Finished

Some things change a person temporarily. A stubbed toe will make a person more cautious while climbing the stairs. Some things change a person permanently. A broken back will keep a person from climbing the stairs ever again. It's unfortunate really, but it's life. I guess some people just aren't meant for certain things; life decides for itself how it should pass, no matter what anyone else thinks should happen.

wtf?!

Over the past couple of days I've been feeling depressed again and I don't know why. It's really starting to piss me off though. I don't really have any reason to be depressed, I just am. Things aren't perfect by any means but they aren't terrible considering. It just sucks because I was doing so well and now I'm back to this. Maybe it's just that time of the month and it will go away soon. Here's hoping.

Paradise?

Here I am, sitting on the 10th floor balcony with friends, beer, pizza, chocolate milk and Oreo's. It doesn't get much better than this. I've always loved hearing sounds of people from a distance. I can barely hear the sounds of the cars driving below between the constant laughter spurned on by a few beers in the system and the general good humored nature of our group. These are times that I cherish more than any other and for me its paradise.

Not Your Average Love Story

It's been just over two months since my fiance left me, my ex-fiance. We would have been married for just over one month. I can say I definitely have a better outlook on life right now than I did a month ago, but I'm still not to the point yet where I'm completely happy. I still can't make myself believe that I'm happier now than I would have been with had things worked out. I think that one will take a while, even though I may be happy at times now, extremely happy even, the consistency of my happiness is less that would I know it would have been.

In other news, Ted Kennedy died yesterday and it really has no affect on me at all. I also moved in to a new place about three weeks ago. It's pretty nice, fairly cheap and my roommate isn't terrible. I met my roommate on Craigslist by the way. I've done it before and it's always been interesting. So far it's working out great. We even managed to throw together a pretty successful bbq. Large amount of alcohol, food and throwing fully clothed people into the pool is always fun. Also, karaoke = awesomesauce, even though I hate singing in front of other people, I enjoy watching others do it.

The best thing about the bbq was the girl. The whole thing is crazy and I never saw it coming. I can't complain though because she's great. Two days before the bbq I was so sure that I never wanted to be in a relationship again. I've always known that I will never understand how life works, this just further embeds that idea deep into my brain. Now she is my happiness. As I stated before, I'm still not happy all the time, but she gives me hope that I will be again someday.

I have more to write but work is calling. I bike four miles there and back. It may seem like a long distance but I really enjoy it. I've become increasingly fond of biking and running because of all this. It relieves so much stress and gives me time to think about everything. I definitely recommend it.

Also, her name is Kristi.

Inspiration

Well, I've been inspired to write again. I don't know what I'll write about as my life is about as unentertaining as it's ever been. I'm not going to concern myself with that for now though. A lot of things have happened since my last vow to never post again. Updates on that will have to wait though since I'm posting this from my phone and writing paragraphs on a keyboard that is smaller than the palm of my hand isn't the easiest thing I've ever done. I will say, however, that things are better, much better, despite the typical setbacks and assholes that life constantly throws my way.

Just Kidding

Well, things don't always work out as planned I guess. Wedding cancelled, relationship over, life plans gone. I'm still trying to work things out for myself but it's unlikely I'll be sharing via blogging. Consider this blog dead, I'll probably never post here again.

One Last Go

For anyone who might still check this, the blog that I now post at is www.livingston17.blogspot.com. It's pretty much just wedding related stuff. Planning and informing and whatnot but there might be a few other random things now and then. See you there.

F-in hilarious

OUCH Charlie!

I love when his expression changes from "Haha this is funny," to "Oh shit that really hurts." Then the baby laughs, because he knows he's bad ass.

Hey!

I'm back! And nothing has changed at all! Well... except for the weather. It's warm, and that means hiking and adventure! Can you tell by all the exclamation points that I'm excited? Well I am. Julie and I have started running and so far so good considering. I'm still nowhere near what I would like to be, but hey, it's a process... a slow one. I can tell that I'm getting in better shape though. The fact that walking up the stairs to my apartment doesn't leaving me huffing and puffing is a sure sign. I'm also gaining weight, which may sound like a bad thing, but for me, it's not. I've always been too skinny, in my mind anyway, so as long as I don't gain too much weight I'm happy. I've probably put on about 15-20 pounds since moving here, just to give you an idea. I blame it partly on Julie's delicious cooking, but the working out helps. I'll have a 6-pack in no time. Well, maybe.

In other news, there isn't any other news. Life keeps on keeping on and like I said earlier, most things have stayed the same. Julie did get a new job which she loves, and consequently I love, because anything that makes her happy, makes me happy. Plus she's making more money, and that has made life much easier. I still wouldn't mind winning the lottery though. People always ask, "What you would do with 100 million dollars?" In my case, it's more like, "What wouldn't I do?"

All in all I still really like it here, but not having any friends is a bummer. That's why you all have to come visit me. Right now. Seriously. Only one person has visited so far, the wonderful miss Kayla, and I'm pretty sure it was the best experience of her entire life. Really, the best. It was so awesome that she came back a few weeks later to see us again. Well, she really just came back to go to a concert with some friends but whatever, it still counts. So, I expect to see your face very soon.

Until then, I'll be off adventuring in the mountains, or at least dreaming about it until both Julie and I can get the same day off of work and school.

Road Trip

I'm leaving for Nebraska tomorrow (or today, since it's like 1 a.m.) to see family for the holidays. Well, Julie's family anyway. It's a little late but it's better than nothing, and I really don't mind that it's not actually my family... yet.

I'll be back on Saturday, which means I'll be driving Saturday, which means I'll miss the first NFL playoff game. Sad day, but I'll live. I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Years and that this year is better than all the previous ones. Until next time.

Another Year Gone

It's been a while, but nothing much has really happened since I settled down in Denver. I didn't do much for Christmas. Both Julie and I had to work the day before and the day after so we pretty much just had a lazy day together which was nice because we rarely get the same day off. It did snow 8-9 inches Christmas day and that was pretty sweet. It was so soft and fluffy and I just love have a white Christmas. Then, it snowed another 8-9 inches 2 days later. So, we got a lot of snow.

I did start working out. I'm pretty much too sexy for my... well... everything. That's right, I walk around naked everywhere now. I haven't been able to play in the mountains in a while, but I still get to see them everyday, and they're still beautiful, so that's good enough for now I guess. It's almost new year's, and that's frickin crazy. Where does the time go these days? Julie and I do get to go see some of her family next weekend, we're definitely looking forward to that. It does get lonely here sometimes when we don't ever see anyone. That's why you all need to come visit us. Right now. Seriously, do it.

Anyway, I hope you all have a great new year. Be safe. Don't drink too much, especially if you have a habit of dislocating limbs, but most importantly, HAVE FUN!

Seven Days of Denver

Well, here I am, sitting in my new home, all nice and cozy. It's been seven days of adventure and discovery and the best is yet to come. Julie and I both moved from our respective towns last Friday. She left in the morning and arrived seven hours later and started unpacking while I was driving. I had one last final to take, which I rocked (I still have a 4.0 woo!!), then I took off on my nine hour drive from Kansas City. Driving all the way across Kansas sucks, just so you know.

Saturday we finished unpacking and started getting things set up where we wanted them. We also took our families out to the mountains and showed them some of downtown Denver.

Sunday we said goodbye to our families and were finally on our own. Yay! We also finished setting everything up and made the apartment actually look like people lived here, rather just having boxes everywhere.

Monday we adventured out and discovered the wonderful world of public transportation. We took the train, which is just a couple blocks away from home, to downtown Denver and explored a little more down there before coming home and relaxing for the evening.

Tuesday was my first day of classes. Woo!! I mean poo.... I hate calculus 2. I do get to see the mountains are my drive to school though, so that's frickin awesome. We also bought our sexy microwave. Yay for popcorn! Other than that, it was pretty much just a lazy day.

Wednesday I went to class again, it sucked as much as the first day, but oh well. After that, it was pretty much just another lazy day.

Today has been fairly busy already and we still have more to do. Julie and I went to her culinary school to talk to her advisor and get a tour of the campus. It was pretty sweet and there was food everywhere. I hate cooking but it almost made me want to go there. And we found out that after Julie cooks her meals for class she gets to take it home. I can't wait for that. More delicious food for me!

It's been an exciting week, way more exciting than this post makes it sound, and the days just keep getting better. The best part of it all is that everything I've done has been with Julie. Yeah, yeah, it sounds cheesy but it really has been great.

Here are a couple of pictures of our little apartment. It's just a studio but there's plenty of space for just the two of us and we really like it.


This is our entry-way. There's a little coat closet to the right and the vanity/closet/bathroom to the left.


This is part of our bathroom. The shower/toilet are separated from the sink which is nice and there's another vanity area in another separate area by the giant walk-in closet.



This is our living area. Heck yes I have two TV's.

This is the sleeping area right behind the couch. Like I said, it's small but it's cozy and we like it a lot.

This is our kitchen and table and stuff. That red bowl is full of candy. Mmmm.


So that's that. I'm finally in Denver after what seems like a thousand lifetimes of waiting. I love the city, I love the mountains, and I love living with Julie.

P.S. Send us mail! We've been here a week and we have no mail yet! Our address is on my Facebook if you didn't see the note I sent.

On the Road Again

Tomorrow is the day I move to Denver. Yay! I'm really excited to get there, but not at all excited about doing everything I need to do to get there. I still need to do laundry, pack, load the vehicles, call my school in Denver about financial aid, call someone else in Denver about class registration, and take one last final. Tomorrow at 10 a.m. is my last final and as soon as I'm finished with that I'm off to Denver. Google says it's a 10 hour drive but I'm hoping I can make it a bit quicker. It won't be the longest drive I've ever done but it's still a lot and it's still going to suck.

After I get to Denver I need to unpack, unpack, unpack! because I have class again there on Monday. Woo! Ok, not really. I mean, I really do have class on Monday, I'm just not excited enough to "woo" about it. I can't wait to live in Denver though. The city is nice, the mountains are amazing, and, best of all, I'll finally get to live with my wonderful girlfriend of over 2 years, most of which have been a long distance relationship.

Baby!!!

This morning at 10:33 am my sister gave birth to a baby boy! Jacob Daniel Orcutt was 7 lbs. 15 oz. and 20 in. long. He's going to go by Daniel I think. Also, today is my sister's 27th birthday so it's been an exciting day for her.

I haven't gotten to see pictures yet, but hopefully in a couple days someone will find the time to send me some. Next weekend I get to go back to Oklahoma for the last time before I move to Denver and I'll get to see the new addition to the family. I'm really excited to see my new nephew but I'm nervous too. I've never held a baby before (I know my sister will want me to hold him) and it kind of scares me. Is that weird? I'm sure I'll be fine but I'm gonna be nervous until then.