The Streak Goes On

Today I was again successful in my on going streak of "Days in a Row that I have Somehow Managed to Keep Myself Alive." The current streak is 8836 (I'm very proud). If all things continue to go as planed the streak will hit 9000 on July 7, 2007 (which is hopefully the day the last Harry Potter book will be released).

Also I managed to go to most of my classes today and even do homework for them. What a great day.

Kids on the Bus

Lately I've been driving the same bus route, which means I see the same kids everyday. The particular route that I drive happens to be kids with "special needs" or kids that have severe mental handicaps (this is the route that is commonly called "the short bus"). We have one girl on board, who sits in a wheelchair and just screams and screams. Today I have never felt so blessed. Sure I have my problems like the next person, but I am healthy. All of my limbs function the way they were designed to. I have the ability to think clearly. It is just humbling to look at someone with mental handicaps. What sort of life is it to need someone to care for you all the time? It really is just amazing to me that most people just take their bodies for granted, not thinking about those who don't have it so good. It sort of just puts everything in a clearer perspective.

Hockey

Today some guys from my ward invited me to go play hockey down at Seven Peaks. Other than the fact that I can't skate to save my life it was fun. Where has this game been all me life?

Church and Life in General

Today, being Sunday, I attended church with my ward. At times I really loathe going to church and at times I really enjoy church. Today church was very good and got me thinking. I grew up a member of the church and even served a mission and yet it surprises me how simple truths continue to hit me. Today I was thinking about the person that I have become and how I have become that person. A comment was made that we do in fact choose our characters which really hit me for some reason. We do in fact choose who we will be. I am the person that I have allowed myself to become. All of my thoughts, hopes, and decisions directly show the person I am. I often just sit and ponder and today I took the time to think about who I was five years ago, who I was ten years ago. It is really eerie for me to see who I was then and know that those people directly caused the person that I am today through their actions and choices. That recognition gives me peace since now I know that in order to change the future me, I need to make the choices to become who I want to be today. My today's actions dictate who I will be, just as much as my past actions have dictated who I now am.

Busy Busy Busy/ Life is Odd

Today as I sat through endless hours of class, it occured to me how busy I am. I got up at 6, went to school all day, did homework, and eventually came home at around 8. As I was walking home it really occured to me just how much work I still need to get done before going to bed and how stressful tomorrow will be too. Perhaps it really will be easier to just drop out and become a bum.

No matter how busy I get, I still find life odd sometimes. Sometimes it's really fun to just sit in the Wilk and people watch just to see what sort of odd things happen. Today for example marks the start of recruiting for summer jobs at camps, efy, etc. I can't imagine wanting to do something like that and to me it really is just odd that people do end up doing stuff like that.

I recently ran into a girl that I used to have a huge crush on. Life is again odd just because the whole ritual of dating is so hard. First you actually have to plan something, and then ask someone out -- it just seems to take a lot of effort to find out if a girl really likes you or not. There really has to be an easier way.

Howdy, Happy New Year, Happy Birfday, Etc.

I figure that every now and again I should probably take the time to update this (and I really should try to do a wee bit better at writing in this anyway). The only real big news in my life is that I have decided to stay here at BYU for the next few years (but mostly because my mission cost me my Ohio residency). It is very sad, but so is life.