I can stop when I want
We're all addicted to something. Whether it is something as simple as biting our nails or as serious as drugs. The first step in any addiction, as they say, is admitting you have a problem. The next step is really about your desire to change. If you have no true desire to change, you never will.
Wow
Take me for example. I play video games. It's my "hobby" so to speak. I don't go to bars, or play poker, or anything of that nature. My idea of a good time is putting on my headset, sitting down at my desk with plenty of snacks and drinks for some uninterrupted play time. It's my release from my worries. When I have one of those days where I say, I am going to kill somebody, I can actually go home and do that. Fortunately they can resurrect their character and move on. I've found it to be a great help, when done within reason. I in the past had a very difficult time coming back out of that alternate reality back to my own. I struggled with it for some time. Once I learned how to schedule my time better I found that I actually enjoyed cutting down my play time. I developed other interests, equally as nerdy but other interests. Recently I've went back to my WoW account and began playing again. It's not the draw that it once was. Maybe it's because I lost touch with many of the people I "hung out" with all the time (shout out to StoneMullet, I miss that sexy Australian voice!). Now it's just something to do if I really want to pass time. Now that I'm a little older I find my time to be more valuable and not wanting to "pass" time but to actually use it to it's fullest. I'm not there yet. I'm still working on it.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Guess who's back, back again, X is back tell your friends
The End of Summer
The kids are in school once again, and so are our usual stresses in making sure they are doing well.
Speaking of stresses... My wife, contrary to popular belief, is my single best stress relief. (Not like that sickos!) What I mean is that she makes my life so very, easy. We have our off days like any other couple but far more than those few our days are great.
Take it easy man!
For all the girls I've dated in my life, and there was plenty, I've always felt like I knew it wouldn't last. I dated a girl for over 5 years and yet it took me about a year to realize that she was not the one but just the one right now. It took me longer than it should have to get rid of that "safety blanket". My Lorelei was the first girl that I knew right from the beginning would be able to tame my raging, ahem, spirit. She didn't just use her beautiful looks, or great intelligence (though slow on the uptake I must admit ^_^ ). She one me over by allowing me to be me. It's rare that I get "nagged" by my wife. I'm a lucky man to just be able to say that. I get away with a lot, because she allows me to. It's this very reason that our relationship has flourished so. I get asked to do something, not told. She asks because she knows if she tells me my strong will takes over and refuses to do it. She may have to ask multiple times, but I get it done. It's so amazing to be able to accomplish my chores and such at my leisure rather than "NOW", like I know some women can be. My wife is amazing for letting me be me.
Learning & Stress
Very soon Lorelei will be starting school again. She'll be once again furthering herself, her career, and her family. Now I need to step up and do the things that I normally am asked to do, without being asked. I'm a fairly intelligent person, but I'm also a very forgetful person. This doing without asking is going to take some thought into how I'm going to accomplish. I think I'm going to use a Calendar based system. Where I need to do specific things at specific times. I believe that would work best. Yes, I'm making a chore board for myself...now all I need is to figure out how to earn the gold stars...
The Boys
James...He is my spawn. I say this lovingly! He is me in so many ways. If he is not constantly challenged he retreats into his own world. The challenges he & I will face together cannot be foreseen, but I do look forward to them. I just have to help him to break his fear of anything new & different. When he becomes comfortable with something, it's very difficult for him to change it. We're working on it, he still gives the best hugs! He asked me if he could bring his tooth to school for show & tell. I thought that was such a great idea! I want to get him a hermit crab soon. Not sure why he want's one so bad but, it's so hard to say no sometimes.
Logan...What can I say, he's two. He still can't sleep with out his ba-ba (pacifier). He has won the battles when we've tried to take it away. His attention to everything everyone says and does is absolutely amazing. He is a mimic like no other. He does have his tantrums now and then (more now then, then). We're working through it. He looks up to his brother and though James may not believe it, Logan respects him in a lot of ways that are very visible.
Such great guys...now I just need my girl. Hey, I can dream.
The kids are in school once again, and so are our usual stresses in making sure they are doing well.
Speaking of stresses... My wife, contrary to popular belief, is my single best stress relief. (Not like that sickos!) What I mean is that she makes my life so very, easy. We have our off days like any other couple but far more than those few our days are great.
Take it easy man!
For all the girls I've dated in my life, and there was plenty, I've always felt like I knew it wouldn't last. I dated a girl for over 5 years and yet it took me about a year to realize that she was not the one but just the one right now. It took me longer than it should have to get rid of that "safety blanket". My Lorelei was the first girl that I knew right from the beginning would be able to tame my raging, ahem, spirit. She didn't just use her beautiful looks, or great intelligence (though slow on the uptake I must admit ^_^ ). She one me over by allowing me to be me. It's rare that I get "nagged" by my wife. I'm a lucky man to just be able to say that. I get away with a lot, because she allows me to. It's this very reason that our relationship has flourished so. I get asked to do something, not told. She asks because she knows if she tells me my strong will takes over and refuses to do it. She may have to ask multiple times, but I get it done. It's so amazing to be able to accomplish my chores and such at my leisure rather than "NOW", like I know some women can be. My wife is amazing for letting me be me.
Learning & Stress
Very soon Lorelei will be starting school again. She'll be once again furthering herself, her career, and her family. Now I need to step up and do the things that I normally am asked to do, without being asked. I'm a fairly intelligent person, but I'm also a very forgetful person. This doing without asking is going to take some thought into how I'm going to accomplish. I think I'm going to use a Calendar based system. Where I need to do specific things at specific times. I believe that would work best. Yes, I'm making a chore board for myself...now all I need is to figure out how to earn the gold stars...
The Boys
James...He is my spawn. I say this lovingly! He is me in so many ways. If he is not constantly challenged he retreats into his own world. The challenges he & I will face together cannot be foreseen, but I do look forward to them. I just have to help him to break his fear of anything new & different. When he becomes comfortable with something, it's very difficult for him to change it. We're working on it, he still gives the best hugs! He asked me if he could bring his tooth to school for show & tell. I thought that was such a great idea! I want to get him a hermit crab soon. Not sure why he want's one so bad but, it's so hard to say no sometimes.
Logan...What can I say, he's two. He still can't sleep with out his ba-ba (pacifier). He has won the battles when we've tried to take it away. His attention to everything everyone says and does is absolutely amazing. He is a mimic like no other. He does have his tantrums now and then (more now then, then). We're working through it. He looks up to his brother and though James may not believe it, Logan respects him in a lot of ways that are very visible.
Such great guys...now I just need my girl. Hey, I can dream.
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