The Content Life

As a kid growing up summers were the best part of the year. And they still are. I have a lot of friends, who am I kidding, I know a lot of people, who have taken this summer and done something amazing. Others not so much. Some people have taken these extravagant vacations to Italy, gone backpacking, skydiving, camping and such. Others have decided to calm down their crazy lives and get engaged, married, and have kids. And lastly there are those who bust their butts all summer to pay for college, or just to pay for their everyday lives. This last category is usually where I fit in.

I have spent the last few summers working. I didn't get much time off to spend with my family and do all the things we hoped to do during the summer. I usually only saw each member of my family for maybe a day or two. Then I wouldn't see 1/2 my family until I made a trip to St George, or until hunting season. Yeah it sucked but I managed to get through it. It was hard because after we all went our sorta separate ways we became a much closer family. I didn't realize how much I missed my sisters until they went off to college. What I would have done to have a famous WWE Flo Sister Smack Down, to have someone put a hole in the wall, to have a sibling go to the hospital for stitches, to have someone tickle you so hard you pee your pants, to play whiffle ball, to play hide and go seek with them all, but mostly to sit around and laugh and laugh. I sure am glad that we hated each other when we lived under the same roof. Because I don't think we would have ever appreciated each other this much.

This summer has been a complete 180 turn around from summers past. This summer has been the best. There were times I still broke down and cried and had my mom tell me it was going to be ok. There were times I thought I was on Cloud 9, boy was I ever wrong! I have spent all summer with family. There was one day when I wasn't by my family, and I still had family by me, aunt, uncles, cousins. I still put in some manual labor, some refereeing, lots of paper shredding for my mother, and plenty of wire pulling. 

Most summers I care way too much about my physical appearance. Not this summer. And people, I got results. I can now bench press more than most guys, I no longer fit in most of my jeans, and if you ever see a girl with nicer legs than me please let me know. If you couldn't tell I also gained a lot of self confidence. I love it. Not all of my summer was hard work some of my highlights were associated with media. I found out that many people enjoy my humor. I gained like 50 followers on Twitter, 3/4 unfollowed me though, its ok. Apparently many of the older women get a kick out of my Facebook statuses and talk about me at work. For the love send me a friend request Im a nice person. Uh, I learned a lot about Hitler, I found a new love and appreciation for Jazz music-strange I know. Oh and my biggest accomplishment, 193 episodes of The Office. I will be honest, I haven't even watched 100 episodes of Law and Order SVU. And for those of you who know me, that is my favorite tv series ever. I almost cried when the finale of The Office ended. Yeah I'm a loser. I am totally writing this because I can't get over how awesome that show was. I didn't even watch it when it was airing. Usually because the only reason I ever had to leave the USA channel-SVU station in my words= was to flip to NBC, which The Office aired on, to stay up until 11 pm, to watch SVU. 

I also read two Chelsea Handler books, and read the Divergent book. All n all I think this was a successful summer. I do dread going back to school. I hate people, I hate meeting new people. I really hate that all of my Criminal Justice professors are all retired and now I have new ones. FIDDLE STICKS! I really hate getting new roommates, and I hate having to buy my own food and do my own laundry. Now cooking food, I don't mind that, I also don't mind folding clothes. Yeah, I kinda like living with my parents and brothers. Its not all that bad. It was so nice to come home this summer and just enjoy it. I am slightly concerned at what my family is going to eat when I'm gone, since I do the majority of the cooking..... hmmm. 

Keep it real yall!

xo,

MEL FLO