Sunday, March 13, 2005
Windy City Weekend
A weekend in the Windy City was alot of fun. I flew out of Traverse on Friday morning to Chicago where i met my Dad, and friends from Rockford for the Big Ten Tournament. It was really fun, and it was cool to see Justin there from home, its always weird to see people you know in foreign places though. The tournament turned out just as planned with the Fighting Illini winning the whole thing. It wouldnt have been right any other way, except i wished Michigan State wouldnt have choked because i wanted to see a rematch between the two. Me and my dad drove back on Saturday evening and i even got to spend time with Aud on Saturday night and all of today.
Today we went to church with Audrey to Riverview, which was an awesome message from Steve. Then we went across town to her church in Grand Ledge for a College Ministries planning meeting, which was cool because it will be fun and interesting to see what kind of a college outreach they will put together over the next year or so. I thought i was coming back up to school tommorow morning but it turned out Cheney wanted to come back up tonight, and since he was driving i had to follow the lead, oh well.
I have been working doctors appointments between weekends for the past month or so, which really sucks. Once again i have to go home for the weekend, due to an appointment with my gastro specialist, to hopefully finish this deal with my digestive problems, now that we know what the actual problem is. But the plus side to all these weekends home is of course i get to see everyone and hang out with the fam. Well i gotta do some things before class in the morning, and unpack a few things. Peace Out, and God Bless.
CBD
Today we went to church with Audrey to Riverview, which was an awesome message from Steve. Then we went across town to her church in Grand Ledge for a College Ministries planning meeting, which was cool because it will be fun and interesting to see what kind of a college outreach they will put together over the next year or so. I thought i was coming back up to school tommorow morning but it turned out Cheney wanted to come back up tonight, and since he was driving i had to follow the lead, oh well.
I have been working doctors appointments between weekends for the past month or so, which really sucks. Once again i have to go home for the weekend, due to an appointment with my gastro specialist, to hopefully finish this deal with my digestive problems, now that we know what the actual problem is. But the plus side to all these weekends home is of course i get to see everyone and hang out with the fam. Well i gotta do some things before class in the morning, and unpack a few things. Peace Out, and God Bless.
CBD
Monday, March 07, 2005
Solitary Confinement
Well three hours and 4 granola bars later I have returned to Traverse City after my weekend home for my Upper GI tests (upper Gastro-Intestinal). They went ok, and i am hoping to hear back from the hospital by tuesday or wednesday of this week with my results. I really hope they found something so i don't have to endure more testing or even worse continue to wonder and suffer through stomach problems. Aside from my tests I had a great weekend. I got to chill with danny on friday and hit some golf balls and the dome, which was cool and i spent alot of time with Audrey! We had tons of fun together as usual. I was kind of looking forward to coming back up this week because Cheney (my roomate) is out west skiing with his family so i was having Danny up for the week to hang out which was going to be awesome to spend alot of time just relaxing and hanging out, but of couse that fell through. He has some days this week where he supposidly has to work and couldnt get it off, bummer dude. So now starts my boring week of solitary confinement to my 14 ft x 14ft dorm room with no one to talk to but myself, also a major bummer. Not really sure what im going to do with all my time to myself, all i know is i am a pretty social person and not having someone to talk to is going to really suck.
Well aside from all that i do have something to look forward to this coming weekend! I am flying out of Traverse on Friday morning to Chicago to meet my Dad and friends from Illinois for the Big Ten Tournament. Its going to be a great time, I am really excited to see Illinois play, and probably win it all. Yes yesterday was a sad day at my house, they lost their final game of the regular season which screwed their record for an undefeated season. They really...well how do i put it....CHOKED! They shot 30 percent from the floor and didnt make a field goal in the last 3 minutes of the game. You cant mess up like that and win on the road, especially against a decent team like Ohio State. They really cant do that in the tournament. Oh well that is over and done with, and i probably will be able to get over it ha ha.
So everyone else in college has had or is having their spring break this week. Its really kind of frusterating because all my friends back home are off this week and here i am stuck at school. Mine doesnt fall for another 3 weeks, its really late and i have no idea what is going on. I guess its typical of this place, they really cant manage to do anything normal. ha ha, oh well at least when its over i only have a few weeks to go until summer break, which is sweet! Well i better get to unpacking a few things and heading to Criminal Justice. Catch everyone later, God Bless and goodbye.
CBD
Well aside from all that i do have something to look forward to this coming weekend! I am flying out of Traverse on Friday morning to Chicago to meet my Dad and friends from Illinois for the Big Ten Tournament. Its going to be a great time, I am really excited to see Illinois play, and probably win it all. Yes yesterday was a sad day at my house, they lost their final game of the regular season which screwed their record for an undefeated season. They really...well how do i put it....CHOKED! They shot 30 percent from the floor and didnt make a field goal in the last 3 minutes of the game. You cant mess up like that and win on the road, especially against a decent team like Ohio State. They really cant do that in the tournament. Oh well that is over and done with, and i probably will be able to get over it ha ha.
So everyone else in college has had or is having their spring break this week. Its really kind of frusterating because all my friends back home are off this week and here i am stuck at school. Mine doesnt fall for another 3 weeks, its really late and i have no idea what is going on. I guess its typical of this place, they really cant manage to do anything normal. ha ha, oh well at least when its over i only have a few weeks to go until summer break, which is sweet! Well i better get to unpacking a few things and heading to Criminal Justice. Catch everyone later, God Bless and goodbye.
CBD
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Midnight Revelations
The night life is an awesome time of day. Kind of ironic to think of "night" as part of a particular day. Seems as if it is an oxymoron, but yet it is not. I have always found myself facinated with night time experiences. I tend to find myself staying awake sometimes into the early hours of what some call morning just thinking and listening to the sounds of night. Night has very distinct sounds, because they are only sounds for which occur at night. The sounds of creaking floorboards, cracking pipes, animal night life, and any other small noise you can think of that only are heard during the silence of night. It is much easier to think through things at night because you dont have the hussle and bussle of daytime distractions clouding your vision and thought. For instance had i been siting in front of my computer during the daytime hours i probably never would have come upon these thoughts of night life. But a combination of the time being late, boredom, and insomnia has led me to these inquiries. Night is a time of peace, everything accompanied by night is followed with peace it seems. I love to sleep for the very reason that it is peaceful and you can escape the simple and petty mortal problems of your everyday life, for instance school. God created night for a reason, its a time of rest and reflection, much like a Sunday afternoon. I love to sit up late and reflect on things. I just thank God for all he has given me and my family, for his many blessings. He has bestowed upon me in particular so much more than i deserve as a sinful human being, i cant help but thank him in my prayers over and over again for all he has done for me in my life,. Each and every day he blesses me with a loving and caring family to support me in all that i do, a loving and awesome girlfriend who would do anything for me, and just awesome friends who care about me as well. It is just so awesome to think of all he does. Had i gone to bed some thirty minutes ago i probably wouldnt have thought about all this and missed out on a really nice reflection period. Night is just so easy to slip into so many thought processes and just realize and appreciate some things you might not always clearly see.
CBD
CBD
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Weekend at the Cabin
Well i just got back into Traverse from Audrey's Cabin down near Grayling. I really had an awesome time. We did lots of fun stuff and there really never was a dull moment. We went there because Valentines Day and Audrey's Birthday was last week and she wanted to go to the cabin to celebrate. I got there friday evening and we stayed till this afternoon. We went into the small town of Roscommon to buy food and then we went to a little Bridal/Prom dress shop and we looked at dresses for Prom this year....yes im going back ha ha ;) Then we went and walked really far out on to Higgins Lake by her cabin. That was really kind of scary for me because i have never walked on a frozen lake before. It just seems as if you are going to fall through at any moment, but i suppose its fine when you see cars parked way out there ice fishing. We had an ultimate fight to death scattergoies tournament, which was alot of fun, Aud did alot better than when she played with my family. She must crack under pressure.
The only thing that put any sort of negative spin on the entire weekend was my stomach problems. Over the past month or so i have been having stomach ache problems and they wont seem to go away. I can eat some things and im fine but others not. I eat them and only mintues later i get this nagging pain and my stomach makes really weird noises, (much like Devon's Mr. Crohns talking :) So i called the parentals and they are having me come home early this coming weekend to go to the doctor and tell her whats up. This is cool with me because i would really like to figure out why it is occuring. Its really a big pain to worry about eating everytime. My symptoms match all of my sisters and digestive problems run in my family so i wouldnt be surprised if i had something out of the ordinary. But all i can do is pray its nothing big. It would be cool if you guys could all pray everything turns out ok.
Well im gonna go snack on some crackers and watch a little tube. Ill catch everyone later. God bless and peace.
CBD
The only thing that put any sort of negative spin on the entire weekend was my stomach problems. Over the past month or so i have been having stomach ache problems and they wont seem to go away. I can eat some things and im fine but others not. I eat them and only mintues later i get this nagging pain and my stomach makes really weird noises, (much like Devon's Mr. Crohns talking :) So i called the parentals and they are having me come home early this coming weekend to go to the doctor and tell her whats up. This is cool with me because i would really like to figure out why it is occuring. Its really a big pain to worry about eating everytime. My symptoms match all of my sisters and digestive problems run in my family so i wouldnt be surprised if i had something out of the ordinary. But all i can do is pray its nothing big. It would be cool if you guys could all pray everything turns out ok.
Well im gonna go snack on some crackers and watch a little tube. Ill catch everyone later. God bless and peace.
CBD
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Highschool Drama...Wait a minute????
I hated alot of my highschool years, and why? Because simply the drama of peoples petty gossip and problems was extremely irritating. I thought when i graduated i would escape that black hole. Apparently not, some old friends of mine decided to drag it along with them in to college. As of recent a few of my friends from what was my close circle of guys in highschool have changed. They have started to do things now that they never did then and vowed to never do anyways because they viewed it as stupid and overrated. I guess they forgot their old morals or just said "screw them, this is what i have to do in order to feel part of something." So me being the opinionated person i am, and not being afraid to say whatever it is that comes to mind, i threw out my two thoughts on the whole ordeal. Well apparently they didnt like my comments, i didnt really expect them too because they were ment to proove a point. I simply said they they were being hypocritical and fake. So now they have my roomate (supposidly good friend) reporting to them whatever it is i say if it pertains to them. This if absolutely ridiculous and pisses me off beyond belief! So if i am to say anything he will tell the other guys and it appears some threat to me will be made. So as of now i am stuck in a hard place. I dont agree with what they are doing and im not going to sit by idlely and let them ruin themselves. But at the same time if i say anymore it will only create more problems. None of these people are christians and probably never will be because they choose to not hear God in any way or form. So by using Godly examples, i will pose no argument. They are blowing this whole situation way out of perportion and turning on me(I thought we were friends). So guys hit me with some feedback if you so desire. I am kind of pondering thoughts and ideas as to what to do. I reconciled with my closest friend back in Holt, which is cool, and i still have 2 guys from the group i can trust. Other than that the other 3 appear to be lost. God willing they will see the light.
CBD
CBD
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Insignificant Weekend
I hate staying up here for the weekend. Plain and simply put, there is not a whole lot to do up here in the Winter. I dont know a ton of people and i dont feel like spending money to do everything in order to be entertained. But unfortunately i could not go home this weekend because i was home the past two weekends in a row. So because of that my parents didnt really want me to come home and have to pay for the gas. Oh well, i guess its good for me to be up here every once and awhile. I dont know why, but when im up on the weekend all i really do is sleep in really late and go to the gym. The gym is the only thing i have to pass time. Last night was cool, i went to beaners and then out to dinner with Alex's parents, had some really good prime rib. Then we came back and a friend of ours from down the hall came over and we just chilled and watched Anchorman, a really funny flick.
This morning i slept in till 1 in the afternoon, despite Aud calling me several times trying to drag me out of bed and to get outside and do something. Which to this point in the evening i still havent really done. Tonight Alex is going out to party with the ski team, which is on, and since i dont know anyone on the team nor do i party i am stuck as to what to do with my Saturday night. I think i mgiht go down the hall and find something to do with myself. Soon im going to run, meaning drive my car, down the street to Arby's and get someting good to grub on for dinner. I might venture out south of town to Culvers for some of those good chicken fingers and fries.
I realized today when i was reading this post and previous posts that i tend to talk about random, pointless topics of my everyday life, hence the title and description of my blog, but at the same time i want to change that. I read others blogs and see how they tend to have a little random crap much like myself but they also tend to have a few meaningful posts here and there. I think im going to force myself from blogging unless i have something meaninful and important for which to write about. Granted there will still be my pointless posts sprinkled throughout but i would like to try and focus on more important issues. Allright peace out, wish i could be there tnight with Aud, and the saturday night riverview peeps, you know who you are.
CBD
This morning i slept in till 1 in the afternoon, despite Aud calling me several times trying to drag me out of bed and to get outside and do something. Which to this point in the evening i still havent really done. Tonight Alex is going out to party with the ski team, which is on, and since i dont know anyone on the team nor do i party i am stuck as to what to do with my Saturday night. I think i mgiht go down the hall and find something to do with myself. Soon im going to run, meaning drive my car, down the street to Arby's and get someting good to grub on for dinner. I might venture out south of town to Culvers for some of those good chicken fingers and fries.
I realized today when i was reading this post and previous posts that i tend to talk about random, pointless topics of my everyday life, hence the title and description of my blog, but at the same time i want to change that. I read others blogs and see how they tend to have a little random crap much like myself but they also tend to have a few meaningful posts here and there. I think im going to force myself from blogging unless i have something meaninful and important for which to write about. Granted there will still be my pointless posts sprinkled throughout but i would like to try and focus on more important issues. Allright peace out, wish i could be there tnight with Aud, and the saturday night riverview peeps, you know who you are.
CBD
Monday, February 07, 2005
Extended Stay
Well my weekend turned out to be longer than expected. I was orginally supposed to come home to watch the house while my parents went to Florida and my sister went to Chicago, but then i ended up also having to come home to have my blood re-tested because my white cell count was up on my last test and they needed to find out why. So i come home and on friday i go to get that test but the office is closed, so i am thinking great, i wont be home again for awhile and need to have this done NOW! So un-expectdedly i have had to stay home today and skip my monday classses to get this stupid test finally done. I just got back from the office and now i am waiting for audrey to get out of work to go and get some dinner before i drive back to school. Oh well at least i got to see her one more time before i go back for 2 weeks. Next time i see her it will be on her birthday up north at her cabin. I am REALLY excited for that and i get to finally give her the special present. So on February 17th everyone tell her happy birthday.
On thursday of this week, being the 10th its my sisters birthday. She will be all alone because everyone is gone. I feel bad for her so make sure if you get a chance everyone who knows her tell her happy birthday too!!!
This week of school shouldnt be to bad. Tuesday Illinois is playing Michigan so i am pumped to watch that. Then this coming weekend Jake Reed is coming up to visit which should be cool, he is always fun to hang around. The week after that isnt looking to bad either. My new class schedule is pretty cool and i dont really dread school as much anymore, except for not being able to see people all the time.
Well im gonna go and pick up Audrey from work and were going to get dinner. Ill catch all of you later, have a good week yourselves. God Bless
CBD
On thursday of this week, being the 10th its my sisters birthday. She will be all alone because everyone is gone. I feel bad for her so make sure if you get a chance everyone who knows her tell her happy birthday too!!!
This week of school shouldnt be to bad. Tuesday Illinois is playing Michigan so i am pumped to watch that. Then this coming weekend Jake Reed is coming up to visit which should be cool, he is always fun to hang around. The week after that isnt looking to bad either. My new class schedule is pretty cool and i dont really dread school as much anymore, except for not being able to see people all the time.
Well im gonna go and pick up Audrey from work and were going to get dinner. Ill catch all of you later, have a good week yourselves. God Bless
CBD
