2009

2009 has been one of the worst years i can remember. not much good happened, but i will now reflect on the good and bad.

the good: the many trips i took. i got to go to chicago for the first time and see the cubs and brand new play. i got to see them 2 consecutive nights which was a first for me. i went camping with the rth crew organized by mr. john walsh. that was probably one of the most fun and drunken trips, although chicago has plenty more stories. i also went to cleveland which was another first, to see the browns raiders and it has its special meanings but hands down chicago was the best. i also got to go back to hessel for consecutive years which has been a while. i branched off of friends like bowditch and met more of his friends and became close with them. i also became better friends than i could ever imagine with damie javis. i got to see my niece turn one and get to watch her grow up. finally i moved into a place by myself. i could not be happier with my choice of residence and the way i chose to decorate it. i also got a tattoo that i have wanted since my dad passed on. it takes up the majority of my left leg and i love it.

now onto the bad: we can start at the beginning, 2009 was rang in with my now ex gf and other friends in an awkward fashion. i can now reflect that it was a minor omen in my future of 2009. i also was broken up with, and looking back i handled it wrong and certain things made that situation worse than what it should have been. my biggest thing is i met a lot of fun people through her and i rarely talk to them anymore. but i guess that is what happens. i have had to switch back and forth between jobs. cabelas then radioshack then back to cabelas. i was fired from radioshack for what i believe non-probable cause which can be debated forever. i have realized the value of money and without my mother helping me i would not be in the apartment that i am currently in. i also feel like i have grown apart from many whom i went to high school with. i know i see them whenever i come home but it is slightly different now. i mildly blame myself.

so what will 2010 bring me? going into 2009 i didn't have any goals i will not call them resolutions for the strict fact that these will be accomplished throughout the year. my first and foremost goal is to graduate. it has been 4 and a half years since i started and i will finish in may with a degree in political science. what will i do with it? fuck if i know. but i want to go to grad school to continue and get an mpa with a business administration certificate. i also want to find a job that will pay the bills more than what i am now. i want to pay off my major bills so that i do not have to screen my phone calls to see which bill collector is calling. i know many people say that they will lose weight, however i am determined to be a more healthy person in 2010. my reason for this? have u seen me lately ha. i will continue to see my niece and nephew as much as i can so that i can aide in their growing up and shaping of things. i also am extremely excited for the new davis baby to arrive in late february. hopefully i can be the uncle to him as my uncles were to me. it will be awesome to watch little davis grow up and he is my first friend with a baby coming. big changes lay ahead for rob or bob and i hope to see all of you there for those changes. cheers to 2010 and goodbye to 2009.

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rants.

i realize that the last post i did was roughly three months ago, and as i have been busy it is no excuse to ignore this blog. i am literally 20 credit hours from graduating with a political science major and a public administration minor. the contstant theme within people i see is " what will you do with this degree?" i have been pretty restrained with my responses, however the ones that ask i tend to think " something more than you, actually having a college degree" or "what most people do with their degrees, nothing." but i tend to say i'll probably go to graduate school. they then ask for what, if i were to say an mpa (master of public administration) they would look at me like i am a ghost. i tend to say a master in public administration and people say the same question as before, and i say with a focus on business management. i tend at this time, to just walk away. people who generally ask me this question have never been to college, and although they are aunts, cousins, and uncles of mine i can't help but think blank thoughts of this. i do not think i can look at these family members and say what i truly wish to do. although i want to graduate with an mpa, i do not have any idea what i want to do. the fact that these members of my family bring it up is often rude in my eyes. i do not ask you what you are doing with your life (if you have kids or not) so do not ask me. simply seem interested in my interests as most do not. ask me what my dream job would be, i can honestly agree that my dream job is not working at cabela's for the discounts i can give you. maybe think before you talk.

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