Luke Freeman

Last night I managed to recover all my old blog posts from 2004 onwards!!

They’re all imported into this blog now (without comments)

Well, I know you’re probably feeling neglected my poor blog… good thing you don’t have feelings!

So, where have I been? I’ve been finishing off Uni for the semester!!! IT’S ALL DONE!

Trained out at the riff (Penrith) yesterday - ’twas windy and cold ;( - but the pieces were getting faster throughout the day, quite proportionately to the rate, which is encouraging.

Anyway, I’m about to take Jesse to the movies as any good brother should - it’s his Birthday present from me
I’m sure going to miss my family, also some close friends and the rowing season - but apart from …

I can’t remember who told me this:
“by the time you realise that you are an adult, you’ll be at least a dozen life-changing decisions into your adult life”
Aint that the truth!

Here’s a quick crash course in patience:
Find something of incredible value to you, develop and understanding of its worth, then have it removed from you by means out of your control. Discover when you’ll be reunited, then wait… and keep waiting…”

It’s one of the hardest things you’ll ever have to do.

Surely after that you’d have a better understanding of patience!

Things may be hard at times but when it comes down to it…

…I’ve got it so damn good!

The things I have coming up in my life are so worth waiting for!

I think this is just about the hardest part of waiting for something, the part where you are “so close… yet so far away” - it just sucks.

You’re constantly excited but simultaneously reminded that you’re not there…yet.

It’s the part where your mind plays tricks on you, where your thoughts can’t stay where they should, where nothing else seems to matter as much anymore, where you think you’ll suffer serious long term problems with your blood pressure for maintaining that consistent level of anticipation
I think the boys at rowing (as I see them all the time) are about to shoot me …