Thursday, September 07, 2006
Middle Age...
So I recently had my 25th birthday and I'm officially middle-aged (seriously, take a look at the way I live my life and tell me I'm gonna live past 50). My co-workers arranged a little on-unit surprise party for me. One of the MHW's (Mental Health Workers) came to me and told me I was needed in the adolescent activity room. Initially I thought, "Great, one of the patients has flipped and I'm going to have to "escort" him into one of the seclusion rooms." When I walked in though, all the kids were smiling at me, "Great...they've killed the other staff and I'm about to get pummeled with small, medium, and large sized fists." I was wrong though and they all yelled surprise and presented me with a cake and hand-made cards that they had worked on earlier in the day. It was really nice and it made me remember why I work in the field I do...then of course one of the kids did flip and we had a little, "physical altercation," afterwards he told me he hoped I had, "...the worst fucking birthday ever." Well jokes on you ya little bastard, I had a pretty ok one. There were many spirits with friends on Friday and Saturday nights, then I went to the lake house on Sunday for a day of boating. The only awful part was the drive to the lake house on Sunday morning when I was sure that I had caught a violent strain of bubonic plague...turned out to just be a nasty hangover though.
Being middle-aged has made me start to reevaluate my life though. Maybe I should stop all the drinking, smoking, and complete lack of respect for the temple that is my body. Maybe I should wake up earlier and stop staying up till the wee hours of the morning. Maybe I should get rid of the Mini and buy a nice, safe Volvo. Maybe I should finally say goodbye to "Weekend Bo" and become an adult....fuck it, that sounds boring and like a lot of friggin' work.
One change I am thinking about, though, is the possibility of starting a video blog. I mean, I really don't have enough mind-numbing wastes of time in my life, so I'm thinking this could fill a non-existing void. We'll see. Well, until next time...
Much Love,
Bo
Being middle-aged has made me start to reevaluate my life though. Maybe I should stop all the drinking, smoking, and complete lack of respect for the temple that is my body. Maybe I should wake up earlier and stop staying up till the wee hours of the morning. Maybe I should get rid of the Mini and buy a nice, safe Volvo. Maybe I should finally say goodbye to "Weekend Bo" and become an adult....fuck it, that sounds boring and like a lot of friggin' work.
One change I am thinking about, though, is the possibility of starting a video blog. I mean, I really don't have enough mind-numbing wastes of time in my life, so I'm thinking this could fill a non-existing void. We'll see. Well, until next time...
Much Love,
Bo
