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Friday, August 1, 2008

Tomorrow Will Be A Long Time (Except it's really today now. The first day of August!)

I have found myself staring into the abyss of my computer screen once again. It's getting close to two o'clock in the morning, and tomorrow is holding onto, just wating to hand over a present to me. Or can I really call it a present? There is no paper to wrap the gift, unless I decide to call the uncertainty of events--if any--to occur at work, wrapping paper. Yes. Three extra hours at the beginning, and two more added onto the end of my normal ten hour shift, to make one fifteen hour shift. That is what I can look forward to receiving from tomorrow's day.

Or should I just be thankful I have a job that gives me a steady income? One that is more than enough to meet my needs, I might add. Maybe I'm just complaining. No maybe; I am. But it's really more because it is the first thing that came to my mind when I decided to write a post than it is because of how much I am dreading tomorrow. I have done it before. I will do it again. It's only this week and next; and it will give me some extra money on my paycheck. Really I have nothing to complain about. It's a little sad that when I have nothing to say, all that comes out is negativity...
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Positive things about life, then, to offset the first part:

-The week has been good. I lost at Monopoly, and it was still a fun time.
-I really enjoy playing my guitar, and I have been doing that quite a bit lately.
-I have been eating some good food this week.
-I am about to become an uncle all over again to a set of twins.
-Good music. I have acquired some real good music.

That seems like a good one to stop the list on. There are more good than bad now.

I am tired and it is late. If you made it through my rambling nonsense to the end, you now know why it was that bad/uninteresting. But I'm leaving it.

4 comments:

Cary said...

this was gold. your positive list was worth hearing about how awful your workday will be today. I'm sorry you've got a 15 hour shift tomorrow man. i've never had to work that long, but I hated the deli so much i almost cried everyday i went to work. That's kind of a joke, but not really. on some level, it's true.

Also, if it makes you feel any better, I have to start teaching again in like...3 weeks. This definitely was a joke.

2 questions:
What music have you acquired that you like? I'm always on the lookout for new music. Also, glad to hear you've been playing guitar. Your own music or others'?

Congrats on the twins thing. Your family is so freakin' huge.

TS said...

Those are all good things, and I'm glad you mentioned them. If you hadn't, and I didn't know you, I'd swear you were a pessimist. You need to repent, Joel!

Cary said...

band of horses is a group i'm starting to enjoy, however, i only have the song "is there a ghost" downloaded.
any other suggestions?

Also, am i bugging the hell out of you by messaging you so much on here? I'm a teacher off for the summer...i have NO free time! Wait...i mean, free time is ALL i have!

and shawn mullins?! the guy who wrote the song "rockabye" so long ago?

TS said...

I just noticed you tagged that post as "Bailey's". Were you drunk when you wrote that?