Twas The Day After Christmas

Well, Christmas has come and now it has gone. I'll have to admit this Christmas was better than I thought it would be. Christmas Eve kinda sucked, but Christmas Day made up for everything that went wrong the night before. My mom had my siblings until one this year, then my dad got them until nine. We had to wait for the little kids to get here before we could open presents, so I made sure to sleep in quite a bit. I got out of bed around eleven, and talked to my dad for a while about all the presents he had wrapped. See, the thing is I already knew what a lot of the presents were. Two days before Christmas I went into the storage room to get some wrapping paper. The problem was that my dad had chosen the storage room as the place to hide all the presents he bought. Its not like I went through everything and peeked in every bag, but all the boxes were stacked so neatly and they were all labeled with what was in them. I felt really bad though because I really wanted to be surprised this Christmas, but I spoiled it two days early. I came clean though and told my dad I had found where he was keeping all the presents, and explained to him how it was I came upon them. He was a little bummed, but he understood and was pretty cool about it. Well now that Christmas is over, I don't really know what to do. I ordered Travis' present like two weeks ago and it still hasn't come. I felt really bad cus he came over and brought me my present and I didn't have his to give to him. He was cool about it though and I told him I'd give it to him as soon as it came. Still though, there is nothing to do. I guess I could go shower and get cleaned up, but then what would I do. Travis has to work today until six, and after he's off we're going to Rachel's birthday party. Until then though there is nothing to do except blog and watch T.V. I could've gone into work, but who wants to work the day after Christmas? Anyways, I've decided to go get cleaned up and then I'll go work on my truck. I got some cool things to add to it for Christmas so we'll see how pimp we can get it looking ;)

Tis' The Season (Copyright)

Well its day two, and I'm still blogging so that's a good sign. My main reason for blogging today is probably just because I'm so bored just sitting here at work. Its Friday, December 22, and it seems like all my clients have taken the day off. I came into work this afternoon around one, and there was not a single fax or email from any of my clients. I've received a total of two emails all day today, both of them from Lhomond. The first email reminded me which reports I needed to process today, and the second was just an email wishing everyone Merry Christmas. Now that I've finished processing the reports and read almost every article on Sports Illustrated.com, I officially have nothing else to do. To curb my appetite and to take my mind of things, i stole a box of Cheez-It's from my dads office and am now practicing the age old art of killing time. There is a fine mist of snow falling outside but, due to the location of my cubical, I am not privileged enough to see this happening. For all I know, the snow has stopped falling and the outside world is now basking in a sea of sunshine (I can assume this is not the case, for I can still hear the heater running and can still feel the cold nipping at my fingers). I've decided the only good thing about the cold is that the cold means snow, and snow means Christmas. Without snow, the Christmas season just wouldn't be the same. If I were in charge of everything though, I would make it so that snow wasn't so darn cold. I hate having to wake up in the morning in a cold basement, having to walk outside to the bitter chill, and having to scrape the ice off my frozen windshield. Trials such as these are the price of cold and, honestly, i don't think anyone really enjoys being cold. The only good cold has ever given us is ice cream, and other frozen delicacies. But on to the happier parts of the Christmas season.....all next week my boss is out of the office, and there is always the possibility that I'll be able to take time off and enjoy the so called "Christmas Vacation". Now that I've graduated from High School, I have really come to appreciate how easy it truly was. You were actually able to enjoy time you had off, and didn't have to stress to much on days you were out of school. There was no worry about balancing vacation days or sick days, and you always had three whole months of summer to look forward to at the end of the school year. The part we took most for granted though was just how easy High School really was. There were no real punishments for not turning in an assignment or for coming in late to class. In the real world, missing tasks and frequent tardies can cost you your job. It's a shame that we couldn't really appreciate how great High school was, for our wish was always for school to come to an end so that we, "could actually be free". We had no idea how truly free we really were....

My First Blog

So yeah, I've decided to start an online blog. We'll see how far I end up getting, but everything in life is worth trying once right? Well I guess I'll start with the basics. My name is Tyler Larsen. I am 18 years old and currently reside in Heber City, Utah (although pretty soon here that will hopefully change to Orem/Provo, Utah). I live with my dad, Paul, my 16 year old sister, Chelsea, and my Grandma and Grandpa (on my dads side). I work for a Midway based company, Reed Data. I do data conversions, data entry and management, and a little software support. In my spare time I like to hang out with my best friend, Travis. There isn't much to do in Heber (another good reason for moving), so we usually just end up going bowling, or driving to Provo or Park City. I really like sports, namely football and basketball. I was recently called as the basketball coach over the young men in my ward, and I am really looking forward to the challenges and learning opportunities that come with coaching. The team I will be coaching won't be the most talented, but hopefully we can all have fun and win at least a few games. Other than everything I just mentioned there isn't much more to know about me. When it comes to my family, my parents are currently in the middle of a divorce. Hopefully they are close to getting everything worked out, but only time will tell. The divorce is trying on everyone, but it is especially trying on the youngest of the children. Dallin, Ashlyn, and especially the youngest Mickey, are really struggling with what to do and who to turn to. We can only hope that once everything is worked out between my parents, things will return to normal. There will always be trials to go thru, and I can only hope that these trials will make me and my siblings stronger. Hmm, I can't really think of anything else to say, and it is getting a little late. Who knows if I'll be consistent in blogging or not, but I hope that I am consistent, just because it's good to let everything out every now and then (not that writing what your feeling will ever be as good as talking to an actual person). I'll leave with a quote I stole from my sister (she's always giving me a hard time, accusing me of always stealing things she's said or acting the way she acts. I think she just needs to get over herself) anyways, here's the quote, "some people put up walls, not to block people out, but just to see who cares enough to tear them down."