Funkytown

Ok, so I know I am horrible about keeping up with this blog. Just put it in line with all the other things I seem to procrastinate on.

Lately I have been in a funk. Hell, for several months now it seems I have been in a funk. Can't concentrate on things, have little desire to do many of the things that have made me happy in the past, and can't seem to find the right 'flow' to go with the 'ebb.' It is what it is, but I am doing my best to break out of it...

A quick update on some things:

- My timeline is right on schedule for a major professional change. In short, something I have had in my mind to do for a long time seems to be right on the cusp of happening...consider this - doing what I love for a living and not having to answer to anyone...just me or failure...yeah, I'm there and ready to take the leap. What's more, others believe in me...

- I got on the scale a few weeks ago and was fucking appalled. 202.5 lbs and it wasn't muscle mass that was being built. Got on the scale last week after a (very) modest adjustment to my diet and exercise and went to 201. Still not good - a work in progress. I am comfortable knowing I can get right, tho. Some of the few folks who have read this blog for some time might remember there was a time when I got to 210 lbs. In 4 months I dropped to 173 and my strength increased in a big way. Yep, time to get back on that program...

- Just got my SUV back from the shop. Bad coil, new plugs and all that jazz and $450 lighter in the wallet. I needed that like I need to have my son tell me he is gay. Oh, don't worry about that tho...He and his myspace page tell me he is most definitely not...as a matter of fact, his growing into a teen is causing pops some major consternation, but that is another story...

- Thinking about all the things I was supposed to have done by this time in my life. Yeah, I know, we have all been there and done that, but for anyone who knows me, I'm sure even they're like, 'what the fuck is going on with that guy?' I'm guessing it won't take long to get on the path, because with ebb and flow, it's only a matter of time...but it's also a matter of getting with the program - and I've been sorely lacking in that department. No more.

- Didn't make it home friday nite. Of course the wife loves that, but someone tell me since when I really give a shit what she has to say or thinks? I was good, although it was idiotic for me to leave my debit card at the place on Greenville Ave and have to go pick it up, only to discover they charged me for drinks when my buddy had paid the tab at the end of the night. Speaking of which, he told me we went to Burger King at 2 in the morning on that inebriated evening...umm, why don't I recall any of that? All I saw was mustard stains on my pants the next morning...

- My current work sucks. Part of the funkiness is that I can't get motivated, and having some ass who thinks he is God's gift to financial advisors isn't gonna do it...matter of fact, I would venture to say that that dick is gonna get his when I am no longer part of the tribe...

So just taking a minute and reading all that comes across as sooo negative. I am not that kind of guy, but lately that is exactly part of the funkytown I've been a part of...but now is the time to get right, so that is what I will do, even as I can't stand where I sit right now...

All that being said, let me just wish everyone a Happy President's Day...no, not for our current regime, but for those who did a wonderful job in the Oval Office and made us a better nation...Reagan comes to mind. At any rate, it gave me the day off as markets were closed, and for that I can be grateful!