May Update!

Hey guys!

I wanted to pop over and provide to you an update on what has been going on in my life and why, largely, I’ve been rather absent for the past month. 

I’m Teaching Myself to Code

I like to believe myself to be a student. When I was younger, I was convinced that given the opportunity I would have stayed in school for decades, dissecting the inner workings of the English language, mathematical equations, cultural customs, the human mind, and the secrets of the universe we live in. But I never did. Much of that dream came from a natural thirst I’ve always had to learn, but approaching the three-year anniversary of my having finished college, I’ve done little more than dabble with the idea of returning back to school.

I keep learning though.

The Movie That Never Was

A couple of days ago I came across a post on a friend’s Facebook page freaking out about the nonexistence of a movie starring Sinbad. That sentence would seem fairly un-special and undeserving of an entire post on this here blog, but the catch to it is: they remembered having seen it. A LOT of people remembered seeing it.

The Benefits of Being a Writer

The other day I ran into a guy that used to come into the coffee shop I worked in, a guy that shared a similar love for writing that I did and who was now, or would be soon, going to school for English. We talked for a moment and then parted ways, but I couldn’t help thinking of how envious I was of his position.

Settling In and December Change

The last few weeks have been a little strange I’d say, not because of any one thing, but because of everything. When your life takes a turn–albeit a planned, expected and wondrous turn such as you might find with moving out and marriage–it takes some adjusting, some settling in.

There’s Dust in These Bones

There’s something strange about being married. Slip on a suit, slide on a ring, say your I dos and in a moment, no matter your age, something happens.

I’ve Been Married for Two Weeks–What Has it Been Like So Far?

On November 12th, my who was until recently girlfriend, fiancée, but is now wife and I got married, and on the 17th, we returned from our honeymoon. Over the past few days, we’ve been slowly adjusting to the married life: unpacking, grocery shopping, discovering who hogs covers the most (me apparently), and it’s been…a lot to get a handle of.

We’re in the Single Digits

As of today, I am officially 9 days from being married, which honestly, has been the first time so far that I’ve been nervous.  It isn’t so much that I’m nervous about the marriage, about Abbie, about being a husband, a provider, a father (one day) or anything of that sort, but rather, it’s more the day of, the being in the spotlight, the being in front of 150 odd people, all of whom are staring at us–that there’s what does it.

How Big a House and How Many Would You Like to Buy?

And with that I am done! What am I done with you ask? Why, my courses of course.  My Real Estate courses, if you’d like me to be specific.

New is Always Better

The period wherein you are engaged to another person is truly a blessing.  If it weren’t for the past few months where both Abbie and I were allowed and encouraged to change, where our lives were given the opportunity to gradually mold into something that would fit together seamlessly somewhat come marriage, I don’t know what we’d do–or at the very least what I would do.

I’m not a person that has ever responded well to a lot of change at once.