Summer 2006 - Condensed

Yep, it's that time again. I'm Back. The masses have been screaming for more, so I will do my best. I was told that I haven't written since May, and I didn't check that fact for myself, but if that's true, it's hard to believe.

I have had a very busy summer. I went whitewater rafting in April. I wrote about that and still recommend it. Maybe next Spring I can get a small group together to do that. Nate and Heather, my brother and sister-in-law have been in Africa since the end of April. Three months already! One-eighth of the time they'll be gone. As Rush Limbaugh says, "for those of you in Rio Linda," that's two years. I don't know why he says that, but it's funny. Trust me, it is.

May brought a trip to Florida with Bryan and his sister. I'm not sure that I ever finished that story, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. That was said tongue-in-cheek. I was called a faggot-ass bastard by Bryan's sister. Love him, can do without the sister. The end of May brought a fabulous three-day trip to Jersey City and surrounding areas. My sister lives there and I had a wonderful time visiting her. We went to Trenton to get another statehouse on film. Well, digital media, but it's all the same, right? We also did some bar hopping, but not your typical stop-in-every-bar-on-one-street hopping. No! We were on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, then Little Italy, then back up to the Upper West Side in one night. The day before was Central Park and Greenwich Village. I guess you could say we were island hopping.

In June a party was held for my six-month anniversary of being meth free. I am guessing, but I'd say there were about thirty people there. Pretty good turn out for a party. To be fair, it was hosted by Dana and Jason so that had something to do with the higher turn out. I also travelled to Michigan for the annual family reunion and had a good time there. It was good to see everyone, but my cousins from Colorado were especially nice to see. The last weekend of June was Pride and that is always a weekend of fun, drinking and sunburns.

Now we're almost thru July and I have had to slow things down a bit. I have been doing really well this year-2006 has been good to me. I have learned though, just how precarious my situation really is. I went in just a matter of weeks from really good, hanging out with friends, doing what I want to do- to begging the electric company to give me an extension. It can go from so good to so tight so fast.

On that note, there may be some big news soon. I think my motto for life goes something like this: "Hope for the best; prepare for the worst." I'm a little bit tired of that though. One nice thing about preparing for the worst is that there aren't huge disappointments. But it would be nice for the best to happen from time to time. I know, with all the great things going on right now, I'm still complaining. Isn't that just like humans? Ugh.

I'm tired so I'm gonna go lay down, but I will try to keep the masses appeased by writing more often.