Is this not the way life seems sometimes? No, this picture is not of either myself or Teri, but it seems slightly poetic when viewed as holding while time rushes past you, so I thought I'd use it as illustration.
My last several posts seem to mention much about the rapid movement of time, but that's only because IT'S MOVING SO FAST! There don't really seem to be enough hours in the day to let you really experience your life: you're either off to work, or going here or going there, or merely trying to enjoy an evening that *ZAP*, disappears with frightening quickness. And then, of course, time as a larger entity exhibits the same behavior that it's smaller personalities do: the Lifetime Express whizzes past, the boxcars of weeks and months trundling quickly by with unstoppable regularity. Ah well, such is the nature of things, and they will not change in this existence with all the strainings of Hercules, much less the feeble ponderings of a random blogger.
If you haven't noticed, I'm trying to be poetic and literary. I finished Hard Times recently, Dicken's least-read novel. Say what you will about his philosophy, the man had a knack for description, and it feels a bit bland to write in an "evening news" approach when you've just finished up his book. I must say I've rather enjoyed all the reading I've been able to do of late (which tells on me a little - when I talk about not being able to get things done). I was a voracious reader when I was young, but somehow the habit fell to the wayside during my high school and college years. Lately, however, I've been really enjoying sinking myself into books that I'm reading only because I want to - not for a class, or self-improvement, etc. I've been reading some James Herriot of late as well, an author that I thoroughly enjoy and recommend.
Well, life trundles on. There's plenty of little adventures and hardships encountered, and plenty of little valleys that must be walked through, but we have been enjoying married life tremendously, and are more in love now than we were when we got married (right, dear?). We may be doing a few video posts here on the blog once we figure things out. I supposedly have a camcorder on the way... we'll see how that goes.
God is good.
--Nick
