Nice

As of late, things have been nice and smooth. Nice and freeing. But - as my sixth grade teacher once asked of us... why kind of compliment is nice? Really - what does "nice" mean. Apparently she disliked the use of the word "nice". She is still one of my favorite teachers, regardless of her view of the word "nice". According to dictionary.com it is an adjective and it has enough definitions to reach the double digits and just a little bit beyond. Including two idioms, which, apparently is how I used it here... nice and...

So I am going to zero in a bit and tell you what has been so "nice".

1) I met a dude I really like. As my sly friend commented, in question form but I'll change it into a definitive statement rather than keep the question open... yes, what you see is what you get. And I like what I'm getting thus far. My beloved noted that this is the first guy I've ever spoken of that didn't have a "but..." or a "there is this one thing...". He's right. I haven't found anything that I don't like yet. This is not normal for me folks. Well, at least not when it comes to a guy who is not a jerk.

2) I cancelled my subscription to meetup.com. I already gave up being the organizer of the larger group and the secondary group will finish out it's remaining few activities and then it will probably be no more. Honestly, I am thrilled. I just couldn't take the awkwardness of it all anymore. I've made a few kickass friends and a few decent acquaintances. But, overall... without a doubt... I've met more people that I don't want to spend time with than I do want to spend time with. So, my question would be... why would I keep setting things up in order to spend time with them? It makes no sense.

3) Something to be disclosed later.

4) I've got my goals in order for the first time in my life. I know what I want to go for and I hope I know where I'm going.

A)The 100 mile bike ride I'm trying to train for. I can only go a few miles so far. Still have a long way to go.

B)My first book. The original shit draft (I'm calling it that in homage to a quote attributed to Hemingway) is finished. First revision has begun.

C) I plan to start back to school in January. Spanish II - here I come

D) My leisure activities are falling into order - I'm doing what I enjoy most with the time I've been given. Working on the relationships I already have instead of constantly starting new ones. Rolling more with what other people want to do as well as what I want to do. Cooking and baking. Enjoying more movies. Reading - The Book of J - having a hard time getting into it though so I don't see this goal being checked off tomorrow or anything.

Seriously, I know I'm missing one or two things here but I promised myself on my way home yesterday that I'd get all of this stuff written down. And it's really nice to be able to look at, I have to say.