It's been a while since I blogged anything. Three months from now I will be having a birthday. I was reminded of this when asked how old I was today. So I did a little thinking on what I have to show for my almost 28 years of existence.
Well I have had many ups and downs...a lot more of the downs it seems most days. Lets go back a few years...I did enough work in school to pass, though when motivated I was on the honor role. I played on the varsity football team all four years of high school. I graduated, went to college, dropped out, was working as a pharmacy tech. Went back to school paying my own way...dropped out again. The third time I went back to college I was paying my own way again, but also taking a class at night to become an EMT and taking classes on the weekends to be a firefighter. I dropped college and upon graduation from EMT class (with the highest grade in the class) I made a career of it.
During my career as an EMT/Firefighter I met the woman that would later become my wife. I also received the injury that would end my public service career. I gained 2 wonderful boys as step-sons and a few months after the wedding my daughter was born.
During the beginning of the marriage we were living in the house that I had bought when I was 22. Due to my injury we were forced to sell it. We moved to the apartment above my mother-in-laws house. I choose to be a stay at home dad. I took care of my kids as well as my wifes aging great-grandmother who had Alzheimer's.
A little more then a year ago my wife kicked me out, with no money nor any concern of where I was to go. Having sold my home, and using a good portion of the profit to fix up the apartment we were living in, I was out on the street. Now my friends had all moved to distant states and with no one left to turn to, I was extremely fortunate to be accepted back home by my parents. I could have moved in with several friends but would have been many hours away from my kids.
Back in late October of '07 after trying to find a job (which isn't easy when you have had a worker's compensation claim) I was lucky to get an interview with the company that I presently work for. Things were on the upside for the first time in a long time.
Well I get to see both of my step-sons still. I am slowly getting back on my feet. Now lets see what my goals where in life and where I stand now...
learn to play guitar....check
learn to sail...check
buy a sailboat and sail to the Caribbean...not yet
get married, raise a family...sort of, didn't work out as planned.
buy a harley...soon I hope
restore my dream car...when I find a '70 Challenger I am on it lol
travel to all 50 states....about halfway done
there are some more but i'll leave them out...if you actually read this far down and want to know just ask...
So you made it this far down in my ramblings...I am impressed, you are either very interested in me or extremely bored...if you are interested in me don't be shy, I am shy enough for both of us. If your bored well I can't blame you...I have lived with ADHD all of my life and am easily bored and find trivial things to do other then what I am supposed to be doing...Thanks for reading
