If I didn’t love my sister and her kids so much I do believe I would be driven crazy in this house. Don’t get me wrong it’s not bad at all, even though the kids can get out of hand quite often. My sister bought this house about 6 months ago and her mortgage is much smaller than a normal one bedroom apartment in this area but then again its a 3 bedroom house that’s just about as big as a one bedroom apartment too. Sometimes I wish I could just win the lottery and buy a bigger house for her but it’s nice enough to call home, I just take up extra space. The only other downside about this place is the neighborhood. It’s in another city and I’m sorry but this town literally needs to shaping up. For the most part her street is ok but once you get passed the first stop sign please don’t go any further just turn around because you probably wont come back.

Since I was a little boy I knew I wanted to be something that would make me wealthy and loved. Your first thought would be fame but no. Actually I wanted to be a Nurse. I still want to be a nurse, however, when you work a full time job you really don’t have any time to do any clinicals much less going to school what feels like 24 hours a day when you count homework. One thing that kept me out of school was lack of money. I can’t stand those people who come up with these requirements on the FAFSA forms that think they know what they’re talking about when they wouldn’t know they’re head from their butt. My parents couldn’t afford to send me to school but yet they made too much money for me to get federal assistance? I’m sorry but it makes me super mad when I see these kids in school who haven’t had to work a hard day in their lives in these fancy schools with their BMW’s their parents bought for them the year before. Believe it or not most of those people I’ve come across say they got federal aid, so am I doing something wrong? Either way I’m turning 24 in June so that means I’ll be considered independent and with the money I make I’m almost sure I’ll be able to get all kinds of federal aid. When that happens watch out world cause here I come!

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I bet those are 6 words you wouldn’t expect a guy to say in response to the age old question of what I chose if I could have anything in the world. Sadly yes, if there was one thing in this world that I haven’t had the pleasure of experiencing it would be a relationship. Part of this is my fault because I find myself being too selective and not giving people the chances I should give them. All the time I wish I could have somebody at home waiting for me when I get off work. Not just for that reason but just the feeling that somebody needs me in their life is enough for me to be happy living in a cardboard box as long as I was with that person. Unfortunately, I’m a dreamer. I fantasize about being in the perfect relationship living the fairy tale and having the perfect family and it kills me whenever I see all these couples around here so happy being with each other because it’s something I really want, my sister, for instance. Her boyfriend treats her like shes a queen and they are so in love with each other you can literally see the pain in her eyes whenever he goes home. That’s the kind of love I want in my life. I’m almost 24 years old so hopefully somebody will eventually pass by me and say “Hey, you’re cute!”

I might complain about the crappy seasons we face here in Louisiana, and other things but as much as I complain I really should’nt. Even though I can’t wait to move to Florida and have my own thing going on there are still things that I love dearly about my life right now. Family is the most important thing to me. I live with one of my sisters and her two babies and we have tons of fun. Everyday I call my mom to see what she’s doing and how her day is. I also call my other sister 3 hours away to make sure shes having a good cup of coffee then we sit on the phone for the next few hours talking about all the latest gossip and all the other things that make out lives seem more important than what they really are. I’m going to miss them so much when I move, but that’s why I’m moving to Florida. I get the convenience of living my own life on my own terms while not being more than an 8 hour drive from home, which I don’t mind the drive. Most people don’t realize how much the little things are important to them until they are taken away. I cherish my life everyday like it were my last and I never go a day without talking to my family. If there’s one person they’re going to know they can count on it’s going to be me.

Other than Halloween my favorite holiday is definitely Christmas. When it comes down to that day it almost seems worth all the stress of wrapping all those presents even though I’m not getting any. My family are a huge part of my life I don’t know what I would do without any of them, even my step-dad. When we were younger we would always have Christmas by my grandmothers house but for some reason we just can’t seem to escape from getting into heated arguments with all my aunts and uncles. It’s a shame those people are 30 years older than me and they’re still trying to compete with every single person and act like they’re better than everybody, so my parents, me, and my two sisters along with their little families have decided to start our own family traditions for the holidays. For Thanksgiving we spend the day at my moms house and for Christmas we spend at my sisters. My sister lives about 3 hours away and us spending Christmas at her house gives her husbands family more convenience of being with us for the holidays. Yes we like my sisters in-laws, they’re awesome as a matter of fact. We spend all day eating and talking about funny things that we did as kids then take naps. Once we accumulate more room in our already swollen stomachs we continue eating and having the best times. I’m very blessed to have such a great family.

I’m blessed to have a great family, a job that I actually like more than not, and the best friends any guy like me could ever ask for. When it comes time to just sit back and relax believe me that’s not what I’m doing. Sitting at home and watching tv can be great fun and full of serenity but most of the time after a long week of hard-earned money I’m ready to go out and have a few cold ones with my friends. I come from a town in Louisiana called Kentwood, and as small as it is I am going to say with all honesty that it’s the place I’ve had the most fun and the best memories. Even though it’s the country and there isn’t much to do we always find something, whether it be just hanging out at my friend Ashleys having a bonfire or just hanging out down by the river playing stupid drinking games and taking pictures of each other to put on facebook the next day. There’s nothing like the feeling of being surrounded by people you’ve known pretty much your whole life and just being content with the little atmosphere that we share with each other. I might be moving to the city soon but I will tell you one thing and that is, you can take the boy out of the country but you definitely can’t take the country out of the boy.

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I work all year long, spending only the money I need to survive. The reason for that is because all year long all I can afford are the things I need to survive, especially in this economy today. There’s always one thing I look forward to when the holidays are over, besides being able to rest from all the hecticness of all the trick or treaters and present wrapping and that is getting my income tax returns. If  there is one thing I’m ever excited about, it’s to actually be able to go out and treat myself to all the necessities I’ve deprived myself of over year that just passed. I’m lucky that the money I do get back from income tax returns I don’t have to put towards other bills, I’m very good with managing my finances. When I do get my tax returns back theres one place I always go that has done more for my emotional instability than anything and that is the Mall of Louisiana! As dorky as it sounds, yes, shopping clears my head and gives me the motivation to keep working hard at what I do so I can do the same thing next year. This is literally the best week of my life. Next year I will be getting more back from tax returns so I’m going to have to say goodbye to what has been my sanctuary for the last 5 years and move on to another place and a new life. I’m moving to Florida and I can’t wait to see what malls the Sunshine State has in store for me.

There’s absolutely nothing so painful to me right now than being in a place that has cold winters. Yes, Louisiana isn’t much of a wintery state but I promise it does have its’ crazy winter seasons, like this one. For two years straight it has snowed in Louisiana, which as long as I’ve bee

n alive hasn’t happened without at least a 10 year gap in between. This year not only are we getting snow but also more rain than we have seen since 1994, which back then was about 21 inches in the month of November. Here we are in 2009 not even through with the whole year and we are already at 35 inches! Whats so crazy to me is, whenever Summer comes around I’m so ready to get out of this coldness only to be tortured by another 5 or 6 months with 100% humidity and almost 100 degree weather. Just because its basically torture to spend winters down here doesn’t mean we get a break for the Summer. Although I will admit that I would much rather walk outside to smoke a cigarette while its 80 outside, I still find myself getting really excited about Fall coming when those first leaves drop and it isn’t so humid outside. When I’ve been drenched in sweat all Summer there’s nothing like that first bit of a breeze come in but that doesn’t last long. I always forget that in just a few months I’ll be walking outside with 2 pairs of pants on and shrimp boots putting sand bags around my house so it doens’t take off into the Gulf, but do I really dislike Winter?

Waking up this morning was not very fun. Lately I’ve been craving a new life more and more with each passing minute. I guess taking that trip to Tampa during the weekend wasn’t so much a good idea as it seemed in the first place because for one thing I knew I had to come back home. It’s Monday now and all I can think about are how much my days are going to be better when I leave this place. Im 23 years old now and I just feel myself getting more and more anxious to just have some excitement for once in my life. You would think because I live in Louisiana close to New Orleans I wouldn’t have it so bad but honestly, I can’t stand New Orleans. My whole purpose for wanting to get out and start something new is to do exactly that, find my purpose. Everyday I think about this, and it’s gotten much worse since going to Florida and actually experiencing what there is to come. I do know one thing though, I will get there and I will accomplish all my dreams and much more but the number one thing is…Happiness.