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I feel like I've been given a second chance in a lot of ways, and I've taken that as incentive to re-motivate myself ( Read more... )

I've become a lot more strict with myself since I gave up stimulants. I can, but don't like to, function on six hours of sleep. I prefer 7-9. I usually go to sleep between 12 and 1 on nights before work. I try to stay up later on the weekends, but I don't always make it as far as I did in my younger years. I get up as early as I can force ( Read more... )

Pardon my lack of paragraph transitions. I don't intend for this to read as a flowing narrative. Rather, breaks in writing are separate thoughts that may or may not be related their predecessor ( Read more... )

I am making greater attempts to regain myself by returning to my roots and surrounding myself with things that I feel reflect the core of my personality ( Read more... )

I feel compelled to make an entry if for no other reason but to write something down about my life as it is right now.

I am still trying to decide how it actually is at the moment. Everything is rapidly changing for me. I have been back at my oil and gas job since last week. It has been an easier transition than I had anticipated. It is hard ( Read more... )

HAPPY NEW YEAR ( Read more... )

I hope that everyone who celebrated Christmas had a good one. I had a hungover Christmas that was still relatively pain free. I joke with TJ that that movie Four Christmases must be written about us ( Read more... )

So much is going on in my life right now that I haven't been able to adequately report it all without looking like a crazy person who posts every hour (that's not to say that I haven't done that before ( Read more... )

-- We are snowed in with FIFTEEN AND A HALF INCHES on the ground. Elaine barely got home. Luckily, we were able to get some groceries. We probably won't be able to go anywhere for a while ( Read more... )