So, I’m back in the fold. What that means exactly I don’t know. I guess just that I’m here, hoping to keep this updated instead of choosing to ignore it like I have the past four months. To be fair, I really was busy. In the last four months I’ve completed two online classes, finished a Speech CLEP so I could get my CCAF (associates degree), and studied intently for/took the promotion test for Master Sergeant. Now everything is done and I’m unsure what to do; so I’ll return here, to bore all three of you with simple stories and self-righteous blabbering.
I was able to accomplish a bit of reading during the past four months, although not nearly as much as I would have liked. One book in particular is worth mentioning: The White Tiger by Aravind Ardiga. It won the Man Booker Prize last year and sort of took me by surprise. Really good, very edgy, like a Chuck Pahlaniuk novel, but different…shall I say better? You can read the review here.
Now I’m reading books on U.S. history, stuff I would have never imagined reading for fun, but here I am, 29 years old and curling up at night with a biography on Abraham Lincoln called With Malice Toward None. History is quite fascinating. I’m looking forward to reading Manhunt after this and hopefully Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass after that. Then maybe a novel so my brain can rest.
Home life is good, great actually. I have to say; whoever said relationships go south once the wedding rings are on wasn’t married to anyone like Stephanie. Ours is definitely getting better. Once she got used to me in my pajamas and I to her needing three closets, everything just sort of blossomed. There isn’t anybody I’d rather sit, watch TV, and get crumbs on the couch with.
I’m still taking classes, although I only have one to focus on now. I’m looking forward to this one more than others because it is actually spiritually related. Spiritual Formation is the name of the class and so far the reading has been great, even eye opening. The textbook is Celebration of Discipline and reading it last night was discouraging when reflecting on my own spiritual life, but encouraging in what I know it will teach me and lead me to become.
Other than that I am starting to play in a Volleyball league with Steph, my brother in law David, and a few other friends. It’s a recreational league, but don’t tell any of us it’s just for fun, especially David or Stephanie. They might just stare you down and make you feel silly. I’m also helping out as an assistant coach of a young girl’s soccer team. It’s good fun; and I love teaching the game, so I know it will be a blast.
So, I’m still busy, still filling my days with daily tasks, my nights with games and American Idol, but not half as busy as before, which means I can breath, think, and hopefully write. Sorry.
