For some reason, I always end up staying up late on Saturdays. I know I should sleep but this just happens normally. Internet...you lure me in too easily. So many sites to visit, so little time. And then when you start to look at blogs and stuff from sites like Tumblr...there's just no end to it all. Waaaaay too much on the internet. Especially when that nostalgic feeling or that feeling of being down kicks in...the music and stuff just ends up advancing the overall feeling of the night.
Got me a haircut tonight...those who know me know that I absolutely despise haircuts. I can't stand my hair short. I just don't feel like I even look good at all with shorter hair. And on top of that my girlfriend likes my hair long as well. So I always put off a haircut as long as I can, usually while my mom asks me constantly about when I'll get it cut. Apparently she likes her son in shorter hair. It may seem immature, but that's one of the things we can argue about sometimes. So it's cut and looks blah. But it's just a part of what happens when I get a haircut. Just gotta wait and grow it out again. But on the bright side, I can't really get bad hat hair.
I was able to hang with a couple of friends today. Almost didn't feel like going but I figured I could use a little social interaction. Ended up showing up really late and my friends didn't let me hear the end of it. Gotta love my friends. We basically stayed at one of their houses and played board games and card games for a couple hours. Just a relaxing afternoon and such. Definitely had a blast playing the games and joking and even winning a few games. It was worth going for sure. But since then, I've been my usual introverted self.
Not too bad of a day...but it's late.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The basics of the visit.
Soooo the weekend has come and gone, and so has my girlfriend. But not without us having an amazing time. Saturday we woke up around 10 and tried to figure out if we wanted to make breakfast like we were planning to. In the end we put it off too late so we decided on going to a mall which had Johnny Rocket's to eat lunch. Lunch there was fairly normal except for two things: first, my fries smelled like cookies. Gingerbread cookies to be exact. I couldn't figure out why they smelled that way, but I wasn't complaining. the awesome taste of fries combined with the delicious smell of cookies? The combination was a winner in my book. The only blemish of lunch was that we were charged forty dollars on the meal instead of twenty. It ended up being a mistake that had been taken care of, but we double checked just to make sure. After that we walked around the mall for a little while. Not too much stuck out to us so we only stayed a little while longer.
After the mall we picked up a friend of ours. My girlfriend and she both are absolute fangirls of Dr. Who (I'm not a big fan of Dr. Who myself but my girlfriend says she'll change me into a whovian yet. I do know a little bit about the show because when the girlfriend loves it, you're gonna learn a little bit whether you like it or not). But to continue the story, we picked her up to take her to a play another one of my friends was acting in. We drove to my house to kill time before departure for the play, but the time came to leave. It was my girlfriend, our friend, and another friend we picked up on the way. The name of the play we attended is And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. My friend only played a minor part but did an incredible job. After the play our group joined him at Steak and Shake to talk and hang out. We called it a night after being there for a while.
Saturday was quite fun and Sunday was looking even better...we were headed to the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, the largest of its kind in the world. After Church Sunday morning, my girlfriend and I headed over to a coworker's house and had a good lunch of shrimp tacos, consisting of lettuce, cheese, cocktail sauce, and shrimp (duh). After devouring a number of tacos, we left and joined my cousin, her brother, and another friend of mine, and we headed to the D. We parked a few blocks away from the building where the show was being held and had to walk. Not the best day to be out walking, considering the temperatures were in the teens. But once we arrived, bought our tickets, and headed into the showrooms, man, oh man, was it worth it. All the car brands with new cars coming out had the best on display for all the people to see. There weren't as many people there as there usually would be on a Friday or Saturday, but there were still quite a few. Usually, there are a few things being given out that everyone wants. This year, there were yellow Chevy glasses being given out. To receive them you had to go into a photo booth and take a number of pictures of you and whoever else was with you and the pictures were turned into a flipbook. My girlfriend and I went together and we made a fun flipbook and took our glasses. But of all the vehicles there, there was one car that stuck out as my outright favorite. The Corvette Stingray just completely blew my mind. If you need an idea of how good it looks, just image search it on Google and you'll see how crazy awesome it is. After a few hours of walking around, we headed back out. I had soccer that night, and I wasn't about to miss playing my favorite sport. After going home and changing, my girlfriend, sister, and I headed out to the building where I play. Unfortunately I didn't do too well. But I played hard and I ran my head off so I wasn't too disappointed in how I played. We also won 9-8 so the win helped too. Unfortunately after soccer we headed home for the last night before my girlfriend left. She wouldn't be here much longer.
Tomorrow was not going to be much fun.
After the mall we picked up a friend of ours. My girlfriend and she both are absolute fangirls of Dr. Who (I'm not a big fan of Dr. Who myself but my girlfriend says she'll change me into a whovian yet. I do know a little bit about the show because when the girlfriend loves it, you're gonna learn a little bit whether you like it or not). But to continue the story, we picked her up to take her to a play another one of my friends was acting in. We drove to my house to kill time before departure for the play, but the time came to leave. It was my girlfriend, our friend, and another friend we picked up on the way. The name of the play we attended is And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. My friend only played a minor part but did an incredible job. After the play our group joined him at Steak and Shake to talk and hang out. We called it a night after being there for a while.
Saturday was quite fun and Sunday was looking even better...we were headed to the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, the largest of its kind in the world. After Church Sunday morning, my girlfriend and I headed over to a coworker's house and had a good lunch of shrimp tacos, consisting of lettuce, cheese, cocktail sauce, and shrimp (duh). After devouring a number of tacos, we left and joined my cousin, her brother, and another friend of mine, and we headed to the D. We parked a few blocks away from the building where the show was being held and had to walk. Not the best day to be out walking, considering the temperatures were in the teens. But once we arrived, bought our tickets, and headed into the showrooms, man, oh man, was it worth it. All the car brands with new cars coming out had the best on display for all the people to see. There weren't as many people there as there usually would be on a Friday or Saturday, but there were still quite a few. Usually, there are a few things being given out that everyone wants. This year, there were yellow Chevy glasses being given out. To receive them you had to go into a photo booth and take a number of pictures of you and whoever else was with you and the pictures were turned into a flipbook. My girlfriend and I went together and we made a fun flipbook and took our glasses. But of all the vehicles there, there was one car that stuck out as my outright favorite. The Corvette Stingray just completely blew my mind. If you need an idea of how good it looks, just image search it on Google and you'll see how crazy awesome it is. After a few hours of walking around, we headed back out. I had soccer that night, and I wasn't about to miss playing my favorite sport. After going home and changing, my girlfriend, sister, and I headed out to the building where I play. Unfortunately I didn't do too well. But I played hard and I ran my head off so I wasn't too disappointed in how I played. We also won 9-8 so the win helped too. Unfortunately after soccer we headed home for the last night before my girlfriend left. She wouldn't be here much longer.
Tomorrow was not going to be much fun.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Quick update.
Don't have much time to write, so I'll save all the good stuff for tomorrow's post (hopefully tomorrow). The girlfriend arrived back home around 9:30ish tonight and she's going into work shortly. This weekend was a blast...the only regret I have is that it was way too short...we need so much more time together. Missing her a ton right now...it's never easy to see the one you love go. But life does that to you, and even though she's gone, I know I'll see her again. I'm not sure when, but whenever it is, I'll be ready and waiting with my arms wide open for her to run to. But since I've got work early again, it's time for some rest. All of the weekend's highlights and randomness will be told tomorrow. Wish she was here.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
She's finally here!
Yeah, so I can't really blog every night like I was hoping to...been a crazy couple nights. I've been going to bed early each day this week because of work...they've been pushing more and more to be on time so I've been extra careful and made sure I got enough sleep. Couple that with doing random stuff to prep for my girlfriend's arrival, going to a viewing for my coworker's brother, and the other things I normally do, and you have one busy guy. But of course, it was all worth it to be able to see her again.
Well, things didn't exactly go smoothly on Friday. It was an easy workday, so that was hopefully going to be the start of an easy day that would lead up to an awesome night. I got off work at noon and headed home, showered, and worked on finishing stuff around the house for my girlfriend's arrival. Her bus was scheduled to leave around 10:45 am and she was going to arrive in Detroit between 6:30 and 7. She tried calling me a couple times during work and I figured she had stopped at different places and wanted to call me. So when I looked at my phone and had an incoming call around 1, I was thinking she was at the halfway point. "Heyyyy. How are you?" I asked. "Pretty good." her response didn't sound too convincing and I decided to ask a few more questions. "Where are you at?" And the response I didn't expect: "On the way home." And not on the bus? Well, things just took an interesting turn.
When I received that answer, my heart dropped. The whispering doubt that she wasn't coming at all made itself welcome in my head and wouldn't leave me alone. I was afraid that my amazing weekend wasn't going to be so amazing. She quickly ended those doubts as she told me she was still coming, she just wouldn't get here until midnight. Relief replaced doubt and I was just thankful she was still coming. She then told me the story of why she missed her bus. Earlier that morning, her car had blown a tire on the way to her work. She basically lost the whole tire and had pretty much only the rim and a small amount of rubber. She pulled her car to the side of the road and had a coworker pick her up. After work she called a tow truck to come take her car to a tire store so she could get her tire replaced. The rest of the morning that same coworker drove her around wherever she needed to go. But between getting the tire replaced and getting all her stuff, She ended up missing the bus. Quite a fun morning, it sounded like. So after that, she ended up being able to replace her ticket and traveled on that bus to Michigan. She pulled in around midnight with no other incidents while on the bus. I picked her up, gave her the flowers I bought to surprise her with, and brought her home.
All in all, a successful trip.
Well, things didn't exactly go smoothly on Friday. It was an easy workday, so that was hopefully going to be the start of an easy day that would lead up to an awesome night. I got off work at noon and headed home, showered, and worked on finishing stuff around the house for my girlfriend's arrival. Her bus was scheduled to leave around 10:45 am and she was going to arrive in Detroit between 6:30 and 7. She tried calling me a couple times during work and I figured she had stopped at different places and wanted to call me. So when I looked at my phone and had an incoming call around 1, I was thinking she was at the halfway point. "Heyyyy. How are you?" I asked. "Pretty good." her response didn't sound too convincing and I decided to ask a few more questions. "Where are you at?" And the response I didn't expect: "On the way home." And not on the bus? Well, things just took an interesting turn.
When I received that answer, my heart dropped. The whispering doubt that she wasn't coming at all made itself welcome in my head and wouldn't leave me alone. I was afraid that my amazing weekend wasn't going to be so amazing. She quickly ended those doubts as she told me she was still coming, she just wouldn't get here until midnight. Relief replaced doubt and I was just thankful she was still coming. She then told me the story of why she missed her bus. Earlier that morning, her car had blown a tire on the way to her work. She basically lost the whole tire and had pretty much only the rim and a small amount of rubber. She pulled her car to the side of the road and had a coworker pick her up. After work she called a tow truck to come take her car to a tire store so she could get her tire replaced. The rest of the morning that same coworker drove her around wherever she needed to go. But between getting the tire replaced and getting all her stuff, She ended up missing the bus. Quite a fun morning, it sounded like. So after that, she ended up being able to replace her ticket and traveled on that bus to Michigan. She pulled in around midnight with no other incidents while on the bus. I picked her up, gave her the flowers I bought to surprise her with, and brought her home.
All in all, a successful trip.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Busy, Busy, Busy.
Didn't get to post yesterday...it was a busy day finished off by two games of 6v6 soccer...good way to end the day. Usually I only play one game but I was asked to help another team and, of course, jumped on that chance. The first game (my team) I played mostly forward and was able to score a hat trick, and although I played decent, I definitely could've played better. The second game I played defense for half then goalie for half. Unfortunately, because of how late it was after playing, I only got four hours of sleep which isn't too bad but I definitely need more than that.
Work went well. Nothing crazy happening then, just a basic day at work. Afterwards I was supposed to start P90X with my coworker, but his roommate totaled his car (the roommate's car), and he had to help look for a new car. So tomorrow brings about the start of P90X (hopefully)!! I really need to get in shape. Anyway, I play basketball on Monday nights, so since tonight was Monday, basketball ensued, and one of my other coworkers joined me for that. But of course, the night he comes, the largest number of guys to come out for that happened to be in attendance tonight. About 21 guys came out, and with only one court to play 5v5 with, you can imagine it caused a problem. So, using all of our awesome problem solving skills, we stood around for about 10 minutes trying to figure out what to do. We eventually solved it by going half court 4v4. It was decent but nothing special. So after a few games I called it a night and headed home. Unfortunately, my girlfriend started work earlier than usual (about 8:30) so I didn't get a chance to tell her goodnight. So here I am, writing on my blog. When I should be sleeping. Haha. But it's all good, I do enjoy writing on here.
Finally, update on the girlfriend visit: she works at Fedex which apparently gives some kind of discount for plane tickets. While she's at work she's going to ask about the discount and then determine after work which route would be best to take to get to Michigan. So this Friday I should see her!! Gonna be very excited once it gets closer to the end of the week. So it's 11:11 right now and I wish to see my girlfriend. Just thought I'd throw that in there for my girlfriend to see if she reads this post haha. But I really do wish to see her. But anyway I'm so totally ready for the weekend. Got a lot planned while my girlfriend is here...one thing we're gonna do is go to see a play my friend is performing in. It's called And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. He (the friend performing) and I have been friends since I was in ninth grade (2007) and we're great friends to this day. Acting is one of his passions and I wanna help support him. So that'll be fun. That's just one of the things. But I'm sure I'll write about everything we do after she takes off. Or I'll update nightly. We'll see how everything goes. But for now, work awaits. 6 a.m. again! Yay. Time to get this tired body some sleep.
Work went well. Nothing crazy happening then, just a basic day at work. Afterwards I was supposed to start P90X with my coworker, but his roommate totaled his car (the roommate's car), and he had to help look for a new car. So tomorrow brings about the start of P90X (hopefully)!! I really need to get in shape. Anyway, I play basketball on Monday nights, so since tonight was Monday, basketball ensued, and one of my other coworkers joined me for that. But of course, the night he comes, the largest number of guys to come out for that happened to be in attendance tonight. About 21 guys came out, and with only one court to play 5v5 with, you can imagine it caused a problem. So, using all of our awesome problem solving skills, we stood around for about 10 minutes trying to figure out what to do. We eventually solved it by going half court 4v4. It was decent but nothing special. So after a few games I called it a night and headed home. Unfortunately, my girlfriend started work earlier than usual (about 8:30) so I didn't get a chance to tell her goodnight. So here I am, writing on my blog. When I should be sleeping. Haha. But it's all good, I do enjoy writing on here.
Finally, update on the girlfriend visit: she works at Fedex which apparently gives some kind of discount for plane tickets. While she's at work she's going to ask about the discount and then determine after work which route would be best to take to get to Michigan. So this Friday I should see her!! Gonna be very excited once it gets closer to the end of the week. So it's 11:11 right now and I wish to see my girlfriend. Just thought I'd throw that in there for my girlfriend to see if she reads this post haha. But I really do wish to see her. But anyway I'm so totally ready for the weekend. Got a lot planned while my girlfriend is here...one thing we're gonna do is go to see a play my friend is performing in. It's called And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. He (the friend performing) and I have been friends since I was in ninth grade (2007) and we're great friends to this day. Acting is one of his passions and I wanna help support him. So that'll be fun. That's just one of the things. But I'm sure I'll write about everything we do after she takes off. Or I'll update nightly. We'll see how everything goes. But for now, work awaits. 6 a.m. again! Yay. Time to get this tired body some sleep.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Good News!
So I got some AWESOME news today. MY GIRLFRIEND IS COMING TO VISIT!!!!! Normally, this wouldn't be as big a deal, except for the fact that she lives in southern Indiana and I live in Michigan. We don't get to see each other very often so any chance we get to see each other we take. Unfortunately, her car is older and it won't make it through a trip to Michigan, so for her to visit, it has to be through some sort of other mode of transportation. I was lucky enough to find a car that is a road trip kinda car that a family friend was selling and got it for a decent price. It is my first car and a great one at that. I've already had a number of experiences with it, like being pulled over in Ohio and being let off with only a warning, or locking my keys in it four hours away from home, so it's definitely got a special place in my heart. I plan on using it for many more trips to come.
But back to this visit, sadly, it's not for sure. Gotta see if my girlfriend can get tickets for the visit and see what the cheapest way for her to get here is. But I honestly can't explain how excited I am for her to visit...I miss her waaaaaay too much. But not too much really because I can never miss her too much. I'm just really ready for her to visit. I last saw her just before Christmas so it's been a few weeks. But New Year's Eve was a mess....I needed her here. Or to be there. It's just not the same without her by my side. And every day without her is a day that's incomplete. So needless to say I just wanna be by her side and that's good enough for me.
We've been dating for almost two years now...coming up to this mark in the summer. Luckily for us, we were best friends before we started dating. I was the guy that was too stupid to realize my best friend liked me. I had no clue she felt the way she did and didn't see it until I realized I liked her. I can still remember that night when I realized that I had feelings for her. A lot of feelings. We had been playing laser tag with friends for a few rounds and she and I were all sweaty from running around. So we went outside to cool down. While we were sitting out there we probably talked for about an hour about random stuff. While sitting out there, I looked at her and just kinda stared. She was looking out at the sky and around the parking lot. It then dawned upon me - she may be my best friend, but I have true feelings for her. Quite an awesome feeling. That night I was talking with one of her friends and told him about my feelings for her. He then told me the thing I was apparently too blind to see...she liked me back. After talking to him, I decided I needed to act on this.
The next day she and I had a day of just hanging out. We went to the mall, then to a pizza joint, then to the park. The whole time I was nervous almost scared, to tell her I liked her. Even though I knew she liked me back, I asked the friend I talked to the night before about 5 other times that day if she really did like me back. While at the park, we walked around for a little while before sitting down at a small dock area that led right up to a lake. While sitting there, I told her a little story then confessed my feelings for her. She became super excited and told me she liked me back. Definitely a highlight day for me. And we've been together ever since.
So basically I absolutely love my girlfriend with all my heart. And I can't even begin to describe how tough it is away from her. Especially when you have to say goodbye after a visit...but for now I'm just waiting for her to be here and for me to be able to see that beautiful face looking back at me...in person.
But back to this visit, sadly, it's not for sure. Gotta see if my girlfriend can get tickets for the visit and see what the cheapest way for her to get here is. But I honestly can't explain how excited I am for her to visit...I miss her waaaaaay too much. But not too much really because I can never miss her too much. I'm just really ready for her to visit. I last saw her just before Christmas so it's been a few weeks. But New Year's Eve was a mess....I needed her here. Or to be there. It's just not the same without her by my side. And every day without her is a day that's incomplete. So needless to say I just wanna be by her side and that's good enough for me.
We've been dating for almost two years now...coming up to this mark in the summer. Luckily for us, we were best friends before we started dating. I was the guy that was too stupid to realize my best friend liked me. I had no clue she felt the way she did and didn't see it until I realized I liked her. I can still remember that night when I realized that I had feelings for her. A lot of feelings. We had been playing laser tag with friends for a few rounds and she and I were all sweaty from running around. So we went outside to cool down. While we were sitting out there we probably talked for about an hour about random stuff. While sitting out there, I looked at her and just kinda stared. She was looking out at the sky and around the parking lot. It then dawned upon me - she may be my best friend, but I have true feelings for her. Quite an awesome feeling. That night I was talking with one of her friends and told him about my feelings for her. He then told me the thing I was apparently too blind to see...she liked me back. After talking to him, I decided I needed to act on this.
The next day she and I had a day of just hanging out. We went to the mall, then to a pizza joint, then to the park. The whole time I was nervous almost scared, to tell her I liked her. Even though I knew she liked me back, I asked the friend I talked to the night before about 5 other times that day if she really did like me back. While at the park, we walked around for a little while before sitting down at a small dock area that led right up to a lake. While sitting there, I told her a little story then confessed my feelings for her. She became super excited and told me she liked me back. Definitely a highlight day for me. And we've been together ever since.
So basically I absolutely love my girlfriend with all my heart. And I can't even begin to describe how tough it is away from her. Especially when you have to say goodbye after a visit...but for now I'm just waiting for her to be here and for me to be able to see that beautiful face looking back at me...in person.
I apologize.
So it's come to my attention that when I posted a story about something that I messed up on, I did not put my girlfriend in a good light. I basically was rude and unkind about her. The whole ordeal was my fault and could've been fixed had I been less lazy and more motivated. In no way was I trying to poke fun at her or blame her for what happened, I was only trying to explain what happened. So I just wanted to apologize to my girlfriend for the poor blog post and that I love her...I gotta be more careful about how I explain things.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Decent day.
Sooooo I guess I'll just make this blog a nightly thing now. Today not too much has happened...but it was a decent day. Gotta work tomorrow...it's money though I guess. Not looking forward to missing my valuable sleep-in-until-someone-decides-to-shine-a-spotlight-two-inches-from-my-face time. My room has no windows so it's basically dark if the lights are off and the door's shut. My room rocks. Not just for that reason but also because I actually built it with my dad and grandpa. I actually didn't expect to be able to have a room in my basement at first. My parents have always been strict and I figured they'd shoot me down the moment my room request started to leave my mouth. But I asked anyway and my parents said yes. I guess it pays to ask sometimes, even if it seems like a lost cause. So my dad and I enlisted the help of my grandpa (awesome craftsman) and we built the room I live in now. It's actually the biggest room in the house so that's always nice. But anyway, going waaaaaaay back to not being able to sleep in (the two word synonym for the super long definition used earlier). Not looking forward to waking up early, but hey, it's not like I'll be doing too much at home. So bring on work.
I was able to have dinner with my sister so that was fun. Just a time to talk and hang and stuff. I was telling her about how I wanted to start a Saturday soccer league to give some people who play soccer something to do in the offseason. So far it's only an idea, but I'm hoping to get it rolling soon. Fingers crossed on that. But now for bed...work looms in my not-so-distant future.
I was able to have dinner with my sister so that was fun. Just a time to talk and hang and stuff. I was telling her about how I wanted to start a Saturday soccer league to give some people who play soccer something to do in the offseason. So far it's only an idea, but I'm hoping to get it rolling soon. Fingers crossed on that. But now for bed...work looms in my not-so-distant future.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Not sure how to do this.
I can already tell I'm gonna suck at blogging. Basically, I can use this to write pointlessly and take up time that would otherwise be put to good use by, oh, I don't know, having a life or something crazy like that. Unfortunately the people I hang out with the most are away at college, so I basically don't hang with too many other people. And with a long distance relationship to handle as well, it's not always the easiest to see my girlfriend (as in I don't get to see her very often at all). And even with the friends that are here, they're usually busy or just aren't able to hang out. Or I have work. In other words, there's usually something going on that prevents me from seeing a lot of my friends. And that means more time to think. I don't trust my thoughts when I'm alone. And the problem is I would rather be alone than out and about in the first place. So hooray for wanting the thing I know is bad for me. Sigh...of course add that to anything else that's wrong with me and that just makes it even better haha. But anyway, that's enough rambling for the night...time for sleep.
So I've decided to try my hand at this whole blog thing. A few of my friends have a blog and I figured, why not? So here I am typing out my first post. Woot. But anyway I want to keep this blog simple and just a place to write down thoughts or whatever else may come my way in this everyday rerun called my life. Here we go.
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