Summer creeping to an end

Well here it is July 26, about a month before classes start at Longwood at which point I will officially start my senior year of college. How freakin' crazy is that? My 4th year at Longwood! By this time next year I will be moving on the the next phase of life, which is starting a career. Well first, of course, I'll have to find a job, which should be sweet (sarcasm).

But until I have to deal with the "real" world, in no way am I going to fall short of having fun. I'll be at Sunchase apartments with my bro and two of the coolest friends I could have (2 out of two handfulls). AND I have signed up for some pretty sweet classes that I will definitely enjoy, especially since a course on Vietnam has finally been offered.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. I have about 3 weeks left of work, which consists of about 120 hours or so. At my pay/hour, I'm certainly not complaining whatsoever. I'll need the money for rent and groceries and bills of all sorts. Despite having to pay for a lot of stuff, I believe I'll have so much fun this year w/ my roomies. Plus paying bills is apart of life, so bring it on -- gotta learn some day right?

Life is great despite the recent situation I have gone through, which I'm sure you are familiar with (if you know me). Surrounding myself with my friends and family has definitely helped, that and the fact I simply realized nothing in life is gauranteed so you have no choice but to enjoy it. Moving on is tough, and moving along from this situation is no exception. It has been the hardest thing I've had to do so far in life's journey, but I'm thankful for it in a way because it has shown me how life can be and it has shown me that whatever happens you must still move on because time will stop for you or anyone else.

So, here's to life . . . . . *CLINK* (chugged the remainder of my orange soda)

life at the moment

Life at the moment isn't exactly perfect, but what is?

My girlfriend of two and a half years and I have recently broken up and I have really noticed that life, i guess, is never what it seems. Break ups are tough, I know, but wouldn't it be nice if life was a little less complex? One moment things are literally PERFECT and the next moment it's all a jumbled mess and blurry.

It's just hard to see something you have put so much energy and devotion into just slip away out of nowhere, leaving you with nothing to do but contemplate "What happened?" Well, I wish I could find an answer to that question in this particular situation, but like I said, Life isn't what it seems. That girl was the best thing that had happened to me (besides a few more important things) and I felt for her what most people dream of feeling.

My life just seems somewhat disrupted of course. Nothing really feels normal at the moment, but I hope that feeling goes away soon. It should since I'm surrounding myself with all my friends and trying not to think about what came to an end. The saying "you don't know what you have until it's gone" is certainly true in this case.

By no means am I literally sitting and waiting for her and I to go back to the way we were, but if the opportunity ever arises again, for now I'd have to say I would definitely take it. But like I said, I'm not going to sit around and be sad all the time or wait for her -- she knows where I'm at. I AM glad that we ended on good terms, given the situation, and I am glad she would like to remain close friends (can't just completely cut each other off). "It could be worse" is another saying that I definitely believe in after this situation.

As for now, dating is not even on my radar (sorry ladies, you all are confusing) -- I'm just going to enjoy the smaller, LESS COMPLEX things in life, like hanging out with my friends and just enjoying the simple fact that I am alive. As Travis Tritt says, "It's a great day to be alive." OH, and I must leave you with the ever-so-famous:

"Carpe diem."

Black Leather, $200 discount

So Friday was my second and last day off until Thursday, July 7 and I took advantage of it (being sarcastic again) and happily took my car up to John's Auto and Tire on Jeff Davis toward Richmond. It being the last day to get an inspection before the good ole men in blue issue tickets, I figured I would be waiting for about half the day, but luckily I got to the place early and was only there for about an hour.

I got back from getting my inspection and my parents proposed a trip to Farmville to check out Sunchase Apartments, since it will be my home for the next year. We got up there and checked out the model apartment and everythig else Sunchase has to offer and the 'rents were impressed by Sunchase's ability to exceed their expectations. SO now I guess mom approves.

We left Farmville after a quick meal at Arby's and headed home. On the way home, my dad proposed what seemed a boring idea at the moment: "let's go check out this furniture place that is having a big sale." So we head to some furniture store on Research Rd. and now I see it wasn't such a boring idea. I ended up getting a much needed night stand, a full size bed with mattress, boxspring, and frame -- ALL for hundreds less than original price. I'm glad they were going out of business. Sounds mean, but if they weren't going out of business I would have been able to stumble upon the great find.

I got me a black, real leather "love seat" (or small couch as I like to call it) and I got it for a much lower price than expected. I got the sweet leather couch for $200, originally a $400+ love seat. SCORE!

PATRICK & FERNANDO: Got us a sweet couch guys. OH, and absolutely NO making out or horsing around on my couch -- it's got to last me for more years to come. LoL

Friday night was sweet: Maria took me to our fav. place, Don Jose and we went to see Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which turned out to be a much better movie than I had expected. That was the best Friday night I have had in such a long time and it was great to spend time with Maria, which is a rare event since we both work full-time and part-time.

Saturday, I worked a 9am-5pm shift at the Petersburg National Battlefield Visitor's Center and got out of there around 5:15. Getting off at 5:15 ain't too bad right? That WOULD be true, but I was also scheduled to work 6pm - 10:30pm at Ukrop's. I got to Ukrop's at around 5:45pm and was immediately asked to close in the Cafe -- I gave in and it wasn't as busy as it was on the front end.

Here's to the start of Fall 2005 Semester and fun times at Sunchase!
1 more month and about 7 more days until move in . . . .