By Damien Wolfe on 28/03/2011
I am a very transparent person. I like to share my thoughts and day to days as if I was coming home to my family. I urge you all to do the same below, as a way of sharing with us a bit about you every week.
I'm not much of a sentimental man, more logical and methodical. I like to analyze a situation and through that analysis find a simple solution. I guess that is the physicist in me.
Anyways, today I made my girlfriend and I supper (as I usually do) and everything was going great until she told me something that blew the pants off me: she's triple majoring. Economics, Dance, Mathematics.
I myself decided to go with one major and two minors and keep it easy, but she's gone above and beyond what most people I know would ever care to do, and she's done it with a smile on her face. Before I bring this all into perspective and conclusion, I'd like to give you an idea of who her and I are:
I am a body builder, a redneck, and very logical. I tend to see solutions in every problem, good or bad. I am 22, have been an adult since I was 14, and am extremely street smart.
She is a dancer, an optimist, and very creative. She tends to see the good in everything, no matter how dark or obtuse it may be. She is two years younger than me, not at all street smart, and her parents really baby her (only child).
Our differences have led to us fighting almost nonstop for a year and a half. There was a week in Feb. (actually, Valentine's week) where we split for good... Until she and I ended up at the same place and at the same time (it's funny how you can tell yourself that you're over someone, only to have those words rendered meaningless upon seeing them). For now though, the fights have stopped and we're living happily again.
The point I am getting at is that we never really appreciate what we have unless we take a step back and observe it. When she told me today she was triple-majoring I shrugged it off, but when I got to thinking about it I realized just how lucky I was. I grew up in a hell situation fractured by divorce, violence, and abuse, and came out with a degree, an amazing woman I love, and my family back intact, and I never cared to give a thought about that until today.
Do I want pity? No, not at all. If I had the chance to do it all over again I wouldn't change a thing. Why is that? It's because I have everything in the world, even if she steals all of the blankets.
My weekly state of the gamer is that I'm still passing my classes, I'm still sipping rum and cokes, and I've finally taken the time to be thankful for everything that I have. What's your state of the gamer?
By Vulcan Sin on 29/03/2011
I haven't really thought about it,
but,
that was a good read.