Getting back to it...

You know, I'm not sure if anyone really reads this or even cares. Ultimately, this is more a place for me to try and hold myself accountable for things I want to get done, a place for me to post thoughts and ideas that I have about projects that interest me or if I just want to post some random picture.

Alrighty, So things got side tracked a bit and fell WAY off to the side. About a week or two after posting all fun things I wanted to practice/learn/do over the summer I completely let that go. I found out that my Grandma had terminal cancer and there way nothing we could do about it. I spent nearly every day I could at their place until the day she died, on June 29, 2011. I was devastated as I had grown up with this woman in my life almost everyday since I was 12. She was a really be influence on me personally and professionally. She taught me what it meant to be a dedicated worker and to ultimately do what makes you happy. Don't just stick with one thing because you're good at it. Find something that makes you happy and that you can succeed at doing as well.

After she passed I didn't really do much of anything for a while. Waited for Fall semester to start back and just went along. Always doing my best for class but it took me a while to get back into the mindset. Her death really impacted me. It was strange not having someone in my life any longer that had been so important. Every Sunday my wife and I would go to her place and have Sunday dinner with her and my Granddad. She never knew how many people would show up. Sometimes it would be 7 or 8 and others with would be just the 4 of us. It didn't matter though because every Sunday there was a feast prepared. All the southern home cooking you could image. She'd done this all her life. At the end of the meal she'd always force left overs on us to take home. This didn't bother me much as the meals were just as good re-heated.

I've really missed having my Grandma around over the past year. She was always a great supporter of whatever made you happy. Although she left too soon I still only want to make her proud. I want to succeed just to hear her reassuring words and how proud she is that I'm doing what I want to do.

So, in an effort to get back on track and keep myself in line, I've come back here to post things regularly and to just see where it goes. If anything it'll be a history of attempts/failures/ and some success along the way.