So there are only four days left till the end of the year. I thought I would write about a lot of the stuff that happened to me, good or bad, so this will probably be a pretty long post.
2009 started calm. I rang in New Years with my girlfriend at the time, Kelly. We had a quiet night at home watching movies. The end of January the store I worked at Willis Music moved from the Oxmoor Center to Huntington Place over on Hurstbourne. This was a great move because it tripled our space. I also was able to change positions from being the assistant manager to being the instrument repairman., which has been my dream job for years. February was also a quiet month. Kelly and I celebrated Valentines and our one year anniversary, things were going good... or so I thought.
March rolls around. The beginning of the month I come home one day from work, and I notice things missing, there was usually two piles of mail on the table, there was now only one. Things were out of place a hair. Kelly isn't home, but I figure she was visiting her trashy family out in the south end which she loved to do. I go into the bedroom, and thats when I notice all her stuff is gone. She had moved out while I was at work... yes, she packed up all her shit and left. I try calling, texting, emailing, etc. to get in touch with her and I can't She doesn't return my calls for almost a full week. We finally talk and I pretty much tell her to go to hell. I have no interest in being with a coward. I spent most of March and April dealing with the breakup. I was more hurt on how she left and not that she left.
May rolls around. I get to spend Mothers Day in jail. I was pulled over that evening for expired tags. I didn't realize they were expired because the truck was in my fathers name so they expired back in February when his birthday was. The reason I was arrested was for a warrant I had. Back in early 2000 or 2001, I ran a stop light and got into an argument with a cop. I went to court for it, but apparently did not pay all the fines and what not, so there was a warrant I didn't know about. So I got to spend 16 hours in jail. Thankfully I have some of the best friends in the world who bailed me out. My friend Courtney made about a million phones calls to take care of me and made sure work and other people were notified and my close friend Dan drove down from Ohio to pay my 1000 dollar bail. May was also me celebrating my 30th birthday. Most people are down when they turn the big 3-0 but I was honestly happy. The reason why I was so happy was the fact that when I was in my mid 20s I didn't think I would make it to 30. I was so messed up with drinking and whatnot I figured I would be dead or in jail. I took a few days off and spent time with my family and had a great party at Bearno's by the Bridge that Sunday.
June rolls around and I was able to go full time at the repair shop. That was such a great feeling. Before that I was working part time repair, and part time Willis sales help. I was honestly doing a terrible job at both because I couldn't really focus on doing my job correctly.
July tends to be one of my favorite months because its when the Warped Tour usually happens. This is my favorite day of summer. I get to see TONS of bands that I like and I usually discover a few new bands too. I went with Courtney and Robin this year and it was a blast.
August and September were slower months. That is quite ok too. I am sure we played some good shows. I play in a cover band called ROCKTIMUS PRIME and we usually play out a couple times a month. I am also in a band called For Lack Of A Better Name, or FLOABN, that spent the year playing every Sunday at Bearno's by the Bridge. So even in slower months I still had a lot going on with work and music.
October my boy Hunter got married to his beautiful wife Megan. I was lucky enough to be in the wedding and I was so stoked about that. I also played a show that very night. It was a ton of fun playing Saint's Skybar in a tux!
November was not a fun month in the beginning. I came down with the flu and was sick for about a week solid. I also had my truck broken in to. They popped the lock on the drivers side door so now my truck is rigged where I can only get in and out of the passenger's door. They stole my stereo faceplace and my iPod. I still am pretty upset about that. Fuck people who steal stuff. The month ended good with a wonderful thanksgiving with my family.
December was a solid month too. This is the first year in 15 years that I have not worked retail. I was actually able to enjoy the holidays for a chance, take some time off and see some friends and family. ROCKTIMUS PRIME always puts on a solid Christmas show too. We decorate the stage and just have an all around good time. If you have been reading this blog you know that my Granda Betty passed away just a few weeks before Christmas. That made Christmas a bit more rough than normal, but we got the family together and had a fantastic time.
Lots of good things happened this year... I am trying to focus more on those than the bad. I made some great new friends like Katy and Sarah S. I also got a lot closer to some friends like Jaime and Jenny. I also got in touch with some amazing old friends like Steph and Melody. I am going on 4 years sober. I still have an amazing family that loves me. So yeah, lots of crappy stuff but lots of great stuff too. I will be back in a few days to write my New Year's Resolutions out. I am planning on lots of positive changes. I might also write out a list of my top 10 or 15 albums of 2009.... Thanks for reading :)
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