adult life and learning

an update.

i’m writing from the college library. i don’t think you are supposed to look at anything other than the dewey decimal wiki page, but i’m a bit of a rogue these days. i’m here about 9 hours each week, taking a total of 3 courses.

they are safety courses. i am now working as a safety representative for my company. i am truly happier than i have ever been… on the job. i deal with osha regulations and how they effect our companies performance and all kinds of other technical mumbo… but mostly i walk around and talk to people. i give speeches in front of 500 people once a week. i sit on my ass. it’s great!

i’ve lost 23 pounds. i eat healthier, and stay more active. the weight loss is steady, and less likely to come back after a bender weekend. so, i’m officially at 233 lbs. 33 lbs left before i reach my goal. i have until september to lose the rest. just a refresher, in beginning of december i weighed 255.

the kids… oh my. they grow and grow. and yet they love me more each day. i don’t see them enough… work consumes me, which is why i’m back at school.

sara is amazing… every year she proves to me that i would be lost without her. so far this year, she juggles the pto, girl scouts, dance lessons, softball, basketball, all three kids school activities, all the bill paying, everything else. i bring home the bacon… she makes banana pudding out of it.

i am still living away from home. my 1999 prowler travel trailer is most comfortable. i stay in a cushy travel trailer park… i work nites. i am now 34 years old.

i have refreshed my relationship with my best man… we had parted ways 3 years ago… now, i can’t remember why. eh, it’s not important anyway. my life is completely different from a year ago. i’m much more focused. much more mature. much more independent.

i have let go of some close friends… and that hurt like hell. but, we have said our apologies, and agree that right now it’s best. in some ways, i respect them more now that they are gone… i guess, because they  let me go when i needed to get away.

i miss this… more than you could ever know… my mind flirts with new computers, and how i could somehow afford it right now… but a new house is on the horizon, and more school, and a new truck in august, and a million other things… but, you never know… you really never know.

all my love to those who may read this… each and every one of you are carried in my heart daily. send good thoughts my way… i’ll be back soon.

all my love.

rick