I am sitting at Starbucks right now, if you didn’t know, this is where I spend a lot of my day writing this blog, I am reviewing the past 24 hours. I am feeling a lot of gratitude, I thought I really messed this thing up yesterday, but it had the exact opposite affect (or is it effect). More people read, “Big Mistake!” than any other post. My intent was to apologize sincerely, figure out how to reestablish my credibility, make sure to not make that mistake again and put it behind me. The support I received was incredible, a friend of my mine has stated to me on numerous occasions; if you are suppose to do something, be somewhere or live your life a certain way the universe will conspire to make it happen, I believe this is happening to me. At some point I will do a blog on all the little things that have happened and continue to happen that make all this possible for me, it blows me away, you might think that finding these stories has been hard, not at all, these are the first people I have asked in most cases, the one time it wasn’t, the guy I asked found someone for me to talk too…
Yesterday was a day I thought I had figured out, I was suppose to meet a couple guys (Bob and Todd) at Dunkin Donuts at 7 am, I totally forgot about it, my excuse was that I was up until 4 am working on the website which I was, but the thing was it didn’t even occur to me until 11 am that I forgot! We agreed to meet later that night and grab a bite to eat. I had to get my brakes replaced on my car in the morning by this guy named Ivan, he came to where I was staying and did the job, he was incredible and very affordable. I went to Starbucks later than normal, wrote and posted the “ill fated” blog and then went to CrossFit Salvation. When I checked my email and got the email from my subject, I scrambled to remove it and figure out what to do, I had to get to Woody’s to meet Bob and Todd, also! I sent an apology to her, a couple actually because there is something you always forget to state or want to clarify. Remembered that I was suppose to go to a Little League game at 7, it is now 6:30 when I got to Woody’s, I checked to see if there was a later game, there wasn’t but realized the game at 7 was only a practice. Met Bob and Todd, had a great time talking with them and made future plans on a project we will be doing together, raced home to write, “Big Mistake!”, saw the response through out the evening and then realized that the day unfolded as it was suppose too.
That was my day yesterday, so here I sit trying to figure out what to write about today! I have some things I am working on but they need more time to develop, so I just want express my gratitude to everyone that has helped me get to this point in my journey, without all the encouragement and support, be it kind words or financial, you don’t know how much it means to me, it just reinforces that I am doing what I am suppose to be doing, it helps when I get anxious at night thinking about if I am going to find a story the next day or if I will run out of money before this is completed, etc… An example of how things work out, before I left Milwaukee I thought my strut on my car was going bad, I got it checked out and it was confirmed that it “could” be a strut, was told that it shouldn’t be an issue driving to Florida. On the way to Florida my exhaust seemed to be getting louder, so I started getting worried that I was going to blow a lot of money on car repairs right off the bat. I knew that I needed to get my brakes done, but wasn’t counting on the other stuff, I got estimates on everything that “I” thought needed to be done, about $1,500. When everything was fixed my total bill was $475, things just worked out, so hard to explain.
I will leave it at that for the day, I need to get on the road and get to a ball game and find a story for tomorrow! Today it is going to be the “Snowbird Baseball Classic”, St Bonaventure against Nebraska-Omaha at Noon in Port Charlotte, baseball season is getting into full swing and it shouldn’t be as hard to find a game everyday, MLB Spring Training games start on Thursday, it is a rough life at the moment but hey someone has to live it! Have a great day everyone!
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Reflection upon one’s self is the best source of improvement, reorganization but going forward with new found dedication. A lesson of life learned, if we take it to heart, is worth a million words read on ‘how to’. 😉 So, now … go forth and continue to work your magic to share with us. Have a great day!
And Ill have my morning cup of coffee with you. Lol
Wow John, I don’t know how you do it all, and yes you run to everyday life situations. I know it’s hard to properly eat and get rest, but hopefully you don’t have too many problems. You are doing this whole trip by car? How any miles to you figure to rack up to see all the ballparks in the US and Canada. Mexico? Well take care, talk soon and God be with you on. This journey 🙂