Happy Birthday Scotty!
Well I got the normal phone calls and text messages from people wishing me a happy birthday. I got several on facebook and MySpace as well.
When I got to work today there was a $10.00 gift certificate for me from NetUpdate. They also made cookies and put them in the break room.
I actually got a couple things productive done today and checked in. Then the rest of the day it was spending time in meetings and having lunch. We went to Crossroads mall. Ricky, Noah, and I met up with Chris a former employee.
While there I got a couple different styles of die for my board game. I got several styles so I can play with them and see what I like the best.
The traffic home was worse than normal, but probably normal for the time of day. It just seemed like everything was backed up. I don't like to spend time in traffic on my birthday. I was thinking that they should just open up the roads and step aside for the birthday boy.
When I got home my special dinner was being cooked. It was fatback and potatoes. Following dinner I got a universal power supply for my computer from my mom for my birthday. She made a cake with pudding topping. It was very good.
Compared to last year it was a pretty tame birthday. That is okay though. Actually, this is the first birthday I have been here for a while. My last few birthdays have been spent with just a couple friends.
I am thinking if there is anything ground breaking to say right now. It is the one time a year I can reflect on the past year of my life and think about it. But I have not done that. Maybe I can do that tomorrow. Make a decision what letter grades I earned this year in many categories. I am not sure it was one I can look at as one of the best. That is a shame. Every year should be better than the one before it. That would be a sign of a good life.
Maybe that means it is time for me to uproot my life as it currently sits. Maybe it is time for me to move to some new random place and get a new job. Get new friends. Get new activities. Just do something different.
But then again, when I think about the car fire recently and how it was still a new experience to me, that leads me to believe I still have things I can do here.
I think if there is one thing I work on this year it is to be more active in my down time.
I have worked hard this year to keep on top of things. Like washing my clothes and new truck, not when I am out of clothes or I can't see the paint on the truck, but on a regular schedule. I do things and put things away rather than leaving things out when I am done. It is the new more orderly self.
But what is a problem is that when my work is done, and there is nothing more to do, I need to get to the rec center. Go for a walk. Go for a bike ride. Do something that will keep me from sitting around the house watching TV. I really want to get into the swimming pool and get some swim time in. That is the goal.
I hope in one year from now I can read this and say that I did a good job keep up with that change I would like to make.
One thing that I have noticed about myself is that it seems more people know about my homosexuality than don't know in terms of my daily interactions with people. I thought I had done a good job keeping it quiet at the jail. But that is not the case. Everyone seems to know and those who don't are told by those who do. I don't like it when people tell others. That is not their business to do that.
So really the people who don't know are those over in Seattle. All my friends who I went to high school with other than Matt. He found out when I admitted it to him on the Rose Bowl trip.
Reed McPherson wrote
Happy Birthday. Don't mix too many of your drugs with your booze. Have a fun one
Andrew Wilcox wrote
Happy B-day man, hope your recovery doesn't hinder you from partying tonight!
Sarah Daoud wrote
Happy Birthday Scotty!!! Hope you have a good one!!
Bryce Cuello wrote
Happy Birthday Man! Hope you have a good one!
Kristiné M. Reeves (Spokane, WA) wrote
Happy Birthday! Loved the photos as of late...you are looking stellar!
Denise Keeton wrote
Happy Happy Birthday Scotty!!
Dax Berven wrote
Happy early Birthday old man
When I got to work today there was a $10.00 gift certificate for me from NetUpdate. They also made cookies and put them in the break room.
I actually got a couple things productive done today and checked in. Then the rest of the day it was spending time in meetings and having lunch. We went to Crossroads mall. Ricky, Noah, and I met up with Chris a former employee.
While there I got a couple different styles of die for my board game. I got several styles so I can play with them and see what I like the best.
The traffic home was worse than normal, but probably normal for the time of day. It just seemed like everything was backed up. I don't like to spend time in traffic on my birthday. I was thinking that they should just open up the roads and step aside for the birthday boy.
When I got home my special dinner was being cooked. It was fatback and potatoes. Following dinner I got a universal power supply for my computer from my mom for my birthday. She made a cake with pudding topping. It was very good.
Compared to last year it was a pretty tame birthday. That is okay though. Actually, this is the first birthday I have been here for a while. My last few birthdays have been spent with just a couple friends.
I am thinking if there is anything ground breaking to say right now. It is the one time a year I can reflect on the past year of my life and think about it. But I have not done that. Maybe I can do that tomorrow. Make a decision what letter grades I earned this year in many categories. I am not sure it was one I can look at as one of the best. That is a shame. Every year should be better than the one before it. That would be a sign of a good life.
Maybe that means it is time for me to uproot my life as it currently sits. Maybe it is time for me to move to some new random place and get a new job. Get new friends. Get new activities. Just do something different.
But then again, when I think about the car fire recently and how it was still a new experience to me, that leads me to believe I still have things I can do here.
I think if there is one thing I work on this year it is to be more active in my down time.
I have worked hard this year to keep on top of things. Like washing my clothes and new truck, not when I am out of clothes or I can't see the paint on the truck, but on a regular schedule. I do things and put things away rather than leaving things out when I am done. It is the new more orderly self.
But what is a problem is that when my work is done, and there is nothing more to do, I need to get to the rec center. Go for a walk. Go for a bike ride. Do something that will keep me from sitting around the house watching TV. I really want to get into the swimming pool and get some swim time in. That is the goal.
I hope in one year from now I can read this and say that I did a good job keep up with that change I would like to make.
One thing that I have noticed about myself is that it seems more people know about my homosexuality than don't know in terms of my daily interactions with people. I thought I had done a good job keeping it quiet at the jail. But that is not the case. Everyone seems to know and those who don't are told by those who do. I don't like it when people tell others. That is not their business to do that.
So really the people who don't know are those over in Seattle. All my friends who I went to high school with other than Matt. He found out when I admitted it to him on the Rose Bowl trip.
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