Life and Stuff

I woke up early and decided to take my dog for a walk. She is a one year old Siberian husky. It was a quick 10 minute walk early this morning at 7am. While on this walk we went by the man-made lake/pond and saw a few ducks which my dog wanted to play with. I am currently working on an assignment for university and procrastinating, its due in a week so I still have enough time to get it done. Later today I will be going to class it’s only for an hour so that not too bad we are nearing the end of semester.

I used to play guitar – or tried to, when I was in high school. My mother bought me some old beat-up electric guitar and an amplifier at a yard sale. It was more expensive than it should have been, considering its condition, but neither her nor I knew anything about guitars at the time. At the time I didn’t know it, but she couldn’t actually afford that. She didn’t even have the money on hand; we had to ask the owner to hold it for us while we went to the bank to withdraw the cash for it. It turned out that I wasn’t very good at guitar and eventually I quit playing, but I still have that guitar. I pick it up once in a while, tune it as best it can still be tuned, and play some easy songs on it. It reminds me of what sacrifice is, and how easy it can be to sacrifice without regret for someone you love.

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