The Belly Button Game

Tripping Over Our Future
Brandon Bruno

I don't know where we're going
but I understand where we've been
so if we stay on this path for now
one of us just might trip and win.

So here I am, amid a stupid-busy weekend of work. With my CS 409 compiler partly due this coming Thursday, I've charted every day from now until Thursday minute-by-minute. I had the micro managing. I just want to have fun. Won't get that for a while.

But the end of this week has been interesting so far. My parents have been in Middletown, Ohio to visit my sister for the last couple of days, and they won't be back until tomorrow night. Having the house to myself is an altogether creepy, yet rewarding, experience. If nothing else, this house is too big for just one person to live in. I could never take care of all the stuff in it. I'm a simple man with simple needs, and I like that. I hope I never become as bloated as my parents have with possessions. As a side note, given that I'm not physically disturbed in my bed, I sleep insanely well while being home alone.

At the risk of sounding horribly generic and vague, I'm learning quite a bit out about myself and my ultimate short-term desires. Although my long-term goals (about a year out) are still vague, I'm discovering that I'm perfectly content with what I have thus far in my life, both relationship-wise and academically. May I desire more in the near future? Oh boy, I could only peer ahead a couple of months...

Time to get back to work :-( I'm so pooped on this project already.

Out.