Whatnot

I was going to post something from my head...but instead I'll leave you with this:

"Why are we always in a hurry?
Rush. Rush. Rush.
We scurry from here to there.
We play computer games and then -
quick! click! - we watch TV. We eat fast food.
Everyone tells us to make it snappy!
Hurry up! Time is flying! Step on it!
There's so little time just to be with friends,
to watch the sunset or gaze at the star-filled sky.
Ah, what we could learn - even if just a little-
from the gentle sloth who slowly, slowly, slowly
crawls along a branch of a tree,
eats a little, sleeps a lot,
and lives in peace."

Eric Carle from the back cover of the picture book
"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth.

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hello world.

Let's see....

Friday night was great - felt like hanging with family - very organic, yet purposeful. liked it a lot. Had a good saturday off with the family. Work is a zoo, but it's good too.

Good times were had hanging with the Q clan Sunday night at our apartment...good honest discussion while 4 very mobile youngsters ransacked the place (the fifth youngster, Cole, just kind of watched in amazement). Good stuff.

Today's been a lazy day off...melissa let me sleep in a bit we ran some errands and now here I sit (gearing up to be super-dad while super-mom tutors kids in the greater roswell/alpharetta area). Not a lot to say...so I won't.

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yeah...you read it correctly. Can't really explain it. Especially because i couldn't tell you which home I miss...I certainly don't yearn for central IL...okay...maybe just the sight of snow, or black dirt, or flat roads that essentially run straight North/south or east/west. I don't really MISS that though. I certainly don't miss college. But maybe I miss my sarcastic friends...or my neighbors kids. Weird. I couldn't possibly miss MD. Heck, only lived there 18 months. But I do miss the folks at Milestone *$'s and Leo's gal-pals, sami and norah. Really weird. Yet normal. It's the 6 month willies, for lack of a better term. after being here 6 months things are starting to stick...roads, media, co-workers, people that could become my friends, everything I encounter daily. As it starts to stick, I recall all the stuff it's pushing out of the way. And part of me wants to reclaim it. Only, the truth is, it's not there to reclaim. It's all moved on, just as I have. This is good but sad. anyway, I'm a rambling sentimental fool.

Work is actually starting to be good. Rewarding. Challenging. Quality.

Leo asked me to sing him his special song tonight...so I did...and I thought about the Father singing me a special song and tucking me in.

"well, the sun is surely sinking down.
But the moon is slowly rising.
So this ol' world must still be spinning around.
And I still love you."

from - You Can Close Your Eyes, James Taylor



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