Numerous digressions

Roadtrip pics are on my facebook.  I'll get to the recap here today or tomorrow hopefully.  Hopefully all is well for y'all.  Have a great day!

Is it ever worth it to confront something, if the end result has already been decided?  I know the outcome and nothing short of a miracle ,in my eyes, would ever get things to where they should be.  Perhaps it was never meant to be in the first place?  Smoke and mirrors can only cover the fire from the light of day for so long.  In the end, I just have to figure out what the argument would be for: myself or future considerations.  And for that, would the future considerations even be worth it, or is this a time to just smile, nod, and throw in the towel and realize that not everything is worth your time.

As a person who has never thrown in the towel this way... it's a hard call to make.

I think I've saved almost every card I've ever gotten.  Birthday, graduation, Halloween, Easter, etc.  I feel almost obligated to keep them since they're tidbits that show someone was thinking of me and cared enough to take time to send a card to me.  However, I'm at the point in my cleaning out phase, that I almost do want to get rid of some of them, simply because they take up so much space.  I'm almost wondering about trying to group these all together and on some lazy day, scan them and add them to my computer.  Sort of a virtual card depository.  Any thoughts?  Ideas? What do y'all do with cards after you've gotten them?

I have an urge to punch someone in the face.  Hard.  Repeatedly.  And I'm not a violent person.  Update to come.

Still have lots to go over in here, but enough has happened to at least do a mini-post for the moment.  Weekend was fun, even if Saturday plans didn't happen.  The replacement plans did well enough and I really did enjoy myself that evening.  Sunday was good too, even if I did have to work from 7 til 3.  After work I got an invite over to Ted's pool, so I dove right in and headed over.  ::rimshot::  Spend some quality time with friends I hadn't seen in far too long and enjoyed being in the water and maybe getting slightly less white?  At any rate, headed out to Smith's Olde Bar and played pool with a friend and had "dinner".  I lost in pool but the food and company was good, so I can't really complain.  Made it home and watched Buffalo and Tennessee play in the first preseason football game, which ended with a Buffalo loss.  Boo.  Oh well, it's only preseason. 

Also, I'm working at the Midtown store tonight and Wednesday night, so yay to new places and new faces?  I've helped out there before once, but I guess we'll see how it goes this time.  If nothing else it's physically closer, but with traffic I'm not sure how time wise will go.  If anyone feels the need to stop by, feel free.  I don't think I'm doing anything important and it'll be nice to see some friendly faces.  Anywho, time for me to get ready and go to work at noon.  Perhaps I'll slip on over to Fellini's for lunch since it's close to the store.  Mmmmmmmmm.

Obviously, if you know my roomie, then this won't be a surprise since he posted about this already.  I found out today, although I had my suspicions the last week or two, that he's moving to NYC... quickly.  He's going to break the lease and move out by the end of October, at least as I've far as I've been told.   So, what does this mean for me?  All the shit I just dealt with a few months ago, aka May, I get to do all over again. I'm pretty sure I won't be staying here at Atlantic Station, which is probably the biggest downside for me.  I've grown to love being able to walk around a lot, much like I did in college.  At any rate, I either need to find a roomie, or else I'll be looking for a single somewhere inside 285.  I'm almost leaning towards the single for a couple of reasons, none of which will be named here at this time.  Anywho, so yeah, if you know someone decent who might be a good match as a roomie for me, let me know.  If you know of a good apartment/loft at a good deal in a good spot, let me know.  Thanks in advance.

I guess, looking back, these months won't have been a total waste..... well, actually... I don't know if I can honestly finish that statement.  While I haven't exactly expressed these sentiments to my roomie, who has/will read this before long, I think it's fairly obvious.  I'm still formulating my reaction to this as I want to be as rational, courteous, and direct when we have a one on one about this tomorrow or the day after.  Granted, he did tell me minutes before posting about it on facebook and LJ, but I just wasn't in a mood to discuss it/ let alone think about all the stuff that goes along with it.  Eating dinner and watching SportsCenter on ESPN makes it tough to stay focused.  At any rate, I'll keep the drama to the minimum and try to keep most of this stuff in house, where it belongs.  Let's see what I can do to take some positives away from this entire situation.

As much as I tried to refrain from judging my parents while as a child, I couldn't always help it.  It's natural.  While I loved them, and still do, I'm recently come to change my judgment in an area.  One fault I'd find was that when they'd come home from work, aside from making dinner and my mom grading papers for school, there wasn't a lot accomplished.  I, being owner of the endless energy that a youngin' enjoys, found that to be a horrible waste of time.  Now, as I am in my 30th year (weird to think of when I'm 29), I can sympathize with them.  I've been home and have gotten little to nothing done of the list of things I'm trying to accomplish.  What have I done instead?  Managed to watch a little television and drink a cider or two.  Yeah.  it's not that I can't do what I need to do, it's just my body/mind have other ideas.

Body/mind:  I'm a lil tired and a drink would be nice.  I also worked hard today and have been up since 3am.  I think I'll start after a bit of R&R.

MK:   I really need to get this stuff done.  It should have been done a while ago.

Body/mind:  You were supposed to play disc golf after work today, so you need to have some fun, plus you're still a lil under the weather.

MK:  Really though, I can hang pictures, or organize my closet, or...

Body/Mind:  LAY OFF AND DRINK SOMETHING!!!  (props to Chris Farley and a certain SNL skit).


So as you can see, it's not my fault.  Really.  It's just my body and mind have teamed up against... um... me. Yeah.  That's the ticket.


In other news, I still have lots to do, and  I have less time to do it.  I think I'm watching a movie tonight though before bed.  Go me.

Hi. Um, my name is Kelly.  I'm not new here, but I've lost my way recently.  Can you ever let me back?

So, while not a planned hiatus, the last year has certainly seen changes with how my journal runs.  I haven't done as many posts, I haven't kept up as well with some of y'all, and facebook seems to have usurped LJ as my main form of communication with people.  Now, many of you I know on facebook, as well as here, but there are many of you with whom I've had very little contact.  Some of you are newer, and some of you have been around for a while on my incredible journey.  (Please, let me pretend it's been incredible at least.)  Well, I'd like to take the opportunity today to say hi to you all again.  I'd like to see if I can't reignite some of the magic that I've found for so many years on this journal.  Some of my best friends today are people whom I've met off of here, so I don't want to just ignore such an incredible avenue for friend making.

In lieu of this, if any of y'all have any questions for me, go ahead and ask.  I'm not good with formal introductions because I honestly feel I'm kinda boring and normal and the like.  Some people may disagree, but this is what I think.  (And it's my journal too, so there!)  There may be aspects/fun facts about me that I really don't think about unless somebody brings it up.  At an rate, yeah, I'm open to fielding any questions, comments, or concerns any of y'all might have.

Now, as far as getting to posting more frequently, here's the first post of a hopefully rejuvenated LJ:

Phew!  I just flew in from California, and boy are my arms tired.

Sorry.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Bah.

Theirs was a New York love, a checkered taxi ride burning rubber, and like the city, their passion was open  24/7, steam rising from their bodies like slick streets exhaling warm, moist, white breath through manhole covers...

Gah.

Ok, so this isn't as easy at it looks.  Perhaps I'll just start with something I know... recent history!!  So, last Monday I worked what has become a normal shift for me, 9-7.  I made my way through the work day and headed home only to be invited to dinner with John, aka DocJohnboy.  I met him and his bf at The Standard, which is pretty close to I-20 and Glenwood.  We ate, drank, and then headed to the back of the place to play bocce.  Yes, this place has a bocce court.  It has instantly sprung into my top ten list of coolest restaurants, it's that good.  So we played bocce and drank, played some more, and drank some more.  Good times.  I ended up getting home in time to get ready for bed and another day of work.  Tuesday came and passed, with the journal-famous trivia.  We came in second place and had an awesome time.  As a side note here, I can't remember how many of you guys have come to visit and I've ended up taking to trivia.  At least the feedback has been positive.

Wednesday came, and it was my day off.  Now, I'm still trying to unpack some of my stuff in the apartment, but what do I do?  I go up to see one of my best friends for lunch.  We talk, do our normal lunch thing, and then I'm off to the mall to look at discs and window shop.  There's more on THAT to come, by the way.  Anywho, so as I'm walking around the mall in the middle of the day, I realize how... "old"...  I am.  Teenagers laughing, being annoying, all those things they do so well, and they're everywhere.  I look at myself as realize how I'm that older guy that they'd make fun of back when I was in high school.  ::sigh::  Not a fun revelation, I tell you.  At any rate, I head home, unaware of the day to come.  When I get home, I noticed a friend of mine was stuck at the airport, so I offered to go visit her and have a drink.  Renee, whom I met, and I know each other from college and she's an awesome friend.  Sadly, she lives in Indiana, but I still get to see her once and a while.  At any rate, we spend about 3 hours just chatting, laughing, and catching up.  Great way to end the day.

::intermission::    ::cue Monty Python intermission music::

Wednesday, Wednesday.  So bad to me.  Yeah, it was a bad day, kind of.  I went to work, and then went to lunch.  At first I though, maybe I'll go to McDonald's since it's so close by and easy.  No.  I then decided to go to Chick Fil A, which was a few miles down the road.  "I'll just go through the drive through," I think to myself.  No. I park and head in to eat.  I text a few friends, eat some food, and go out to my car.  I turn the key and.....

I turn the key again and....

So at this point I have a bad feeling in my stomach.  I call my dad and let him know I might need his services if my car won't start.  I have a 'battery in a bag' or whatever it's called and try to see if the battery needed to be jumped.  After a minute of trying and talking to my dad on the phone, I notice some white smoke coming from underneath the glove compartment.  I swiftly stop the battery in a bag and inform my dad I'd like him to come down.  While he was on his way, maybe 15 minutes, I called work and let them know of my situation.  I was laughed at and just told to come back as soon as I could. Really, so caring they are.  My dad got there and we waited for AAA.  3 hours after I was supposed to be back from lunch, I finally return.  The battery was completely dead, although, in all due respect, it was the original battery in my 2001 Integra.  Yeah, damn good battery.  The only problem with this is that my radio doesn't work anymore since it has the whole radio theft deterrent.  I'm working on getting that fixed.  The OTHER issue with that day was.... I kinda had a date.  I kinda had to move the date back a few hours.  I rushed home from work, really late, and managed to get to our meeting spot right when I said I would.  I abhor being late in case y'all are wondering.  So, yeah... the date went well, and I'll leave it at that.  More to come on that situation, although I'm intrigued because we did manged to talk about algorithms for about an hour... yeah.  Awesome. :-P

Friday came, as did another 9-7 shift. I got home, and for the first time all week, I really didn't do anything.  The relaxing was nice though.  I did, however make up for it on Saturday.  I went out to Alexander park, out nearish Snellville/Lawrenceville, and played two rounds of discgolf.  The rounds were broken up by a tasty lunch at Zaxby's with their wonderful Parmigiana sandwich.  Mmmm.  When I got home from the disc golf, which I need to practice on, I realized I was a red neck.  A REALLY red, red-neck.  I lathered on some of the blue Hawaiian magical healing gel and hoped it helped.  The rest of the day was spent kind of loungin until I went out to see another friend, Micah, and have a few drinks.  We laughed, we talked, and had a good time. 

The next morning I had work at 7am, so I got up early, took my roomie's dog (Austin is roomie, dog is Jay Z) out to the bathroom since Austin was camping.  Originally a friend was supposed to have taken care of these... duties... but I later learned he back out, so in retrospect, yay me.  I went to work, did all my workish tasks and then left 45 minutes late due to scheduling issues.  Basically they changed my schedule to be off Monday, so I had to do all the paperwork Sunday.  After driving home, I headed over to The Standard where the 'Taco Tour' was going on.  A friend of mine has this as her birthday get together, so I wanted to meet up and see everyone.  Made it over, waited for them to get on the Furbus and traveled over to the final destination.  If you want more info on the furbus, google it.  It's.... interesting.  Anywho, after that ended, I headed over to Barry and Rebekah's place for more birthday festivities.  It was storming pretty well at this point, so we all stayed in and watched tv and ate cake.  They let us eat cake!!  After THOSE festivities I headed to the Vortex in Little 5 to meet another friend who was in town. Justin and I have been friends for quite a few years, but rarely catch up since he's in Cincy now.  Perhaps he'll move back to the ATL, who knows?

Today has brought my parents and two family friends who came down to help install a ceiling light/fan.  We installed it and....

See a parallel here?

I'm thinking the outlet is bad, so I have to call maintenance and have them troubleshoot. 

Moving on, we went to Fox Sports Grill for lunch and since then I've been lounging around basically.  Also, I'm hoping our next door neighbors weren't looking out their window for they'd have seen me shirtless and probably nothing else since I'd have blinded them.  I figure as long as my neck is so red, I might as well try to tan the pasty white parts of me, namely my chest.  It'll be a process so we'll see how it goes.  I've never had a GOOD tan, so I've got that working against me.

So now I'm having a hard cider, some buffalo wings, and then it's off to bed for work at 3am. We'll see where my misadventures pick up tomorrow.  Also, at some point I'd like to recap my California trip and post those pictures, but that will have to wait another day.

Hello, my name is Kelly... and I'm home.

 

Trip update to come.  Here's a taste.  Not a lot of pictures, but very pretty, at least to me.  Hope everyone is doing well and thanks again to everyone who hosted or met up with me on my trip.  Y'all made it an awesome experience!