Hill #1

-Whoo I'm tired. This semester, the school week's a little more work, a little less play. I've been stressing myself out and there's really nothing to stress over. Tuesdays are gonna kill me. I've got class for 6 hours straight, something I haven't had since my junior year of highschool. I have a feeling I'm going to be living for the weekends which I can already tell are going to be amazing.

- I've always been a procrastinator. I'm procrastinating Bio right now granted, I've been pretty good about studying so far this semester. But I've been procrastinating this for a long time now. The times never been better and I've got a plan of action, but I keep putting it off. In all fairness, a lots at stake. Even more than normal. I do need to be careful but that doesn't mean never going a little out of my comfort zone.

- Football weekend. Oh man I'm excited. And I'm gonna get to watch both Texas AND CSU play and then be back in time for prime time games like Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech. And before I know it its going to be fall and Lord knows I love the fall.

- Man I'm getting old.

Its Quiet in the Morning.

- Whoo. So the first week of classes is done. They really flew by. I've got a good feeling about classes this year though. I'm honestly shooting for straight A's and I think if I really crack down and work hard enough I can do that.

- Its great seeing everybody again. Its definantly different than last year but thats not necessarily a bad thing. There are things that I miss about the dorms and the group of people I hang out with and things that I definantly don't. This year is going to turn the good friends I had into best friends and the rest will probably fizzle out, which is unfortunante but thats life.

- Really I don't have anything meaningful to say. Just that things are good up here and I'm happy and I'm excited for things to come.

Songs About Stars

- I'm doing real well back up in Fort Collins. I've spent the last couple days playing poker with friends, making late Walmart runs, throwing a house party/reunion/birthday/housewarming shin dig that was amazing. I've had a blast and laughed almost to tears more times than I can count and to make everything even better, it was all free (poker cause I got 2nd and actually made 5 bucks thats going to help pay for the fairly cheap food for the party that will pay for itself in the end cause I'm gonna save on my food budget this week.) It just goes to show you that you don't have to buy memories. I love the house (and so does everyone else that visits making me feel even better about the decision), I love my roomates, I love my friends, and right now, I'm loving my life. Things are good. Granted I may be still be in the honeymoon stage of college life and things will get a bit more difficult when classes start tomorrow, but I'm even looking foward to that. I need to go to bed so I can be bright and refreshed for class tomorrow and I can't go to bed at three every night and not feel it sooner or later, but I figured I'd vent a little bit of this positive energy from the good night and weekend into this blog which sometimes is really lacking.

A Test for Packing Tape

- I'm moved in now and I'm feeling great. Living with Adam and Jeff this year is going to be amazing. I love this house. It offers me everything I love about the dorms plust the things that the dorms were lacking like space to move. It is kind of an older house though and while its in better shape than most modern homes up here, its still pretty creepy when everything is quiet and my imagination gets the best of me. The more comforatable I get here the less it creeps me out but I'm gonna be honest, I'm a little on edge right now. One really loud noise would probably give me a heart attack at the ripe young age of ninteeen. By Sunday things will be back into full form with everyone I know and love up here will be all moved in and on Monday classes start. This little transition time is a whole lot shorter than I was expecting but I'll adjust. Overall, I'm already having a good time and I'm getting real excited for the things to come.

The Near Future

- Things are slowly sizzling out towards the end of my summer. My money situation worked out great after all was said and done. My last check was bigger than I expected and I did a better job of saving than I expected. I even finished with a bit of cash to take into the next semester but I'm going to stash it away cause I can tell already, there's going to be some expenses that I'm going to need it for. I'm going to be on a really tight budget this comming year and I really hope that people aren't to bothered by that. I'm gonna be stingy and I'm gonna have to be telling people no a lot more than last semeter and my idea of a good time is going to be a lot cheaper than it was last semester and I hope thats not going to be to big of an issue.

- I still wish I had more money. There's so many concerts and football games and other expensive things that I want to do and I'm gonna need to learn to pick and choose what I can afford. For example, Early November and New Found Glory are comming to concert in October and when I saw that I nearly died. Those were probably some of the first few bands that I fell in love with when I was first discovering new music and I still love them to this day which is more than most of my old school bands could say. Besides, I know almost all the words to almost all thier songs and thats the formula for an amazing show. Jessie said she would go with me but I can see her backing out due to a number of issues and I might have trouble finding someone else to go with me since tickets are 20 bucks which is kinda on the spendy side and the venue isn't great. Oh well, I'm sure if things are meant to work out they will. Enough rambling.

- There's a lot to look foward to and a lot to reflect on as I get ready to move back. The house is going to be a blast. We're celebrating our housewarming and Jeff's B-Day the first Sunday after I get back. Of all the people we've invited, so far none have said they can't come and that means we've got a pretty big party on our hands. For a strange reason that makes me really happy. I want everyone to get comforatable with our house and comming over because if we don't have people over all the time like I'm expecting, I can see it getting kinda lonely, especially when Adam and Jeff are applying themselves and studying and I'm just screwing around like usual. Besides, who wouldn't wanna come over? We're gonna have a big TV, probably a fooseball table, a big backyard with horseshoes, a poker table and tons of other fun goodies not to mention three of the cuddliest most loveable guys on our side and corner of the street.

- Overall, I'm really excited to get back. Its not going to be last year and I can't expect it to, but I've got a good feeling that it'll be better. The good friends I made last year will develop into lifelong friends and I'm going to be meeting some new friends and new memories to compliment the old.

- Packing tomorrow and probably moving up Monday. Here we go.

Viking Jokes

- I love meeting new people. Its one of my favorite things in the world. I get an unusual thrill from joking around with complete strangers and walking away the beggining of a new friendship. Its a beautiful thing.

- I've had a good week. I helped out at CYD at Elitches and I've decided being backstage at shows is a little overrated. It was cool being able to chat it up with the bands after thier sets and eat thier food, but I had more fun hanging out in the crowd with friends old and new and getting knocked around and losing my flip flops in the pit.

- Things also worked out that I was able to go on the road trip through Texas. It was hot but fun and I found a potential school to do my grad work at in Abeline, Hardin Simmons. They sent me an email and I'm supposed to give them a call but I think maybe its a little to early for me to really be commiting myself anywhere for grad school. Who knows where I'm going to be in my life 4 years from now.

- Football's started! Bout time to. Sure its only the NFL preseason, but man, I've been waiting a long time for this. This is gonna be a fun season too.

- 6 days til I leave for Fort Collins. Maybe earlier. I feel good.

Just Visiting

- So, yesterday I spent the day in Fort Collins and, well, it was amazing. It got me so pumped for moving in. I met Jeff and Adam at Wendy's and we ate and hung out there for a little bit. Adam's cointern was there and it was cool meeting him. Hes a pretty relaxed guy and hes got a really nice truck. We ran a couple erands and then went and picked up our keys to the house. It was an incredible feeling opening the door for the first time to the place I'm going to be living for the next year and it only got better from there. The place looks great. They refinished the hardwood floors, painted all the walls, and put fresh carpet in the basement. The backyard looks great and the whole place has a cozy feel to it. I'm so happy with our choice in the house over the appartment or other places we looked at and I'm even kind of excited for my parents to see the gem we found. It was also a good time hanging out with Jeff and Adam all day. We mesh so well and I always have a blast when the three of us get together. Living with them again is gonna be a blast.

- The night was a goodtime too. There was a great turnout to Britt's B-day at Old Chicago and I'm glad I was able to go.

- Its only a matter of days until I move in now and I'm gonna try and make the most of my last couple days at home. Without a doubt there are going to be times next semester where I miss not having any school work to and the time I spend sitting on my butt watching tv with my Mom or taking my sisters to the pool.

- I'm excited. There are good things comming my way real soon.