A Bunch of Big Changes since 2012

 Well, lets just dive in with a top 8 and bottom 4 of the past 11 years.

Top 8
1. I've been married since 2017. She's pretty great. Met her in 2015 (for the second time).
2. I'm a dad. Conner (4) and Tyler (19 months).
3. I no longer live in Norfolk.
4. I hang my hat in Huntsville (it's felt like home forever anyway).
5. I got out of Residence Life. Currently an Academic Advisor.
6. I pursued music in a much more professional way. I'm glad to say I peaked with over 2.5k monthly             listeners on spotify recently. To put this in perspective... in 2020 I had a total of 18 listeners.  hewtyler.hearnow.com if you wanna listen on your preferred streaming platform

7. I've saved over $3,400 on haircuts in the last 11 years. 
8. I carry no debt other than a mortgage. 

Bottom 4
1. I've saved over $3,400 on haircuts in the last 11 years.
2. I still can't drink around midgets and antique furniture.
3. I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was.
4. I've got a pretty decent pin collection. 

Spring Breaking

I can't go to Boise to see Katie. The flights are too expensive. The free flight we have to use is blacked out.

I'm unhappy about this.

I've planned a nice staycation in Norfolk. I'm going to go to the aquarium. I'm going to go to the zoo. And then I've got some other activities planned...like going to see Julia Nunes in Richmond with Houlihan...and going to Delaware to gamble with Carla and Reggie.

Life is a blast in Norfolk, VA. It really is. Blast of wind to the face. Blast of rain to the face. Blast of wind and rain to the face. Blast of heavy breathing to the face (if you know, then you know...and if you don't know...ask me in another venue).

I've been going around taking random pictures. It's going to be a new album on facebook titled "why matt why?" The idea is to surprise people.

Boom.

Sidenotes:
1. Students leave tomorrow at 10AM.
2. Kyle Moore is a slag.
3. I'm not really going anywhere.
4. I gave up beer and laziness for Lent. So far I've run a good bit and I've lost about 6 pounds. Who knew this would work so well?
5. Katie's neice was born the other day. Elizabeth Mar. She's kinda cute.
6. It's kind of a blah day. Not a lot of work to do...that's a good thing. I guess that's why I'm blogging.
7. I'm on duty so I can't go anywhere for a while.
8. Drug dealers...I disapprove.
9. I keep humming some song and I don't know what it is. If I hum...it's because I don't know what else to do.
10. Been playing some guitar. Loving my D-28. Go Martin or go home. I'm sold.
11. You. Are. A. Mess.
12. Every now and then I'm reminded. You think you forget but it's always there.
13. Seems like a good number to stop on.

sick days and ridiculous expectations

I tell my supervisor I'm going home from work (around 1PM) because I'm achey and nauseated. She says to me, "excellent, go rest so you can come to area meeting tonight at 10PM."

My supervisor doesn't understand the concept of a sick day.

How do I get myself in to these situations?

Let's do some side notes:
1. I'm kind of thirsty.
2. I gave up caffeine.
3. It's working out well so far.
4. The King of Queens is not a funny show. Kevin James is not funny.
5. Somewhere in Kentucky, there's a young man probably holding a stethescope between his shirt tail and his pants to keep it warm so it doesn't startle people when he puts it on their chest. He may have learned this trick from Dr. Bradford (or maybe not).
6. I wonder what it's like to not have to worry about money. What would Karl Marx say?
7. Avoid politics.
8. I won 25.00 on a 5.00 scratch off.
9. Every day I wake up and I just win all day.
10. When RAs resign, it makes my life harder.
11. Why do people have hair on their toes?
12. 3.5 hours till I suck it up and go to this damn meeting.
13. Planning to visit Katherine in Boise during spring break.
14. I work with a large gentleman named Chuck. I tease him about being the Hulk...except I call him the CHulk. "Don't CHulk out..."
15. I should write more consistently. I just don't feel like my life is all that interesting.

Frustrated...

Just because you're my mother doesn't mean you can say whatever you want and expect me to not get angry about it.

---JUST SAYIN'

I was trimming the sides and back of my hair and the clippers slipped and I had to buzz it all off. I was very disappointed in this mishap. Oh well.

Had a good time kayaking with Brandon Mader the other day. We went out to the Goosepond Amphitheater and paddled around the island. Always fun to reminisce and share more recent stories.

This poison ivy on my leg is about to make me angry. How long does it take to get it to go away anyway?

That's all I've got.

my gray skies are your sunshine

I'm only happy when it rains. Some song said that in the early to mid nineties. Garbage I think.

Either way the redhead was good looking (some say).

I've been sick with a cold the past few days (sore throat/congestion...and my neck has had a real pain too). Summer colds are the worst. I did enjoy a good time Saturday evening with Mader, his sister and her boyfriend. We went to The Docks (a restaurant/bar). Some dude had a girl give Mader his number. Apparently this happens to Mader all the time. I never knew. Direct quote "Whatever. It happens."---Not to me. And I'm kind of glad because I'm not sure if I'd take it as a compliment or just feel awkward about rejecting someone.

Plans to kayak have been thwarted by this sickness. The routine of running has also fallen by the wayside in an attempt to devote any extra energy to feeling better or getting over it. Other than that I'm doing well.

I've applied for way more jobs than I really want to have by now...just sayin.

I had a great 4th of July celebration with Alfred, Bessima and their offspring (Jackson Burns Hensley). Other people of note: the Minshew Mangler and Mordecai...everyone else, I didn't really know.

Let's do a top 8/Bottom 4

8. Nothing like a good Thunderstorm on a Tuesday morning.
7. Bad Teacher- Not as great as anticipated but still better than the 2nd Hangover.
6. Posterity and John Adams. Look it up.
5. Caught another lizard (blue tailed skink...I have two...a male and a female).
4. Fishing with Uncle Shawn and Shawna/the parentals & Brian.
3. In Transformers 3 they destroy Chicago (according to Katie).
2. Fireworks.
1. Burger.

4. Casey Anthony verdict
3. Snot
2. No running
1. Unemployment (orginally typed Unempooment)

I'm tired of trying so hard

Something something blah blah

We live in uncertain times.

The most productive thing I've done today is mow the yard. I ran a 6:21 on my first mile today. I need to get to where that's not a big deal. I'm not even sure why I'm writing. No one reads this and most normal people have other people to talk to about their day.

I'm so mundane. I hate it. If I could bottle my self-hatred right now and sell it, I'd be a rich man (this makes no sense...as if people want to hate themselves).

I want to get deeply personal at the moment, but I'm afraid I'll type something I regret in my anger.

Way over due for an update

So...I've got a lot of time on my hands. Since graduate school, I worked at a University in Tennessee in Chattanooga that will go without name. I was there from June 28, 2010 to May 31, 2011. During that time I experienced the worst place to ever work in my life. I truly feel my supervisors were threatened by my abilities. When push came to shove I decided it was time to cut the ties and jump the tracks (for never to return...at least in the position I was in).

Currently, I'm job searching...and living with the parents. It's not a fun situation by any means but I am appreciating the break I'm getting. I like to consider it an extended vacation. I've applied for 36 jobs since December but nothing is panning out.

The greatest and best thing in my life is that I'm engaged to an amazing woman. The problem is that she lives and works in Boise, Idaho...and I do not. Distance is painful and it's frustrating but I know that someday soon it will all be worth it.

In honor of my dear friend Mr. Guthrie, I'm going to do a top 8 bottom 4 for this week.

Top 8:

1. I'm at 20 miles and it's day 3 (I did 30 last week).
2. I've got a lot of awesome memories from the past.
3. I've met and enjoyed the company of many great people.
4. Getting quality time with the parents.
5. I built a fire last Saturday and it was awesome.
6. Mrs. Potter's Lullaby (Counting Crows).
7. I'm no longer in Hell.
8. Lost 6 LBS since coming home/running consistently (not changing eating habits).

Bottom 4:
1. Unemployment
2. Packed away all the trophies, plaques, ribbons, medals, etc. from high school and college running. Tired of the past mocking me and I'm out to do something new/prove something to myself.
3. I touched things I haven't touched in over a decade (I set things somewhere a decade ago).
4."The price of a memory, is the memory of the sorrow it brings..."



badeb badeb badeb...that's all folks. (why don't they show Looney Tunes on TV anymore?)