A weekend at home...

Nothing beats going home for the weekend....

Driving home with your roommate, and then hanging out with
that roommate for basically the whole weekend.

Friday evening golfing with my mom. Nothing beats the sound of a great golf shot.

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Mom and I: We don't get to have our quality time as much as we used to since she is on the road for work. We used to always do movie nights, or spend Sunday mornings in bed talking and watching movies. But now our quality time has changed to a couples hours running errands while she passes through oh her way to or from Mohall. Or our daily phone calls and texts.

I was also a part of the 2009 Human Tractor at tractorfest. I know you are all very jealous you weren't in it.

Counting the days...

As of today there is....

1 day...until I get to go home.

7 days...until I get to see him.

22 days...until my "big sister" gets married.

24 days...until One Tree Hill season 7 premiere.

32 days...until Autumn starts.

97 days...until Thanksgiving.

122 days...until winter officially begins.

126 days...until Christmas.

145 days...until I turn 21.

301 days...until my best friend becomes a McDougall.

BUMMER....

....Kellen Lutz has a scheduling conflict.

He won't be at Tractorfest.

Thousands will be devastated.

If tomorrow never comes....

I don't know what it was at work today that sparked it....but something made me really start to think.

I recall the time when I lost two friends in the same accident. One was a classmate as well. I was thinking about all the people who came to their funerals. A packed gymnasium for both. In their short life, they touched so many peoples lives in positive ways. Always smiling. Always laughing. They both had an incredible ability to make a person laugh when they didn't want to.

I couldn't help but start to wonder if I have had a positive impact on that many people throughout my life?

Looking back at my life, there are people I have lost touch with that I wish I wouldn't have. But I gained so many more great people in my life.

I haven't done has many crazy and "spur-of-the-moment" things as I may have wanted to throughout my life. I always think of the consequences, and always base my decisions on what my parents will think.

I don't regret the way I've lived my life. I believe it's why I am still here.

But I still find myself wondering........If I died tomorrow, did I live my life to the fullest? Have I said everything I've wanted to say to my family, friends etc. ? If I died, would I be happy looking back at the way I lived my life?

If YOU died tomorrow, would YOU be able to answer yes to these questions?

Long Distance Family...

"There is no long distance about love, it always find a way to bring hearts together no matter how many miles there are between them."

Ever since I graduated high school in '07, my family has been doing a "long distance" commute. My mom got a new job that she had wanted for years, but put her dreams on hold so she could be there for me during high school. I thank her so much for this.

But she is now an "executive director" (aka boss/manager) of a FSA office. For over a year she was doing training all over North Dakota. Basically living out of her car. She gave our family a big scare when she got into an accident. She was lucky enough to walk away with just a bruise or two, but had the semi been a few inches over more, it could have been fatal.

A few months ago, she finally got a job. As happy we were for her to finally have a permanent job, rather than traveling all over the state, it was in Mohall. Which is probably about 4 or more hours from home.

So her and my dad have been doing a lot of commuting. This weekend we are all going up there (dad, bro and I) to move her into an apartment. I hate that her and my dad don't get to spend that much time together. I know it's been hard on them both.

As of right now, our 4-person family is located in 4 different cities in North Dakota. A lot of miles, and hours on the road, but we are still a family, and try to plan it so we are all home on the same weekend.

The stars resemble towns that each member is in.