Sorry About the Delay... Lots to Fill You In On

wowzers, it's been a while since i've written anything. i just figured people had stopped reading my journal, but viking reminded me to keep devoted (yeah, he rocked it out by actually replying to one of my posts!). this is crazy though. i mean where do i start? i guess i'll tell you about work. it's been grueling since we've opened, but that's part of what makes it so satisfying. we work our tales off in the hot sun all day and then go home and relax, and i promise you it is the best relaxation i have ever experienced. looking at the staff this year, most everyone is a new face, and young at that. it's a little tricky to deal with, but i find it most educational trying to perform around so many different people. the best news i have in the work department is that i finally got that assistant management position that i've always wanted and with the promotion last week came a rather nice pay raise. i also have a set of keys that came with it. i've always seen the amount of keys someone has as the ammount of responsibility they have (or maybe they just collect keys). anyways, work is going well. i made a save the very first day the pool opened, and just today i helped a little boy who had hypothermia. why did he have hypothermia you might ask? that's because people still do go swimming in cold weather just because the pool is open. also as you might suspect, the five-year-old's parents were at home and his twelve-year-old sister was watching him. good times though. lots of stories to tell. another exciting even that happened this week was me and my friend andy were walking my dog when we were all of the sudden chased for no reason by two crazy dudes with a pitbull and a gun. needless to say i ran home and called the cops (yeah, i outrand a pitbull). andy, who works at a vet clinic tells me that pitbulls have around 3000lbs of pressure per square inch in their bite. that's alot of pressure! casey probably only has about 700lbs so i didn't want her to stay and fight. she wanted to though. she doesn't like it when people or dogs threaten me, which is comforting to know. right now i'm house sitting for some friends of the family while they are away at the beach. it's cool because it gives me a little independent vacation where i can live life sorta like college again. as for my music, i'm still writing. i seem to have lots more ammo to write about when i don't box myself in and think about what other people think about my music. i seem to be a hopeless romantic though. i'm constantly writing about relationships with women, but i don't think it's necessarily bad. i'd like to think that maybe my songs might somehow speak to people in similar circumstances, or encourage them, or maybe just entertain others. whatever the case be, i'm looking forward to improving in any way possible. i have found a secret to that improvement too. the secret is to be madly in love with music. when you think about it, it is quite similar to a relationship between a man and a woman. it can be discouraging at times, but when you press through that discouragement, it's absolutely worth every drop of sweat. i'm going to go to bed now though, but i'll try to keep up writing the best that i can. peace and love...