Today

Today was weird.

Up early, off to Farmer's Market. Then a short walk around downtown. Then to brunch at Mia's. I had a couple of very watery, bad, bloody marys. All before noon.

Then a long nap.

Then, cleaning the house, working out and taking the dogs with me on a jog.

Watching the Preakness, drinks talking about the boat. Chris came over. We walked to Roots for dinner then back here and listened to music and drinking.

I'm the last one up.

I love these kinds of Saturdays.

Looking forward to tomorrow.

Very early morning 5/16

Ok, so I currently hate my job, that's a given. The weekend is in full effect. So life is good.

Life is good for the most part. I'm not even going to bring up the most recent developments at work.

I know my relationship with God grows stronger every day. I pray every day for a stronger relationship and hope that the things I do will lead me further on that path.

Discernment / my partner

Well tonight was good. I talked with my partner again about my discernment process, i.e. becoming a priest. With some bumps along the conversation, things really turned out great. He wants me to pursue what I feel called to pursue, he feels it wouldn't be right to not pursue it. Given that, I still know there will be some big challenges along the way.

Ok, that's a big deal.

Now, hopefully, the rest will take care of itself.

Kung fu outside

Tonight my martial arts class was held outside at a local park. I knew the park and knew it'd be a royal pain getting there during rush hour and I was not disappointed.

Apparently I chose the completely wrong route to class and ending up being late despite leaving 20 minutes early.

Regardless, this was a somewhat new experience for me, having only had two previous martial arts classes outdoors and neither of them in a public park.

Thankfully there weren't any gawkers, just a hispanic family having a picnic in the shelter and some frat guys having a friendly game of something, cornhole, miniature golf? I'm not sure.

Class itself started off pretty standard, given the grass, wildly uneven ground, rocks bumps and everything else to throw me off. And to add in I was wearing extremtly old shoes that had lost all sense of padding.

The only part that really struck me was at one point towards the end of class, in fact near the very end, our instructor was giving some pointers, adding some advice and giving general advice in terms of practice, spirituality and what not. He was framed by the sunset fading over the trees. Something I won't soon forget. Pretty meaningful. I wish I had taken a picture.

Cool stuff.

Storms

I love a good thunderstorm, if I'm home and everything is taken care of. That is, I don't have any reason nor desire to leave the house.

It never seems to work out like that though.

Today we had a pretty good sized line of storms roll through and the bulk of it happened while I was at work. It was still happening after I got home but I was busy cleaning, straightening up, etc so I couldn't enjoy it.

Sounds strange, but yes I enjoy a nice strong thunderstorm.

I certainly don't want anyone to be hurt or property to be damaged, but I do love the thunder and lightning and the downpour of rain. There is a certain tranquility to it, the machine gun sound of raindrops hitting the roof, the cracking of lightning, the rolling thunder, the gray skies.

Of course by the time I got things settled and was ready to enjoy the night, the clouds had parted and the sun was shining. And although the sun shining has been a rare occurence around here for the last week or so, I secretly wished for another wave of storms to roll through here.

Feeling fat

Despite working out more than most people I know, I still feel fat!

I'm developing a double chin, what a crock! I don't eat a perfect diet but it's better than most.

I do have a weakness for wine, soda and the occasional gorging on chips and salsa. Add in my molasses like metabolism and I suppose that explains things.

So frustrating though to lift weights, go for a jog and still feel like a slug.

Whew

What a time to live in. For everyone it's chaotic, the economy is in turmoil, people are depressed, everything feels like it's in free fall.

In my life things are just as chaotic. Work is nuts and otherwise still trying to figure things out.

Ok, so more posts to come. I have some definite thoughts and opinions to express and I'll be putting them here.

Until then, cheers.