Well, today marks my first day back to work since the 27th of December. The break was enjoyable and relaxing – had a lot of great friend time, and a lot of great sleep. I can just never seem to leave the house on time, ever. I am always, always supposed to leave the house …
Author: HESONWHEELS
My name is Justin Graves. I am a 20-something young professional based between the Washington, D.C. metro area and Blacksburg, Virginia. I thank you for visiting this journal about my life: what I learn, who I love, what I am passionate about, what I eat, and who I impact. | Ut Prosim | Go Hokies! | Life is all about what you have done for other people.
Goals for 2013
Personally, I don’t believe that December 31st ever feels any different than January 1st. I don’t need a nationally, or internationally, recognized milestone to make a lifestyle change when I realize that something isn’t working. I’ve learned, though, when the New Year comes around, everyone starts to make New Years Resolutions. When I was younger, …
Beautiful Goodbye, Maroon 5.
One of my favorite bands is Maroon 5. Most songs that I become obsessed with will have some kind of particular significance to my life, and this song doesn’t really. But, for some reason, I found myself humming Beautiful Goodbye repeatedly while shopping all day today.
Anything worth having is worth fighting for.
This was written last night as I was falling asleep. Mostly written for those who have asked me what’s the deal with Kristin’s Facebook page as well as everything else that happened this past weekend. Read on. :) It’s 3 a.m., my weekend of traveling through the Old Dominion is over, the Redskins won the …
2012 in review.
Facebook recently provided a link at the top of my newsfeed on my profile, asking me if I would like to see my 2012 in review. Of course I did! So I looked back at some of the larger moments from the past 364 days, as we ring in 2013 tonight. Anyone who knows me …
Bowl Game Helmets.
And what’s new, in the “Book of why Justin loves Virginia Tech,” today we add a new chapter. Click the helmet that the Hokies will wear during the Russell Athletic Bowl this Friday to read more about the significance of the ribbon and how it commemorates the victims from the school shooting in Newtown, CT …
My first graders.
As I think back to the elementary school shooting that happened a little under two weeks ago, I think back to how the last time that I saw my beautiful first graders was on the same day. I think that my first graders are some of the most fantastic people I know in the entire …
A big, big oops.
Last weekend I was working on emptying some space on my personal laptop. I love my little MacBook Air but one of the drawbacks to having such a beautifully light machine is that I did not go above and beyond the 120 GB of flash storage when I bought it. Therefore, over the past year …