Not to be redundant seeing as the title says it all, but fuck it: “Hey, hi, how are ya?” How have you been, its been a long time. No really, how have you been? We haven’t caught up in some time, what has this past year had in store for you? Oh please, don’t give me some platitude, or a smile saying: “I’m doing well,” when deep down you really just want to scream about that thing Richard did at work the other day. I want to know about what Richard did, that piece of shit.  Tell me, truthfully, unequivocally, HOW ARE YOU?

Okay fine, I’ll go first. Recently I’ve been fantastic, been hitting the gym and eating right for the most part-the Taco Bell down the street from my apartment is really testing me. I’m in the waning days of my college career, about a week and a half left at the time of this writing, and I’m filled with a feeling that I can’t really describe. It is definitely not elation-which is odd you would think I would be happy to be done. It isn’t sadness, nor confusion, maybe its me being awed by the unknown. For about 16 years I’ve had a straight path and goal in mind: go to college and graduate. Now the track is coming to an end, and I now need to provide more rails in order to keep going, oh and I have to determine the direction of track too-which surely will have all kinds of twists and turns because I love being topsy turvy.

Yet, I don’t walk this road alone (Hey Alexa play Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day). I get to share this adventure with my friends, family, and the WILBlog community. I’m excited for the trials, laughter, joy, anguish, dread, happiness, sadness, elation and turmoil to come. In short: I’m excited for life-which is something I couldn’t have said with 100% confidence a year ago. I’m excited, because I get to share it with all of you.

So, if you would like to share something about your corner of the world on this blog, or just want to let me know how you’re doing, write something up and send it to officialwilbblog@gmail.com. I would love to learn and catch up with those that I’ve gotten to know but haven’t talked to in a while. Always look on the bright side of life, everyone.

Signed,

Mitch