UPDATE

Today was a good day.
1. Went to school. Not so good, but you get the point.
2. Went to Target and MTC with Ivan. Bought some polypropelene rope.
3. Went to Work out.
4. Went to work.
5. Took a friend home who had car troubles.
6. Home now.
7. Being told to update my blog.

Happy?

A whole new week. Finally.

It is about time last week was over and done with. Although many good things happened, I believe most of the best stuff happened last night and into the wee hours of the morning. Today is Sunday, September 13, 2009 and I have just finished eating the best breakfast ever. Not because of the taste of the food or anything, but what I had to do to get it. All this and more on todays Day by Day with Matt W. posting...

Yesterday, Saturday, started off well. I woke up and my mom suggested we go eat Sushi. So off we went to Oh! Sushi! That's the name of the store, but I fear its a play on words for something not as appealing, oh well. So we ate tons and tons of Sushi, I was very full and very tired by the end of that meal. We took home some udon and some of our volcano rolls. My dad was supposed to try them, but, he didn't. Oh well. So After lunch we checked the mail and realized my senior pictures had come in, and they are looking excellent! Once we order them I will have better scans and such with none of the stupid watermark crap on it.

So then once we did get home, it was time I went to work, and so another excellent day of training at the light console. I did the first show about halfway through, and the second show I did by myself, kinda. Thanks to Robin and Rick for the training. Next week at work doesn't seem as exciting. I'm working...2 shows? And I think I'm pulling curtain for both. Hopefully I'll be back on lights soon, and finish up my training. Who knows.

After work, I went home and got online and talked to people and uploaded some of my proofs online for people to see and comment and such. Then went upstairs and texted someone who, might I say, I am rather fond of talking to and hope to continue such activities.

Then, my stomach started hurting. It wasn't a normal stomach ache either, it was like I was laying on something that was pressing into my stomach, but I flattened out the sheets and comforter and it still felt this way. Eventually it went away and I fell asleep. Hooray. Then I woke up about 3 and a half hours later to my mom telling me to get up. I didn't want to. So I told her my reasoning and they went to church without me. But at least I got to sleep. I also went to get doughnuts. Yay! I love doughnuts.

As for tomorrow, I have school in the morning , luckily its an A-day so I have Economics, Art 2 Ceramics, and Theater. Excellent day. And on Thursday is the Employee party up at speedzone!!! I'm so excited. It will be the first employee party I am going to since I can get off school at 11 on B days, yay. Awesome week ahead. I hope yours is just as exciting.

Peace
Matt W.

Something has to be done.

Well, it's obviously been a while since I have posted on here, but I just wanted to because I'm going through a lot right now and the only way I seem to be able to get through anything is to write about it.

As most of you know, I have been single for a few months. I've dated one girl since I dated Courtney, and things between us just didn't seem to click. We remain friends, however, and continue talking.

I started my senior year of high school this past month and so far its going great. My favorite class has to be Theater 1 because I discovered I love acting however nervous it makes me. I do enjoy it and hope to continue with it.

I recently had a situation happen between Courtney and I that have many of you in question and I just want to clear it up. She wanted to get back together, and so I agreed and we were talking for a few days. Then for a reason that shall remain unknown to me, I decided it was best we didn't get back together. So then we had a day off so to speak and then started talking again. I apologized to her, and we went on our merry way. Then, once again, I had a mind change for reasons I am unaware of and told her we shouldn't get back together. Again. Yes. By this point I was feeling really bad. I felt like this until I had another change of heart that I did want to be with her, for a reason I am unaware. So I talked to her about it, well, texted her, and she said she was going to think about it. I didn't deserve to be back with her for what I put her through, so I just continued on hoping for the best. Then, tonight, while at incredible pizza company, I decided to stop all this. I was tired of feeling bad and I was tired of having others suffer due to my stupid teenage hormones and unknown feelings. So I called and left a voice mail explaining this and as of right now I am single and going to be that way until something happens. In other words, I'm going to wait and see what the world is going to throw at me. So for anyone else that is confused, I am sorry, and to Courtney especially I am sorry for what I did. I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I hope you understand where I am coming from when I say I have to figure myself out.

As for tomorrow, going to try and see my cousin Ashleigh at her dorm, and then work from 3 til 10. I hope everyone has a good night. Sleep well.

Wow!!! Sorry for the absence.

I have had so many things happen the last two weeks it isn't even funny. I'm just going to start by saying I miss a lot of people, and I just realized that. Last week, I went on a camp out to south padre and cut my foot open on some coral, got a tattoo, and got two kayaking awards. It was a great vacation. Now I'm back at work again, and I did sound last Monday, which was awesome, as usual. I won't go into detail about all that, but I will about today, keeping up with tradition.

Well, started off with me waking up at around 11:00 and watching TV and texting some people on my new phone! Which is a Sony Ericcson w760a and is much cheaper per month than the iphone with a lot of awesome features as well. I talked to my friend Daniel and we went to lunch at Ojeda's Mexican Diner. Which is awesome food and service, because they got a two dollar tip from me and thats hard to do.

Then we went to work, and looked at some really old photos of the castle and it's inhabitants from like the 90's. One photo had a big advertisement wanting people to enter a contest that the prize was to see the World Premiere of "The Cable Guy" which is a movie that featured Medieval Times in it. So that's how we knew it was a photo from long ago, no pun intended. Ha ha. I'm so funny, not.

Well, while at work I spotlighted, and dropped my phone 15 feet out of my spotlight booth, and it emerged unharmed, so I was pretty happy about that. Thanks to the server who picked it up and nursed it back to health, job well done. I've been messing up my internal clock these last few weeks, and I'm sad to say it was fun doing it. Talking to Amber, who is awesome and going to college. Which I am sad about, but it must be done. I shall miss her!

But after work, I came home and decided to catch up on my blog. Nothing too important here. Just normal kinda.

Peace
-Matt

White Noise.

Is that background noise that you hear when you are on the phone with someone when they don't talk. I heard that today right before she said "I'm done." And it wasn't the best thing in the world obviously. I'm sorry for my 2 days absence, I have been trying to save a relationship, which didn't work. But for now, Daniel is coming to get me so we can hang out. Single again. This is weird. Oh well. I shall have much to get used to within the next few weeks. I'm trading in my iphone, so, that will be a weird adjustment. Right now I am jamming. Later today I will stop by her place to drop off some stuff. But other than that we will continue to be friends and such.

Thanks for all my friends!!!

Peace
-Matt

Everything Mac, Everything Else.

This is the way that Apple organizes the instruction booklets/software that come with any new Apple product. They put all the stuff you need to know about the product you bought into "Everything Mac" and anything in general that is already generally known about the product, or miscellaneous software that is already installed on the product. This is how most of us tend to organize our lives. There are a few things we find most important that we feel need their own category and breaking down of things, and then we feel that there is just everything else that life comes with all one bullet point on the keynote of life. For me, mine would be "Everything Courtney/Friends/Family/Work/Guitar/Phone" and "Everything Else" of course. And that's how today was for me.

My day started off with me waking up once again staring at the clock across from my bed. It read, "10:38". I looked around, wondering what in this dismal place I call my home was worth waking up for...well...I remembered that today was the day Courtney would call and we would finally end our "break". I checked my phone. "Texts: Twitter(4), Daniel Welch (1); Missed Calls: Courtney Cona...(1); Voicemails: Courtney Cona...(1)" Yes!! I was so happy. I listened to the voice mail, definitely not her best, but it was still great to hear her voice. I called her, and we talked for like an hour. Discussing things that went on during the break, and things we planned on doing today, and things we planned on doing in the future. But after our call, I went with my mom shopping again, this time for specific camping things.

We got 2 pairs of swim trunks, 2 pairs of shorts, and a stuffed cow. Well, I got the stuffed cow...it's awesome. And I just realized something random. Why is it, that when we put a period at the end of a sentence, we must capitalize the letter that follows, yet, when we put three periods (aka ellipsis) we don't capitalize the letter after those three times as much? Hm...anyway...moving on. We left the mall and went to Wal Mart, and bought some other camping supplies. I got a snorkeling set, which is awesome and works great. I also got a lock for my locker at the gym and some Coca-Cola pajama pants. Then we went to Sports Authority, always skeptical of when I enter due to when I broke my leg in a sporting goods store in Los Angeles 4 years ago, but no matter. Courtney called me, and we talked while I was getting my water shoes, and such. Then she had to go, and I was on my home.

When I got home, I jumped in the pool and tested my new snorkel equipment, which works amazingly. Then went to shower and go to work at 5:30. Then, while at work, I forgot to give the flowers to the trumpeters for games, which made them most upset, and then I finished working, and went home, and here I am. Courtney and I talked again, breifly, but still no call, which kinda made me feel sad, but I know she loves me!!

Peace
Matt

Surfer of the Year

I have a fake made cover of "Transworld Surf Magazine" where it features me on the cover surfing in South Padre last year during the first camping trip we took out there. To be honest, when I first went, I didn't go with the most optimistic attitude, but this year, for some reason, I am really excited about going. I can't wait, honestly. I guess my sense of adventure is more overpowering than my sense to get eaten alive by mosquitoes. But after one week of no blogging, I will probably have to take a journal or something so I can just transfer my logs to blogs. We shall see.

Today, I woke up around 9:30, showered, ate, and went to McDonalds. I had to be at work extra early today because of the Boy Scout stuff that was going on again. I got to sign autographs and take pictures with the guests, which I really enjoy, so that was fun. Then two shows later, and a draining of energy, I left the castle. While waiting on my ride, I talked to Keri and she was inviting to the Backyard Beach Bar thing, but I couldn't go because my parents had just arrived and it would have been rude to have them leave right as they got there. But I told Keri she could swim at my house and bring her own booze, so it's all good. I wouldn't participate in the boozing as they call it, but I would definitely enjoy a Coca Cola while the festivities were going on.

On the ride back home and then to go out to eat, I learned something that happened yesterday during my cousins party at my house that I am nor particularly happy about. Apparently, my mother had noticed people using my computer, and being the awesome mom that she is, got my dad to get them off of it. I don't know what they were doing, but they are lucky I didn't catch them, or else I would have bored them with cool geeky stuff about the iMac that they probably wouldn't have enjoyed, but I would have! Haha! While at dinner tonight, I had some of the spiciest Jamaican Jerk Chicken I have ever had, but it was delicious. I also had some fried okra and salad. Yum!

And then we came home, and my sister and I got on the computers and such and I tried to write a song, but I just wasn't feeling it tonight. One thing I am super excited about is tomorrow, I might get to see Courtney!! It's been so long, but the wait was worth it for all the self realization that occurred within me and I'm sure what occurred within her as well. I can't wait. But for now, bedtime.

Peace
-Matt

It's never the same thing twice.

Those are the words on the back of my Magnetic Sculpture Kit Box. Because, well, no matter what, you will never be able to duplicate a magnetic sculpture over again no matter how hard you try. I feel these words mean more than just a mantra on the back of a box, I believe they have a bigger meaning about everything in our entire life. Some of these meanings are good, and some are bad, but one thing's for certain, nothing ever is the same again twice.

Yesterday, I received news that I would be going to South Padre for the second time with the Boy Scouts. The last time we went, which was last year around this time, we were visited by hurricane Dolly. That's right, a cloned sheep wiped out our trip and everything down there. But that means this year there will be all new equipment and such. Also, there doesn't seem to be any hurricanes brewing, but according to the weather expert master falconer at work, something could brew up on monday and be strong enough to do the same thing by the following monday, which, surprise, surprise, that's when we will be there. Great. Another hurricane. Hopefully that won't happen and we won't have to be back at 1 or 2 in the morning like last time. This just goes to show, It's never the same thing twice.

Today, however was a non-stop day for me. I woke up at 11:20am and had to leave for work by 11:30am, or so I thought. As we were leaving my house, I checked my phone and saw that my boss called. So I called him back and the line connected with the words, "Are you here?". I said that I wasn't and that I thought we were to be there at noon today since the first show is at 2:00pm. Well, I was right, under normal circumstances, those are the correct times we are to be there on a 2:00pm show, but today, we had some scout groups come and take over the castle so we had to be there at 11:15am. Again, It's never the same thing twice, apparently. Obviously, I got there as fast as I could and got into my guard costume and guarded a large blue curtain while posing for pictures and escorting the falconer around with his large owl. Then, three shows later after non-stop work and a blister brewing on my left ankle, it was finally time to go home. Aching from the day, my father conjured up some light conversation on the ride home and we eventually made it.

Today, I had missed my cousin's graduation party, which was at my house, and I also missed a meal, but everything that happened today seem to resemble that one mantra, It's never the same thing twice. I can't wait for Monday, as Courtney and I will finally be reunited once again. After taking a week to get rid of all my personal issues and even gaining some new ones, I do realize it was good for us in the end, however skeptical of that I was at the start of the break 5 days ago. Tomorrow, I won't be able to make it to church due to the scouting thing again at the castle, so forgive me. Red Eye, my new late night TV show comes on tonight at midnight, so I better be off to catch that.

Peace
-Matt

I woke up with IV's Taped to my Arms...

Those are the first words in my new book that I recieved in the mail today. Gregg Hurwitz's "The Crime Writer". I want to start reading it. Today was alright, nothing exciting, nothing new, nothing amazing. So, there isn't much need to write about it. I do know, however, that I finally get to talk to courtney on monday and I cant wait. I also am going to South Padre on the 19th at 4:00am so it will be cool...no phone or anything. I can't blog the entire time I am there. It's going to be hard. But Don't worry. I will be back, I assure you.

The only reason I used the photo I did in today's blog is because that was in my downloads folder from facebook and I didn't have time to search for another. Time to go read!!

Peace
-Matt

Sunburn.

Sucks. To be quite honest, I haven't had it in a while, and I hate that I have it now. This bad topic brings up many other bad things I have been thinking about within the past several minutes. But other than those things today was pretty cool. Haha. I still haven't woken up past twelve, but hopefully I will soon, or else there will be just nothing to live for. I'm kidding of course, but still...I need to accomplish that.

This day started off at around 10:00am when I woke up and realized I had, once again, nothing to do. So, I decided to figure out a way to publish my new song to facebook, since I use it more than myspace, so I looked around on google and finally found a way to do it, and I think I was really excited because it was all I talked about til 1:00pm. Yay!! If you want to check it out go to: http://www.ilike.com/artist/The+Matt+W.+Project

Seeing as that I am ungrounded, I texted a buddy of mine to come over and swim and eat and stuff. So we swam for a bit, and then ate some Texas Toast and potato salad. Yum. In one word, perfection. Not really, but it sure was good. After that, my friend and I went inside and watched "Merlin" the new series on NBC, and might I say it is pretty darn good. I still need to watch one episode on Hulu to get myself up to date with the current new episode to air on Sunday, but it will be good too.

This morning at like 2:00am, I watched a show recommended by my youth minister at church called "Red-Eye". It's like a political talk show that makes everything really funny with some crude humor and some not so crude humor, but all in all it is a pretty god show. I'll have to watch it again tonight, or should I say, tomorrow. Hmmm...trippy...isn't it?

Anyway, after my friend and I hung out, we went to work. We both work at the same place so it was pretty convenient. We got to the castle pretty early and just sat in the locker room with some other folks and I played music from my phone. Mostly "The Lonely Island" with hit classics such as "We Like Sportz" and "D*** in a Box". Yeah, great stuff. So after we had our juke box variety hour, we all got dressed and ready for another day at the castle. And it was pretty much a normal day except for the audio engineer got a bit confused during the ending of the show and things went a bit cooky. Other than that everything was good. So after work my sister picked me up and we made our way back to the house.

So then I got on the computer and got on myspace/facebook and I know it's sad but I went straight to Courtney's page to make sure everything was going alright. I kinda feel like she ripped me out of her life, but I hope I will be put back in and what I am thinking is completely false. I love and miss her dearly.

Anyway, so I haven't heard from my New Zealand friend today. I hope tomorrow will be even better than today, and the weekend will be terrible because I have to work a lot, so I have no idea what that will bring. Well, I hope everyone is doing alright themselves. Remember to check out my songs and such on http://www.ilike.com/artist/The+Matt+W.+Project

Peace
-Matt

Music to my ears.

I just love when I finally come up with a good idea for a song. Even if other people don't like it or whatever but I still have the pride of knowing I like it. That just feels nice for some reason. However, if you have doubts about your song and people say it's good despite your doubting it, it feels even better. I posted my new song today on http://www.myspace.com/themattwproject and I already had a compliment for it from my New Zealander friend, Amy. Even though I was doubting it's goodness, she seemed to like it. She could be lying, but I doubt it. See? I doubt stuff all the time, but sometimes I just need the reassurance, and somethings I don't, but either way, I'm probably just playing around and you can laugh with me. That made no sense. Whatever. Moving on, Today...

Well, I woke up at 11:59am. This actually made me a little bit upset. This is because, for the past year now, I haven't been able to sleep past noon, ever. Today I thought was going to be my day. I couldn't believe I missed it by one minute. ONE! Ugh. Oh well. I'll try again soon. But not tomorrow, I have to get up early and go work out. That means I get to ride the bus! Yay! I like public transportation. I don't know why, but I do. In other news, umm, I watched TV today, cleaned up my bathroom, cleaned up my room, and went to work. The day at work was pretty normal except it started raining suddenly, so people standing in line outside got wet so it was really funny for me to watch. Haha!

My friend TC and I after work went to Taco Bell and chilled there with his friend and ate some awesome food. It was really good. We talked about some stuff and this new video game he has and went back to my house and dropped me off here. And so then I got inside and started talking to Amy again, and still pointing out cultural differences and such. Like, in New Zealand, the McDonalds deliver to your house!! I thought that was freaky. And I also learned that Vegemite was indeed not a myth and I am going to order some and try it on a Toasted cheese sandwich. Of course, I still miss Courtney, but my new song that I made today and uploaded pretty much described that, so yeah, get to listening! Thanks.

Peace
-Matt

Technology is amazing.

It is so amazing nowadays how something that was impossible 30 years ago can happen instantly now. Today was definately another day for the ages to remember. But a few major things that I will discuss are somethings I did with my church group, some things Courtney and I talked about, and somethings that seem impossible.

When I woke up, it was like 8:43am. I didn't awake to a call, unfortunately, but that's because Courtney is away at school learning speech! Anyway, moving on, I got out of bed because I had to be somewhere at 9:30 today. I got out of bed and finally got dressed and everything. I wore a Jack in the Box t-shirt, white pants, hiking boots and a black bandana over my hair. The reason I dressed like this in the heat of the Texas summer was because I was getting ready to paint some walls up at my church with a few people, but first we were all going to North East Mall to watch "Horton Hears a Who". The movie was awesome. I especially liked the small yellow creature called, "Katie". It was great. After the movie, we went to the food court and I had some super awesome bourbon chicken and orange chicken from a chinese food place inside the mall. Then we got in the vehicles and drove back to the church, and began the painting process. I believe my wall was the best, because, well, it looked like the best, of course. I'm kidding, everyone did a good job, but my wall was the only one to get complete, or at least, I hope the others aren't finished. Yikes.

Afterward, my friend Jeff and I, who was the person that helped me with the wall we painted, rode with my sister back to my moms work. I had a call from Courtney I needed to return, so instead of going in, I stood outside and talked on the phone for a while. That's when my day got a lot worse, but at the same time a lot better. Courtney and I are taking a "break" now. When I first heard that I thought she meant break up and stuff, but not at all. She wanted to stay together, just have one week without talking just so we could get things sorted out in our own lives and stuff like that. I don't mind, I think we kinda needed that due to the recent events that I described in my other blogs below this one. But now I have even more time to work on my clinginess so I hope it works out for the best! I love you, Courtney!!

So then I went back home, not to hear from Courtney again til the 13th, which is our four month-eversary. I am so happy about her. She's awesome. This time is good for us even if I don't like it that much. Anyway, so I came home and got on the computer for a bit and watched some family guy and then went up to the local community pool to meet with some Boy Scout people and swim and have some fun. Then after that, something awesome happened that took my mind off of Courtney and I's situation. Someone requested my friendship on Facebook! Yay! That hardly ever happens...I'm kidding, but still. Her name was Amy, and she is from New Zealand. This is what I was saying was like impossible. I mean, someone that is over 3000 miles away can communicate through texts and IM's in less than 5 seconds. I just think that's awesome. I also like the time zone difference between places. I am finding out about New Zealand, and although it's all very weird to us Texans, its really cool to know about.

But yeah, that was my day, again. I can't believe I am actually keeping a consistent blog. I wonder how long I can keep it up? Place your bets? I think so.

Peace
-Matt

Matt(s)

I got bored. Lol.

Public Enemy Number 1

No, not exactly...but you will see what I mean. This blog will be kinda short, but not really. I am kinda tired and I have to wake up early tomorrow for a movie thing, and then paint walls. Yay.

This morning, I woke up to a call from Courtney, the one and only. We talked for like 14 minutes right up until 7:58am and then she had to go because she has a job to do between the hours of 8 and 5 and we are also working on making me less clingy/possessive/etc. But, like I said, I am working on it, and if anyone sees me being that way, just, punch me, or something. Thanks. Moving on, I got out of bed finally and decided to play Assassin's Creed for the first time in like 5 months. The reason I stopped playing in the first place was because I could never find the things I had to complete on the map. It wasn't until today I learned that those objectives aren't on the map, you actually have to do some work and find them yourself. But I found the number required and assassinated the main guy in my memory block I was in. I'm sorry if you don't quite understand what I am saying, you kinda have to play the game without me writing a novel about what all the stuff means. Anyway, so that took up about 2 hours of my time, so it was around 11:30 or so. My mom came in my room and told me we needed to go run some errands instead of attending the movie I wanted to see with her the night before, but either way, we got "Mommy and Matt" time, so she was happy.

We drove all over Irving. First to one bank, then another, then the hallmark store, then the mall where I bought new bed-sheets (black) and a body pillow. Which tonight I will test and see how that works because I have no idea what to do with a body pillow, but I will let y'all know how that goes tomorrow. So after I got those items at Sears, we strolled down to the other end of the mall looking for a stuffed animal store my mom needed to look in for a stuffed frog. It turned out that store had been out of business for a while and was replaced with "Chinese Avenue". They sold swords and other Chinese memorabilia, but that shop also closed down. Now where that store was is just an empty lot in the mall waiting to be turned into a cheap store. Yay!

We finally made it home. I had ordered another book by Gregg Hurwitz called, "The Crime Writer." I hope this one is as good as "Trust No One" because "Trust No One" was absolutely amazing. And I was really excited when Gregg Hurwitz, the author of the novels, contacted me on face book after I added him as a friend. I get excited over stuff like that. Oh well. Anyway, so I made it home and went up to watch some TV. After I got bored of that, I went downstairs to mess around with Photoshop and managed giving myself some pretty realistic looking tattoos. I shall practice so I can get better, but for now I'm pretty happy with it. Then it was around 5:45 when I got a call from Courtney! Yay! We have limited ourselves to 4 phone calls a day to reduce my clinginess and possessiveness, and so far, it is actually seeming to work. Of course, right now, I'm not particularly fond of the new phone schedule, but I know it is for the better and another experience I will gain personal knowledge and experience out of. Then she had to go get dinner ready and I continued playing with my computer.

Then after we had talked the third time of the day, which was at about 8:00pm, I was talking to Hayleigh, yet again. Only this time we weren't trying to make me feel better, we were trying to come up with ideas on how to help me become less clingy and such. The first thing was that anytime I sent Courtney a text that wasn't necessary at all, she would count them every-time I saw her and punch me as hard as she could in the arm for each text. The next idea we came up with, was that anytime I seemed to be acting possessive and clingy while around Hayleigh, Hayleigh would proceed to punch me hard again. Then at my reply of "What was that for?!" She would only say, "Public Enemy Number One" and then I would remember what we had talked about and instantly back off. I am hoping that with this intense training, I will become a better person overall and become less clingy to Courtney, which will prolong our relationship even further, which is excellent because I really do love her.

So Courtney called me one more time for today, saying good night and such, and now I am here writing this blog. Not the most interesting day in the world, but definatley one I will not forget. Not because of what happened, just because I have the memory of like 10 elephants. It sometimes is a gift, and other times is a curse. But it usually works out either way. I am also still getting attacked by ants, and have no idea when that will stop.

Peace
-Matt

Camponotus consobrinus

Otherwise known as the sugar ant. The reason I posted that as the title is because they are all around my desk right now. A bunch of them, they come in waves. Much like things in our own lives, they come in waves and start building up until you just can't take it anymore. Forgive me if this blog is a bit on the serious side, but I'm just not in the funny mood. Today was a day for all the ages to know.

It started out pretty bland at 8:36am. I rose from my bed at the voice of my mother, "Let's go!! It's time for church!" So I reluctantly stepped out onto the floor thinking there was nothing to live for when I remembered that Courtney could have called! So I turned to my secondary night stand where my phone sits charging everynight and checked it. I got 4 texts from the Twitter service, one from Sarah, and a voicemail from, you guessed it, Courtney! Yay! I was happy, so I clicked play and heard her sweet voice saying many nice things, then the worst word of a voice mail, the word, that when you hear it, you know there isn't any more voice mail. "Bye". I have grown to hate that word. I prefer ending a conversation on a lighter note, but sometimes it is just unavoidable. So I called back, left a message, and went on my way to church.

Once I arrived at church, I roamed around a bit, went to Sunday School, and then to the 11:15 service. The pastor told us many things, everyone got to confess, and we said goodbye to my favorite youth minister of all time, Mike Hill. Wait a minute, did you catch that? There was that word again, "bye". It was attached to another word, "good." There is nothing good about bye!! Anyway, moving on, there was a huge massive line that formed infront of Mike and his wife, Lisa, that certainly was awesome. Like a line at a 7-11 for free slurpee day, it was filled with people thirsty for some last moments with someone they trully enjoyed. Mike is actually planning on working at my school next year as the auditorium manager, which is awesome, because he offered me an intern thing to help him out with everything. I can't wait. Especially since today I switched my main focus to theater...sorry media tech. It's got all the same stuff, promise. Anyway, I will definately miss Mike and all of his antics, but it will be good for him. He deserves a vacation.

After church, I went with my family to Babe's chicken in Downtown Carrolton. Excellent place, good food, good service, and the waitress will even give you her number if you wink back. Just kidding, I love Courtney, remember? Our server's name was Maggie, and she did a good job. We sat in the Chicken coop, and couldn't be happier. All through this time I was hoping to receive a call from Courtney, but nothing, yet.

It was about 2:15pm when I got to work. I sat in the locker room talking with some friends and listening to 4th of July stories from all points of view. Burns here, hangovers there, and many run in's with police. Still no call, or text, but I didn't worry. Nothing to worry about. I went to work and got through the first show just fine. There was a second show tonight, but I didn't have to stay for it. During the show, I got on facebook from my phone and talked to Courtney on there. I was a bit disappointed in this, for I enjoyed phone calls much better than facebook, but I understood her reasoning behind the no phone call thing and went on my chipper way.

After work, I texted Courtney to let her know I was off, and I didn't get a reply. This is normal, so I just waited for a call...which she usually gives about 30 minutes after a text is sent. Nothing. I got home and an hour and a half later I was in the swimming pool when I finally got a call from her. I was happy.

Then, a sequence of events went by that made me very upset, and very sad. I talked to two people who pulled me out of the sadness, Hayleigh and Ms.Foster. Best people ever. They are like depression pills, but not. But what ended up happening was me realizing how unbalanced my life was, working on getting it back to normal, and that I am freakishly in love with Courtney Conatser. Yay.

And now my day ends, sitting at a computer, eating chips and salsa. So good. Thanks everyone.

Peace
-Matt

It is finished...

Last night at 2:33am, I read the last sentence of one of the best books I have ever read in my life. I was so sad when I got down to the last ten pages but the ending was absolutely amazing. The author of the book, Gregg Hurwitz, has a few other books on the shelves, so I will have to check those out. As for now I have two books to read. One is "House" by Ted Dekker I believe is how you spell it which I will read after the other novel I recently purchased, "The Midnight Room." that book is supposed to be about some guy who gets trapped in a house by a serial killing doctor...or something like that. But of course I'll be keeping you updated. Have fun.

Peace
-Matt

In a word...

Perfection. That is what today has been. Well, the last part of the day was, the first half was just boring and work. I started out waking up at 7:05am to the ring of my phone, and the day ended with something not to short of an amazing time. So let's get started.

When I got that call at 7:05am, I was relieved to see it was her. That beautiful red headed masterpiece I call Courtney. I picked up and answered in a tone that was less than pleasant, due to my waking up and everything, and I was pleased to hear almost the same tone on the other end. We talked for a few minutes and then hung up. I told her about my grounding and everything and, while displeased, still managed to say "I love you" which, I still, cannot believe she can say to me without lying, but I know she says it with the utmost truth and awesomeness. And although getting made fun of for doing so, continues without a bat of an eye, except towards me, because I find it cute. But the rest of my morning consisted of laying in bed for another few hours, waking up at 9:14am, reading my book until about 11:00am, going downstairs for some breakfast, coming back up stairs and reading some more, and then my phone had a conniption. Apparently sending a mass text message to 142 people causes an iPhone to slow down dramatically for a few minutes. And then, the non stop replies afterward were tiring on the fingers as well. But it went over smoothly and I managed to reconnect with a friend I knew a few years ago, so, yeah. Then, while reading, I noticed it was about 12:30pm, so I hit the shower and prepared for another day at the castle.

I went for lunch at Potbelly sandwich works, which, while very tasty, was very slow, and caused me to be a few minutes late to work. But when I got there, I changed into my costume as guard, and continued on through the day. The first show I was "Call Show," which means I sort of lead the rest of the spotlights, they all know what they are doing, so I am there as more of an aid to synchronization, of sorts. Then the second show I was in "SP-1foto" and did my duties in spot booth one, and working in photo tower. Of course, while going through my work routine for the day, managed to control myself, as I knew that in only a few short hours, I would finally be able to see Courtney for the first time in weeks, and boy was I happy. Everyone at work noticed my rather chipper mood as I strutted through the castle, and when I finally headed out to the Lexus to be picked up, I couldn't wait for the next part of the day.

Riding down the highway and reading, I kept looking up at the road to see how close we were to QuikTrip Park. I couldn't think of anything more than finally getting to see that beautiful, red headed, amazing, excellent, love of my life, etc so on, and so fourth, you get the idea. As we approached the park, I made the decision to, instead of riding with my father all the way around the park and having to walk even more to get to the front gate, I would get out of the car, and run to the front gate. There were a swarm of police, sheriff, and county officials that seemed to all think I was running with a pistol in hand, when really, all I had was my iPhone. They all paused from their work to give the kid with long hair a dirty look, to dream up of ways I would ruin my life, whether it be drugs, or a motorcycle accident, but then they were on their way, as was I. So as I ran up to the front gate, I realized it looked an awful lot like an airport runway painted on the ground, and I didn't realize until just now that the team's name was "Air Hogs" so you can imagine how stupid I feel. But I did finally notice Courtney and Ashley somewhat hiding behind the bars of the closed gate and grabbed the ticket, got it torn, and was embraced by the most amazing girl in the world. It had been a while since I had felt this happy. But that ended when she got distracted by Ashley's mom walking down the path toward the restroom, but I was with her, I was happy.

The game ended about just as soon as I got there, and we walked over to the cars parked in the adjacent parking lot, and boy were there a lot of cars. Courtney and I walked around a bit, and sat on the concrete, sat inside a HUGE SUV, and stood infront of the SUV watching fireworks. Of course, whether I watched the fireworks, or looked at Courtney, it felt like I was looking at the same thing. Ok, so, that cheesy line sounded a lot better when I said it to her, typed out it kinda looses meaning. But oh well. It meant a lot then, so it still does, gosh. Just as the faint smile and the "I love you" meant more to me than any fire works show I could attend, or even produce in my own house...coughs. But as the fire works kept going off, PB ran through the crowd of "Drunk Pentecostals" as he called them and headed for his own vehicle. The rest of us followed suit. Ashley's family got in their big SUV, and Courtney, myself, and the rest of the Conatser clan got into the blue mini-van I have gotten to know so well and headed for home. We landed at my abode first, and as Courtney stumbled through the sliding door to give me a last hug good-bye, her father cheerfully added, "Well, see ya in a hundred years or so." This was followed by his son's exact same remark, then Courtney got in and they drove away. I turned sharply when I was startled by a few dozen Black Cats going off in the house across the street. Well, not in the house, that would be stupid, right?

Survey Says...

I'm grounded. That's right. But not grounded from the Internet, TV, phone, computer, or anything else I somewhat enjoy doing...I am grounded from getting to see Courtney. For how long, you ask...well, I don't know. I just kinda wish it wasn't this way. But I guess almost catching my house on fire is a bit of a reason for me to get in trouble, but oh, wait, I took very cautious steps to make sure that didn't happen, but I didn't video tape it, so I have no proof...oh well. I guess there could have been a worse punishment, so I'm greatful for what I still have.

But getting into today's events, nothing super extraordinary. I slept past twelve, which has been a rare occurrence lately due to the cll I would receive around 8 every morning from Courtney, but suddenly, I have stopped getting those calls...in fact, I have stopped getting many calls in general from her. Also, she pretty much refuses to communicate with me through facebook or myspace...but hopefully all this is because she is busy, or because of more punishments or something, I don't quite know for sure. I just really hope she hasn't lost interest in me. Which, being the kind of person I am, I could see why that is such an easy thing to do. I'm not super exciting, I tend to degrade myself on a regular basis, and I might come across as a bit clingy, but all around a pretty boring person I am. But like I say, I hope that she hasn't lost interest, but only has become super busy the last 36 hours, because, to tell you the truth, I'm really starting to miss her. Tomorrow I was planning on seeing her twice, and now that has been cut down to seeing her only once, maybe. I was going to go to a parade, and then later, after work, to an Air Hogs game with her. But now it seems I will only be attending the Air Hogs game. I left her a message explaining how I felt, so I hope I will have an answer to everything by tomorrow...sometime...but anyway...on to a more happy subject so I can stop beating myself up.

Sound. What a wonderful thing. It is around us everywhere and all the time. No matter what, our ears are taking in some kind of ominous vibrations. But what's even better than that you ask? When someone you don't even know controls the sounds you hear and can determine whether you walk away unscathed, or you go home with a ringing in your ears that will never seem to stop. That's the person I was today. After three weeks of only being able to spot light, I was finally back on the soundboard at work tonight. The familiar glisten of the arena lights and scent of an extra ordinarily clean room awakened my senses. I was ready. And after three weeks, I only once forgot to mute the shotgun mikes that are used for hearing sounds made in the arena when the fights are going on. But this isn't any real mistake at all, just something that is like to be seen done. But the show went smoothly and, dressed in all black, I sat in the soundbooth after the show and played Russian roulette with a coworker, Robin. Of course, it wasn't really russian roulette, only an application he had suggested downloading after the show onto my iPhone, and I did indeed do so. The application made us laugh quite hard, because of how sadistic it could be. But we thought it better be used outside of the work place and packed everything up and went on our way.

The book I am reading is becoming one of the best books ever. "Trust No One" never bores you. It never makes you say, "gee, my eyes hurt, I need to go to bed." It makes you read through the pain and keeps you awake longer. I currently am on page 170 something. I've only been reading for two days, and I generally don't like to read...which shows you how good of a book it actually is. But for now, I must be getting to bed. I have my book to read, after all. And tomorrow I hope to hear from Courtney and enjoy an evening with her. Hope everyone is doing alright!

Peace
-Matt

It's the halfway point.

The year of 2009 has held good and bad memories for me, but that was only the first half. Today is the official halfway mark for the year, so happy birthday and a half to those born on January 1st. Now that I have introduced today's post, I shal ramble on about the events of the day.

In the wee hours of the morning, I woke up. It was about 6:45am and the only thing of importance I needed to do today was turn in my final paper for Government which I have been taking since June 5th at Northlake. My paper was over two different questions, one being about the best way to influence the government if you are a citizen of the United States, and the other topic being over the advantages and disadvantages of free media, the paper went smoothly, and I expect the grade to be good. I'm still awaiting the grade, but I assure you, when I find out, you will know. Moving on, after I turned in my paper and talked with a few people up at Northlake. Courtney is still kinda grounded from me, because last night I was talking with her, and apparently we can only talk on the internet now, but as of today, I haven't heard from her...so I have no idea what's going on. But I hope and wish the best for her in this troublesome grounding period. This Saturday, I plan on going with her family after I get off work to an AirHogs game near Nokia Theater. I have no idea what that means, but I suppose I will find out. So, to continue my morning, I went to work out, and got home around 11:15am. I don't really remember if I ate lunch, I probably didn't so I am going to blame what happened an hour later on the fact I had barely any food in me. Therefore, preventing my ability to think straight.

After I got home from working out, I called my mom and let her know I arrived safely, because she's big on the whole safety thing. Of course, what parent wouldn't be...especially my parents. After I talked with her, I got my iPod out of my workout bag and set it on my desk next to my phone. My phone was plugged in and he was happily charging. I checked my email, and got some bad news from my manager at work. The days I needed off for my camping trip were denied, somewhat. It appears there might be a chance that I can go, but he certainly didn't make any promises. So this made me feel a bit sad, so I thought I should listen to some music. I turned on my computer and started playing some songs, this reminded me I needed to charge my ipod for work out. I needed my other iPod cord since I was using the other one for my phone. So I went upstairs, and this is when the whole "no food in me, i can't think straight" thing comes into play. Obviously not being clear in the head, after forgetting what I went upstairs for, I started looking for things to do, as I had already completed my chores for the day and didn't feel like reading at that moment. So, I looked through the dumpsite known as my closet for something to entertain me. I saw old magic equipment from my magician years, and I saw board games. Vintage clothes and paintball pants led me to my old collection of rocket parts and accessories. Now, already being a pyro, I instantly took this as an opportunity to watch some sparks and have some harmless fun, that was my first mistake. I set up my vice on a small wooden table that I use to burn insence on, and mounted a rocket engine within the strong grips of the vice. I had some old brick flats, which are like heavy duty material made to mimic bricks. I set one up behind the engine, as I didn't know how far the spark trail would shoot from the rear of the engine, and I also set one up infront of the engine, since the small explosion used for getting the parachute out of the rocket would also be taking place. After I got a water bottle, and wet down the area around the engine and the two flats i used as flame guards, I filled the bottle back up and had it on stand-by just incase something happened to go wrong. I put the igniter in the engine, stood back, put in the safety key, and pressed the launch button. Oh no. A very loud hissing noise with a huge trail of sparks emitted from the rear of the engine. My flame guard had worked well, so everything was very controlled. Once that had gone off, i waited for the small explosion to happen and go in and clean up the mess. That whole sequence of events was my second mistake. And the third mistake I made was not remembering how much smoke these little engines actually put out. Nothing was on fire, nothing went wrong on my engine ignition, but then i heard an even louder buzzzzz coming from the hallway outside of my room. It turns out smoke detectors really do work. This is when my blood started pumping faster than ever. I had absolutely no idea how to shut one of those things off. So I looked on the device for some sort of button and found nothing but the test switch. So, I got up on a stool, and while fighting the noise, reached up, took the cover off the device and took the battery out. This finally disengaged the alarm and I thought I was in the clear. When I went downstairs to check on my sister and her baby, she was on the phone with my mother. Luckily nothing serious came out of this event. I told her what I did, and I told her the safety percautions I took to prevent any major damage. OF course, everyone knows that fire is unpredictable, and even I hate myself for pressing that button, but boredom and lack of food does things to you. So after the smoke cleared out of my house, I went to my bedroom and took all my fire equipment, as I call it, out and put it somewhere I wouldn't be tempted to mess with it again. And that's how that portion of my day went.

After all that happened, I settled back in my room and read my book, Trust No One, before going to work. I then put some food in my belly in the form of a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich, and made another sandwich to take to work along with a bag of sun chips and a water bottle. At work, the day went normally. I started out getting caught in traffic, which made me a few minutes late. Then arriving at the castle, I went inside and changed into my guard costume and went to the green screen area to help dress the guests for costume photos. Jess, a coworker was told to run cards and direct traffic flow through the castle, so I was left alone at the costume rack dressing parties of folks. But that only lasted a few minutes when I was joined by Erin, she and I got to dressing the people pretty well, then Jess came back and Erin went back to shadowing managers for her internship thing she is working on. So after table call, which is when everyone in the castle is called to their different sections inside the arena, I went to spot booth 4 and fired it up and sat in the booth and read my book some more. I believe at that point I was on page 38 and 2 hours later, I had read some during work and ended up around page 60. The book is great so far, which is weird, because I usually can never get into books. But I guess boredom does things to a man. Of course, through all of this, I am hoping Courtney has contacted me in some way to let me know what is going on with the whole grounding thing, but I still didn't get anything from her except two pieces of flair on facebook. Which I was happy I at least got that. But tomorrow hopefully she will call me or something. I don't know, though. So, after work ended, I came back home and read my book some more and started writing this blog. And that was today.

Tomorrow I wonder if anymore fun adventures will come my way. We shall find out I suppose. Until next time, I'm Matt Wofford, and I love Courtney...a lot.
Peace.

-Matt

Getting back in the groove...

So, I haven't even touched this website since October of last year, and I suppose I have good reason. School, school and more school. Along with some work, and a few failed relationships and one amazing relationship. That's pretty much the last 8 months for me. But of course, with me, I have to go into detail about everything, so be ready for a really long blog. Here goes nothing.

Ok, so, let's start off with what happened around October, November, and December. Honestly, I do not remember much about those months except for a few key events. Ok, so you might remember L***** from my previous posts? Well, I finally did talk to her, and nothing came out of that at all, and it also wasn't my top priority to find a girlfriend at that time either. Another thing that happened in this time period was that I started meeting a lot of new people, well, I thought they were new, until about 95% of them told me they were from my middle and elementary school. These meetings occurred on Facebook and Myspace, so I'm not exactly sure they are 100% legit, but I will continue none the less. My friend Kylee, who I met in 2007 stayed with me the whole time, listening to my rants about my school, work, and life in general, but she sure helped me get through it. We are still good buddies, and still haven't hung out...ever. Another thing that happened in this Oct, Nov, and Dec period was that my radio show, Conspiracy Radio, completely went down the tubes. I just wasn't that motivated to continue working that hard for an audience of maybe 6 or 7 people. I think my top hit count was like 14 or something, but whatever, old news now. In December, of course, Christmas hit, and I got an excellent, new sound-system for my truck, which I still can't drive until I get my eagle scout. But I did manage to convince my parents to let me go to driving school, so, hopefully, by the time my 6 month probation was up on my permit, I would have had my Eagle by then...but once again, lack of motivation and overall better uses of my time came into play and I still, after about 7 and a half months of having the permit, do not have my license. But I am working hard to get it...kinda. It just takes too much time to complete. But I need to get it done. Either that, or wait til I am 18 to get the license, since I will no longer be eligable for my Eagle Scout, but we will see what the future holds.

Now, getting into Jan, Feb, and March. This time was probably the highlight of my life. January started off with me getting transferred into the Sound and Light Department at work, which was my absolute dream come true, I was so happy. Then it got boring...so...yeah. Pretty much, what I do, is point a giant flashlight at different things in a big sand pit. It's a bit more complicated than it sounds, but in a nutshell, there you go. Then some other stuff happened in January that I can't rememeber, so we will move onto Febuary. This month kinda is a crazy-depression phase month. I start it off with the feeling I will never date another girl in my life, seeing as that the past five girls I had a mustard seed of interest in, either found other guys, or just came up with excuses not to date me. Which, I got through fine, no suicidal thoughts or anything, just some sadness that I quickly got over once I got to work. Work, during this month, was like my refuge. I had people there that enjoyed my company, I enjoyed theirs, and I really like my job anyway, so it all works out. Something that happened to one of my close friends during this time, also, was that he was working really hard to get the part of the chancellor in the show at Medieval Times, where we both work. He was working on the part for about a month when round one of try-outs came, and to his glory, he nailed it and got a call back, along with 4 others that had potential for the part. Mind you, there were originally 30 people that tryed out, so this is a pretty big accomplishment. I was asked to go for the audition, but I just don't think I'm ready for that kind of stress. It's a lot of lines to memorize, and yeah...not for me. But anyway, when my friend got back for the call back, we arrived at the castle early so he could practice once more. And it was just about time for the audition when, what do you know, he gets ill. So ill, in fact, that he is unable to finish the audition. This really broke his heart, and mine too, having to see him go through that sucked, but even to this day, his dream is still to be chancellor, and I have faith that he will get there one day. Also, in Febuary, I found out that my sister was pregnant. Which to be totally honest, wasn't a huge shock. I had kinda expected something was going on, but yeah. But the baby, Kaitlin, is now born and living happily at our house. She's cool, I guess...I just don't like kids, so no offense. Anyway, moving on to March. This month, I told myself, I was going to branch out and grow a pair and instead of trying to meet girls over myspace and stuff like that, I would finally go after one girl that I had seen around for the last few years at school. She was a redhead by the name of Courtney, and boy is she amazing. When I first decided to talk to her, it was, of course, over gmail. I had seen her in person, but I couldn't gather the courage to just walk up to her and talk. So, on gmail, her first words to me were, "um...do I know you?" and we hit it off from there. I know, pathetic, but on March 13th, 2009, she said yes, and we have been dating ever since, soon to be celebrating our 4th monthiversary. I know, I know, I'm a cheesy guy, and my "moves" aren't up to par at all, but I got her with my stupidity and clinginess, and I still have her. She's absolutely amazing and sometimes really complicated, but I wouldn't have it any other way. She's one of the most important things in my life and by far the best thing to ever happen to me, so all of y'all who make fun of the guy who says "I love you." and actually enjoys saying it, can go suck it. Sorry, but this is like the perfect relationship, and nothing will screw it up. And ofcourse, we do have our occasional quarrels, but they are usually over something stupid that we realize and forgive each other within the hour.

So that was my Jan, Feb, March. Now, let's move on to April, May, June, and up to now, July 2nd. Well, April wasn't super special. Courtney and I had made it past her longest relationship mark, and we intend to keep that going past mine and well into the future. My longest was 7 months with a girl named Nikki, it was a good relationship, I suppose. She lived pretty far away and the whole thing ended when she kissed another guy, but it was nowhere near what Courtney and I have now, so again, anyone who makes fun of Courtney and I for the relationship we have can suck it. Thank you. April still held good things at work, nothing major happened, a few people were fired, and a few people were hired, but overall normal. The photo department, ever since I left was going through some tough times, I believe that they were down on staff by now, and needed some help, but a more interesting story about that happens in June, so we will get to that a bit later. One thing major that did happen in Courtney's life in April was her getting grounded for two months for reasons that will be left unsaid on this public blog. This of course devastated me at first, but it was a bit of a lenient grounding, to where we could still talk on the phone, and I could see her sometimes, but nothing major. We got through the limited communication and limited seeing each other time, so whatever else the world wants to throw at us, lets have it, we will make it. Moving on into May, Courtney and I still holding strong, more in love than ever due to the grounding and more time to discuss our own lives, I believe we got to know each other a lot more. People started noticing that she was acting more happily then ever, and people also noticed I was much more light hearted than my depressive Dec, Jan, Feb self. "Yay" is a good word to describe it. During the month of May, my birthday took place on the 22nd. I had two parties. One that I had planned that took place at Waffle House and was AWESOME. And the other I did not plan, but my friend did and only had three attendees, including myself, but it was still a really fun time. It was also during my birthday weekend I got to spend time together with Courtney, that was my birthday present from her father, and I graciously accepted. We went to a movie and she gave me two t-shirts, a bag of plain M&M's, an amazing birthday card, and I already had her love, but I consider that a gift as well. So as May ended and June began, we were counting down the days until she was ungrounded and we could finally start hanging out together again. We have been wanting to go Ice Skating, and I hope that works out and we get to go soon. So, as we leave May, and go into June, the set date for the ungrounding was June 29th, which wasn't found out until the day Courtney thought she was ungrounded, which was supposedly the 27th, but her father quickly reminded her of the length of grounding after adding on additional days as well. These days entailed no phone, no computer; basically no communication to me at all. I got a message on my phone, she was crying, and telling me what the grounding entailed, and that we couldn't talk for a while. While learning the bulk of the grounding parameters from her in the message, I found out the more finer details from her father that night. She wasn't to be allowed to do anything until July 12th...and that was final. So, as I spent the week, without Courtney, after she had already been at camp for four days with no communication to me, I think it was good that we did get some alone time to ourselves, but it definitely was a bad thing too...because lets face it, we're in love, and not talking to one another at least once a day just isn't fun. But like I said, nothing was going to ruin what we had, and sure enough, it didn't. And I am trully happy about that.

Now, it's July 1st and she was ungrounded, kinda. She could get back on the computer and actually talk to me for the first time in a week or two. I was so happy when I found out. I was writing my final paper for my government class I had been taking over the summer at North Lake, and my instant message window popped up with an IM from courtney. I almost jumped for joy. I couldn't wait to tell her what has been happening these past weeks without her. But alas, she was tired, and needed sleep. So off she went, and here I am alone...I was feeling bad from work when I got home today, because I had to spend about an hour outside in the hot Texas sun in my work costume, which is long black pants, long black shirt, black hood, and over all that, a thick rug like material tunic. It's hot. Especially in 98 degree weather. I needed something to make me happy, and by george, Courtney talked to me and that's all I needed to feel better again. I also have bought some books recently and am getting into reading. We will see how long this lasts. My friend from the chancellor story and I are planning on going to UTA next year after I graduate highschool, so we will be getting an apartment somewhere. We also are going on a camping trip soon, on the 19th. We are still waiting to see if we can get those days off work, but hopefully, we will be able to, because we both need a vacation.

So that's what you have missed, that was 8 months in 4 paragraphs. Pretty good eh? I love Courtney very much, and I am so happy I found her. I will continue blogging once a day as long as I can. I will try to post something at least once a day. Thanks for reading and I'll talk to you later, since, it's already tomorrow at 12:27am. Peace.

-Matt