For the past year I...
So, it has been OVER a year since I last really posted ... what have I done?
What has happened since Hurricane Floyd...
:fuzzy screen...
then issues a "Flash back" card
that looks like it was written by a four year old:
The Hurricane blows lazily outside, large cats, small cars, dilapidated sheds, unmanned umbrellas, Santa Clause, Chris H. as flashlight man, all go blowing by Sabrina's bedroom window. She, binoculars in hand is looking intently for the eye of the Hurricane ... slowly in comes in sight as the hurricane makes it's lazy way across Florida. The Eye is insight, and inside the eye is...... Pink Floyd rocking out, the cloud of reefer smoke swirling lazily around them. "I knew it!" Sabrina declares, and begins taking snap shots for the local tabloid newspapers.
So, after that came my 20th birthday, whom I spend with Hellinger, my one year late, not so maternal twin, Chris Byrd, and Ali, going out to dinner at the Mongolian Restaurant (Psst, Hellinger, beware of water pitchers!)
Then came various holidays were my family did a weird multi-house celebration mom's house was the best, though Jordan was a bit of a stink bug.
Then school WHIZZED by as I spent Spring semester doing 18 hours days of school and work at the Kennel.
Amy got married to Jordan
I graduated with my AA in May... and the very next day started working on getting my massage license. Graduation was actually quite fun. Johnathan was playing in the band, The PTK Honor group I was with was hilarious, We got bubbles to blow for after the ceremony, but I blew them the whole time, and had to keep calling my parents on their cellphones, whom were in separate parts of the autotourium and wave to show them were I was. Hellinger was there yet again, to save me from extreme boredom.
Shortly there after I started dating Russell for a week ... which turned out to be a big mistake.
On a slightly brighter note, I drowned.
It was shortly before I broke up with Russell. My Tia-chi class was having a meet at the beach. A Woman, I met in class was there and I met her family. They were all a sweat and friendly bunch and I spent a good deal of time swimming and playing with her young daughters and Husband. Eventually, I got tired and headed in. Shortly there after, the husband, still swimming with his youngest daughter, started calling for help. Horrified I went and swam out to them to help. There was a really bad rip tide. I started helping him tow his daughter in. People saw us struggling and a young navy guy came out to help us and got swept right past us. Then his wife came out and she too got swept right past us. We kept working hard to get in. But now I was worried about the people behind me, and the rip tide was getting so bad, we couldn't even swim parallel to the shore. I then realized we were all going to drown. My thoughts were this:
"This is going to suck," as I began to choke on saltwater, bearly able to keep my head above the water as I still shoved the little girl ahead and above me. "I'm going to die, struggling, until I get too exhausted to stay above water, and then I will be swept away, and drown. This is going to take forever. What a long exhausting death." Then suddenly I thought, "Oh, God, Amy and Mom are going to be so upset with me. I went and risked my life and got myself killed, without even thinking how it would effect them. I'm so sorry." I though for a moment, as my life flashed before my eyes, still shoving the little girl forward in the water, "Do I regret anything in my life?" "No," I thought, "I've lived my life being honest with people, trying to do good and make people happy, trying to keep people protected. I've told those I love that I love them, never hiding my feelings. I have no regrets." I was then resolved that dying was alright, even if it was in this manner. I then suddenly thought of Ian and Andy. Two people I was very worried about. Two people who's lives seemed more in danger than my own. I was so worried about their welfare, I there was nothing I could do about it. If I got out of this, I decided that I would call them. To see how they were.
So I kept swimming. Struggling, pushing, pulling, choking, my legs and arms burning, and finally I tripped on a sandbar. I pulled the girl up with me, and her dad took her in the rest of the way. I stood on the sandbar and called to the, now three, people behind me telling to just keep swimming, that the sandbar wasn't far. I was too exhausted to go and help them in. Finally, I swam in on a large wave and got smashed into the shell incrusted shore. I got more injured in this manner than anywhere else in the intire ordeal. I crawled up the shore to were my Tai-Chi class was waiting with water. Shortly there after me and the woman's family walked to beach and feed Seagulls flying in the air. All and all it was a very nice day.
So then after that... I ended up meeting back up with Andy, and he persuaded me to start seeing him again. Ironically it was right around the same time I was breaking up with Russell, which made things look really bad. I still haven't been able to get back in touch with Ian however ... still trying.
Anyway, so time flew by. I quit my job at the Kennel, lost all my savings, started working for a real-estate agent as a courier, continued my massage school. I helped Ali move to her new house. I hung out with John when he came back from Iraq, which was awesome.
Then I turned 21.
Went to Hellingers to have an AWESOME Halloween Party.
Found my friend Rachel and started hanging out with her. Then found a whole shit-load of people on Myspace.
I found Ricky online too ... much happiness. Got the rest of his chapters to read! ^_^
We had another intirely discombobulated Thanksgiving. It was good to see Grandpa though.
And now ... after seven months (today!) Andy and I have still been together.
Rachel is latting me take care of her ball python until she has a house of her own! ^_^
We went to Krystyn's B-day party the other day, and had a great time playing "Loaded Questions" and just catching-up on things.
God, I miss DA.
What has happened since Hurricane Floyd...
:fuzzy screen...
then issues a "Flash back" card
that looks like it was written by a four year old:
The Hurricane blows lazily outside, large cats, small cars, dilapidated sheds, unmanned umbrellas, Santa Clause, Chris H. as flashlight man, all go blowing by Sabrina's bedroom window. She, binoculars in hand is looking intently for the eye of the Hurricane ... slowly in comes in sight as the hurricane makes it's lazy way across Florida. The Eye is insight, and inside the eye is...... Pink Floyd rocking out, the cloud of reefer smoke swirling lazily around them. "I knew it!" Sabrina declares, and begins taking snap shots for the local tabloid newspapers.
So, after that came my 20th birthday, whom I spend with Hellinger, my one year late, not so maternal twin, Chris Byrd, and Ali, going out to dinner at the Mongolian Restaurant (Psst, Hellinger, beware of water pitchers!)
Then came various holidays were my family did a weird multi-house celebration mom's house was the best, though Jordan was a bit of a stink bug.
Then school WHIZZED by as I spent Spring semester doing 18 hours days of school and work at the Kennel.
Amy got married to Jordan
I graduated with my AA in May... and the very next day started working on getting my massage license. Graduation was actually quite fun. Johnathan was playing in the band, The PTK Honor group I was with was hilarious, We got bubbles to blow for after the ceremony, but I blew them the whole time, and had to keep calling my parents on their cellphones, whom were in separate parts of the autotourium and wave to show them were I was. Hellinger was there yet again, to save me from extreme boredom.
Shortly there after I started dating Russell for a week ... which turned out to be a big mistake.
On a slightly brighter note, I drowned.
It was shortly before I broke up with Russell. My Tia-chi class was having a meet at the beach. A Woman, I met in class was there and I met her family. They were all a sweat and friendly bunch and I spent a good deal of time swimming and playing with her young daughters and Husband. Eventually, I got tired and headed in. Shortly there after, the husband, still swimming with his youngest daughter, started calling for help. Horrified I went and swam out to them to help. There was a really bad rip tide. I started helping him tow his daughter in. People saw us struggling and a young navy guy came out to help us and got swept right past us. Then his wife came out and she too got swept right past us. We kept working hard to get in. But now I was worried about the people behind me, and the rip tide was getting so bad, we couldn't even swim parallel to the shore. I then realized we were all going to drown. My thoughts were this:
"This is going to suck," as I began to choke on saltwater, bearly able to keep my head above the water as I still shoved the little girl ahead and above me. "I'm going to die, struggling, until I get too exhausted to stay above water, and then I will be swept away, and drown. This is going to take forever. What a long exhausting death." Then suddenly I thought, "Oh, God, Amy and Mom are going to be so upset with me. I went and risked my life and got myself killed, without even thinking how it would effect them. I'm so sorry." I though for a moment, as my life flashed before my eyes, still shoving the little girl forward in the water, "Do I regret anything in my life?" "No," I thought, "I've lived my life being honest with people, trying to do good and make people happy, trying to keep people protected. I've told those I love that I love them, never hiding my feelings. I have no regrets." I was then resolved that dying was alright, even if it was in this manner. I then suddenly thought of Ian and Andy. Two people I was very worried about. Two people who's lives seemed more in danger than my own. I was so worried about their welfare, I there was nothing I could do about it. If I got out of this, I decided that I would call them. To see how they were.
So I kept swimming. Struggling, pushing, pulling, choking, my legs and arms burning, and finally I tripped on a sandbar. I pulled the girl up with me, and her dad took her in the rest of the way. I stood on the sandbar and called to the, now three, people behind me telling to just keep swimming, that the sandbar wasn't far. I was too exhausted to go and help them in. Finally, I swam in on a large wave and got smashed into the shell incrusted shore. I got more injured in this manner than anywhere else in the intire ordeal. I crawled up the shore to were my Tai-Chi class was waiting with water. Shortly there after me and the woman's family walked to beach and feed Seagulls flying in the air. All and all it was a very nice day.
So then after that... I ended up meeting back up with Andy, and he persuaded me to start seeing him again. Ironically it was right around the same time I was breaking up with Russell, which made things look really bad. I still haven't been able to get back in touch with Ian however ... still trying.
Anyway, so time flew by. I quit my job at the Kennel, lost all my savings, started working for a real-estate agent as a courier, continued my massage school. I helped Ali move to her new house. I hung out with John when he came back from Iraq, which was awesome.
Then I turned 21.
Went to Hellingers to have an AWESOME Halloween Party.
Found my friend Rachel and started hanging out with her. Then found a whole shit-load of people on Myspace.
I found Ricky online too ... much happiness. Got the rest of his chapters to read! ^_^
We had another intirely discombobulated Thanksgiving. It was good to see Grandpa though.
And now ... after seven months (today!) Andy and I have still been together.
Rachel is latting me take care of her ball python until she has a house of her own! ^_^
We went to Krystyn's B-day party the other day, and had a great time playing "Loaded Questions" and just catching-up on things.
God, I miss DA.