Ends, beginnings, and having Faith

No question about it, this was one of the best skiing seasons ever. I'm skiing the bumps better than I ever have in my life. But as I thought about going up this weekend, I realized that ski season is over. As much as I didn't want it to be, it's time to accept the fact that ski season is over. Great year, and next year will hopefully be even better, but time to move on.

On the other hand, my greatest hope is that tennis season is just beginning and will actually last this time around. Tennis is what I love the most. No matter what activity I do, absolutely nothing relaxes me more than tennis. It's hard to explain, but I can focus far more when I'm hitting-- the rest of the world goes away and it's relaxing more than anything else. My only concern is my health, time after time after time, I get hurt and it keeps me away from the game. But this time I'm holding out for faith, faith that if I go slowly I'll be back to playing competively again. It's not about winning (although more trophies would be nice), it's about being in a tough match. Win or lose, it's about being in those situations because that's what's relaxing to me.

Speaking of Faith, I hope things continue to stay well with her. The hardest part of getting to know someone is when two people can only catch each other passing by. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, it's rare to find someone as focused and independent as I am. But she's definitely someone that's making me take time out of my life to get to know. As you've read, my life is full of people that are full of shit, don't care about anything, or act and speak based on their own agenda. With Faith, I've never met a more honest person, someone who would never hurt another. For me, it's a great change, I can spend time with her and never have to worry about anything. It's great to trust someone, and it's great to be happy. And I believe she does feel the same. It's worth writing about-- especially when you never get that chance. When you do, hang on to it, it doesn't happen very often.

So this summer has tons of potential. There may be a new job out there for me, I plan on writing my second book, and I'll have to see what happens from there....