Lost Highway

So my favorite band Bon Jovi has a new cd coming out next week. I have been looking forward to this for awhile now. I have loved their music since junior high, and they aren't bad on the eyes either. I am hoping to get to see them live on the tour for this album. I have seen them once way back on the Keep the Faith tour, but I would love to see them again - and Kathy if you are reading we WILL be going this time!!! If you are interested you can preview the new music over at VH1. I like what I have heard so far and even though what I have heard has a much more "country" sound than their previous stuff they still ROCK!- hope they don't disappoint...

Ready for a Vacation

I am very ready for a vacation. While we don't have our plans nailed down completely, we do have a destination and hotel reservations already. We don't know what we are going to do when we get there, but we are ready to go. Honestly, I don't care if we do nothing more than let the kids swim in the hotel pool and just hang out. I know we are both in need of a little R&R. I even splurged on a little more expensive hotel than I usually go for (being the cheapskate that I am) and I opted for three whole nights away from home. Now the countdown is on...

Challenge Update

Well I had hoped to have more progress on this challenge than I have, but I guess not gaining is progress in a way, especially after that cheesecake last week. I lost a pound this week which makes my total for the challenge at Tales from the Scales a whopping 2.5 pounds. Guess I will take what I can get. There is still plenty of time to make my goal before the challenge is over.

Not Too Bad

Well, the class reunion wasn't that bad - even for us antisocialites. I tried my best not to just blend into the background, but to make an effort to get into the conversation. There were probably 20 or so classmates that showed up for family day. It was nice to get to visit with some old friends and just to see everyone's families. It always amazes me how much everyone's kids have grown. It starts to make you feel old when you see your classmates twelve year old kids, especially when the last time you saw them they were just seven. Maybe it won't be another five years before I see them again.

15 Years and Counting

Tomorrow is my 15 year high school reunion. I was really excited about going for a while. I have even been involved in the planning process, but as the actual reunion approaches, I really don't want to go. I have come to realize over the last few months that I am anti-social. It's not that I don't want to socialize, but when I get in a situation with a lot of people, I become a wallflower. I try to fade into the background and not be seen. I never know what to say to people, and no matter how hard I try, I feel like a big, old dork when I try to make small talk.

Don't get me wrong, I look forward to seeing a few of my old classmates. Some were close friends that I rarely talk to anymore. I have not been the best at keeping up old friendships. I don't know why that is either. I think it stems from the same reason I don't make small talk well - I am afraid that people just don't really care what I have to say, or what is going on in my life, and I don't want to bore them with the details, so we just end up drifting apart.

I was the same way in school. I had a few close friends, but I never felt any real ties with most of my classmates. I think it is that way for a lot of people. I always felt like everyone else was more popular, richer, smarter, and just plain more exciting than me. As I later learned, that really wasn't true about most of them. They all had the same insecurities that I had. The ones that I thought were rich really just had families that were deeper in debt than mine. Those that were more popular were just more outgoing than I am.

Anyway - I will go to my reunion, I will talk to my old friends, and I will attempt not to try to make myself fade into the background - but I am not making any promises.