Where Will I Be In 2011?

I've been thinking about the year 2011 for quite some time now. I think the first time I ever thought about it was back in middle school, when we were asked to think about what we wanted to be doing ten years after we finished high school. At that time it was hard to look beyond middle school... I mean really, we had to go through high school yet. Not to mention the possibility of college... That's a long time - especially for a 13 year old.

For some reason 2011 has arrived and now I can barely grasp how fast it happened. Even looking back to high school I don't think 2001 was all that long ago. Did something happen around 2003-2006 that I just kind of 'spaced out' and wasn't here? (Don't worry honey, I still remember our wedding day.)

On Facebook the Kearney High School class of 2001 is slowly coming out of the woodwork. Not everyone, but most of us are. It's fun to see all the people that I don't remember. No, let me re-phase that. It's not that I don't remember them, it's simply that I haven't seen them since the day we graduated and therefore I don't think of them. Now, in a few months, our paths will cross once again and we will get together and talk about our lives and how it seems like only yesterday we were walking the halls of Kearney High.

In a strange way, I can still take myself back to 2001 and think about what I want to be doing in 2011. Wow, that's ten years away - and the world is a changing place. Who knows what will happen in that time. I will be 28 years old... Hopefully I will be married and I might even have some kids too... If I could only go back to 2001 and warn myself! Ha ha! :)

I wouldn't go back and do anything differently. Why would I? I've had it pretty easy. There's not many people who get to take a multi-year vacation to Montana and do all stuff we did after we got married. Now that we have kids and have settled down we reminisce about how much we liked it in Montana. Of course while we were there we wanted to be closer to family and friends and it was a strange place to us, but now that we are a little older and a little wiser (I said a little!) we can see how simple things were for us. That's ok, I'd still keep everything just as it is. Besides, I don't have the time to go back and change things...I've got two kids!

Until again

-=Nolan=-

Chills & Spills

Chills: Dealing with the weather in Nebraska isn't too hard to do if you can handle ever changing temperatures from day to day and can adjust with the seasonal climactic fluctuations throughout the year. My primary example is occurring right now. It's -2° F outside, with the windchill it feels like -25° F. Wait just a few days and things will be warming up. In fact, by Sunday the estimated high is nearly 50°F and possibly higher into next week. It might be cold outside right now but in a few days we can all dig ourselves out of the snow and enjoy the outdoors in relatively short order. It makes it a little difficult to keep one coat out of the closet though. I think right now I have 4-5 coats I rotate throughout the week depending on the desired function - be it work, around the house, warm or cold, ect. If it were flat out cold I wouldn't have to bother, it would just be the warm coat or if it were a little warmer the light coat or maybe even just forget it! It's not that big of deal, but I certainly have to weight my options day-to-day.

Spills: Emryk put our new health insurance to the test the last few days. He took a tumble from a small step stool and injured his right arm. I am about as anti-doctor as anyone can be - in fact the last time I went to the doctor was back in December of 2006 after I stepped on a nail at work (in Montana). Even though I have no reason to go see the doctor, I am a little more cautious when it comes to other people and especially anything that needs to be looked at. That happened on Sunday when Emryk fell and hurt is arm. We could tell something was wrong when he wouldn't use it, so we had to wait until Monday before heading into the clinic to see what the trouble was... After a trip to the clinic and then to a fracture specialist, along with plenty of waiting around and more x-rays than I care to pay for, it doesn't look like there is anything too serious to worry about. A splint should have him back to his usual self in no time - in fact after putting the splint on he practically is as good-as-new and acting as wild as ever! I guess next time we will just leave him to lay around a few days while we relax!

Until again
-=Nolan=-