done

well, that's it folks. i completed my last final for my college career earlier today. it was a really surreal moment. after i finished it, i just walked outside, looked around a bit, took a really deep breath, and then walked home. frankly, it was a bit anti-climatic. but in the end, i kinda liked how it all went down. i paused for a moment to reflect on where i had been the last four years, and then took a deep breath in preparation, and then moved on. that's really all it was. it was a moment where i stopped and realized what that moment meant. maybe i should do that more often. i'm sure there are other points in time where i need to stop and really think about the moment and what it means to my life. anyways, i'm rambling, and being all philosophical.

my parents will be here in about 15 hours to once again begin the packing and prepare for the move on monday. it'll be a little different this time though. i'm not just moving across campus. i'm leaving. madison, here i come. so if you're ever in the neighborhood, look me up. i'm sure we can find something fun to do.

random days

i've had a really interesting last few days. yesterday, around 4 pm, i told my friend jim judd that we should go get mexican food for dinner because it was cinco de mayo. well around 7:30 pm, he decided that would be a good idea. then, as i was walking out the door, my friend ryan flanigan called, saying he wanted to hang out with me before i move. so i said i'd give him a call when i got back from dinner. i called him at 10 and he came to pick me up. then we just got in his car and we drove for a while because we didn't know what we wanted to do. so we kept driving. finally, we got some excitement when this white suv started following us. like really following. we turned into a left turn lane, then pulled out and went straight, and they did the same thing. we eventually lost them kind of out in the country. then we went to starbucks, so ryan could get some caramel mocha woman-y drink. and after he finished ordering, and pulls up to the window, turns and asks if i wanted anything. i said i would have like a hot chocolate. so we ended up driving to the other starbucks to get that. then as we were driving down university, i said, "let's go bowling." so we did. then we separated and i went to bed. talk about a random night.

then today, i got up about 9 to get ready to go to starved rock national park (or maybe state...i'm not really sure). well, it was amazing. we hiked some where in the range of 6 miles, ran through a waterfall, and climbed rock walls we really shouldn't have climbed. then we came back to my place and grilled. what a great day. in fact what a great two days.

one more about the apartment

i just found out that my application for my new apartment was approved. sweet. that's all.

more about the apartment (i'm excited, can you tell?)

i got some pictures from my little brother last night that my dad and i took of the apartment i'll be moving into. so now you can see what it looks like. if you don't really care, too bad. i'm excited. :-)