Where did the Weekend Go??

Time flies but did I really have fun? Woke up to a phone call from work at 1:15am Saturday morning. Youngest kid woke up early that morning so no go on catching up on the lost sleep.

Saturday afternoon spent with a contractor for 4 hours. Sunday flew by doing all kinds of other stuff... kind of crazy.

Monday was fast and furious at the office. Hoping to hear from a friend of mine today - maybe, maybe not... hoping to get to lunch with her this week... need to say hello.

Side note - back to the gym today for the first time in a long time... need to get back into the habit... bad day diet-wise though... I need to work on dropping this weight (10 - 15 pounds) in the next 3 months)... I'm gonna work hard at it - for my own good...

Have to figure out how I can cut/burn a combination of 3500 calories a week for the next 12 weeks - that will do it... 500 calories a day to drop the weight... good luck to me... it will make a few people in my life very happy if/when I do it.

Vacation Thoughts

I just realized that I never wrote a word about my recent vacation and visit with the boyz back east...

Good times had by all... 3 brothers from separate mothers getting together to talk, drink, laugh and see just how lucky we all are... each with our wives, a son and daughter each, homes and stable jobs...

I don't think I could have survived if I stayed in NJ (honestly)... there would have been too damn much pressure and being a good distance away is good for me... not as many temptations, etc...

Only problem is that the family (mom, dad, friends) are getting older and it gets harder to fathom someone not being there at some point... everyone's healthy overall and I'm thankful for that... I'm also happy that I got to see an aunt, uncle and cousin who mean the world to me...

The upcoming years will certainly be hard, but there was a lot of love back there and always will be... I sure hope they all understand (honestly) why I'm here instead of there...

I talked it over with my friend last night and she thinks everything is OK and I trust her instinct just because of who she is and what she's been for me in the past...

Another Chance to Reconnect

What a great night reconnecting... it's been so long since we've been able to do that and I so wish that we were able to get together more often... we both know that's not always possible though and we'll just keep making the best of every chance we can ...

Friends like you are a once in a lifetime blessing and I want that friendship to be there for a long time yet to come...

Past/Present/Special

Friday was great... we hadn't been able to connect that way in years... hopefully we don't pull each other in too far again and don't push each other away like we did before...

There's gotta be a happy median for what we have... maybe this time...

No matter what, you're special to me (like it or not) and hopefully you don't regret what happened (past or present).

J