Saturday, July 27, 2013

A lesson in (finding) Love

                 I'm not a love expert and will never claim to be one but what I am is a guy who has navigated the rugged terrain of failed relationships and heartbreak, overcame the huge rolling boulder of loneliness and self doubt, and in the end I found the treasure I had been seeking all along. Kinda like a bald Indiana Jones. Except the treasure I sought out was love and not a crystal skull. Though I'm not a expert on love I still feel I can help those who may have trouble finding "The One".
                 99% of the relationships we have through dating will fail but that's what dating is, trial and error. Unless you are one of those weirdos who fell in love with and married the first person they ever dated. That's just weird and incredibly rare nowadays but congrats to you if that is the case. Where was I? Oh yeah, it's that 1% that can change a persons whole life. 1% is the difference between "I don't want to see you anymore" and "I love hanging out with you, let's make a 2:00 am trip to the Waffle House on a work night."
                We always hear all the sayings like "There is plenty of fish in the sea" and "God makes the perfect person for everyone" but it was my mom who told me the most truest thing I had ever heard about love, "It will happen when you least expect it." At the time I took it as the normal supportive mom b.s. but it wasn't until a couple years later I realized that what my mom had said was completely accurate, at least in my case it was. Classic right place at the right time and exactly when I least expected it.
                I won't go into the whole story and bore you with it but it is important to know that had I not went to Borders on that certain night I may not be where I'm at today with my amazing wife, our son and living in the house we purchased together that we now call home. Had I gone to Barnes and Noble or Half Priced Books I would have not seen my now wife working behind the counter and been able to reconnect with her and accomplish all the things we have together. It is important to note that before I ran into said wife again at Borders on that fateful night in the middle of the holiday shopping season, we had know each other from our time working together at Wendy's as teenagers and in fact were each others Prom dates our senior year. That is really the kicker to it all. The fact that this person from my past is now the person that will be my future.
               The point I'm trying to make with this post is that break ups suck, dating sucks, trying to find the best possible person to spend your life with sucks, but when that person is finally found then it makes all the bad relationships seem worth it. You gotta go through the bad to get to the good. picking up people in a bar is fun if you are trying to take the choo-choo train to naughty town but not the ideal place to meet your soul mate. Dating websites might have worked for a few but I really don't buy the commercials. It's your life to go about finding real love the way you want but from my experience the harder you look, the harder it is to find. Sometimes you just gotta live your life and just let it happen.........when you least expect it to.

                                                       Me and my crystal skull on our wedding day

Friday, July 26, 2013

Disclaimer

                                        *DISCLAIMER*

        I have been kicking around the idea of starting a blog for awhile now and had been meaning to start on during my wife's pregnancy. Unfortunately I never got around to it and now baby Dixon is here and is 4 months old. So since I dropped the ball on the whole "expecting father" blog, I've decided to start this one that I simply titled "Bad Grammar". The  title has two meanings. The first being that I do not have great grammar. I realize that when I post things on Facebook without proof reading it first. Hell, this will probably all be one paragraph. So I just want those of you who are grammar nazis to know before hand to expect the worst. 
            The second meaning of the title is that I plan of having no filter. My sense of humor at times can at times be a little twisted and dirty. I may say things that some of you may not think is funny or may even offend you. I will more than likely use curse words in my blogs. So if you are easily offended than this is probably not the blog for you. I can pretty much find humor in Anything and I hope those of you who decide to read this blog are the same way. If you have been my friend on Facebook for along time or follow me on Twitter than you kinda know what to expect. 
             My hope is that with this blog I can entertain you "the reader" with whatever it is that I'm writing about. Topics will range from being a first time parent and all the fun a joy that comes with it, to sports, entertainment, or just about whatever random thing pops into my fucking head. If you read this blog and chuckle or smile at what you read than I will feel like my blog is serving its purpose. Next to being a good father and and husband, making people laugh or smile has been the only other thing I've really ever been good at. So I'm hopeful that my humor can carry over to the blogging world. I really hope you enjoy my blog and look forward to future posts. Thanks for reading :)