The Fortress of Solitude

Today I took the long way.  The thing about the long way is that it’s just a better way to go.  My favorite part about the long way is definitely the ferry.  There is just something cool about floating across the river in your truck.  Usually it’s nice scenery too, like something out of a movie. Today, not so much. It was dreary and rainy.  Another reason I took the long way, I’m the type of driver who is more comfortable on winding country backroads than I am on the interstate.  So since the weather was bad I decided to skip the interstate today.

I had to go work though, and when I take the ferry it puts me into town on the other side of work.  I-75 puts me pretty close to work, but it’s not too bad.  The drive takes about 40-45 minutes, but when I take the ferry it’s right around 55 minutes.  I don’t mind the extra time, gas is cheap. Driving is also a good time to ponder things, and if your brain is as full as mine has been lately extra pondering time is nice.  I guess really it all boils down to the fact that I just like to ride the ferry, it’s extra cool in the morning when its super foggy at the river and you cant see either side of the bank when you get out to the middle.

Like I said I went to work to get my paycheck only to find out I have to work Wednesday, which sucks because I was planning on going to Lexington and run some errands that day.  I’ll have to go tomorrow morning I suppose. I have class until 9:15 and work at 12:30 so it’s a small window, and not every place I need to go will be open.  I guess that gives me an excuse to waste some more gas next week.  I have to go to Lifeway and get some Sunday School materiel.  I have the bible I guess, but that would require like way more prep time…maybe two months.  I probably could just make stuff up, they don’t listen to me anyway.  I could do the lesson in Russian(not that I actually know Russian, but you get the point) and I don’t think they would notice.  I was supposed to have a test tomorrow at 11:00 but he said we could take it on Monday if we were going to be out of town.  I am going to be out of town…one town over doing other things, but I’ll take it on Monday anyway.  It’s always nice to procrastinate things anyway.

Sorry it’s taken so long to update this thing….maybe I’ll do more this week, but I probably won’t.

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I try not to be serious, it’s not my style. Every now and again I will have something on my mind that needs to be said, even if it is a serious subject. I have been thinking a lot lately and this is something laying heavily on my mind.

Life has changed for me these past few weeks, but then again it’s still the same. On October 11^th My sister, Christy passed away, very unexpectedly. The usual crap that happens when a loved one dies followed. Tears, hugs, food. Then more tears, hugs, and food. The funeral was surreal, as was life in general for a while. After the week that followed was over though, I was expected to go back to normalcy (what is normal anyway). I wanted life to stop with me, instead it went on without me. I got back to school, two tests behind. Back to work one paycheck behind. I had to play catch up and find time to grieve. It wasn’t easy, it still isn’t. I’m caught up with everything I was behind on now. I thought when I got to this point life would stop again for me, but it’s funny how there is always something else to do. At times life does seem normal, but then I will see something or think of something that reminds me of her and I can’t help but lose myself in thought. Sometimes I wish I didn’t think about her every day, but I know I do want to. I don’t want to forget the life she lead and the love she had. It hurts me to know that she is gone, but it’s important to remember.

Life didn’t stop for her, it began. She knew the answer to one of the most important questions in life. Sometimes we forget what this is. I think I have. I wanted life to slow down for me so I could figure out where I was going from here. The important question isn’t “Where are we going?”. The where is decided by the answer to another question. Who are we going with? We can’t understand where we are going until we know who’s going to get us there.

I don’t know where I am going in this life. I only know who I am going with. My faith is in a God who loves. My faith is in a God who cares. My faith is in a God is strong when I am not. Most importantly my faith is in a God who is real. As life goes on, it’s these things that keep me going.

fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10

Next time you want life to slow down, so you can figure out where you’re going. Ask yourself instead who is going to go there with you.

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I have a blog now, sweet.  Thanks to Geof! He works hard for the people.  One day I’m going to meet him and buy him a beer. Until then I’ll just root for the Bruins every now and again when I remember.

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