As the title would suggest, I'll be headed home for a week or so at the end of this week. Pretty exciting. I'm pretty excited to be able to see Z, to go to th Dynamo game, to spend a little time in Austin, and all that. I'm not sure how much of my excitement to go home is more for just getting out of here, seeing people, or just wanting a change of pace from work, which can be pretty tedious sometimes. Probably a blend of all those, especially seeing people I know though. As for work, it's going pretty well, certainly worth the money and it seems to be turning into a pretty good experience for me. Making a few contacts, making some great money, and maybe learning a little bit about my ability to cope with being away from everything I'm familiar with. We'll see how the next shift goes though. Oh, commercial on TV reminded me, I think I'm going to take some golf lessons starting soon. I'm pretty excited, it should help pass some time out here and maybe be a good way to meet some people. As far as future career, it should help that too. On a more personal level, I'm bored as hell, but that was to be expected. I'm not sure how much more I would be entertained in H-town though. Like I said, being able to hang out with friends would be cool, but I'm pretty sure I'd be bored or spending way too much money, or both. Probably both. It's been awhile since I updated, but I haven't honestly had that much to write about. On a romance level, I wish I had something to write about. Even more than that, I wish I had something exciting to write about. Perhaps this really is life for the most part, boredom punctuated by the good times. The key being those sentences full of monotony and routine. Getting away from that should be a long term goal of mine, related to the one from my last post. Sorry if this sounds more like a diary entry, just my thoughts at the moment. I'll hopefully write again in the next couple of days
May the road rise to meet you.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
The Adventure Begins
So I'm starting this at the urging of a good friend "Z" who shall also get a nickname since she seems to have nicknamed me. But I'm also writing this as a way to write down the stuff that I think of from time to time. Sometimes my thoughts amaze even myself. This likely won't be a blog filled with modesty. Though it might be. I'm not sure how I really feel about all that sometimes. I'm not sure how often I'll update this, it'll likely depend on my mood. Lord knows I won't be want for time. Onwards to an update on my life.
For those that don't know, I'm working for a land broker in the exciting town of....wait for it... Ft. Stockton, Texas. It's one of the more boring places I've been. I'm talking as depopulated as the area in NE Nebraska (NE NE) without the quiet and nice weather in the summer. Although it can be quite beautiful out here, I do rather like the option of returning to civilization when I want without having to drive a minimum of ~115 miles. And that only gets me to Midland, which isn't all that much better. I did make that journey up to Midland this past weekend however. Country roads in the middle of nowhere can be pretty cool and given the geography of the area I could see some mesas that I'm pretty sure are at least 30 or so miles from town without any problem whatsoever. Midland was predictably sparse but I did get some more books to help the time pass. I also visited the "Odessa Meteor Crater and Meteor Museum", which was actually kind of cool. Nothing really spectacular. but really quiet and sort of interesting. This weekend was fantastically uneventful other than that. The good thing about being out here is that the work seems like it is relatively easy and relaxed. Maybe not easy, but certainly not quantum physics. Working from 8 to 5 or 6 on and off certainly helps the days out here go faster. Which brings me to a short thought I had. It seems a little depressing to me that even at the age of 20 I'm doing things in the hopes of making days pass quicker. I feel like I should be trying to make the best of everyday, not making the days go away. I think I'll make that my mission for the summer. To do things that are at the least memorable and at the best mildly life altering on most days. Perhaps.
I have decided that as soon as my first paycheck comes in I'm going to buy a camera so you all (mainly just Z I'm sure, I'll be pleasantly surprised if many others keep up with this) can see the "excitement" of my life. And to take tons of pictures in August.
That's it for now.
May the road rise to meet you.
For those that don't know, I'm working for a land broker in the exciting town of....wait for it... Ft. Stockton, Texas. It's one of the more boring places I've been. I'm talking as depopulated as the area in NE Nebraska (NE NE) without the quiet and nice weather in the summer. Although it can be quite beautiful out here, I do rather like the option of returning to civilization when I want without having to drive a minimum of ~115 miles. And that only gets me to Midland, which isn't all that much better. I did make that journey up to Midland this past weekend however. Country roads in the middle of nowhere can be pretty cool and given the geography of the area I could see some mesas that I'm pretty sure are at least 30 or so miles from town without any problem whatsoever. Midland was predictably sparse but I did get some more books to help the time pass. I also visited the "Odessa Meteor Crater and Meteor Museum", which was actually kind of cool. Nothing really spectacular. but really quiet and sort of interesting. This weekend was fantastically uneventful other than that. The good thing about being out here is that the work seems like it is relatively easy and relaxed. Maybe not easy, but certainly not quantum physics. Working from 8 to 5 or 6 on and off certainly helps the days out here go faster. Which brings me to a short thought I had. It seems a little depressing to me that even at the age of 20 I'm doing things in the hopes of making days pass quicker. I feel like I should be trying to make the best of everyday, not making the days go away. I think I'll make that my mission for the summer. To do things that are at the least memorable and at the best mildly life altering on most days. Perhaps.
I have decided that as soon as my first paycheck comes in I'm going to buy a camera so you all (mainly just Z I'm sure, I'll be pleasantly surprised if many others keep up with this) can see the "excitement" of my life. And to take tons of pictures in August.
That's it for now.
May the road rise to meet you.
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