Catching up

I feel like it has been forever since I've posted anything. Part of that is because the last two days as I was attempting to throw something up, I was given warnings in Romanian that I was doing something wrong and was thus locked out of my account.

I finally have thing figured out and plan on having a banner posting day tomorrow.

These past few weeks have been very difficult, through the housing of some impolite house guests, getting sick and struggling with missing things going on at home. One at a time these tend to be a lot to deal with, however when they all come together at the same time, made it exceptionally difficult.

I love traveling. I love seeing new places. But the first baby shower of my family was this past weekend. It's a bit of a seminal event in the family. It's bad enough that I don't get to see Grady until June (when he's six months old), I'm also missing out on all the fun stuff. Getting Josh into trouble, by monopolizing his time watching sports than taking care of his pregnant wife. All the fun stuff.

I do love and miss everyone, and I know that I don't say that enough. Anyway, 3 posts coming tomorrow. I'm stoked.

New Directions

As much as I would love to do another write up on "Glee", that's going to have to wait for the time being.

I am actually excited about what began last week. For the first time in my life I have begun to work out with some earnest ambition. Last week, Spencer and I signed up for memberships at "Gold's Gym". The pain began almost immediately, but I am committed to see this through. I am pumped (figuratively) about this.

In addition to the lifestyle change, my Romania life changed. Last week was the first week of having Trinity come for school. Things are going to take awhile to settle down, because she still sees me as "Drew the playmate" instead of "Drew the teacher". We are going to be working on getting her reading as soon as possible (her desire).

On a lighter note, the devastatingly abysmal year of the Cleveland Indians has finally ended, and the Browns have finally gotten rid of Braylon Edwards. Bring on basketball season. (Over/under of LeBron having 17 triple-doubles this season?) 

Sloppy OCD

I am officially coining this as a new term. Even though there are aspects of my life which I am fairly laissez faire, however when it comes to my computer (or most specifically my external hard drives), I am totally and completely OCD. A once over my apartment would reveal that I am not the most clean person. Dishes occasionally go undone for several days, clothes may or may not be washed in a timely fashion and sweeping is done only out of necessity.

Giving a once over of my hard drive would show something completely different. Television shows are very carefully labeled, episodes being divided by season and clearly labeled in the season by episode number and name. It is a wonderful system that allows me to cleanliness I desire. My dvds and books at home are done similarly.

This is how I have decided to start looking at my relationships. Some of them are going to be nicely packaged (where there are no surprises), others are going to be messy. In my life, I am finding for my sanity that I need both. There are unfortunate relationships that exist just to be conversation fodder.

Many people I have known I have brought unnecessary drama to my life (both directly and indirectly). This definitely prevents life from getting boring. However, it is the more stable relationships that prevent the inconsistent relationships from getting the best of us. People have changed me. Each person I have come in contact with, has changed me a little. It's interesting seeing the direction our lives progress, and the relationships we have along the way. Both the "Sloppy" and the "OCD".