:-D

I'm super happy right now!

I really enjoyed this weekend; it was the best that has happened in awhile. I actually feel motivated and uplifted for this up and coming week.

I thought I had more to write about, but I don't. Funny how that happens sometimes.

meet the parents...

So I'm meeting her parents soon... eek! Wish me luck! I haven't really had to do this thing ever; it isn't like high school where you see them all the time. Her mom is excited to meet me too; I hope expectations aren't too high.

I guess I'll just try to be who I am and not say anything silly.

one year later

Graham Colton - Best Days

For a moment the unearthly stillness of the desert enveloped us.
Then Newman said, “My father once told me a story I always think of, when the going gets rough and things look hopeless. It’s about Destiny…. Destiny came down to an island, centuries ago, and summoned three of the inhabitants before him. ‘What would you do,’ asked Destiny, ‘if I told you that tomorrow this island will be completely inundated by an immense tidal wave?'’ The first man, who was a cynic, said, ‘Why, I would eat, drink, carouse and make love all night long!’ The second man, who was a mystic, said, ‘I would go to the sacred grove with my loved ones and make sacrifices to the gods and pray without ceasing.’ And the third man, who loved reason, thought for a while, confused and troubled, and said, ‘Why, I would assemble our wisest men and begin at once to study how to live under water.’ “I, too, never forgot that story. When our cause seems doomed and the future lost, when despair becomes unbearable and the heart is on the edge of breaking, let men summon hope and honor and high resolve in yet one more stubborn affirmation: Come, let us assemble our wisest men and begin at once to think, to study, to try to learn – even to learn, if we must, how to live under water.”


Leo Rosten, Captain Newman, M.D. (closing lines)

All it takes sometimes is a look into the mirror to see how far I've come.

seven cards

I guess I should do a Valentines Day update :-). It was good; long story, but Matt and I did well. We went to the jeweler's a long time ago together. I think Matt and I have become a lot closer lately; mainly due to our late Old Chicago runs and talking about our girls. Probably the only person in my life that knows everything and that I'm willing to tell everything too.

Anyways I got her a ring. She wasn't really expecting it; I told her I didn't spend much because I didn't have very much money (which was true at the time). Here I guess is how I gave it to her.



I wrote her night out on seven cards; each had a little rhyme in it saying what she'd do next. I think she liked it; probably more so what was on the cards than the cards themselves, but I'll mention a few of what they are.



Her ring was put inside the puzzle I got made; she loves puzzles so I had a picture of us from Florida put on one. She didn't see the ring until all the pieces were out. I truly think she would have been happy with the gift without the ring due to her expression, but I'm glad how excited she got about the ring after she found it.



Dinner was amazing; even though we had to wait a bit. I think we would have been fine but we went just after the basketball game got out. After we got back we watched a movie :-) and then went downtown to see one of her best friends for a bit.

The last few cards were fun; we had dessert and champagne, and then she got a nice candle lit bubble bath. I think she liked it. That was pretty much the night; she said it was perfect. I'm glad I could finally do something right!

I am glad things are going well with her. All her friends want to "borrow" me :-). I guess when you get to start over you get a new chance to show who you really are; finally I get to be taken for who I am now, and not who I was in my first few years of college.

deja vu?

I had a very interesting day. I got more of my prep work for the weekend done. That was good. I also took my mom the cookies that I baked the other day. I don't know what it is, but I am a little bothered by some of the occurrences that happen.

I need to talk to Matt about it; I just don't ever know what to think. One of the comments also kind of belittled me. It probably wasn't meant in the way that I interpreted it; maybe it was just something about the way it came out.

My night was wonderful though. I didn't get to talk to Steve today; which kind of bummed me out a bit. I could talk to him about my afternoon occurrence and see what he thinks. Maybe it is just something that I need to call out on and ask. I don't really want to get into anyone's bubble though; if they're happy then I'm happy.

Long day of TAing tomorrow so I should probably get some rest!

excitement!

I'm excited for the weekend! I actually can't really wait until this week is over. I'm ready to pamper my girl! I still haven't decided everything that is going down, but I've got some of the basics picked out; where to eat etc...

I'm like a little kid right now; except I'm excited to give. I enjoy being a good boyfriend, and Valentines Day gives me an excuse to spoil her even more ;-).

25

25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about me.


1. I still sleep with my teddy bear.
2. I am an Eagle Scout.
3. I tend to "overdo" it.
4. I have great friends from freshman year (Matt, Jen, Ben, and Nanci)!
5. I have never had braces, and I got my first cavity after I was admitted to Dental School.
6. For Christmas I asked for German knives; I love to bake and cook.
7. I drink way too much pop.
8. I would die if Chicken Fingers did not exist, and will probably die someday from eating too many of them.
9. I didn't start drinking until I was twenty one.
10. I was fortunate enough to be able to coach junior high kids this past fall; it was one of the best experiences of my life.
11. I still hold school records in track at the Junior High and High School that I attended.
12. I met one of my good friends Steve while playing video games online; I got to visit him for the first time this fall in Kansas City.
13. I've painted my chest for one basketball game each year I've been at college.
14. My favorite cookies are Oatmeal Raisin.
15. If I could change one thing about my body it would be my stomach.
16. I've had some pretty amazing jobs in the past year. They pay well and I've looked forward towards them everyday.
17. My favorite Disney character is Donald Duck.
18. My girlfriend got me hooked on Real World.
19. I have a tattoo of a bear on my side, and I love it.
20. When I grow up I want to have a Yellow Lab.
21. I love when it rains.
22. If I have my way my first car will be a Jeep Wrangler.
23. If I don't get married I am going to adopt kids.
24. I've learned to love again.
25. The past year of my life is best described by a quote by Douglass Adams, "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I ended up where I inteded to be."