I've learned that you cannot make someone love you.  All you can do is be someone who can be loved.  The rest is up to them.

I've learned that no matter how much I care some people just don't care back.

I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned that it's not what you have in your life, but whom you have in your life that counts.

I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others.  Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other.   And, just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I've learned that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt, and you will hurt in the process.

I've learned that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish.  Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.

I've learned that heroes are people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I've learned that you can keep going long after you can't.

Credit goes to Salvie, cuz this is 100% true!

Wells, I got off work late, busy as always. As soon as I get off work, I let Tia outside to go to the bathroom, then got in the green hatch and took her for a roll to try and get the exhaust hooked up (which I've been trying to do the last week and no luck).

I got my license plates yesterday, so it's the second day I've taken it out finally. So as I'm driving it, for about 15 min. Some lady in a damn minivan (soccer mom) tries to go around this scooter cruising on the street, and immediately tries coming into my lane. Just about narrowing me into the median and into her side.

Luckily, the last couple things I did to my hatch over the weekend is getting my brakes perfect (I've bled it a good 7 times now), and I just BARELY hooked up my loud ass train horns. Let's just say when the soccer mom came into my lane, I made her shit her pants as I slammed on my brakes and just layed right into the horn. It actually felt good lol.

Moral of the story is:

- Be careful out there, soccer moms are no joke and they are EVERYWHERE!

- Make sure insurance and registration is good

- Get some Hella Supertone horns. They are well worth the investment! :)

Have a good day and thanks for looking.

Welp, yesterday June 8th was my wife's and I 1st year anniversary..

I can honestly say that being married has been a great overall. It's extremely nice to have someone always to come home to, share great life experiences with and always knowing someone cares for you right there..

I've always seen our marriage as a little different than most marriages. And that reason is because we are both military, and have had to deal with a lot of forced separation due to deployments. With a lot of military marriages having a high divorce rate, there has never ever been a time where the "D" word came into thought..

To make a marriage work, it needs communication, sacrifice, honesty, and most of all, love. Without all of those, if one is missing, it will never work. You have to want to make it work, know that no matter how frustrated you get that you have to inconvience yourself or your friends to put your other half first.

What I have learned after our first year, is you must always strive to make the other person happy no matter what. My wife's job, along with mine, is extremely challenging with hours & labor. Sacrifices are made daily to accomodate each others needs to make things work.

You don't have to set up a system, or assigned tasks, it just is a "need to be done" basis. Don't wait for the other person to do the dishes, mow the lawn, take the trash out, if it needs to be done, make it happen.

Marriages always have great things, but a lot of them fail due to little things, such as putting the toilet paper backwards, leaving the toilet seat up, leaving lights on, trash not taken out. It is the little things that make eachother happy and appreciate more.

To keep the "dating spice" in a marriage too, I've also learned, you have to:

- Make surprises - Surprises are nice. Surprise her with some roses, a card, a dinner, anything. Don't just narrow surprises to holidays and birthdays.

- Go to bed together - Often times, with work schedules or lifestyle, couples go to bed at different times. It's always nice to wait for the other half to wait, or if the other is tired, enjoy each other by going to bed together and appreciating eachother.

- Hold hands - It's nice sometimes to take the other half's hand and appreciate you guys having eachother when going places. Even just driving in the car, holding the other half's hand is a good sign of appreciating them

- Randomly hug & kiss - Don't just narrow it down to when they leave, or come home from work, randomly kiss them when they are not expecting it. Trust me, you'll know it works. They will ask "what was that for?". And you can just say "just because" or "Cuz I felt like it" or "It's because I love you and wanted to make sure"

- And lastly, but definitely not least,  most importantly, tell them "I love you". Don't just narrow it down to the end of phone conversations, or when they go off to work. Make them memorable. Make them romantic. People often forget and need to be reminded. Even if they "know" you love them, it's still nice to hear the other person tell you "I love you". It sooths the heart and makes all stresses in life go away when the other half says their affection for you. Love means your willing to sacrifice anything for their comfort, safety and happiness.

That is all. Thanks for reading.

Today, my wife is at work (of course), and me and Adam are just chillin doin his valve lashing on his GSR.

At 4:45 am, before Laura goes to work, she wakes me up asking if I have my work gortex jacket with me. I told her it's at work and asked the reason. She said it was pouring rain and her gortex was in the car..

Welp, a few hours later, she messages me saying it is snowing like crazy outside. I look outside, and wtf?? it's friggin April and it's snowing like crazy!

What's funny is, last week we went to the beach, wearing sandles, shorts the whole works. And throughout the week it was hitting 90 deg. Then all of a sudden snowboard season is back in?? I dunno whether to put the AC or heater in the house! So I just leave the damn thing off.

I'd kill to hit the slopes again this year, but damn! Make up your mind Virginia!

East coast FTL! Can't wait to go back to the west coast.