A foul act

Today I took an elevator down from the fourth floor down to the first floor as I do many times.  This time was different because I got into an elevator that was empty except for the stink someone had left behind.  I got into the elevator and didn’t notice the stink until I had already pressed the first floor button to go down and the door had closed.  As I stood there, I started sweating and thought to myself, “Oh crap someone is going to get on the elevator and think I did this”.  So I said a silent prayer to allow the elevator to reach the first floor without stopping.  Well today my prayer was answered because I made it to the first floor with no passengers.  I really hope that one day this person will get caught in the act and be embarassed. 

Just sitting around contemplating….

I was just sitting around this evening listening to some Damien Rice and contemplating things since Melanie is down at my parents with Ashton. I was thinking about all the beliefs and thoughts I had when I was 21 and how they had changed quite a bit since then. I sometimes feel that my outlook on life is a little more negative than it was 10 or 15 years ago. I don’t know if I am getting more bitter with age or maybe I’m just stuck in a rut and it’s just affecting other things in my life. One thing lately that I think has gotten me out of that possible rut was the birth of our son, Ashton. I think sometimes God puts things in your life to shake things up so you get your priorities straight. I just hope God will give me the patience to control my negativeness and show Ashton how positive things in life can be. I know that the only memories I have of my childhood are good memories and I want him to sit back when he’s 36 like I am and reflect about how happy his memories of his childhood were. I guess I want to say that I hope I can do as good a job of bringing up Ashton as my parents did with me.

Congratulations Craig and Stephanie

This weekend Melanie and I went down to Jekyll Island to celebrate the wedding of one of my good friends from College to his new bride. As I drove down to Jekyll Island I thought about all that had transpired since Craig and I first met back in College. I remember many a weekend of going down to Piedmont park to roller blade and to throw the Aerobi(sp?) around. I remember going to play Volleyball one day and talking our friend Darren Gandy into going down a big hill on his day old roller blades. I still feel sorry about Darren falling and getting some nasty road rash. I remember us going out to the old Taco Mac over on Roswell Road to watch many a Braves game. I remember helping Craig move that damn( ) hide a bed couch up 3 stories to his apartment off of Clairmont. I still don’t know how we did it. I just want to thank Craig for some really good memories. It was nice to go down memory lane for a while.

I guess I basically want to congratulate Stephanie and Craig on their new marriage and I want to wish them the best. The wedding was one of the nicest I have ever been to and the backdrop for their vows was really incredible. It was very relaxing and I thought it was very well planned out. Thanks for letting Melanie and I be a part of your special day.

Back to blogging…

It’s been a while since I wrote an entry simply because work and house related things have been taking all my time. I guess quite a number of things have happened since I last blogged. My sister and her family had to leave their house in Mandeville(north shore of Lake Ponchatrain) to avoid hurricane Katrina. Luckily for them, they avoided much of the devastation that many people in that area faced. I know God was looking over their house. They went back week before last once power was restored and they are repairing the damage from the tree that poked a hole in their master bedroom. After looking at the pictures, I still don’t know how that tree didn’t go right through the center of their house. I really felt guilty that I couldn’t come down with Leigh and Dan labor day weekend. If I could have gotten off a day earlier I would have gone down to help out.

On the home front, we have been kicking around the idea of selling the house. Melanie and I love where where we live but we have some issues with the elementary school and our neighborhood that I doubt will get any better in the coming years so the current plan is to put the house on the market in the spring unless a house we really like comes on the market sooner(we’ll put it on the market immediately). The one thing that really sucks is we have put many, many hours into this house and I really hate to have to do the same on another house. I know where all the shortcomings are with our house but who knows what is wrong with the house we might buy. Of course I’m smarter now also. When you replace every major part of your home, you get that way.

Til next time….