Life is Good...for once

This has been a crazy summer for me, it's been fun and a roller coaster to say the least. It seems that every year by the end of the summer you have to turn around and figure out where you stand. Let the smoke clear and see who's still with you and standing. What you want the rest of your year to be like.

Now as we enter September, I find myself hanging out with new people, actually wanting to do more with my life than just sitting around the house. I want to go out more often. Maybe even travel more when there's a little more money to do that. I'm so sick of being stagnant.

I'm also sick of being over-weight and out of shape. I used to be in great shape, then I got lazy. I stopped working out and eating right. I stopped taking care of myself. I stopped truly caring. I am solving that problem now by going to the Y three times a week and actually tracking my food again. I have learned that diets aren't for me at all though. I don't believe it them and they don't work because it's not a lifestyle change, it's just short term.

I look at things around me. My life is actually good finally. I have a great family at home. Me and Mandy are both happily employed. CJ is actually in school. There is more freedom to do stuff. I have some of the best friends a guy could ask for, whether they be in Milwaukee or Jersey. It's funny, it took a long time to realize who I truly wanted in my life, now I'm actually happy with who I'm hanging out with.

I also like my job. I love working for Frontier. It gives me the freedom to do more. It's actually an easy job, I have respect here and I know what I'm doing. People think that I'm staying here because I don't want to do anything. That's not true. It's really hard to find work in my field in this economy right now. I like the people I work with, I like the fact that I'm guaranteed work no matter what and I have my flight benefits. I've been accused of thinking like a "lifer" because I'm not actively trying to get out of here and I am thinking about a future here. I don't understand that logic at all. Just because I have found a home here, and eventually want to move up in the company, means I can't be happy where I am? For the first time I'm at a job where I'm NOT trying to find a way out all the time. Most people don't understand that at all. I figure it's putting money in our bank account and helping pay bills, it's a good deal.

I guess that's it. This rambling mess of a rant is done for now.