Another day in Paradice

I read a line in a book tonight, and I wanted to share it with you, Dear Reader...

"We need to be reminded sometimes that a sunrise lasts but a few minutes.
- But its beauty can burn in our hearts eternally. "

Drizzt Do'Urden

It just got me to thinking about my own life, and how even though I KNOW we get what we focus on, I find myself focusing on more negativity then I should. Today was a pleasant change, however.

We got word that our 2 lost I-pods where found! So that's a plus. The involvement of my son in thier disapearence was less then fortunate, but insted of focusing on the bad, I focused on the good, in that his teacher has reported that he is doing very very well in class, aside from when he randomly yells obscenities or calls people extreemly offencive things... so yea.

The teacher said hes good - when hes not cussing soomone out.

Mmmhmm..

Well, we decided insted of whatever, we went out and ran a few errands, picked up some burgers and headed for the park. We packed along the football, and my RC truck, and headed for the Bike Jumps. Unfortunatly, the battery didnt get fully charged for quite some time, and I wasn't able to catch any air off the bike jump because the stearing was too lose. It would'nt stay straight. I'll have to look into that soon - like tomarrow.
It went really well as a family outing though, and overal was a positve thing. I'm glad I focused on the positive. Our lives are so short, and we spend so much time wishing they where better, yet focused on the negitive things in life. If we simply are more positve-minded, ie look at what is good in your life; we are more apt to create the more positive reality we used to only wish for, before.

Look at it this way. If what you're doing currently is making you how you will be, doesn't it make sence to be as positive as you can be? I'll be the first to admit theres times I'm just NOT a positve person... and that has taken me to where I am. Perhaps I need to try an alternate method to get somewhere else...

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.

Today I took the path less traveled, and it went well. I will continue, and report back on this omnipresent manifestation of our own device. You know it as "Life".

Just another day in paradise.




-=-

Get down & get FuNkY

Well dear reader, its been a while. Here I sit after another day in paradise [/sarcasm] and I wanted to share a picture with you.







I was thinking a lot about this picture for some strange reason... and I started to wonder. I wondered "Why won't I ever party this hard?" In the sence that I haven't partied anywhere near that hard since my time in another land called Colorado is another story completely. For now, let us look closer at this picture.

The smoke is hiding something, there is more to the picture that we cannot easily see. This correlates to life because even though our lives are so Full of every little thing, every little minute of the day, we still cannot see the whole picture of life.

The bars on the windows. They represent our fear. Our fear of the unknown and the dangerous. They show our lack of ability to trust what we do not fully understand.

The Helmet. This says to me that in the face of the unknown we look out for our own protection first. Our methods may be flawed, but when the $]-[|7 hits the fan, at least we gave it our best shot.

The fat dude in the banana hammock. OK, so I just don't know what to say about this. Perhaps he represents our distorted self perception. Perhaps not... perhaps he is the reason we are not supposed to eat the brown acid, and defiantly not the yellow snow...

The fire. All around us is chaos. Our lives are an infinitesimally minute particle in the world around us; but we have so much control over the chaos that directly affects us. Each and every one of us creates our own reality by the choices we make, a million times each day. Consciously or subconsciously we all create our own reality. If we can make the conscious effort to focus on the positive, we will have more positive things to focus on. Like attracts like. What you put in, you get out. What goes around comes around. Say it anyway you like, just make the effort to put the good out, and then enjoy what you get back. Because the other way isn't nearly as much fun - as I'm sure you either:


A: Already know
B: Think you already know
C: Will find out
D: Both "B" and "C"

Anyway, back to our crazy analysis.

The dude's socks. Deep down theres a bit of dork in all of us. Hide it, deny it, whatever - you know its there. As much of a facade (or extreme lack thereof, sometimes) as we put on, deep down, theres the dorky part. Some run from it, some embrace it. Some roll with it. Some deny it. Some dance their dorky asses off, and some get CrUnK and try to sing karaoke. Do whatever it is you do to the fullest. Live each day as if it's your last, because one day....you will be right.

The choice of footwear. This is representitive of our "base", our stability, our roots and our core. Without strong roots, we will topple easily.



Wow.

K, didn't expect that leval of introspection from a freaky picture. But hey, you play the hand you're delt, and sometimes that means making lemonade out of the lemons.






Meanwhile, back at the batcave...

Dear Reader,

Tonight I invite you to join me on this quest called life. Where this will take us, only time shall tell. I don't use propper spelling or grammer sometimes, but this is life, unedited.

So, there I am, behind the desk at the Hotel. In walks...er hobbles this obviously hurting, hunched over in pain lady. She just wants to get in and get to bed, but shes pulled a muscle in her leg, and it hurts to sit, stand, lay, breathe... you know the kind. Anyway, shes requested a suite that isn't too close to any entrance, on the ground floor. So, I check her in, offer to help her in with her luggage, and take her to her room. I got her some ice, suggested a trip to the hot tub, and wished her the best. Thanked her for the $5, and went about my night. I took the visiting Irish lasses out on the town, dropping them at the Bardenay. They make thier own liquor there - Vodka, gin, and rum, I believe. I know the vodka is top-shelf quality ;-)

So after i get myself unlost (having left the GPS back at the hotel... ) I'm headed back to the hotel. Mind you this is the first time Amber has worked "by herself". So, I call there, and she says the lady I checked in before had called and wanted to know if anyone delivered crutches. I said I would find her some. Off to the nearest pharmacy - 8:10ish. Hospital pharmacy - closed. Head to Walmart - they have to have crutches, right? Wrong. So, wheres the nearest walgreens? back down the street the way I just came, only farther. So, get there - its now about 915. Find 3 sizes of crutches. Grab the ones that I figure to be her height.

Guess what - I guessed wrong by about 3" or better. Whatever, I grabbed the tall ones, ask the guy if I could return them if they where not the right size - he says sure. So i head back to the hotel - its now 950ish. She tries to manage it on the lowest setting, and its obvious she needs smaller ones. So - back to Walgreens. Guess what. I found the only non-24-hour Walgreens I've ever seen.

WTF

So i head to the Other Walgreens - where theres one, theres bound to be more, right? This story is so full of fail its sad, but it gets better.

They are indeed a 24 hour Walgreens .. Win!
They will exchange Crutches from anohter walgreens - Win!
They do not have the right size right now, but should on Wenesday - Fail

So - its now about 10:20ish, and New Amber was supposed to go HOME 20 minutes ago... so, Back to the hotel. She's done well - handled a few checkins by herself, and the hotel didn't burn down, so all is well. She leaves, I call the Walgreens out by my house - 20 minutes away.

They are indeed a 24 hour Walgreens - the manager also thought the Walgreens where 24 hours as well...

He will accept the exchange from another store <3
He has the right size <3
He will be there when I come in <3
So, since my hours have been extended to Midnight, I only have an hour and a half to wait before I can go get them. So, midnight gets there, my coworker brings me some KICKASS homeade pizza, and we go about the process of changing shifts. I get out of there at about 12:10 or so, and head to the Walgreens thats 25 minutes away.

Get there, get the crutches exchanged, and headed back to work. 25 minutes back - its now 1am.

Call the lady, per her request, and then go give her the crutches. Shes so relieved and thankful, and gives me $100 to cover the cost of the crutches, and won't take any change :) <3
So, back ot the house for the end of another adventure, and the begining of another.

Hunnybunny (my wife) is watching her sister's kids, agian.. so thier mom can go out and party since its friday.... Mind you, she still owes me money, yet shes out partying, AND having Hunnybunny watch her kids :|

WTF

So, Its now 2:30ish in the morning. Her and her friend that have been out bar-hopping all night Drive UP.

Drinking and driving = fail

So, they stay a few minutes, eat their taco bell, and leave without waking anyone else up, thankfully.

Then they drive off to get the drunk friend home, since shes gotta be up in like 5 hours...

Then I finally get to sit down, put my feet up, and write to you, dear reader.