T.A. Michaels

 It's Sunday. I've spent the better part of the day running errands and doing chores. I went down to Walmart this morning and picked up 3 out of 5 prescriptions. I gotta go back later in the week to get my other two scripts. While I was there I also picked up some razors and a pair of sweat pants. My Goal for December is to go to the gym everyday its open. Walk 5 miles. And then call it a day. It's not just a goal for December... but an ongoing goal for the next year or so. I recently heard a story from a Musician who told me he lost 77 pounds in 8 Months by Cutting out Booze... Walking 5 miles every day on the Treadmill... and Counting Calories. So I figure if a guy in his 60's could do it... why can't I? I cleaned up the house today and vacuumed around the litter boxes. Also I made the bed, and hung back up the spice rack which had fallen down about a month ago. It's drilled into the studs so that should mean that it wont fall out anytime soon. I'm waiting...

 My Birthday is today. 36 years old. When I think about it... I'm double the age of 18. So I'm a double adult... or as I am starting to think about it... in my prime. From 0 to 17 you are learning what it means to be human. Then you carry that with you into Adulthood. From 18 to 35... you are learning what it means to be an adult... and from then on you carry that with you the rest of your life. While i would say that my misadventures have led me here.. there were some good times.. and good people along the way. Our birthdays are often a day to reflect back on what came before... and try to align ourselves with where we are heading.  My 36th year has a lot in store for me and that's providing nothing changes in the short term. Katie and I Will be getting married. I'll be traveling outside of the country for my first time. I'll be completing one year at my new job. And I'll have left the addiction of smoking in the past. November 9th 2003 i started smoking... and...

 Today is a good day. Katie had to work this morning so I spent it mostly cleaning up the house. Its weird though because I got locked in a dream I couldn't escape from. Some sort of dystopian future where I'm focused on mining Ethereum and an old friend whom I haven't seen in years is next to me at my job and he's worried about the sugar rations and temperature outside the building. When I finally shook myself out of it it was nearly noon. Katie was upset with me and basically told me to get my ass in gear. I got dressed and got a coffee and a donut. From there I started cleaning the house. Cleaned the bedroom first... then the living room.. and finally the kitchen. Took out the trash... and dropped a bag of clothes off for recycling. Then i came home and took a shower. Then I put on a nicotine patch. I read about 12 pages in my Network+ Exam book. The topics covered mainly including IP Addressing and Subnetting. It's heavy on the math... but it's concepts that...

 My Birthday is in a few days. Going to be 36 years old. Seems like just yesterday i was sitting by a computer blog posting at my parents house in Riverside... but a wee little one posting on live journal. Writing posts has been something I've done my whole life. I'm not really sure why. I think it has to do with the progression of thoughts through my head... being transcribed on a keyboard.. without ever having to pass through my lips. Much in the way someone can write a book with the whole story line being trapped inside their head... The internal voice that dictates my life gets released through these blog posts. and for the most part its a good thing. Today is a good day though. While i hit a sobering milestone on the scale (265.2lbs)…  I'm still in a generally good mood and overall optimistic. I've heard a few good stories lately about people that lost a decent amount of weight within a year and that gives me hope that I'll be able to do it just the same. The l...

 I start a new job in a little less than two weeks. I feel I've come a long way from where I was this time two years ago. Two years ago i was out on TDI... unable to hold down a job because of my symptoms... and living at my parents wondering what the next 3 months held for me. Today, i am living with my finance. I have been working for a year and a quarter... and overall i'm happy. Things could always be better... I could be 170lbs soaking wet... But I'm doing my best not to focus on the things i dont have, and rather focus on the things i do have. Therapy has been helping a bunch with me just being able to vent about my life. Sometimes i am able to make a breakthrough but more often than not its just a bull session where i get to vent about lifes frustrations. Talk therapy really is my key... and it allows me to not dump all my problems on friends and family. Today i left work early. Nghia indicated i could... i just wouldnt get paid for the day. Figuring that im getting ...