KICKASS! That word sums up my week so far, and it is only gonna get better! As stated in my last blog, my bro Jason Black had tracked me down after about 5 years!! We had a rift that got out of hand and should have never happened but it is in the past, from this point on it is just forward momentum! Saturday night, my longtime friend Cliff came up from Dallas, I hadn't seen him in 4 years for the simple fact he lived in Dallas but being he is moving back to Wichita, I will thankfully see a lot more of him and his wife Heather and their 3 beautiful kids!
So, with vacation looming from work, I decided to scrap any other plans and head some 225 miles to where Jason lives in Eureka, Ks. to re-connect with my bro! I was wigging-out something fierce as it was gonna be a surprise, only his kick-ass girlfirend Sammi knew anything about it!! I had talked w/ Meghan, John, and Darren about in on my end, I was scared that my trip would be pointless....fucking anxiety issues!! I left Tuesday am and endured 3 sandstorms and had to take two ditch dives to avoid jack-knifing semi's due to 50 mph winds that had uprooted ahuge tree at my place earlier! I got here a few hours before Jason got home from work! I caught up with Sammi since we'd only talked via phone & chat! @ 3pm or so Jason came home and was shocked, but it was all hugs n' smiles!! We went to dinner @ Pizza Hut, downed a few beers, bullshitted a bit! Than off to our favorite haunt, the liquor store!! @ said Liquor Store we talked about it for 5 minutes and decided, there isn't any point, fuck it, all is cool! I was so relieved!! On with the show........
Jason's sister Sarah came home around 8pm and we caught up as we too were close years back, I had last seen Sarah in 2004 when she lived in Missouri and I went to Springfield to visit Josh. We {Jason, Sammi, and I} stayed up till 4am drinking and attempting to drunk dial people!! It was all videotaped for future bribs and laughs!! Jason's daughter Megan, even came up to me before bed and asked for a hug!! Awwwwww!
On Wednesday, when I hoped into the shower, Megan asked Sammi if I was her uncle, she seems to remember me even though the last time I saw her she was maybe 8 months old but she doesn't warm up to people but she is always coming up to me for hugs! Sarah's son Xander keeps stealing my slippers {either pair of Donkey from Shrek or my Cartman's}, he is a cutie! Sammi, Megan, and I headed to El Dorado to meet up with my sister Micah, I hadn't seen Micah in 8 years, it was great to see her....now I just gotta get our sister Shannon's ass down her from Montana!! We went shopping and out to lunch, took some pics, and hung out!
It has been an amazing week, probably one of the greatest I've ever had!!! These were all missing pieces of my life that are now back in place and will never be removed as they once were due to bullshit childish jealousy!! If I ever "settle down" again, the other person will never affect my life the way the ex did, which was negative from the word go, I was just too stupid to see it!
I could never imagine, after the last week I have had and how happy I have been, losing these people who have re-entered my life, during the years we were apart, I thought of them often but until 2004 wasn't allowed to be around them.....NEVER AGAIN!! Being I have sooooo little family, these people ARE my family......I don't think I could face a day without having them in my life as well as my other family.....John, Meghan, uNKLEDUNk, Buzzy, Darren & Amy, Josh, Chris, Jessi, Danielle, Laure @ LA, Jaime @ SF, Kristie @ OC, Linda, Jaylene, Timmy, Donna and Margie!! I AM THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE! 
CHEERS,
JUSTIN