O, things have been great lately. The last week of the summer as a college student is very unpredictable. It is very important to spend time with family but there are many friends that I need to see before I leave. PCC is awesome because we start a week after everyone, so last week was friend week and this week is family week.
Anyways it is unpredictable because you never know how work is going to happen or what is going to happen at home or if we do anything fun or especially how the family acts emotion wise. Last year was great because mom and dad sent me off with a party kinda thing by inviting the people that I would consider to be my heroes over to our house for a surprise kinda thing. Anyways this year has been great... the whole family has been fun.
Mom has finally calmed down considerably... she was very highly strung this summer (understandable with the wedding and all the business, its just been very arduous for the family.) Anyways she has been awesome... funny and laid back. Ben has been fairly enjoyable. School has worn him some but he hasn't been depressed or angry. Dad has been great... I'm sure he is very emotional but he has a great perspective about it. He has just been trying to enjoy the times....
Life is scary like that. How come memories are so much sweeter then what's presently happening? I really don't understand. But I do know that if we focus on making memories now, our lives will be so much more wonderful. For instance -
Last night dad and I went golfing. I have no idea why it's been on my mind this summer but I kept telling dad and myself that I really wanted to try it. I had never done it before, I knew I would stank at it but hey It was just one of those things.
Now back to my thoughts on life, I could have just said ahh lets just chill around the house or go to Walmart... or something stupid like that- and it would have been another meaningless night. But golfing was great. It was such a grand time... dad was great. He is much better than me, not pro, but he knows what he is doing. I wasn't as bad as I thought I would be. O, I was bad, real bad. But its one of those things I would love to do again really soon... maybe Matt will take me?
So three really funny things happened... first of all on hole number 5 or 6, there was this long straightaway and then a turn to the left. So there were these small boards with arrows on them pointing to the left. Dad was watching me... I was not too far from the green. I hit the ball and it rolled pretty nicely and then with a thonk it smacked the board. It was funny... not sure why but it would have been really hard to hit it even if I tried to ... stupid me.
Then we saw a giant rat! I thought it was a groundhog... but it had a long skinny tail and looked like it was either-
A- Dying
B- Rabid
C- Drunk
D- Or someone (maybe dad) hit it with the golf ball.
anyways it could barely walk... it was rolling around and it was 'alarious.
Lastly I did something amazing. On hole two, I was teeing off and I took a huge swing... I heard a noise... I looked out but didn't see the ball soaring through the air. I looked down and to my surprise all I saw was the ball, slightly closer to the ground. Apparently I hit the tee right out from under the ball. I have no idea how but it was pretty amusing. Dad and I laughed a lot.
Well we only did 7 holes and it was getting dark and we were ready to hit the road so we drove the cart back and headed over to the mall. We ended up at Texas Roadhouse and had some appetizers as per they were half off.
man, it was a great night. We made lot's of memories. Great memories.
I think that is my new goal in life... just make sweet memories that last forever.
Family, Friends and others are what life is all about. My dad gave me a great quote from a friend of his... he said "a stranger is a friend that I haven't met yet" . wow. I need that perspective in life. How often do I judge people and treat strangers like they are losers when I just don't know them. - Lord help me love others more this year.
I wanna live like today
Could be my last day
To give all I have
Before it's too late
Goodbye to all the
Fear and doubt 'cause this
Love is what life's about/./
life means so much
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