Saturday was one really tiring day...I spent 12 hrs at the beach...9am-9pm...eating, drinking, and playing vball all day...then I went clubbing with the gang from 11pm-4am...then went to Rolsan's to have the usual after-clubbing meal...arriving home at 5:30am and waking up at 8am to go to work the same morning...needless to say I feel like I got ran over by a bus...I muscles are so sore from vball I had to roll out of bed this morning...how did I ever manage to do this when I was in university?...I guess I was younger then and my body wasn't as weary...which has started me thinking on how we as humans take for granted the things we've got...we seem to neglect and take for granted things the most when our lives are good...

...take for example...my ankle...I never realized how mobile I was a few years ago when I was playing beach vball every sunday...this weekend I found out how difficult it was for me to hit and set when I was 3 steps slower than normal...but no worries...one day my ankle will be healed and I will be back to normal...some things we take for granted can't be taken back once they're lost...relationships for example...

A few years ago I was in a 3.5 year relationship...and sometime after the 1st year I started taking her for granted...and I never realized it...I don't think I valued that relationship too much...she was a very nice girl...just wasn't for me...and I lost interest really early...but somehow I conned myself into staying much longer than I had wanted to...but you live and learn right?...that will never happen again...everyone has the right to happiness (do not be owned by your relationship)...

I'm now working on a relationship that's 2+ years old...and my significant other...she's wonderful...beautiful, funny, intelligent, compassionate, caring...and she saves me from the pitfalls I create for myself...she sends me packages with cough drops when I'm sick...she sends me boxers to cover my bum...she's someone I never want to take for granted...

Anyhow...this getting a bit long...and I haven't had the inclination to ramble extensively lately (often ending my rambles with "blah, blah, blah" or "yada, yada, yada" ala Seinfeld)...so I'll wrap this up...

I think the more you take life for granted...the more life reminds you by taking those things away...learn to cherish what you've got...