WHERE HAVE I BEEN???

Okay... I apologize. I've been VERY bad about writing here. Very. Bad.

No. I did not forget about you. I have had you on the back of my mind these past... WOW... It's been exactly TWO MONTHS and TWO DAYS since I've written a blog. I am so HORRID! Horrible Horrible Blog Writer! I have definitely had you on my mind.

Why?

Why would I be constantly thinking about you and what you'd like me to write?

Because I miss you.

I am, of course, missing my family and friends who read this. To the currently nameless others... I would miss you too. If I knew you. So.... Please leave me a line at the end of this post. I'd really like to know who you are. I'd like to know who I will be writing to. Please feel free to peruse my past blogs. They are an excellent way to get to know me.

For my friends and family... I miss you.

 ...So I think a recap of my life and blog ideas of the past two months is in order...

The last time I blogged, I wrote about my Dad. Two months later he is still pretty flipping AWESOME.   I love my Dad and you should too. He works hard and plays hard and has the best smile for every occasion!

Since then... I have gone into WORK-A-HOLIC MODE. This is DEFINITELY going to be an upcoming blog post. I KNOW quite a few of my family members and friends... YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE... who are WORK-A-HOLICS. We all have different reasons for being the way we are and you know what... embrace the WORK! As long as you take the time to PLAY... EMBRACE THE WORK.

What am I working on? A few short stories and my novel. A Young Adult Book centered around a young girl named Julia 'Iolani Lyons. My TAGLINE: After the loss of her Mother, young Julia's life spirals further out of control when she discovers her innate ability to Change into an Animal.

I have a few people reading it... THANK YOU LEIMAILE (my sister) and JENAVA (an awesome writer friend) and TARRA (another awesome writer friend and professor) and JASON (my ultimate support)... Thank you to EVERYONE who has been helping me on this crazy process... And here is yet another upcoming Blog Post... LIVE YOUR DREAM. MAKE SHIT HAPPEN.

My day jobs keep the electricity on and food in the fridge. I am still bartending. I can see the blog title now: "How NOT to let your "day" job eat your life away." I don't really enjoy bartending any longer. It's become such a J-O-B. AND... I shouldn't complain because at least I have a great J-O-B that pays my bills and lets me hang out with some AWESOME co-workers.

My other work... one that I'm becoming very adept and good at... I guess you could call me an Executive Assistant. I mostly make/take phone calls and do a lot of driving. I probably know the beaches on the Jersey Shore better than in Hawaii. On a serious note... there are a lot of homes that were just about destroyed in Hurricane Sandy. I am working with W.A. Building Movers to get these families back in their homes. I will probably revisit Hurricane Sandy soon in this blog. There was alot to be learned from the storm...

In July, I celebrated my 33rd BIRTHDAY!!! HA... Getting old... THERE'S A BLOG FOR YOU!!! I have THE BEST Birthday! I got to fly a helicopter!!! FLY A HELICOPTER!!!! Getting old and doing crazy AWESOME SHIT!

And talking about AWESOMENESS...

I was also asked to do TOUGH MUDDER! Go here>>> THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGH!!! <<< for info on this crazy adventure. A few blogs will be devoted to this including but not limited to TRAINING, RUNNING, NOT BEING A (P)WUSSY and OVERCOMING PERSONAL FEARS. Huge hugs and kudos to my family in Hawaii who have already completed WARRIOR DASH and SPARTAN RACE. YOU are my inspiration!

I following with my INSPIRATION track... My Grandma. MY GRANDMA is simply the strongest, most beautiful and giving woman I know. Her birthday was on August 6th. She, for lack of an easier explanation, fell ill. She was in the hospital for a few weeks. She at home and is now on constant pain medication. She is the rock in our family. I miss her. MY NEXT BLOG WILL BE ON MY GRANDMOTHER.

That is pretty much a very quick summery of my past two months and a window in to my up coming blogs. I am going to go back (or go forward, rather) to writing two blogs a week. I will not give you the days on which these blogs will come out but I do PROMISE you at LEAST two a week.

Like I said before... I missed you. I hope you missed me too!

Love, Light and happy good times....

Happy Nathaniel.