A February Resolution

For the last few weeks, I haven't been in the best mood and on the drive back from campus, I think I figured out what has gotten me so down. There is just too much complaining/griping/bitching in my life. Now, I will admit that I do my fair share of complaining/griping/bitching. Either I don't like my classes or the people I work with are imbeciles or the weather is bad...whatever. Sometimes it's good to bitch every now and then.

But the worst part is, whenever I hang out with friends, all we do is complain/gripe/bitch. In fact, there are times when my friends call me up and bitch for 30 minutes straight about their teachers, or their sorority, or their family, or their homework. It's like I'm their therapist. And I know that listening and comforting is the "good friend" thing to do, but when every time we talk it's all about their problems...that is where I have to draw the line.

This is where my new resolution kicks in. A pledge that for the month of February...and possibly beyond...I will not complain/gripe/bitch about anything with any of my friends (unless it involves my Religion 304 class/professor. If you have that class, you'd understand) or family. Also, I hope that my friends read this and take this same pledge not to complain/gripe/bitch...especially in my presence.

To quote the great Howard Beale in Network..."I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!"

This is my final semester of college, and while there is a lot of stress that can lead to complaining/griping/bitching…I still want to enjoy this final chapter in my non-adulthood before I go out and have real problems to deal with. So everybody just needs to lighten the f*ck up. We’re young, we’re healthy, we’re well-educated and the whole world is out there waiting for us. There are a lot of people with much bigger burdens than we have right now. So S.T.F.U.!

30 Days of Photos Challenge - Day 30

Hooray!!! I can't believe I actually completed this 30 day challenge without forgetting a day...which rarely happens. Thanks to everyone who was following my blog and my crazy pictures. I'm glad someone out there is paying attention. Here it is, Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.















It's not that I am missing just one person. Instead, I'm missing an entire family...my referee family. For almost four years I spent a lot of time with these people, and I can say that it was some of the best times in my life. We traveled together, lived together, worked together, played together, joked together (mainly joked together)...it was just some really great times. Some of the people that I have met refereeing have become some of my closest friends (you know how you are). I haven't kept in touch with a lot of them, which is kind of awful, because it's almost like a big chuck of my life is missing. I wish I could see them more often, especially now that everyone is getting engaged or married. I miss my friends and I hope that everyone is well!