Weight of the World

There is soooo much going on these days... Jill and I, my sister and her family, Monica's sister... It's all just starting to crumble down on all of us... It feels like everyone is buckling and I'm all alone trying to keep us all from being crushed. I pray it all starts to ease up a bit real soon. Until then... just call me Atlas.



"Feels like the weight of the world,
Like God in heaven gave me a turn.
Don't cling to me, I swear I can't fix you.
Still in the dark, can you fix me?

Freefall, freefall, all through life.

If you love me, then let go of me.
I won't be held down by who I used to be.
She's nothing to me.

Feels like the weight of the world,
Like all my screaming has gone unheard.
And oh, I know you don't believe in me.
Safe in the dark, how can you see?

Freefall, freefall, all through life.

If you love me, then let go of me.
I won't be held down by who I used to be.

If you love me, then let go of me
I won't be held down by who I was

If you love me, then let go of me
I won't be held down by who I used to be"
-- Evanescence

Veritas - Iustitia - Libertas

I haven't blogged in ages again... I have so much to catch up on!

Jill and I had our anniversary back on 7/7/07... some would say the luckiest day ever. *shrugs* I think I got lucky two years before when she and I finally got together. *chuckles* We went for a nice dinner together and just enjoyed each other's company.

We went to Harrisburg/Hershey over this past weekend as our anniversary gift to each other. We stayed away for the weekend and went to the Daughtry/Staind/Nickelback concert. Had a pretty decent time. We enjoyed the show even with fights and people passing out all around us. The only major issue we faced was the traffic and we had an incident at the hotel with our room not getting made up and our food being stolen.

Jill and I are heading to the Benton rodeo tomorrow evening. Should be a good time. Jill has never been to a rodeo so this could be interesting. ;-)

In other news... My sister has filed paperwork and begun proceedings to get her idiot husband out of her life. I'll say nothing more about it other than it's about time and I'm glad.

While I was at her house last night, I heard sirens and went outside to find that a neighbor's kid was struck by a car. The child was playing outside on the road with no supervision and got hit. Sadly, the child did not survive the accident. It was an experience to see this all happen just up the road from my sister's place.

Now... I leave you with some lyrics for my sister.


"Father's a name you haven't earned yet
You're just a child with a temper
Haven't you heard "Don't hit a lady"?
Kickin' your ass would be a pleasure"
-- Nickelback



"Black eyes, I don't need 'em
Blue tears, gimme freedom
Positively never goin' back
I won't live where things are so out of whack
No more rollin' with the punches
No more usin' or abusin'

I'd rather die standing
Than live on my knees
Begging please-no more

Black eyes-I don't need 'em
Blue tears-gimme freedom
Black eyes-all behind me
Blue tears'll never find me now"
-- Shania Twain

I've been tagged?!?!?!?!

It's been a while since I blogged... I've been a bit busy with the daily tasks of my life to sit down and put together a decently thought out post. *shrugs* To be honest, I've gotten very tired of posting the same old things on this blog. It's been a few years that I've been posting here and if you look back through the archives, it all blurs together and looks exactly the same.

Anyway... What's been happening? Those of you who know me, know what's been going on. Work, Jill, etc., etc., etc.... *chuckles* I finally went to the doctor and got some medication for my hypertension. Everyone who knew about it can now finally quit yelling at me! :-p Ummm... what else? Jill and my engagement announcement was in the local papers. People keep congratulating me... but I've been engaged for months, people! LOL! I went and played trivia with Jill's cousins for the first time in ages... had a blast and we won. *chuckles* Winning always makes it even more enjoyable. Jill and I heading to Hershey next weekend for the Daughtry/Staind/Nickelback concert. We are also celebrating our anniversary that weekend... it's really this weekend but we both work. *shrugs* Ummm... I guess that covers the "news" if you can call it such. Now... on to the reason for the title of this post....

I've been tagged to do this blog survey thingy....

Here are the rules:

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

1) I despise social situations.
2) I am terrified of failure and allow that fear too much power.
3) I feel terribly guilty about the past and refuse to repeat those mistakes.
4) I dislike arbitrary rules or change.
5) I prefer a logical debate to an emotional one.
6) In high school I would have rather been on a basketball court than on a date.
7) The greatest days of my life are yet to come.
8) I refuse to tag 8 people! :-p