the daily dub

Last Friday, the sweetest thing ever happened to me.

Thursday night, I came home and noticed a door tag on my door – I had missed a parcel delivery. Thinking back, I didn’t remember ordering anything, except maybe concert tickets, but those come in a letter, not a parcel…

So Friday morning, I drove to the post office, 9am (the earliest they’d accept a pickup).

A rather beat up package came for me – no return address, completely anonymous…
except for the post mark – Rogers, Arkansas…

I opened it up to find, thankfully, everything intact. In it was a mix CD, a note, and a coffee mug. And not just any coffee mug – a “Life is Good” coffee mug. And not just any “Life is Good” coffee mug – a big, heavy one, just like I had said I like a few weeks prior.

serious, serious bonus points.

oh, and I passed my airway management test tonight!

A close friend and I, after sharing possibly too much health related information, decided it’s high time we detoxed and got in shape.

After 2 weeks (he had a head start on me), he came to the following conclusion:

me: i didn’t know detoxing could hurt so much (this is day 3)
me: wow, headache

him: it’s an interesting catch 22 for me
him: I stopped drinking for a bit in part to make sure that I could
him: and now that I know that I can
him: I realize that not drinking is kinda boring.
him: and unexpectedly physiologically taxing

me: yea, no shit.
me: make it stop!

I forced in 2.2 miles of running yesterday morning. I’m going to do it again tonight if it kills me.

I ran out of steam at work today at around 3pm… that’s unheard of!

I guess giving up beer/booze, caffeine, and stiking to salad at lunch can do that to a guy…

Classroom work:
11 of 24 hours complete.

Skills work:
3 of 11 skills passed.

Time remaining, 1 month and change…

and I still had time to teach myself how to play Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse by Minus the Bear. That song is insane, though actually not terribly hard with a decent pickup (I might need a new electric guitar to make this sound stellar, but it sounds pretty damn good on my acoustic).

18.

When people lose touch with Tao,
they start talking about
“righteousness” and “sanctity.”

When people forget what’s true,
they start talking about
“self-evident truths.”

When people have no respect
for one another,
they start talking about
“political correctness”
and “family values.”

When the nation is unstable,
people start talking about “patriotism.”

– From a more culturally accessible translation of the Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu).

they say you don’t get anything if you don’t go out on a limb.

on that note, i’ve just purchased air fare to Arkansas.

…cue massive grin…