Had a great Bon Fire today.

Today one of my older brothers, Troy had a bon fire at his house. It was really cool, and we planed it out together so that I could bring my parents and they could meet him for the first time. It was a lot of fun. Both of my brothers were there. Travis, and Troy. Both married, both have beautiful kids. I will try to explain the people in the picture. Close right hand corner is Chris of course. Behind Chris is my dad. In the lower left hand corner on the couch is Travis and his wife Amber. On the far back wall all the way to the left is Grandma and to the right of her is my older brother Troy. To the right of Troy is my sister Brandy, and my brother in-law to be John. At this point we were inside talking, looking at pictures, and just enjoying each other. My mom got a chance to see a picture of my Biological father. She was immideatly taken by how much we look alike. It is in deed a little suprising to see someone much older than me, someone you haven't ever seen before that looks so much like me. It's almost a little creepy.

Next we went outside and had some Hot dogs and smores, and good food. In a little bit we will start playing with the fireworks that John bought. This only leads to what could be called wreckless endangerment......you make your own opinion though.Alright, I don't know if you are familiar with Males, and shooting off fireworks. But it usually goes like this...oooooo, ahhhhh, wow neato!............Can't we do any better than that? "HEY, I GOT A GOOD IDEA!" Well, this is exactly what happened, and soon we had a Barney doll filled to the brim with Gun Powder, and soon my brother in-law to be had stuck a bottle rocket up Barney's butt, and took off. Yes, thats right........and it was amazing. Watch the video below.

So, with Troy (big brother), we haven't gotten any DNA testing done, or anything of that sorts, but the fact that he enjoys doing something like this as much as I do...is proof enough for me. I had a really good time today. :-)

back to work, felt good.

ahhhh, a sigh of relief after I got done with work today. This sounds kind of odd/funny, but I didn't miss this country too much, but I definately did miss my job, and working. I like staying busy, and earning some cash. It makes the day go by faster, and I just like the people at Vision Scapes, they are fun to work with, and easy to get along with. Very chill work atmosphere.

After work I went over to Tony & Amber, Nick and Brandons' house. I work with Tony, Nick and Brandon, and our boss owns and rents their house to them. It is really cool, and pretty big, they have a huge back yard, and it is right by work, so you can very easily walk to work.

After all that jazz Chris took me home and I got cleaned up, my buddy Brad called me, here is a picture of Brad.

Brad is a good old boy, from way back in the day. We have known each other from elementary. I like these relationships because I can put all my trust in these people and feel confident. Brad a good guy, plain and simple. Yea, so brad called, and after me and chris chilled out at the house for a bit, all of a sudden it was 9:30PM we were both suprised, so we drove to brads, chilled with some peeps, and played with Kaido. Kaido is Brads Pit Bull, it is an awesome dog, I have had the pleasure of watching Kaido grow up from a pup.

Definately not a pup anymore, and if you make him angry....you will regret it. lol. but it's not even funny................

MS UPDATE:

today, and work and play I definately noticed a difference in my tremors. It seems they aren't hardly noticable unless I am under a great deal of stress. This is great, I think the real test will be in Church on Sunday during worship time. That's where I noticed them, wouldn't that be awesome if thats where I noticed them not there?

The first follow up, has been upped, or followed...

I kept myself busy today. This morning I had to report to the alcohol assessment class. It was suppose to be 2 hours, but I was outa there in like 45min. This is what happened. Thankfully I got the lady who has a secure head on her shoulders. She realized that I do not have an alcohol problem, and that the minimal alcohol classes would do just fine. So, on a Saturday and Sunday from 8AM to 4:30PM I have class.....fun fun. At a cost of $200 I better be learning everything there is to know about alcohol, why people drink it, and why it is a problem in America....even though I already know all of that. *****Let me clear something up too, I am taking this alcohol class because of when I got in trouble back in September of 2006. There is no new charge, and drinking is not a part of my life style choice.*******

At 3ish the photographer for the News Sentinel showed up. We told her stome stories from China, and then Jennifer Boen from the news paper showed up. She did the interview, asked many good questions, and did a good job like she always does. She will be writing a good article.

Chris's tire on his Lincoln was making the whole thing shake really bad for the past couple of days. He thought it was the roters.....turns out the tire was loose. Roters are still bad, but the friggin tire was coming off. LOL. he tightened it on, and it hardly shook at all. I laughed a bit.

I got a lot of E-Mails accomplished today. A LOT. I amaze myself how many of those things I write. God is so good, God is so good, God is so good...he's so good to me.

Someone sent me this video to watch, now you must do the same.

WATCH VIDEO

a little movie shall we?

Today started out kind of slow. I messed around in the back yard with some sprinklers, cuz it is so darn dry out, I wanted to sprinkle some water on stuff for a while. I got a chance to talk to a good friend in Ohio that I haven't talked to for a while. Thanks Miss Haines. ;-) Then I did some work on my new diet. I decided to incorporate some Omega 3 acids into my daily intake, and cut Milk out. I still have to do more reading on why I am doing this, but I feel it will only be helpful in the MS fight. I got an E-Mail from a man who did an article on me a while ago that I was very impressed with, and he gave me a response that the news paper got. It's a new drug. It is taken Orally, and I am going to do some research on it to see what the hype is all about. Then, me and my friend Chris went and saw a great new movie. Me and Chris both thought it was awesome. I am a huge fan of the Die Hard trilogy, so this was great for me. Just like the old movies. Bruce Willis A.K.A. John Mcclain gets the crap beaten out of him while he saves the world. Surprising how this plot never gets old in these movies. :-)

Today I got to feeling pretty raw about Chelsy. ughhhh! I need to just forgive and FORGET! WHY IS THIS SO HARD FOR ME?

it was a hot one today

Today it got up to like 95 degrees. The whole day though, all I could think about is how much I wish I was working. I want to be back on a regular schedule.

This morning at 9:00 I had to be at court. Yes court. Last **September** I got an OWI, (Operating While Intoxicated) long story short MS was hitting me kind of hard, and I didn't know how I was going to deal with. Instead of dealing with my emotions and thinking about my options, I got a 24 pack and drank, and then decided to drive my moms car. Well, I ended up in a corn field with flashing lights around me. Back to today, I went to court, which has been pushed back and back and back. My lawyer asked me if I needed more time. I said NO, lets just get this over with. So I have to take alcohol classes, and bring proof that I paid the corn field owner for the corn that I knocked over. We will see how this all works out. But hopefully I take some classes and it's over.

I miss China. Everyone someone asks me if I am glad to be back....I hesitate, and say something like, "well, I am happy to see my friends and what not." Deep down inside I am thinking something along the lines of, "I wish I wasn't back in Indiana." But the big guy is in control, and he brought me back home for now. I can be okay with that. Hopefully I will be working back at Vision Scapes on Monday. That would be great. Time will start going faster and that would just be great.

welcome back

My sis Mer threw a welcome back bash for me. Her and her roomate Tracie had a picknik(spelling I know) and a pool swimming adventure for me. I even got welcome back balloons. It was awesome. I ate some really good food, and hung out with some really good friends. I also remembered today how ANGRY I am at Chelsy still. I am talking about a fierce anger. Something I pray about but really am having trouble letting go of it. I feel really scorned from what she did. And for some reason, I feel like it is some how my fault.

After the pool party, me and Chris went disk golfing. It was much fun for the front 9 holes. But the back 9 I didn't throw, I just enjoyed everyones company. Felt good to be back with the friends I care about so much about.

I am super tired.

The long and sad trip home.

It was a lot harder to leave that hospital than I thought it would be. Everyone on my floor knew when I was leaving too. I think the reality that my treatment was over, and it was time for me to go home became really REAL when a nurse started crying. I went up to her, put my arm around her, and she told me not to go. DANG! She was the prettiest one too. In my head I kept telling myself, "be strong, hold those tears, don't do it....." And even though I managed not to cry in front of her, I was pretty choked up none the less.
We left the hospital at 2:30PM, so around 1ish my mom and I started to say good bye to all our friends. It sucked, and was really hard, especially to this lil lady. I know she will be strong and continue to see awesome results from the stem cell treatment. Our new friends Chris and Melanie had been with us from the very start of our last day in China also. Melanie and my mom went out to get a new suite case to carry all the stuff my MOM and i bought in China. When my mom and Melanie went out, me and Chris stayed back and talked. I am really going to miss all the stories Chris had to tell. He does such a good job of telling them too. I could really improve my story telling skills from Chris. Hopefully I will see him again in the future. I think once I realized I was back in Indiana. I felt super thankful. Thankful to all the people who supported me both emotionally, religiously, and finicially. Because without those people, and everything they did for me, this trip and treatment wouldn't have become a reality. At least not this early in the game. OK, back to the emotions. I am home now, tomorrow I am going to call my boss and try to get my job back, I have some things I have to deal with that hadn't gotten dealt with before I left. I feel like.........OK, back to where everything started. I know I have to just trust that this is where I am suppose to be for the time being. That is ok too. It really is, even though I am pretty unsure about many, many things.........That is ok. It just is.

And so.....I'm HOME

*Accept that some days you're the pigeon,and some days you're the statue.

* Always keep your words soft and sweet,just in case you have to eat them.


* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can berecalled by their maker.


* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.


* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again,it was probably worth it.


* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply be kind to others.


* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time,because then you won't have a leg to stand on.


* Nobody cares if you can't dance well.Just get up and dance.


* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.


* The second mouse gets the cheese.


* When everything's coming your way,you're in the wrong lane.


* Birthdays are good for you.The more you have, the longer you live.


* You may be only one person in the world,
...but you may also be the world to one person.


* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.


* We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp,
some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all
are different colors, but they all have to stay in the same box.


*A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.