Just one more candle and a trip around the sun...
Greetings once more, my friends. I'm sure you have all been worried sick these past few days, so I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I am indeed alive and in relatively good health. The weather these past few days seems to best describe my mood these past few days - changing. Overall, I'd have to say that "life is still good," however there is always the usual emotional baggage that tends to plague people my age at this time in life. Some people think this comes off as depressed. I'm not depressed, just confussed. I promise you all that I'll be fine.
It seems very strange that the odometer of my life is about to roll over another mile on Sunday. As of Sunday evening, I will be entering my 22nd year of life. Wow. I'm almost to the point now where my birthday is just a day where I get some money, people are nice to me, maybe have some cake, eat at a resturant that I like, but for the most part it's just another day. My 21st birthday was special - not because I got to drink...in fact, all I had to drink that day was just half of some nasty beer and a glass of wine with my dad, but it was special because I got a trip out west with my dad the week before AND an MSU Football game with my mom on my actual birthday. My 25th birthday will be sweet, be sweet because I will be able to officially rent a car. Bad. Ass. After that, it's just a repetative routine until I reach the golden years when I can officially qualify for my senior citizen discount. So at 22, how would I rate life thus far? Well, it's hard to say. Right now, I'm at a point that I've been waiting and working for for a long time - that alone feels amazing. Even when the MSU football team gets demolished, I try my best to savor my time in the uniform, because I know that it's not going to last as long as I'd like. It's quite possible that next season could be my second and final year wearing the green and white. Life is bitter-sweet right now. I've accomplished so many of my goals, but there are a few others that I've yet to achieve, and at times it feels like I may never achieve them. Maybe you can guess, maybe you can't. I have nothing to complain about right now, but yet I feel selfish because I still want more. I've been blessed, there is no escaping that. Life is sometimes like a dream to me. I've had a few stressful days up here, but for the most part, I've yet to have a bad day. It almost seems unreal. "Life is but a dream." As Mr. Spock is quick to point out to Capt. Kirk and Dr. McCoy in Star Trek V: Life is NOT a dream. I really can't say what the next year holds - hell, I can't even say what the next couple days holds - but I do know it will be semi-epic. I'm nearing the end of my undergraduate career. This is the time that really shapes the way life unfolds. That's kind of scary, but what's even scarier is that I am at the wheel. All I can really do is work hard, be a good friend, trust God, sit back, and enjoy my next trip around the sun.
Seem a bit random? That's how life feels sometimes. However, out of all the things I don't know, here are a few things I do know: it's late, this post is too damn reflective, and we all need a laugh. Here are some things that make me smile:
Me with my SECOND favorite dog: Zeke the Wonder Dog! He's second only to....
Annie, the not quite so amazing dog, but damnit, she's MY dog! Say it with me: Awwwww.
Me standing next to the Holiest of Holies' chariot.
This picture pretty much means that my dad is gay.
Me looking epic at Uncle John's Cider Mill.
Finally, to end, I'm posting a video clip that I found of a segment of our pregame show at the Notre Dame game from field level. The video and audio are incredibly out of sync, and the sound quality isn't the best, but I like the clip. If you keep you're eyes open, you can catch a glimpse of me march by during the fight song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHbQHEBzpgM
It seems very strange that the odometer of my life is about to roll over another mile on Sunday. As of Sunday evening, I will be entering my 22nd year of life. Wow. I'm almost to the point now where my birthday is just a day where I get some money, people are nice to me, maybe have some cake, eat at a resturant that I like, but for the most part it's just another day. My 21st birthday was special - not because I got to drink...in fact, all I had to drink that day was just half of some nasty beer and a glass of wine with my dad, but it was special because I got a trip out west with my dad the week before AND an MSU Football game with my mom on my actual birthday. My 25th birthday will be sweet, be sweet because I will be able to officially rent a car. Bad. Ass. After that, it's just a repetative routine until I reach the golden years when I can officially qualify for my senior citizen discount. So at 22, how would I rate life thus far? Well, it's hard to say. Right now, I'm at a point that I've been waiting and working for for a long time - that alone feels amazing. Even when the MSU football team gets demolished, I try my best to savor my time in the uniform, because I know that it's not going to last as long as I'd like. It's quite possible that next season could be my second and final year wearing the green and white. Life is bitter-sweet right now. I've accomplished so many of my goals, but there are a few others that I've yet to achieve, and at times it feels like I may never achieve them. Maybe you can guess, maybe you can't. I have nothing to complain about right now, but yet I feel selfish because I still want more. I've been blessed, there is no escaping that. Life is sometimes like a dream to me. I've had a few stressful days up here, but for the most part, I've yet to have a bad day. It almost seems unreal. "Life is but a dream." As Mr. Spock is quick to point out to Capt. Kirk and Dr. McCoy in Star Trek V: Life is NOT a dream. I really can't say what the next year holds - hell, I can't even say what the next couple days holds - but I do know it will be semi-epic. I'm nearing the end of my undergraduate career. This is the time that really shapes the way life unfolds. That's kind of scary, but what's even scarier is that I am at the wheel. All I can really do is work hard, be a good friend, trust God, sit back, and enjoy my next trip around the sun.
Seem a bit random? That's how life feels sometimes. However, out of all the things I don't know, here are a few things I do know: it's late, this post is too damn reflective, and we all need a laugh. Here are some things that make me smile:
Me with my SECOND favorite dog: Zeke the Wonder Dog! He's second only to....
Annie, the not quite so amazing dog, but damnit, she's MY dog! Say it with me: Awwwww.
Me standing next to the Holiest of Holies' chariot.
This picture pretty much means that my dad is gay.
Me looking epic at Uncle John's Cider Mill.
Finally, to end, I'm posting a video clip that I found of a segment of our pregame show at the Notre Dame game from field level. The video and audio are incredibly out of sync, and the sound quality isn't the best, but I like the clip. If you keep you're eyes open, you can catch a glimpse of me march by during the fight song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHbQHEBzpgM