Rambles

"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind."

-Aristotle

Why is it that the Mondays after extremely action packed weekends are close to insufferable? Wait, what am I talking about? Any day that I have to get up and go to work feels that way, especially lately. My job is un-fulfilling. It is boring. It is very reclusive and monotonous. I keep telling myself it will get better and for some time it seems like it is but I always find myself back in the rout that I am wading through this very morning. Blah, blah, blah, I dislike my occupation.

On a brighter note, I had a fantastic weekend. I spent about 4 days traveling between Iowa and Illinois by crossing the Mighty Mississippi River multiple times. Unfortunately, I did not get to swim in the river, despite my strong desires to do so. I was actually told, “Don’t even think about it” by a local, especially with the recent flood waters. Speaking of floodwaters, I did get to see some of the direct effects from all the recent flooding up there. Sure was a lot of water. Other than observing lakes of moving water, I participated in heavy amounts of celebration.

I was a groomsman for a good friend’s wedding. It ended up being a very wonderful ceremony and highly emotional. People were crying all over the place. I, too, at times, had to emit a high level of self-control in order to keep back the watery intentions of my own eyes. Everyone seemed to have a great time. We got to travel in a party bus to the reception, had a wonderful meal, and danced the night away. (Apparently, I was de-shirted by the bridal party at one point during the dance-a-thon.) Oh yeah, almost forgot, I was crowned limbo champion at the rehearsal dinner. I always thought I would be unbeatable at limbo and now I know that I am and will always be. Overall it was great to see old friends, and nice to meet some fun-loving, new people. Its is a shame that this group of people live so far apart, just thinking of all the good times that could be had.

Other than my trip to Illinois/Iowa, there is not much new going on with me life. I did get my eyes dilated last Thursday for the first time. I really did not like it, especially since my eye-doctor neglected to mention the extreme sensitivity to bright lights…sunlight. It took me about 10 minutes to make it to my car, luckily I had some sunglasses in there. Also, upon returning from my trip, I found out that a close friend of mine has to go in for heart surgery this Wednesday. It was a huge shock to me, especially since he is not even 25. I need to remember to call him tonight to see what do and to wish him luck.