Wise Person (May) Say....

It's not 'spending' time with friends.  It's an investment.

Watching the Olympics Start

With my little brother and his friends.

No Toaster! You Have So Much To Live For!

The Rules of Wandering

If you have been following my twitter (and really, why would you be) you may have noticed some interesting things lately.  Little messages like: "I just quit my job" or "I'm not homeless I just don't live anywhere specific", fun things like that.  The great thing is, it's all true.  For the next 5-6 weeks I will be an unemployed bum wandering around.  However, I am an industrious bum.  My first night on my own, camping somewhere in Montana I sat down and wrote out a bulleted list of goals, an overview plan, plus, a basic outline and why I think I shouldn't need one.  Do I have an excessive need to control my environment?  Nah.  I just like bulleted lists.

So here goes, I'm about to share with you some of the details made it onto the clipboard that night.

The Goals:

• Have quality time with all possible friends & family
• Try to accumulate as many "Zero Dollar Days" as possible
• DON'T RUN OUT OF MONEY
• Practice being flexible and open to ideas and opportunities

The Three Phase Plan:

1. Solo section: Bum in Montana, Colorado, maybe Utah.  Solo trip
2. Back to Montana to be with the special lady friend.  Explore Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks.
3. East Coast Tour: explore selected sections of New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Boston area, ______, ________, ________.

Wow.  I'm even boring myself now.  Sorry about that.  If you made it to this point.  Congrats, your either a trooper, bored off your gourd, or enjoy the pain.  (It's ok not to tell me which)

Something Cute

My little sister is having a baby soon!  So it's not an unusual thing that she would have a baby shower.  See, the thing is that she lives nowhere close to where I am now, in fact very far away.  I do get to see her soon, but in the meantime one of the in-laws came up with a creative way to be "at" the shower.  Video message.  How could I have not known?  Jeez.

So tomorrow morning, my (other) little sister and I will be donning these stunning t-shirts she insisted we make and recording a video message.  I'm thrilled on several levels, 1- I can send my regards without making an appearance.  2 - I found out that I am capable of making something cute.