The CragBaby

It has been one of those days. Instead of being cranky, I am going to do my normal practice of listing 10 things for which I am grateful (and adding in a pretty picture from Ireland).

• I am glad my friend Sam has the opportunity to move to Guam. Tonight he is playing music at a SLC house party and I am excited to see him before he goes. Sam is one of my best friends and I am so excited for his chance to leave Utah and expound on his career.
• I am excited that it is 2008. Good things are in the pipeline this year. I am excited for those things to come to pass.
• I am on the waiting list to donate platelets on Sunday. I hope I can get in because I miss this volunteer opportunity as I haven’t done it for about a month.
• I love my dog. She is always excited to see me.
• I am grateful for opportunity and the feeling that it always exists, that I am not stuck in one place. I feel like the only thing that limits me are the invisible boundaries I imagine.
• I think a crew of us are doing a day trip to Ibex tomorrow or down to Joes to hop on some ice. I’m stoked for that.
• I am glad I stopped practicing the Mormon faith five years back. I don’t mean to offend any of my Mormon friends by that statement, but the religion wasn’t a good fit for me and I am exponentially happier since. My emergence from the religion helped me desire a career, a degree, to travel, to be independent and realize that I can make a difference. I realized that I could have a bigger role in life than to get married and have many children. I am completely a different person now and I like who I currently am a lot better. (Disclaimer: Note that I am not saying you have to leave the religion to figure these thing out. I am listing my experiences only.)
• I work with one individual who is just such a great person, genuinely a good person. He cares for everyone, has a wonderful marriage to a fantastic wife, is extremely motivating and is one of the few people I turn to for advice. I am lucky to work with him.
• I love these computer science classes even though the work load is heavy and I can easily fall behind. I love that I have had the opportunity to start learning another skill set.
• I am grateful that I like who I am. The world can be a little rough sometimes, but I am so content by myself that it doesn’t matter. Life is good even when I am all alone. Perhaps even better when I am alone. =)

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