Holy bored

I am super bored right now. Work is obnoxiously slow. My people are all out in the field trying their damndest. I've got no appointments. It's driving me nuts. That's all, just wanted to rant for eight point five seconds.

Things and more things

Hello old blog of mine. It's been a long time. I've been away spending my life full of love, business, smiles, and insanity. Things have been turned upside down in so many ways, both positive and negative. Where to start...

Let's start with the obvious and ongoing most significant piece of my life - my other half. The love of my life, my world, my joy, my reason to smile every day - Sarah. Things with us are just as I always hoped they'd be. We've experienced more and more of what our life is and could be together and we've fallen further in love with that life. Our apartment is wonderful. We've re-arranged the living room a few times and I think we found just the arrangement that works. Unfortunately, our roommate is moving out at the end of the month, and with him goes his furniture. Fortunately, we've stumbled upon some amazing quality couches to replace his and won't go wanting. This place definitely feels like home, and we've decided to stay here for a while. We've been doing some discussing of marriage and kids and the future. Things are just incredible here. She makes the bad days better and the good days perfect.

The "cleaning system" job I had started a while back turned into a full fledged career. I ended up selling so well that the company offered me the opportunity to open my own branch, which I've done. I now have a few employees at Healthy Spaces (one of whom being Sarah) who help quite a bit. I have a long way to go before the business is where I'd like it to be, but it's a fantastic start. There's a lot of uncertainty just because it's so new to me and I haven't fully ramped up yet. I'm not worried though. I believe in the support team I have, and I believe in my own abilities.

Not sure why I felt like updating, but I did. And that's all I've got.

Reinventing

I haven't been feeling inspired to write in here much lately. I'm not sure whether it's being so busy (but let's face it, I've always made time before), or just a supreme lack of motivation. If it's the latter, I at least know it isn't spilling over into other portions of my life. I'm feeling more motivated than ever when it comes to my relationship, work, and life in general. I've pushed myself to the limit and back. I feel incredible about my life.

So what has caused this lack of inspiration? I don't know.

What I know is I'm feeling a change coming on. I'm feeling ready to push forward in a way I never have before. With that, I may be taking another break from TTTM. My fellow blog buddies all seem to be taking a vacation or getting too busy to continue to write and I miss their wonderful words of encouragement. Well this is my stepping out.

I'll probably be back.

The Possimpible

Strange. I don't know why it is, but I'm having a super insecure day today. Yes, ladies, guys get insecure too. It's the most random thing right now, and it's not one particular thing I can pinpoint. I've just been feeling like I'm not awesome today. Things are going super awesome lately, and I'm stoked about it. Just felt like putting it out in the universe. Anyone else ever sometimes have a day where you just feel unattractive, unwanted, whatever?

This is not a revolution 'til we say it is

Ah, contentment. It's a strange feeling to have. Generally I'm on a rampage of unsteadiness and get lost trying to balance my world. Right now I don't feel that at all. I love the place I've arrived in the past few weeks.

For starters, I've begun a new job that I'm absolutely crazy about. Basically I give demonstrations of a really cool home cleaning product that helps with allergies and asthma in peoples' homes. I can't believe I'm in sales again, but this is so much better than any other sales job I've had. People ask me to buy. They love the presentation and I get paid super well for what I'm doing. It's really a breath of fresh air to actually make some good money for once. There's a ton of room for advancement too. If I keep up the pace I'm working at, I could have my own office in a few months. MONTHS. How crazy. Right now I'm the top sales guy in my office and I'm heading up the ranks in the country. I'm hoping things stay steady or continue to improve.

Because of that, I'm in the market for a new car. Mine is so close to its death bed. It makes noises that would scare the most talented of mechanics, and my job requires me to drive all over the place. I really can't take the chance of my car breaking down in the middle of nowhere and missing a possible sale. So, I've been looking, but haven't quite found what I want yet. I'm not in any super rush, but I'd like to find something as soon as possible. Ideally I'd love to get a few year old Jetta. I've found a few cars in my price range that would be suitable, but this is going to be a big purchase and I want to LOVE what I get.

Things in the apartment are better than ever. Sarah and I are learning how to live together. I know when she needs her own time and she knows when I need mine. Sometimes we eat dinner together and other times we do our own thing. My confidence in us continues to grow. It's amazing how every day we learn more and more about each other. The dynamic is so different now that we live together. We can be together without being up eachothers asses. We can spend time together while doing different things. I'm completely in love with living with her. Our apartment is really coming along. We haven't painted yet, but we've finished most of the unpacking. I put up a few pictures that she wasn't ecstatic about in the bathroom and she was kind enough to let them stay. Life is really good right now.

The band is in a little stagnant period. Our record came out and got mild numbers. We haven't been getting any tour offers worth pursuing, so we're just doing random one off shows. We have a cool show in Syracuse with Story Of The Year, which should be cool. A few college shows to help pay off band debt. Other than that, we're taking a much needed break. We still talk constantly and are making plans for fall, but we're taking a little time to focus on the rest of our lives. It's actually great. It's going to take a lot of stress off of the next time we tour. Our biggest problem is we need to find a new van since ours broke down in Long Island a few weeks ago.

Lucky we're in love in every way

Life has been a big ball of complete insanity lately. I haven't had even a few minutes to sit and type a blog entry like this one. I suppose that's a good thing. It means I'm not stagnant. Not wasting away the hours, even though at times I definitely feel like I am.

Sarah and I moved in together. We have a cozy little apartment with my best friend in my favorite neighborhood. It's far from being done, but we've made significant progress in the week we've lived there, especially considering this week was our cd release week. More on that later. We still want to paint the living room a beautiful color called "Fresh Melon" by Glidden (go check it out). We're missing a few end tables. Our room isn't fully unpacked and my side of the closet looks like a mess. But all of that considered, we're stoked on how it is coming along. It's incredible to spend every night with her. We've had our little spats and moved on from them quickly. In a strange way, this is proof to me that this is meant to be. Normally, fights in relationships with me signal the end. I don't handle it well. But with her, it's worth working out. I have the desire to confront issues when they arise. We work them out fairly quickly and move right along. She's gone through one of the toughest periods in life that someone can go through and we've gotten through it together. I fall harder for her every single day.

Our new cd came out on Tuesday. It's been selling incredibly well. I'm super anxious to see how the online sales and in store sales have gone. We won't hear until Wednesday, so suffice to say we will be freaking out until then. First week numbers are the most important in a band's career. We've pushed so hard hoping for success. Our whole team is so supportive, and I can't believe the reviews it's been getting. People are super positive about it and I'm incredibly grateful. Now it's time to figure out what's going on with the next tour!

When you look at me

I forgot to mention two other blogs you should absolutely check out. I post on both:

This Is What Our Love Sounds Like
Sarah and I take turns on my tours updating this. We post a song a day that makes us think about eachother. One of my favorite blogs I've ever been a part of.

No Place On Earth
This is my photoblog. I try and post a new photo every day, but sometimes there just isn't anything interesting to photograph. I am by no means a professional.... or even a hobbyist. I just take pictures of things I find interesting on my iPhone.