A Fireside Chat

...without the marshmallows.

Sorry. It's been a few days. A few hellish days. Well, except for the part about spending time with family. That was nice.

I was able to hang out with Robert and Pat during this little vacation. For those of you who do not recognize these names, I'll give a little background for each.

There are people in my family that I have no blood relation to. They are people who look out for my family, and my family looks out for them. Robert is closer to my brother's age. They both went to high school together and such. Back in the day, when I was a young'n, Robert babysat me. He's pretty much a brother of mine.

Same goes for Pat. Pat is a bit older than me, but only by 5 or 6 years. Most of my humor comes from hanging around Pat. He would spend weekends at my parents' house. We'd drive around, go to the mall, or just grab a camera and find funny stuff. Another brother of mine.

Either way, we all told stories at my parents while eating ham and such. Plenty of laughing and catching up. They both live in the Dallas area, so I don't get to see them often.

Heading back home sucked. I went to bed at 3, woke up at 7, and my stomach was cranky. There wasn't much traffic, so it only took 3 hours to get home. Unpacked, fell onto my bed, and passed out for 3 hours. Unfortunately, naps like that aren't good. Always leaves you feeling groggy and what-not. Also, that nap threw my sleeping schedule off even more. Didn't go to bed until 6 last night and didn't wake up until 2 this afternoon.

Ugh, I have to go to school tomorrow. That sucks. But then again, it's only 2 more weeks, and then finals. Afterwards, I'll head home for 2 weeks, try to relax as much as possible, and then come back and prepare. This spring semester is going to be rough, and I intend to put forth ore effort than I did this semester. I need to stop being lazy. I need to focus. Then I can graduate, get my nice job, get a nice car, and get a nice place. I can't wait.

Either way, time for sleep.