j & k

You know you've been reading too much email, via gmail of course, when you get to a random web page with sections and you use j or k to try to get from one to the other. I don't even use vi so I can't even try to blame it on that.

mistake

Why is it so hard to learn from mistakes sometimes? The little mistakes seem easier to learn from a lot of the time. Oddly enough, the big ones tend to be easier to ignore and then, as a result, repeat. That just seems kind of backwards.

comfort

I've found that the more comfortable I am around people, the more willing I am to voice an opinion about what I want to do. Actually, it's probably that I'm more willing to say things I don't want to do. So with people I know extremely well, of which there are only a handful, I go into things much more close-minded. This silly behavior makes me miss out on things. I'm not so sure how to fix it though because if I end up hanging out with the people that introduced me to these things I would have otherwise dismissed, they eventually become the people that I am closest to. Then I stop being as open-minded. I guess I can just find new people, but its cyclic. There must be some kind of balance. I'm just not sure how to find it.

vacation

I took 3 vacation days in a row and decided to go away for a few days - pretty good considering in the past year I'd taken a total of 3 and I'm hesitant to count one of those since I probably worked for a good 8-10 hrs that day. I spent the beginning of the weekend at home then took off for Michigan on Sunday. Here's a few things I learned on/from this vacation.
1. I need to trust my gut more. It tends to be right, especially when it comes to stuff about me. Listening to other people just gets my hopes up and really, that's no fun.
2. Effects of alcohol are greatly intensified by extra exercise and not eating. Yeah, maybe I'd been told that already but yikes, who knew how true.
3. I'm not a morning person, at least not when morning means 4am. I handle 6am much better.
4. I like waterskiing! Wake boarding could be a close second with a bit more practice.
5. I bruise entirely too easily.
6. I like playing cards.
7. It's time for bed - I just fell asleep typing...twice