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The last time I posted was at the end of May, a lot has happened in the last three weeks and I haven't had the time to get on here and share with the public. The first thing I want to talk about is the transformation I've gone through recently, and the next will be my trip home and all that went with that last weekend.
For those of you who know me well I've always been a "meat and potatoes" guy, I never ate vegetables or fruits or anything like that...well I'm all grown up now and believe it or not I eat completely different. For some reason I had a change of heart about 3-4 weeks ago when I went to the grocery store and I bought a bunch of vegetables and a bunch of fruit, stuff for salads, lean meats, fish and stuff like that. I don't know why but I suddenly had this urge to begin eating healthy...I guess after 25 years of treating my body like a piece of shit I decided it was time to change. So today you may find me eating a salad for lunch, a banana for breakfast, an apple for snack and who knows maybe some tilapia for dinner (yes ladies I can cook...just so you know). With this sudden change in diet I have accomplished two things; I feel better everyday and would recommend it to anybody, and second - but maybe most important- I shocked the hell out of my parents when I went home. It's not important that I mess with the folks but, I did enjoy the look on Moms' face when I ordered a salad and was content at lunch. The other symptom of my recent diet is I set a unique fitness goal, I don't want to run a mile in a certain time or bench press a ridiculous amount of weight...I want to have a six pack. Even when I wrestled and was pushing 119lbs. in high school with 3% body fat I never had a six pack...those days are soon to be over. I do sit ups every night until my stomach wants to kill me. It may be an odd goal but I figure if my abs are tight I'm sure I've done alright with the rest of my body to get to that point.
Now for my trip home. I went home for one of my favorite brothers weddings and it was great. I saw lots of SAE's there that I haven't seen in a long time like Copple, Faiz, Nate, Les and so on. I forget how much those guys meant to me while I was still discovering who I was at the "ripe" college ages. At one point I told Billy "it's going to be weird being 25 and getting hazed by Faiz and Jackson again" (they didn't mess with me too much) but those guys were who I looked up to when I was 18 and 19 years old, and I still do. They taught me a lot about SAE and about being an adult. I never had older 'blood' siblings so I didn't have a peer to teach me growing up but they filled those roles for me very adequately. I owe a lot of my success to them and I hope they know that.
Another group of people of whom I owe a lot to is my parents. I was amazed at the operation my dad had going on when I was home. He has grown from a guy in his truck making deals to just get some business to a man with a huge company, more employees than I could count, and much success. Parents are supposed to tell their children they are proud of them, but I was really proud of what my parents have become. Coming from modest beginnings to realizing the "American Dream" of owning their own businesses and being able to do what they want and when they want to do it...a son could not be more proud. They talk about the day I graduate from my MBA program and how proud they will be, well I'm already proud of you two! They may think it's because I'm dedicated to what I do, or because my sister has a good head on her shoulders that we are both going to be "somebody" in life...it's not, it is because of them. This last weekend when I was home it was fathers day, I didn't get him a gift or anything like that, and it wasn't because I didn't want to but because I didn't think there was something out there that would show him how incredibly proud I was of him and the life he has created for his family.
Change is hard sometimes, I will be going through a big change at work in the next month or two and a great friend will be moving away in the process. So whether it is the change in your personal life, or the progress you make in your career...DON'T be afraid of it. Change is good, necessary and will lead you in the right direction.
