Ok, as I sit here and listen to some Carbon Leaf, I'm going to make a milestone blog.
What milestone? Well, today is the, not 1, not 2, but 4 year anniversary since I started this thing called blogging. Back then, blogging was sort of new. Not anymore, but that's a tangent.
Anyway, wow, 4 years ago. SOOOO much has happened in 4 years that it's really hard to even think about it. I can put it in a list, but that would take a long time. Haha, just now the song from Rent came into my head. 525,600 minutes in a year...that means over 2 million minutes has passed. That's crazy.
Here are some big events during these years:
1. Got kicked out of CSU ;)
2. *something* made me shape up at FRCC
3. 12/1/01 - Laura and I officially start dating
4. The Rod/Derek/etc. fall out
5. Ben/Chris/roommate fall out
6. Ashley/TJ stuff
7. Camp stuff
8. Alaska internship (whoa, big jump in time!)
...um, I don't want to write anymore, lol.
I guess not much happened between, oh 2003 and 2004, but I can't even think about it it's so far back. Think about it, I was 19 still...a teenager! I had a lot of problems going on late 2001/early 2002. Turned out for the better, though.
Lots of stuff has happened, like I said, but then again, lots of stuff has still stayed the same.
I think I've been pretty good in the blog thing. I'm pretty sure that I lost a good amount of blogs like from 2003, June-October or something, but not counting those, I have around just under 400 blogs. That's about 1 every 4 days. That's amazing! This is so much better than a journal, you know? You know I would never write that much out, and some of these are long!
But looking back, I don't think I regret anything from when I was 19. Things happen for a reason you know. Have I grown up? Lol, I would like to think so. I think I'm definitely more responsible. One thing that I would have liked to do is to have started bloggin when I started college. That would be a better starting point. Oh well.
Sometimes it's hard to think where I've lived:
Fall 2000/Spring 2001 - Dorms w/ Chris
Fall 2001/Spring 2002 - Chris' house with Ben
Fall 2002/Spring 2003 - Sumac house with Laura and Ashley
Fall 2003/Spring 2004 - Collins West with Laura
Fall 2004/Spring 2005 - Chris' house with just Chris
Fall 2005 - Laramie with Laura.
That reminds me, the big ordeal with Chris telling Ben to leave. Wow, I remember that night pretty good. I think Ben and I are still in good terms, though I haven't seen him in a while. I should call him or something. I think Remi is done after the Spring semester, so before then. He will probably move out to Seattle or something. At least wherever Remi goes for sure.
But anyway, I have to admit, it was fun back then. Smoking up (lol), hanging out with Rod/Derek/etc...through all the things that's happened, they were pretty good friends. They really were.
Another interesting thing that I could do is look through the e-mails that I have from back then. I have this weird habit of saving ALL my important correspondence e-mails from friends, family, etc. My earliest saved e-mail is from like Oct/Nov of 2001 I believe. It's interesting to see how Laura and I talked and stuff like that. We talk A LOT different now. It's a weird change. We were like, sort of giving attitudes to each other via e-mail. Haha.
I should put all these things, including this blog in time capsule or something. I've always wanted to create a time capsule, but I never knew where to bury it. I mean, what if a building was built above it? I don't know.
Well, what now? The next 4 years? 10 years? 20 years? Will I be blogging then as well? Who knows. I very well may be. I think the next few years will be a lot more change-ridden then the last, if you get my drift. My life is starting to become just that, a real life. College days are like, you know, having fun, working jobs, and just eeking through. The next few years will really get you thinking I think. Hardships will follow for sure, but then the rewards are that much better I think.
I can't wait to get started on my life. I really can't. I love Laura so much and I am lucky to have to her love me back the same. Sometimes things are hard, like school, bills, etc., but it's good that we're there for each other.
I'm grateful, as well, for all the support that I've gotten from friends and sort of family (mostly my Mom since I don't really talk with any others, maybe my brother more recently these past few months).
Here's to the next stage in my, and everyone else's, life. Let's not try to regret a single thing that we've done. Just keep in mind that stuff happens for a reason, even if you might not think it. It could be for better or for worse, but in the end you'll be a more *complete* person, if you get what I mean. Let's all try and have the opportunity to experience all that life has to give us.
