Life Thus Far

The Girlfriend | That Was
The girlfriend and I are no more. She ended it. Her choice. Bad timing completely. Broke up with me on my lunch break from work. (Needless to say, I took the rest of the night off.) It wasn’t me… It was her… Or so she says. I miss her. I am more so bitter inside. It’s hard being bitter when you more so just miss the other person.

Part of me says to hell with it… I had gone four years single, what’s a few more? I sat around the house for a few days in my underware, eating icecream and smoking cigarettes. At least my dog and my momma still love me. They are the two most important ladies in my life!

Killian | The Yellow Lab
Killian (my Yellow Lab/Boxer Mix puppy) is growing ever so quickly. She is now three months old. She is learning to enjoy baths, Saturday afternoon naps and trips to the park. She also now has mastered coming when being called by her name, sitting when told and is in the final housebreaking stages. She went today for another round of shots and to have her nails cut again. I figured the shots were gonna suck, so I might as well make today royally suck for her and take her to have her nails cut too. She hated it. But, I guess on the up side for her, the employee at the drive-thru at Sonic gave her a bone. Also have a great book recommendation about a yellow lab and her owner’s adventures: Marley & Me
Click here for the book website.

Wachovia | It’s A Job
…Nothing more. The pay is good. The work environment is fine. I am convinced however that Americans suck at balancing a checkbook and keeping track of their finances. I am convinced too that many don’t mind overspending, even if that means being in debt to the bank for doing so. I am about to change my hours at W. Starting October 1st I will be working Sunday though Thursday, 6:15a to 3:15p. Total opposite of what I am working now. Should be a good change though. More “normal” working hours, thus letting me have a more “normal” routine.

Fall | ThePlex | Other Random Stuff
Fall: It’s coming. Pumpkins are appearing. I changed the flowers on the porch to pansies and mums. It’s a tradition. It means cooler nights are coming. Pumpkin Spice Lattes have returned to Starbucks. Sweater weather is right around the corner. Throw another blanket on the bed.

ThePlex: Killed our first mouse the other week. Took us six traps, some old cheese and ripping the kitchen apart, but now he’s dead. I used to think roaches were bad until this (the mouse). Rich and I are probably the best roommates. We can read each other rather well and know what each other is thinking even before it’s spoken. He is also a great spiritual encouragement to me.

New Car: I bought a new car about a month ago. It’s a 2006 Kia Rio. It gets 40+ miles to the gallon. Love the car. Hate the payments.

Batter My Heart by John Donne

Batter my heart, three-person’d God ; for you
As yet but knock ; breathe, shine, and seek to mend ;
That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend
Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like an usurp’d town, to another due,
Labour to admit you, but O, to no end.
Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend,
But is captived, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain,
But am betroth’d unto your enemy ;
Divorce me, untie, or break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.

Work. Sleep. 65lb Greyhound.

Work. Sleep. A 65lb Greyhound. Those three things pretty much keep me busy. Work is going well. Stats were just released yesterday. In sales I am ranking at the top, a Level 5. Calls per hour I am ranking at a level 3. Overall, I am doing damn good for someone in their 2nd month there.

Mace is doing well. Joel and I have learned rather quickly that Mace does things on his own terms. He sleeps when he wants. Eats when he wants. Don’t ask him to play with a toy or bone– he will only do so when he is good and ready. Mace got to take a ride to Wal-Mart tonight. It wore him out. Now he’s napping.

Thinking about how I am going to pay off these student loans. If you are in college now, run like hell from student loans. Repayment is a bitch. I am also thinking about buying a house, but that is at least two years down the road. I need to first figure out if I want to stay in Columbia or move to Charlotte to work for Wachovia. Time will tell.

Spiritual life is shit right now. Reading “To Own a Dragon.” I don’t really want a dragon as a result of my readings, instead I want a Father.

There’s the update for ya. Thanks for reading. Click comment below and give me some motivation to keep posting…. Or for that matter, to keep living.

Welcome Mace to ThePlex

He has arrived! Mace is the newest member of ThePlex. We (Joel and I) adopted him on Saturday, March 5th. His first two weeks have gone by quickly. He weighs in at 63lbs.

Mace sleeps about 20 hours a day, enjoying a walk in the park or at the River Walk almost daily. For being a retired racing greyhound, he has the perfect life. I will post more picture of Mace’s adventures later.