Patience is not my style..

Hmm.. where to start. I always love starting over anew with blogs. It's like buying a new house and trying to figure out where to set up the furniture.. OK, not quite THAT exciting.. but what little excitement I get in my life I'll take ya' know? Just to warn ya'll.. I tend to get long winded from time to time!

Today's inspirational message is:
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there - John Wooden

In life you can run into some very insensitive people, who are all about themselves and they don't care who they hurt or even notice they are hurting someone. My dad passed away 106 days ago (yup, we know how many days) so it's still brand new to us and we're learning to cope with it. The neighbor came down to visit the other day and told us that it was a "blessing" that my dad passed away because her daughter got to see what death is like. I was royally pissed off at first.. how dare they? How dare they say my dad's passing was a blessing for their own selfish gain! But the more I reflect on it, I'm not angry so much as I'm disgusted and saddened. These people were our friends at one point, but a lot has happened and well.. they aren't anymore. Always good when people show their true colors.. ah well, live and learn right? You can't let people like that bring you down with them.. the best thing you can do is walk away.

I'm fairly excited about some upcoming trips. I'm going to Texas in August to meet with some friends, I'm really jazzed about this one. It's going to be such an awesome trip and the people I'm meeting are wonderful and fun. I expect I won't ever want to leave. In October I am going to Chicago. I plan on moving there, hopefully by May of next year. My dad grew up there and it'd be nice to get in touch with his roots so to speak. My uncle is also there... hopefully I'll get to spend some time with him. I'd love to hear his stories about my dad's childhood. I'm hopefully also going to get to be able to meet a friend that lives there. I'd like to get in a trip to San Diego.. we'll see how that goes.

Anyhow.. I've rambled enough for my first post. :)

(Word.. how cool is that, I ran spellcheck and it came back with only four errors. Three of which Hmm., OK, and ya'll. I can spell.. WOOT)