Beginnings... Again

So, I graduated. That was good, especially the retarded looking sunburns we all got on the middle of our forheads. It hasn't really hit me at all. I think it'll probably seem like summer break right up until the middle of august and everyone goes back to school and I dont. We'll find out.

I closed down the Penthouse for the last time. It was quite sentimental. I think i did a good job of not getting too carried away with it until the very end. It took forever to pack up all that stuff from the dorm. I turned in my PA keys and stepped out of the dorm for the last time as a student. As I drove away I cried like a little girl for the first time in I can't even remember when.

I spent a week at home with Dad, which was very good. It was my summer break. I slept in every day woke up and cleaned up in time for Dad to get back from school and we went to see a few movies and we feasted like Kings (Mom and Tracy were in Nebraska). And then I loaded all the stuff I had at home into a Uhaul trailer and left home for the last time (not that it's not available for me to return to whenever, as my parents have done well to remind me, but I'm making myself a new 'home' of sorts now).

Moved everything into the new appartment, the address of which is
2010 Pickadilly Place Apt. D
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Phil moved his stuff in as well, but then left for the memorial day weekend to spend in Cincy. My parents stayed with me till Saturday, making sure that I had all I needed. I always used to kind of roll my eyes at the whole 'wedding shower' thing and registering for all this new crap that everyone else was supposed to get you and all for your new life together. Well, the eye rolling stopped this move in weekend when I realized just how much stuff you dont realize that you need to have in order to move out on your own. It's not like I've ever owned a vaccume, or dishes and cups and plates or frying pans or floor lamps and the like... Wow, I'm lucky that my parents ever so graciously bailed me out of a lot of that stuff from giving me some of their old stuff to buying me some new things as well.

And on Memorial Day I showed up to my first day of work at Value Added Resources. I met with Marvin, my boss, who's a really nice guy, and we spent the first half of the day meeting to plan what we were to do the rest of the week, because we didn't really open up for business until a couple of days later). It's pretty sweet to be a part of a totally brand new little business... I'm getting to do a lot of things that I'm sure I am not experienced or qualified enough to do, but hey.. since it's only him, me and two of his kids for now, I am the number 2 man, so any kind of brainstorming kinda has to include me... haha.

I got off work friday to go to Shorb's wedding this weekend. Phil and I drove up to West Unity, OH to meet up with Noah and Coster and see Noah's new house. Then we hit the road and drove through the night to get to shorb's at 730am. Then it was groomsmen stuff all day through rehersal dinner. Shorb gave us gifts with notes on them. I had to wander outside for a few moments as I almost lost it, reading his note to me. He's a good friend. Better than I deserve, no doubt. Friday night we took him out for his bacheoler party. Ok, here's the thing about bachealor parties... You need to pick a best man. SHorb didn't cause he's a cop out, but you need to because the responsibility of planning all this jazz falls on his shoulders and so since none of us was technically it, none of us wanted to step on anyone's toes, so nothing was really planned. All of it was kind of last second decisions and whatnot. But needless to say, I am proud to report that he had, what I think to be, his first drink and smoke. On a lighter note, we were at an all-night diner and met some bizzaire old waitresses who found out shorb was getting married and tried to talk him out of it. Later on they gave him a whipped cream can as a gift and told him to have fun the next night... anyone tell me what they were talking about? hahaha...

The wedding was beautiful and as they were lighting the unity candle and Su was playing a song they were talking and praying with each other and I sort of lost it a bit and started to cry (man, three crys in like 2 weeks... I'm getting soft). I was releived to find out later that I wasn't the only groomsman up there not holding it together... Of all the people and couples and relationships that I've gotten a chance to watch, interact with, and observe, I dont know that there is a couple who I am less concerned about making it work than Shorb and Erica. What an amazing couple. God has and will continue to bless them in ways that I am excited to see. I just hope I can keep in contact with them.

So, here we are to today, thursday. The boss is out around town getting our name out to businesses and distribution centers. I am stuck here waiting on a few calls so we can get some instructions on what to do specifically with a few work orders we have in. So, this is killing time. The first weekend in Indy is fast approaching and I am stoked to find out what Phil and I do. The goal is to begin to get to know some of the more intricate and local aspects of the city. I told my mom that when she comes down next I want to be able to show her around to some places that she otherwise wouldn't have been able to find. SO, i'll try to remember to write it all down here. THat's it for now. Hopefully the posts will come more regularly now that I have internet access.