Break From School Only

Lots has happened lately, no time to be postin. Things have calmed down for this weekend, and will get crazy again come Monday. So much for a relaxing break huh?

I'm trying to decide if I'm gonna gloss over everything now, and give details later, or will I just start with details and you'll get the rest of the story later. Number 1 sounds like the best thing to do:

1. Came home from school
2. Had argument with my parents about church, they're disappointed in me cuz I don't want to go, I'm disappointed in them because they're forcing their form of faith on me(ie still forced to go to church.)
3. Went with parents to Las Vegas, saw too much of my Aunt Joan(who lives there). Didn't have nearly as much fun as a 21yr old should in Vegas, but to be fair I was the only one in my age-group that I knew there.
4. Aunt Kat(other side of family) has stroke while we're in Vegas.
5. While awaiting second plane home in ATL, we find out Kat died.
6. Head home, make plans to attend funeral in Floridia, leaving Monday, coming back Saturday. Yeah that's a long time, my Dad feels the need to be there for a while to help the other family members out. Makes sense.
7. Yesterday I decided to start getting into bonsai trees after looking at some books Mike has.

Now 5 & 6 require immediate explanation. I'll get to the rest as I feel like it. Sad to say, but I'm not very close to any of my family except my immediate family. And I'm not a very emotional person. So I'm not really shook up about my aunt's death. I more feel bad for my cousins and uncle that she left behind. And I'm seeing my break slip away. This break was supposed to be a time of work, me and Mike getting some music done together. And so far we only have one song close to done writing, another in the beginning stages, and one completely finished. Nothing recorded. And now I'll be gone for almost a week. Of course I'm not mad about her dieing, but I'm frustrated with my schedule. Between this and Vegas, that's like a week and a half of volatility, where stability could have had me writing more. Ah well. Best I can do is set me and Mike up with songs we can write separately. Hopefully I'll have a song or half of one by the time I get back from Floridia.

And my aunt dieing brings up a very important point. People have to take care of themselves. Simple things like eating decent, exercising, going to the doctor. I'm pretty sure Kat didn't exercise, and I know she didn't go to the doctor at all. No one should be dieing at 50 from a high-blood pressure stroke. The day before she had her stroke I worked out at the hotel, quickly realizing how out of shape I'd gotten. Now I'm extra motivated to get back into doing some sort of exercise. That's all I got to say for now. Peace folks