It has been a long time since I last wrote and entry.  A lot has happened since the beginning of the year.  Some good, but a lot of negative.  If only there was a way to carve out the negative that has happened and focus on all of the good things that I have experienced.  But I can't seem to do it at the moment.

Good things:

1) Weddings - I have been invited to/attended seven weddings since the beginning of the year.  All of these have been close friends who have taken their lives to the next level.  Hell, my brother got married this year.  It was a great weekend with old friends and family.  May everyone's lives be that much better with their new spouse.

2) Babies - Three of my close friends have welcomed babies into the world since the beginning of the year.  My sister and her husband are expecting in November.

3) Parents moved to Germany - They are finally able to do all of the travelling that they have spent their entire lives hoping that they can do.  It will be a great two years that they get to spend there together.

Bad things:

1) Cancer - I was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphoma on July 3rd.  It has certainly taken a lot to get used to calling myself a cancer patient.  I don't know just how much it has taken out of me, but it is a lot.  Not sure where this road is to end, but I do see a light down the long tunnel.

2) Poor choice in roommates - Once again, I made a bad decision with concern to a roommate.  I met a girl over the internet and thought that I could help her out.  In the end, she leeched off of me for 3 months and on her way out, she took out a credit card in my name and took off back to Indiana.

3) Poor job performance - Again, I find myself on the wrong end of training.  I started the year learning a new job.  When it came time for my evaluations, I once again performed to my stellar capacity and severely hosed them.  I think that someone is trying to tell me something.

Well, there are the highlights of the year so far.  Maybe someone could help shine a light as to a reason.  I begin to wonder at times what direction I should put my life towards.  It is a question that I need to contemplate deeply on.

I know it has been a very long time since the last time that I wrote a blog entry, but there is no time like the Holiday season to write one.

It has been a very interesting time for me this year.  The end of this year has not changed that.  My holiday vacation started this year with a brief visit to Indianapolis.  That was a very good time.  I wish that I didn't have to ruin most of the days working on stuff from work that should have been done weeks ago.  I went there to visit my friend Linda.  It was originally going to be a complete surprise; showing up at her work.  I thought it was a great idea, but a couple of days before I was to go, I had to let the cat out of the bag.  She was going to have to work both nights that I was going to be in town and well, that wouldn't have been as much fun.  It was a good thing that I did tell her though, there was a few details that we had to work out that I had not originally thought of.  All in all, a very nice visit.

From Indy, I flew down to the panhandle of Florida to visit my best friend and his wife, and to spend the Christmas holiday with them.  Aside from the manual labor that I had to perform in helping him tile the addition to their home, it was a great visit.  Each day here has been extremely relaxing.  It is exactly what I needed to end the year.  Every once in a while, real life attempted to creep back into my days here, but for the most part, I've been able to avoid it.  The days here have been filled with reading, tiling, great food and tons of college football.  Every time I get the privilege to spend time with them, I realize why I love them and I hate to have to leave today.

As real life once again encroaches on my existence, I look back to my time with my friends and family that I've been able to enjoy since coming home and I'm extremely grateful that I'm bless with the greatest people to surround myself with.  I miss you all.

I know that it was been almost a month since the last time that I wrote in here, so I thought that I'd post something.

So classes have started again.  Once again I delve into a world of academia that I really don't belong in.  But hey, I might even walk away from this with a Master's Degree.  While the major Aviation Administration and Logistical Support might sound like a mouthful, it is really quite simple to decifer.  I am going to school to learn how to run an aviation type of business.

Now it isn't quite like what I did for my undergraduate work, it is really the next thing.  It takes an admin degree; tosses in a few business classes and puts an aviation spin on it.  Rather interesting if you are into that type of thing and well, I am.

I've got three classes complete and in the books, taking two more this semester, and I hope to finish sometime in 2009.  I just hope that I'm able to finish before any more opportunities like my last one come across my desk or else I'll never finish.