January 28, 2005 - Nearly everything I did today was something that I had done before, but it was the first time someone had experienced that with me. For example, I went to lunch at Uno's downtown, but LeAnne had never been there. I had been there several times. The first time I went there was with Christie Orndorff, I believe, about 4 years ago. I've been back several times. I took Christie to dinner at Mt Adams Bar and Grill, and then went downtown to the Final Friday Art Gallery Walk. She had been to neither of these things before, but I had done both several times. When I think of my experiences, I tend to take for granted what others consider to be new and exciting. It is sometimes hard for me to relate to someone who hasn't had the same experiences I have, but then I want people to relate to me when I haven't had the same experiences they've had. In the game of life, I've been taking the approach of trying to see and do everything, and I feel at times that when I keep doing the same things, going to the same places, I'm not using my time as effectively as possible, although I do tend to repeat things that I enjoy. There is a saying...he who dies with the most toys wins. Of course, the meaning behind that saying is that if you believe it, you are valuing the wrong thing. I have been living the life of 'he who dies with the most experience wins', and have been trying to suck in as much as I can. My mom thinks I need to slow down...but I'm just loving all the traveling, going out, meeting people, seeing things, that I can't handle slowing down at this point in my life.