In my brief 21 years of experience in the world, I have come to the realization that great and terrible things seem to happen in 3's. About 2 weeks ago my Granddad died, and this has been one of the saddest times of my life. His death has also given me a bit of a new outlook on my life. That was death number one. Today, a baby bird was found outside my house. It was quivering and shaking and clearly in a lot of pain, and had blood on it. My guess is that it had been left there by some predator (a cat, bird, or snake maybe). It was best for use to shoot it and put it out of its misery. i warn you, that if you don't want details, don't read the rest of this paragraph. We shot it in the head with a BB gun. It took the head clean off, and the bird died instantly. The body twitched and struggle for 10 seconds after, I felt terrible afterword.
I know that my Granddad's death and this bird are not related, and cannot really compare them in any way, but I do wonder what will be the third death? I am a bit superstitious, so I have a bit of a feeling that the 3rd death will come. I just hope that it is no one I love and care about.
I have begun to bond with my housemates a little bit this weekend, which has been interesting. One of them likes to play Halo: Reach, so we played through the campaign on Legendary. Another one just likes to sit around and chat, and he and I have had a few conversations. There is still one that I don't like. He seems very immature, and voices many opinions that directly conflict with my moral values. On the plus side, I just have to live with him, I don't have to be friends with him.
I will be going to one of my good friends weddings in a week or two, and i am pretty excited. I will be going in a group of 4 people from work, and it promises to be a fun time. This couple is one of those couples that I am happy to hear is getting married, and I wish the best for them. There are however many people in my grade and age range who are getting married much too soon. Some people get married after only dating for 4 or 7 months (true stories). I just think that while at school, education should be my first priority because that is what I am paying to go there for. Now, that doesn't mean I will not pursue a relationship at school, just that I think marriage should wait until after graduation. It is hard to see friends rush into something and I just hope that they come out okay, and don't ruin a great thing by going too fast. That is very much me though, I like to take it slow in many things, and relationships are no different. From what i have heard from good friends, lasting couples, and family, one of the most important things to a lasting relationship is basing it around friendship. I firmly believe that if I marry my best friend, she and I will work perfectly.
Somehow I went from death to marriage, and I am not quite sure how that happened, but whatever. : )
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