Today, the Powerball jackpot is going to be in the vicinity of 1.5 billion dollars. I bought a single ticket, having spent upward of 50 dollars on previous drawings that contributed to tonight's jackpot. There have been a few discussions on Facebook about what one would do with such a windfall ( Read more... )

Tiffany and I broke up on Thursday. I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Sad for certain. She had been disappointing me for so long, and I had kept on hoping that she would get her act together that when she called, and for one last time, tried to get me to initiate the break up so she wouldn't have to, I was so proud of her when she actually ( Read more... )

Looks like Facebook is down - back to lj for the evening! So in the spirit of my lj style:

This week has been pretty murderous. Put in a few 10-hour days, and a 12-hour day. I haven't been hitting my Medicare sign up goals, but then again, I've been putting in long hours as a trainer. Ah well.

Hey Dad. It's been 18 years since your fatal car accident. I finally worked through that massive backlog of guilt. Made something of myself. I take comfort in the fact that you would like where I eventually ended up, though you would probably have some suggestions on stuff I could do better. Comfort aside, I miss you. Your wedding anniversary ( Read more... )

It's only a couple of weeks between the anniversary of my mom's passing, and her birthday. I have found myself marking both these many years, but since they are so close, I find my mom's birthday less of a traumatic event, more a time for some introspection. I've found myself saying things that she would have said, or actually did say, thinking ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Dad. It's been almost 19 years since I last saw you, and I still miss you terribly. Things are going, though not as well as I would like them. But then again, you taught me how to roll with the punches in life, and so I'm putting that to good practice. You taught me that success was a combination of work, ability, and ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've been to visit Mom and Dad. These days, the Garden is unkempt and overgrown, and some things have fallen over, yet their cenotaph remains undisturbed, a gleaming monument of granite in the midst of the dry brush. I laid the traditional four fruit offering, apples, peaches, pineapple, and bananas this time, and burned ( Read more... )

I don't get around to this page too often anymore. Life just gets busy that way. Today however, is a time to step back. Eighteen years ago today, almost to the hour, my father died of blood loss in the hospital after a car accident. The echoes of that event ring throughout the lives of my family and our friends. December 14th is not a good day ( Read more... )

I was received into full communion with the Catholic Church last night. I was baptized, confirmed, and given the Eucharist. I was contemplating writing down a detailed account of my experiences last night, but honestly, I was too much in a daze. So just some general impressions ( Read more... )

What a difference a month makes! I had my best month in insurance thus far, and am pretty excited about working, and so very thankful to be working at all, much less doing well! I just have to remind myself not to let a good month get to my head, I still have a mountain of debt to pay off to the Dept. of Education, and also the Fantasy Mansion to ( Read more... )