1-year reflection.

So this is my one-year anniversary at my temporary home in Columbus. I took my new job as a traveling hotel manager last June and so much has happened in the last year...good and bad, looking back mostly good.
I started my year off in Philadelphia. I have visited Atlantic City, Sandusky, West Palm Beach, San Francisco, New York, Nashville, Indianapolis, Louisville, Pittsburgh and Chicago (multiple times).
Each city and trip brought a multitude of adventure. In Philly I met Chris and started my first relationship. It quickly turned into an LTR and lasted 6 months (record time for myself). Surprising to many I remained completely faithful, introduced him to my family, and met his. In the end I think we were looking for different things. He was/is a great guy.
Ohio has been interesting. The first 6 months I was here I didn’t do much but bitch/complain/mope around. I was unhappy I was here and was determined not to enjoy my time. After the breakup with Chris I met Ryan down here in Columbus. Quickly he introduced me to his friends and through his friends met more friends. The first party I went to with him I met Tonya and Erica who are the coolest girls. Columbus would not be the same without them. Through Tonya and Erica I have made friends with the entire CYP gang and through Ryan, his roommates and other friends. Networking is great and that’s why I took this job. I have friends all over the place and its awesome.
San Francisco was cool hanging out with Jay. Some really cool bars and another place I would love to live.
New York was cool, did a lot on my own, a lot with my bro. The greatest thing was seeing The Daily Show on 4/27…awesome. I also got to hang with Mark, which was interesting. Some things/people never change..which is good and bad.
Work has been interesting. It’s hard to remember a year ago but I think the working conditions were horrible. I got here at 7pm that Friday night and worked till 11, and didn’t stop working for weeks. The hotel was oversold and the reservations just kept coming through. Now a year later, sold out, but not oversold but with a much better team in place. Some interesting characters work here, but the troubled ones are gone. At time I actually enjoy sitting in my office and conversing with the staff.
I have become way more comfortable with myself in small and large situations. I spent the first 6 months eating alone and doing everything alone. Huge fear conquered. Everywhere I go I seem to meet people. I got over my fear of what people think about me…I am myself, I am me, if you don’t like me, FUCK YOU. I am a funny, nice, sarcastic, awesome friend, all-around cool guy,
I actually love myself, weird I know. Going on 3 years from 6/27/06 when I thought my life was over to having a great time and positive attitude everyday.
I love my job, my friends and family (mostly immediate and select few)
I went to two different pride celebrations, Columbus and Chicago. 1 year ago I couldn’t have imagined.
Every day is an adventure and a trip. Can’t wait to see what the next year brings.

haha

lijah87: why do you always message me I dont really like you as I told you before your kinda rude
thebryguy: i thought you were just kidding! how you been?
lijah87: no I dont!!!!
thebryguy: your funny, i hope you are having a good weekend!
lijah87: your weird and fat goodbye
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From: rslmd69049
Subject: Re: hey man
Date: Thu 12 Feb 2009 05:24 PM

we chatted before and you rudely stated i wasnt your type so....get the
message you jack ass?
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On Thu 12 Feb 2009 05:23 PM, thebryguy wrote:

> whats going on? where in Farmington?

the day in the life on bryan.

I haven’t updated in quite some time and after reading Mitters very detailed blogs I thought I would post something. I am sitting here at work at 730am on a Saturday. Its quiet…a little to quiet. I was stationed in Columbus on 7/11/08 and now over 6 months later I am still here. So much has happened!

Columbus for those of you that don’t know is a HELL HOLE! The property I am watching over is up for sale by my company. Being that the financial market is so bad many people are having trouble getting financing. That being said I am still here. The property is in really good shape, but is in the ghetto, surrounded by an abandoned (deteriorating) hotel on one side, and a scrap yard on the other side. It’s also on a service drive and is impossible to find.

The people here are crazy…the guests are ghetto and the staff is an outrageous group of people. There is always some sort of issue happening here whether I am at the hotel, or trying to escape it in Detroit. I always seem to get bothered by them!

Right before Christmas we has -20 degree wind chills which caused a water pipe to burst flooding 4 rooms. NIGHTMARE, then when I was gone had a non-guest major issue, a guest fight which someone pulled a gun, and then the key maker (the thing that makes keys for the hotel) stopped working. We had to manually let people into their rooms for 4 days. Not fun…have I mentioned how I hate this place?

 

Just after Christmas I broke up with Chris. It was unexpected to him and I felt really bad. He’s an awesome guy, but we wanted different things in life. He wanted to settle down, move in, and some other things that I am not ready to do just yet. I am still working and career driven, and I wanted to be able to make a decision not based on someone else. Might sound selfish, but I have to do what’s good for me, which meant ending something that was really good in ways, and tough and hard in other ways.

 

Since the breakup I have been more social in the Columbus area which is good, I was going crazy being alone in my hotel room.

 

Everything is the same and typical on the home front. I am home every other week or so (I usually work 10days on 4 days off). I see/talk to don a lot. Him and his roommate (mitter) always have something going on and I enjoy the entertaining stories I have actually become really close with mitter and some of his friends, which is great. Most recently I was hanging with Greenfield who broke up with a bf and all this crazy drama that ensued. When I was in town we grabbed coffee a few times and I tried to offer my advice.

 

Over the Christmas holiday I went to the Motor City Bowl with my brother and dad. It’s a good way to watch college football cheap. This was our second year attending. This year some guys sat next to us that were using cherry flavored chewing tobacco. GROSS! The thing that always happens at this even is seeing the college guys and realizing how out of shape and FAT I look. It ends up being a good thing as it motivates me to loose the weight I desperately need to do…I want to look twinky!

I started by cutting out fried foods and pop last week, and the other day signed up with JC. That way I have a program to follow and a way to track the weight loss.