my lovely wife wrote a beautiful short poem tonight...

it should be read by all... take the jump below!

the beckon

Every year i always go to Hoosier Hysteria to support my INDIANA HOOOOOOOOOOSIERS! in case you haven't heard of it, it's essentially the "first" "official" "practice" of the season for college basketball... It's a time to see the new team, watch a scrimmage, a 3 point contest and a dunk contest. It's also a great time to help Indiana get new recruits by showing tremendous support for a team that was below mediocre last year. But it's a building year. tons of new faces and hopefully we will at least win 1/2 of our games. I think we will be better next year and amazing the following year. time will tell... anyway... it's a tradition to go... so i'm doing it... at least while i'm in the near vicinity...

why do people knowingly make bad choices?

that's one thing i just don't get.

It happens all the time. Some people for whatever reason decide to do something so obviously wrong. I don't get it. It's one thing to stumble onto a path with a dead end and upon realizing it's a poor choice, turning around. But when you've been warned by friends and family that what you are doing is downright destructive, and you still choose to go down a dead end path. I just don't get that. Why would you make choices like that?

Do you really want a life like that? You could be so much more than what you are choosing to be. The future is bright... It really is... The universe is infinite with stars beyond stars and you've got your eyes fixed on the dirt...

I can walk with you for a while but our paths are in different directions. eventually you will become a speck in the distance slowly fading away. when you are ready to meet up again I will leave you bread crumbs to find me. and I'll be waiting with open arms. but for now, I can't go any further.

i've said my peace. i've poured it all out. it's obvious. this isn't love. this is infatuation. this is addiction. and it's changed the core of who you are.

i don't like the deceit. i don't like the lies. i don't like the manipulation. i don't like the smugness. where did your innocence go?

your road is ending.

i just don't get it...

turn around!

i just don't get it...

but here i am waiting... i'm here... i love you... come back?

....................................................................................................................... (arms still open)

so in comes fall with all of it's cold and it's rain and now i'm sick. a cold. ugh. it makes everything miserable.

as for work. last week i was in overtime. this week i'm in overtime. next week i am in overtime. which is probably why i am sick... i am just worn out... but i won't complain. i appreciate the overtime... considering almost 1 out of every 10 americans is out of work, i am blessed...

it's interesting that we focus a lot on the things we don't have... i don't have a lot of things. but i still have more than i need...

sara has already started listening christmas music. ahhhhhhhhhhh! we haven't even passed Halloween. she's a little crazy, but i love her... haha

stargate universe is here... it's totally different from other stargate series... but i still like it... it's like Stargate meets Battlestar Galatica meets LOST meets Star Trek meets Lost in Space. so it's pretty good.

so i am going to go see this band in november. their new record drops at the end of october. i can't begin to tell you how excited i am.

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