Stove By a Whale

Holy Batman, it's February already! Lots & lots to do. First of all, a year ago I completed my 28 days of Art project and for the most part, was pretty happy with how everything turned out. Today, thankfully Jill & I were off and had a pretty great day. Put my vacation in for our Florida trip this morning. I'm pretty stoked about it. It's been almost 10 years since I've been to Florida (ironically, Jill was there too in the marching band in 2002) and this time, I'm not surrounded by large cartoon animals. Not that Disney World isn't a fun place to be, but I'm sure I'd enjoy it more when Mia gets older. No, this trip is all about visiting Jill's Grandpa in Sebastian. Yeah, I'm not too familiar where it is either, but from the map I recently looked it, it's on the Atlantic side of the state. Sadly, this is Mia's only great Grandfather. So I'm pretty happy she'll get to meet him. Hell, it's been almost 4 years since I've seen him, at our wedding. It's kinda weird that we're going down during Spring Break. Hopefully Mia's good on the airplane.

So earlier in the week, I was feeling pretty depressed. Work of course bringing me down. I don't know why. Makes it hard to even go in sometimes. "Why am I here? What difference do I make at this place? What would I rather be doing" Do people even get excited about work anymore? All that college preparation for the working world, and you don't get the "dream job"? Why? Will I ever get a better job, or am I doomed to be at this place for all eternity??! Sorta going on a rant here, but these are questions I've been asking myself lately. But as I read photographer and overall cool buddy of mine Andy Stenz's question of the week on his Facebook page, It made me feel slightly better. The question was "what makes you most happy?" And it couldn't be a person. So with that, I found three things that make me happy, and now, I'll add to it. Here's the list in no particular order :

My daughter's laughter/Smile

A Tall Guinness

Playing my drum set

Playing music live

The sound of a paint brush going across the canvas

"Biomusicology" by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Photographing on a sunny day (Hawaii, New York, Milwaukee..it doesn't matter!"

Wisconsin's Fall

Oahu, Hawaii

New drawing pencils

The feeling of completing an art project

Playing hockey outside (even though it's been quite a while)

Getting tattooed

I could go on & on. Making this list got me through the day and hopefully the rest of the week. Thinking of the positives help keep away the negative feelings. If you ever feel stressed or depressed, I suggest doing the same thing :) Later