Enough of the negative

The following is a list of reasons why my life is really really really good right now.

1. I have a job. Not only do I have a job, but I have a job that pays me really really well and that gives me full medical and dental coverage. That is awesome for several reasons, not the least of which is that I haven't been to a dentist since about October 2002 and a physician for a check up since January 2005. This is just sooooo great I can hardly believe it. I have been richly blessed with a great job.

2. I'm in 2 bands. One of them is the love of my life and one of them is my filthy little mistress. I love them both with all of my heart, I really truly do. In the one, Everson, we've been through some tough times. We've had a rotating bass player and no real lead singer for about 2 years now. The bass player situation has been fixed as my little brother has stepped up. And boy has he stepped up! He's playing like he's been a bass player for years. It swells my little heart with joy and pride. As for the singer situation, I found out that Jon is coming back, which super excites me, because this means that me and Sean can focus on the guitaring and really start getting fun. That is awesome beyond words. We will have a really good singer again and we can have more freedom on stage. Freaking. Bam.

In band 2, The Indecision, I started out as a guitar player, then switched to bass, and then back to guitar when we went acoustic for a bit. Tonight, I was informed by the singer that he recently purchased a SICK amp and that he wants to start getting back into the electric scene again. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE his songs acoustic. I just happen to love rocking out to his songs too. Now we have options. I am a proud member of two of the best, rockin' bands I've ever heard. Be jealous.

3. I have the best friends in the world. Through all of the thick and thin of the last few months, through the lines that were drawn and the crap that everyone involved went through, I have found that my friends love me far far far more than I deserve and I will forever sing praises to their names for everything, from listening to me crying, letting me just come over, listening to me yell and be angry, giving me comforting words, everything I could have ever hoped for in a single friend, I have received from numerous people who I love with all of my heart.

A side note to this is that I'm making lots of new friends too. In the last few weeks I've met a lot of people, all of them really great, and I feel lucky to have been so blessed with so many good people. It blows my mind how lucky I am.

4. I moved into a really great house. The ceilings are high, it's clean, it doesn't feel like a serial rapist ate his victims there, and on and on. It's in a great part of town, it's far enough away that I can start over but close enough to where I was that I can still see and visit people I love. My roommates are great, and I feel like I've made a good friend in the guy who just moved in. Couple this with the amazing roommates I had last year and I feel like I couldn't ask for a better group of people to have lived with over the last year of my life.

5. In 7 months from today, I will be a college graduate. Holy. Crap. I didn't even think I could beat high school, let alone college, and here I am with a B+ average and aspirations to get a PhD! And here's the crazy thing - I can do it! I feel, for the first time in my life, like I'm smart enough and capable of doing the work! It's a new feeling for me and I am grateful for it.

6. In the last 4 months, I have learned for a certainty that the God of the Universe is the God of Taylor, and this because that's how He wants it. He's there, He's real, He loves me, and He loves you too. This is a true story and I know it. And I love it.

Life is good my friends! It really is. I hope that life is good for you too. :-D