getting there ever so slowly....

Hello Friends! i’ve discovered that i cannot sleep. i’ve decided to make (good?) use of this time and write an overdue blog. Ramblings in the wee hours of the morning. nothing more. Susan has moved down to spencer with me so she can start her new job at authorhouse as a children’s book illustrator. as one creative professional to another, i’m so proud of her. it’s quite an accomplishment when you can do something you like to do for a living. not many people can say that. we’ve both worked crappy, blue collar jobs to get to this point which i feel helps us appreciate where we are at and to not take things for granted. also, susan has moved down here so we can start our new life together. it was hard living at each other’s houses through the week which we were an hour apart. saturday will be 5 months and it’s been an amazing ride. i’ve never found someone who has completed me in so many ways. it’s easy to get insecure about yourself as a person when you’re around such a wonderful person. "Why am I the fortunate one?" "what makes ME wondeful to her?" I’m a perfectionist anyway. i want to be number one at everything. but, i can’t be. none of us can. at the end of the day we’re all just looking to see where we fit in and if it makes us comfortable. perfectionists have a hard time with such things. i feel we all are striving for that perfection at times. some more than others. we all want to be the beautiful/handsome person in the tabloids. the talented painter, musician, athlete, comedian, writer, etc... we want to be the number one person in someone’s life. am i Johnny Depp? Matthew Maconahay? Lewis Black? Dane Cook? Monet? Norman Rockwell? LeBron James? oh god no... but, it’s nice to know we fit in somewhere. all i know for sure is that there was a day not that long ago that i said i would probably not get married again. i’ve changed my mind and believe i’ve found a partner in every sense of the word to grow old with and raise a family together.

i’m rambling a bit, but i warned you. blogs are great because i can rant and rant and not worry that much about it. that’s what you’re supposed to do on these things. well, enough rambling. i believe i’ll try to continue my slumber... farewell friends!

the big move...

back to the big move.... i can’t thank everyone enough for helping us when we needed it the most the last few weeks. you find out who your true friends are when it’s moving day. LOL my transmission in my truck went out right as i was heading to indy to get the first load. i was so aggrevated. I can’t thank my friends donnie and amy enough for helping us. they sacrificed two weekends to come and help us plus have let us borrow a vehicle when we needed it to get things done. all of that and they didn’t blink an eye. i certainly understand people that just couldn’t make it out or had previous engagements. we had some setbacks but, we had some real triumphs considering the circumstances. a special thanks goes out to Joanna and Brian for helping us on joanna’s ONLY and i mean ONLY day off during the month to come help move a piano into a truck and just be there to help. that really meant alot.

i’d also like to personally thank tracy for her help and use of her truck. each day we got kicked in the teeth by one setback or another and it was friends like donnie, amy, joanna, brian and tracy that helped save the day. they helped turn crappy days into productive ones. susan got her new job sooner than she expected so we had to speed things up from a month and a half to move into about two and a half weeks. this move has been one for the books and i’ve eaten more fast food during this than any one man should consume EVER. but, we’re all in the same place now. all 5 of us. we have 3 cats/children total. it has been challenging. i’ll just leave it at that but, we are managing and trying to put our home together. fellow spencerians(?) please join me in welcoming susan into the community and making her feel welcome. be good my friends and we will talk again soon.