Snow or lack there of

The weather reports on tuesday said, we were going to get over a foot of snow on wednesday. It was sopossed to start around 3am and go till this morning. So, I ended up getting a message from beth saying that mike(her brother) needed someone extra to do snow removal. Since it was 12:30 at night when I got the message I never called him.
Yesterday, I decided to sleep in because of all the snow they said we were going to get. I woke up around 11am and looked outside. To my suprise, there was no new snow on the ground. Puzzeled, I turn on my tv and go straight for the weather channel. They apparently moved back the weather advisory but it was still going to be a lot. At this point, I called mike to find out what time he was heading out. He told me that he had to check with his boss and get back to me. "I should know by six pm what time we are heading out", said mike. I get off the phone with him and take a trip to stop and shop to pick up a few things for dinner. Two cans of creamed corn. Some ground turkey. A box of mashed potato's and a few other things. I then head back home and decide to jump online. I planed on doing some writing yesterday but I was having massive problems with speed on my internet. After fighting with the internet for a few more hours, I start cooking dinner. Sheppards pie for dinner.
Not even a minute after I have the pie in the oven, I get a phone call from mike. "Yeah dude, the snow isnt gonna be as much as we first thought. So we're not gonna need ya tonight. But if something comes up, I'll let ya know", says mike. I replied with "Alright, thanks anyways man" I hang up the phone with him and was dissapointed. I could have used the money from that for the weekend. Better luck next time, I thought. An hour passes and dinner is done. I sat there watching tv in silence, enjoying my meal.
After dinner, I talked to beth and she said she was doing carbombs. So I told her I was jelous and would try to head over shortly. Cleaning up my plate from dinner, then layered up and I was out the door. At this point the snow pretty much stopped, there was roughly 4-5 inches on the ground. Nowhere near what was called for. Cleaning off my truck and jumping inside, I turn the defroster on to clean the windshield. After I get my truck clean, I leave for beth and Chris's house. On the way over there, I'm driving doen the street that connects to beth and chris's and this minivan comes out from a sideroad on my left, completely runs a stop sign and almost t-bones me. Aggitated, I shake it off and continue my trek to beth and chris's. Once I get there, I pull in the driveway, go inside and take my boots off. Walking downstairs to the basement, I can hear chris laughing then I hear him say in a loud and stern voice "shut the fuck up!!!" Taken back a little by this, I say "Whats up dude?" He then turns to me and explains that this comic book series that hes been into for a while just put out their newest edition and that one of his friends was text messaging him about it while he was reading it.
Taking my coat off and sitting down on the couch, I open up the newest issue of game informer and go straight to the game reviews section to see what new games were comming out and how they were rated. Sitting there for a few minutes, quietly reading while chris continued to read his comic book, I then hear from upstairs the front door shut. Footsteps from the front door to the top of the stairs can be heard. "Hey guys, sorry it took me so long to come in. Got caught up talking to the landlord. Want a carbomb porter?" Says beth. "Does a bear shit in the woods" I replied. Back up the stairs from the basement to the kitchen we went. A few minutes later, after some preperation, the car bombs are ready and down the hatches they go. Back down stairs we went to play xbox 360. So we ended up playing boarderlands for a little bit cause beth wanted to show me the new zombie island add on for the game. After that we get into a game of halo 3 with Laila and a few other people online. Halfway thru our first match, Beth's phone rings and its mike. "Hey man, ya still wanna work tonight?" Mike says. "I'll call you back after this match is over" Then I hang up the phone. While I was finishing up the match, I was trying to decide if I wanted to go out because I did have a few drinks by this point and didnt think that I'd be that helpful to mike but I decide to call mike back and tell him that Im willing to work. Layering back up, I say bye to beth and chris and take off to go back home for my snow suit.
Pulling into my driveway, my truck gets stuck half way up my driveway. So I run inside to get my snowsuit and get ready to go shoveling. Once ready, I walk ouside and see mike pull up. I then ask mike if he could just plow me out quick so that I could get my truck out of the driveway quick. He agrees and then plows out the driveway. After hes done, I try to get my truck up the rest of the way but its no use and I end up leaving it at the bottom of the driveway. I then jump in the truck with mike and his room mate kevin who will be working with us tonight. By this point its about 11:30pm, the snow has stopped and the main roads are mostly clear. We first start off by cleaning this arrangements of condos on the plainville/bristol boarder. From there we made our rounds of about 15 other places thruout the night. We finished up around 4:30 in the morning. By the time I got home, I was beat. I walk into the house, take my boots off, make my way to my bedroom, check my e-mail and pass out from exhuaustion.
Today I woke up to hearing the laughter of Audrea(my niece). Nothing puts me in a better mood than to hear her first thing in the morning. I then get out of bed, shave, brush my teeth and jump in the shower. While in the shower, all I could think of was the newest song that we were all working on at our last practice and how we could improve it. Once out of the shower, I called mark to find out what time he wanted me at his house before practice. He said the usual time around 5ish. After hanging up the phone with him, I spent some time on skype talking to Jen. She told me about how the time capsule they sold her for her mac was screwed up and that she got a new one. She then tells me that shes gonna try to get a cab on post tonight so that she can go to quiz night in Heidelberg and that she has to go. Shortly after I decide to make a calzone for lunch then sit down and watch PBS with audrea.
Now, its all peacefull here and we are watching some show with CGI dinosaurs. Audrea is calming down and seems like she's gonna take a nap soon. My lunch is done, so Im gonna go. I'll write again in a few days after the weekend. Trying to stay optimistic about a holiday thats meant to make single people feel like shit, is not that easy. But, Im trying

Writing for the sake of writing

Been about a month since my last blog post on here. So in the last month, life has gotten considerably better. I got a job working for a company out of hartford called JCL. Im going to be a life skills instructor for mentally disabled adults. This is work that I've been trying to get into for a while and I'm very excited about it. Finally, a job where its very rewarding and it opens up so many doors for the future. They will also be paying for medical training for CPR and MED CERT, so i can have those under my belt. After that Im going to take a paramedic course and hopefully they'll pay for that.

Jen was here from Germany. Had a blast with her. The first few nights that she was here, we went out to a few bars, met up with people that she hasnt seen in a while. We both went and got tattooed. I got one of the pieces on my leg colored in and she got her back finished off the next day. We also went to the shooting range and shot a Sig Sauer .45. That was a lot of fun. I kept my target and one of the shells from it. This was my first time going to the shooting range and I think Im a little hooked now. Next step is getting my permit and taking my dads guns to a gun smith to make sure they are in working condition. After that, we hung out for a few days then she went back to germany.

Since she left, things have gotten somewhat back to normal. I've been very focused on getting my head on straight and getting back on my feet. I plan on having my own place again by april. This time, no room mate. Just gonna live on my own. Im sick of worrying about what other people do and who they bring over. Besides, I dont party much anymore. So its time for me to finally calm down, continue to write music the way I've been. Which, by the way, has been going awesome. I also joined a new band a little while back. Not sure if I posted it in here but they are from the new haven area and are called Red Tide Horizon. The stuff we've been working on is a mix between at the gates, botch and undying. As Im getting older, I'm more into melodic music and thats reflected in my music. I'm not so much into just straight heavy music anymore. Don't get me wrong, I love real gutteral death metal but to write it, its not in me anymore. This music is making me feel happy again. For the first time in almost 10 years, I feel really content with myself and where I'm going. I also feel very confident in myself. This is a good place to be