisha’s health and that I was feeling helpless. And then he let me just drop it and ask him questions about his job, the band, fatherhood, and just countless questions about his life. It was so nice to not focus on my muck (and my struggle to effectively communicate about it). Thanks Joe… I think you knew that I didn’t want to talk about it much and let me dig into your life- which is clearly so much more interesting than mine is!!
Tomorrow is going to be a new day and I will be able to handle the crap, or the lack thereof.
