3's company

Hey there- feeling good about stuff in general… as I like to say I’m “living the dream” at least to the extent that I can control-- I worked out 5 days out of the last 7 and I’m feeling very strong and in MUCH better cardiovascular shape than when I left pharmacy school… It’s just crazy how I entered that as one person in one body and left with an entirely new body, mind, and attitude… I honestly still can’t believe it’s over, to tell you the truth. It feels like yesterday I was struggling to finish up the biochem thing at UT and get myself in the pharmacy program- I knew what GPA I needed (3.0)- I had come home from UT for good and had just returned from the MJ high school concert down the road- I came up to the office and got my final grade on the computer for the last class- that I knew I had an A in- and it was a B+ in Geography which meant I had a 2.90 for the semester and that, at least according to what I had been told by the dean of admissions, I would not be granted entrance into pharmacy school- there was some crying and some panic before I composed myself and came down… but I actually called that geography teacher and she said I was so close to the A that she didn’t mind helping me out and that gave me the 3.0… I remember failing an organic test in the second semester a year earlier before Bluecoats and I honestly thought then, as I did when I saw my geography B+ that I would NEVER be where I am right now- sitting in this office with a “Doctor of Pharmacy” diploma hanging 2 feet away… it’s almost like a “how did I get here?” feeling… I remember the hiking trip Todd and Dad and I took in the summer of 2004 and how I found out I made it in while Todd and I were sitting in the rental car waiting to check into the hotel- and something changed there- it might have been the first time I could really see myself making it- I remember walking to the Mexican place and Dad yelling at Todd for making his usual bean/chip/rice cube (business as usual)- but it wasn’t for me because I knew things were different… I’m not sure why I thought of that today while I was at Target- sometimes I get thinking about stuff back then. I hate to be so nostalgic, but it’s hard not to be.

- Been really good to hang out with my broseph this last month or so. It’s really nice to have a friend-brother I’m not sure that I know all that many sibling pairs who seem to me to be both ‘good friends’ and siblings… not living together helps I think- once I went off to college we just weren’t in each other’s faces so much- but I’m really glad he’s back around ‘these parts’ because it’s nice to have someone to share this fun time in my life with

- In that same sense Jordan and I have come to be really good buds over the last 6 months. I’m not really sure I saw that coming- I mean I knew we might hang out more than we had before with Josh and Jesse gone, but I never imagined that we’d have so much in common or that we’d be watching movies at 2am talking about life, working out, school, cars, and girls both past and present— when Josh got married, through no fault of his own, we ceased to be 2 dudes and began our new status as 1 dude and 1 married dude… and that was clearly the right thing for everyone and I’m not complaining in the least- but it IS nice to have someone to play video games with again and stay up late being irresponsible with… maybe I’m not acting my age? Maybe I should be going to bed at 10pm, reading the paper, eating English muffins (not sure why that’s in there, but it’s there), drinking coffee… I dunno… I suppose there are much worse things I could be doing, right? But yeah- things have been good with Todd, Jordan and I… we actually stood out in the middle of the parking lot in 20 degree weather at about 12:45 am at providence the other night and just talked and laughed and carried on for a good 20 minutes about nothing in particular… It’s just been unexpectedly nice and I’m all about unexpectedly nice things… in general…

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- Things with Justin are going well and I’m actually going to have one more house guest the first 2+ weeks of Feb so that should be fun… 3’s company right? It hasn’t been as bad as I thought it might be—it’s been OK—probably exactly as I imagined it might be, but certainly bearable for the length of time we planned this for…