Just Filler...

OK, I am a copy-cat at heart... there have been a few things I have run across lately that I felt were worth plagiarizing... Here is one:

I Am a Green Light

I take life at a fast pace. I act quickly and decisively. I have good instincts and trust my gut. I'm confident and brave. I am determined and ambitious. I don't allow myself to waste time. It's no surprise that I get a lot done. I am efficient and productive.

What Color Traffic Light Are You?

I will use another in coming days... No need to run myself out of noteworthy "filler" when I am as busy as I am...

Oh... and by the way, I found the above at Thomas's Blog and he plays the "verification game". You know, the word you have to type to leave a comment? Well I am playing it now too. You have to state the word on your comment, then make up a definition... ie:

wirsty = more awefuller (hehehe)...

Over and "Out" from Chesapeake, VA

House for Sale....

Today I am in Richmond at my Baby's house... We are making plans to move (both of us) into the house in Portsmouth... Yes, that means he got the transfer to his store at Chesapeake Square (right near my store) ... We plan on moving in to the new place at the same time (the week of March 10th). I am so excited! (and so is he).

For the few that have a desire to see my mystery man, you will have to wait until we get moved in (I will post a pic of the two of us in front of the house)!

Meanwhile, I deal with the rest... My house here in Richmond will go on the market soon, anyone needing a 2400 sqft home in zip 23060 needs to contact me before I list it and give the commission away to someone I do not know...

Over and "Out" from Richmond today...

Missed Another Good Show...

I didn't see the Oscars last night (yeah I know, stop teasing the gay man about that) however I heard there was an awesome acceptance speech by the Best Original Screenplay winner:



I found it over at Geoff's blog (the YouTube video) and was practically in tears watching it. My friend and fellow blogger Kelly also has an emotional recap of the Academy Awards show itself... I hate it when I miss good TV...

Over and "Out" from Chesapeake, VA

2/25/09 update... video link keeps getting dropped by AMPAS here's a fresh one...

The Next Step...

I got word this morning that a couple of my blogging friends are "moving"... That is, they are relocating their blogs to a new address (for a little more privacy/discretion).

I am moving as well. After relocating down this way almost 10 months ago, I think it's time to get a place of my own. Well, my own until Michael gets his transfer with work and moves in too. It has been wonderful living here with my housemate/landlord, she is a great person and we get along famously. However, as much as I like the place and my roomie, it's not mine. It's time for me to take the next step and make my own home again...

This is a picture of the front of the house. It's actually a duplex in an old established neighborhood in nearby Portsmouth (the other P-Town), VA. It's a little further from work, but there are no tunnels to commute through, so traffic should not be bad. Michael will have a couple of stores to choose from when openings present themselves. The house has so much character, high ceilings, hardwood floors, and a full width front porch for people watching.

This is a view from the living room into the dining room... The fireplace is decorative, but we think there is a gas line in it, so we may be able to put in a ventless gas insert.

There are windows in every room and the whole place is light and airy. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it!

The rest will be up to us to make it "Home". I am so looking forward to it! I will share more as things progress. I should be totally moved in by the 15th of March.

Over and "Out" for today, from Chesapeake, VA

Three Years and counting...

Today is the 3rd anniversary of "My New Life" on the web. February 16th also marks 4 years since my "Cardiac Event" in 2005.

I have been re-reading some of my earlier posts and found this one:

"Today I thought of adding an open letter to those of my family that have decided to ignore me, threaten me, hate me, and spread bad things about me. Unfortunately, I cannot change the way they feel, nor can I feel their feelings. The feelings they have are theirs and theirs alone. The only thing I can do is tell them I love them, and that I will help them in any way they want me to.

I did not choose to be gay. Likewise, I did not choose for those feelings to be so overwhelming after the events of this past year. I cherished the life I lived with all of them, without question or thought. I would never change a minute of it, bad or good. It made me who I am, and I suppose it made them who they are too. My choice to live the new life I have been blessed with, was not done to intentionally hurt anyone. I just wish the feelings they have decided to share with me were not intentional either. While I have been trying very hard to live my life within the parameters of "The Four Agreements", I feel I have taken all they say a little too personally, and let it hurt me way too much. It's been almost 5 months and I am not going to let it hurt me anymore.

I hope when they are ready to let me into their lives again, it's not because something else has happened to hurt them. I would much prefer to have a happy reunion, whenever the time is right for them. I love you all, and I will until I take my last breath."

Unfortunately, something else has happened in their lives to hurt them and I will not be able to ever make amends with my wife Diana. I just hope she knew how much I loved her and they know how much I still love them..

Over and "Out" three years later, from Chesapeake, VA

Valentines Day 2009

I saw this over at Kelly's Blog ... Once again he came up with something unique and I copied it, sometimes LESS is most definitely MORE!!

Thanks Kel...

Happy VD to all!

Over and "Out" from Chesapeake VA

Feeling Better....

I have to say, I have never felt so bad. This picture reveals only 1/2 of what I was experiencing:

Additionally, that Pedialyte stuff is awful... They actually expect kids to drink it? I was washing it down with red Gatorade (which is not-that-tasty in itself) just to get the flavor off my malfunctioning taste buds. None the less, the doctor's advice seemed to have worked...

I managed to watch the first press conference last night and was impressed by not only the candor President Obama (I like saying that... President Obama, President Obama) displayed, but also the way he seemed to really "process" the questions before answering them. At first it was a little annoying (to me anyway), it seemed like he was faltering, but then I realized what he was doing; analyzing before answering? What a unique political concept... How he kept tract of the multi-part questions and seemed to answer each point in order was fascinating. So what that he spent his time answering them? Just another departure from the "same-ole" presidential press conference that "W" made so noteworthy (NOT)... When was the last time that any Bush took eight minutes to answer one (multi-layered) question?

On another political topic, guess what passed through the house here in (the tobacco capitol) Virginia yesterday? A smoking ban in all restaurants and bars! Who would have ever thought? I am all for it (even though I still partake in the nasty habit) I am in total agreement that smoking in any enclosed space puts others at risk, not just those who smoke...

Who knows, maybe Virginia lawmakers will someday realize that two loving people (regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, or sexual identity) should be allowed to marry (or have a domestic partnership, or whatever). Nah, never gonna happen...

OK, I am all done (see I am feeling better!)...

Over and "Out" and back to work today, from Chesapeake, VA

Courage Campaign; Don't Divorce...

I have had a nasty stomach-flu-thing this past weekend and am still not feeling 100%. I told Michael to stay home (I am a horrible patient and I didn't want him getting sick) even though this was to be my first Sunday off in a long while... I slept 13 hours last night... what a waste of a beautiful day too...

Checking my emails this morning, I had one sent to me by one of my nieces. It included this video:


"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.

Over and "Out" from Chesapeake, VA

11:00am - UPDATE:

OK, as I was getting ready for my day, I nearly passed out (very light headed)... Called the doctor and got in to see him... He wanted me to check in to the hospital for severe dehydration (I guess I was losing more fluids than I was taking in)... I asked if there was any other way for me to rehydrate myself without going to a hospital... "Pedialyte" He said, and plenty of it, then top it off with some "Gatorade" and rest all day and call him in the morning... Even the flavored Pedialyte tastes like some concoction from a college fraternity hazing (albeit non-alcoholic)... The good news was (yes there was good news) the stomach virus I have, has almost run it course, so if I can get my moisture levels back up, I should be fit as a fiddle in no time.

O & O once again from the sofa with a 1/2 gallon of Pedialyte next to me, here in Chesapeake VA

Too late to Post....

Sorry to anyone that may have been holding their breath for a late (last) night post... Yesterday was most certainly the epitome of a Monday for me... The two days I was gone all piled up on my desk while I was away... I'm sure that I am not the only one to experience such a "phucked-up-kakka-peepee-krappy-lord-oh-my" kinda day... Or am I? It's over... That's all that matters!

As for my last two days? I spent them with Michael, need I say more? We watched movies, I drug him along to do a couple of personal errands (family stuff). He, his son, and I went to our (his son's and my) newest favorite dinner place, (Hooters on West Broad St) for oysters and wings, I got to meet his Mom (the one that owns a gun and is proud of it) at the Cracker Barrel for breakfast on Wednesday morning... She is actually very nice, and never once brought out or eluded to the fact that she had any shotgun shells in her purse!

Over all, I had a wonderful time... I really do love this man... I just hope he is really ready for all of my "baggage".

This Sunday is the "Red Party" at the Granby Theater in downtown Norfolk. Mike-n-Mark have been hosting the event for three months now, and this is the first one I have been able to attend (I work Sundays). Michael is driving down from Richmond on Saturday night, so that he can go with me... Oh My... It's going to be our first real outing as a "couple" at a gay event!

I sure hope he is ready for it!!!

Over and "Out" on my Tuesday (most people's Friday) from Chesapeake, VA

Who woulda thought...

A lot has happened in the past few days. I promise to share after I get home from work tonight. A frightening thing happened over the past few days too... My stat counter turned:

Who woulda thought that many people would find my little place on the web?

Over and "Out" from back in Chesapeake, VA

Monday, My Friday...

Just a short post to put down some of my feelings...

I have been communicating with some friends (friends of both Di and me) up in Richmond. Seems that the kids are doing OK and the consensus of opinion is that I remain in the background for now and let them grieve and process themselves...

In the meanwhile, it's been almost a week since I have seen Michael. Our schedules just haven't meshed this past week, so I re-worked the managers schedule for this week and have tomorrow and Wednesday off. After fixing things I called Michael yesterday to let him know, he got so excited... It worked out that he had to work yesterday (he usually has Sundays off) and also has Tuesday and Wednesday off! Funny that we both arranged to have the same days without even communicating it with each other... I work today until 9.30p and if the day is not too stressful, plan on driving up to Richmond tonight. It will feel so good to hug my man...

I have been a little remiss at work. I was supposed to go in on Friday to do some painting for the changes we made for the Spring Floorset. Instead, I did my laundry, my taxes, and updated the Events Calendar on theHROC website. I am usually very enthusiastic about stuff at work, but have just not had it on my mind of late. I'm sure after all the "dust" settles up in Richmond, I will get back on track at work. I think I am experiencing a mental "overload" of sorts, too much pondering and processing perhaps.

Taking the laptop with me to Michael's, so the next post should be from Richmond...

Over and "Out" on my Friday, from Chesapeake, VA