Sunday, June 15, 2008

The Countdown Begins



Since it has been two weeks since my last posting, I have done a couple more things then normal. I went to my final Astros game before I go to college. It was against the Brewers, and I finally saw Oswalt pitch. I had never seen that so it was awesome for him to actually have a great game. It was a church activity, so we were upper deck and had 19 people with us. It was last mutual activity ever. We won (finally), but I was glad I was able to see it with friends and especially my dad. Which leads into father's day, but that is not in order.
On Wednesday, we weren't seeing patients so I went with my good friend to Schlitterbahn. It was great to ride Master Blaster, Dragon Blaster, and the surge river at Blastenhoff. I figured a way to get all the way near where the wave is made. I got smashed everywhere, but it was totally worth it.
I was given the Melchizedek priesthood on June 14th. It felt good for my entire Houston family to be there, but also to have my friend to be ordained right before me, and then give it to me. I was also proud to have my dad give to me. After we went shooting at the local gun range, swimming at home, and had awesome ribs, chicken, and a plethora of sides.
Last was father's day. It was great to be here for my dad. We put his present in a tree and gave him directions to find it. It was a GPS that would be giving him directions from now on. I think that he really liked it, and now he won't have to ask for directions. My dad is everything that I want to be. Patient, never angry, and funny to name a few. We cooked dinner and baked cookies. I kinda burned my cookies though. Until next time, DONE!

Monday, June 2, 2008

Graduation


I started off the week right on Memorial day. My cousin was in town, so we hung out and relaxed all day. It was nice to not have to do anything and not be nagged. We just kinda did our own thing. I loved it and wished we had only 4 day work weeks every week. It was really nice to see my cousin, and visit with her since I don't get to see her often.
Graduation was on May 31. I have finally made it. It was great experience to see how stupid everyone looked with a cap and gown on. I have a video of me walking through a doorway with a cap on; it is some good stuff. Everyone said they could spot me right away, because of my towering height. One of the students had to read some kindof statement, and he sounded like such an idiot. Everyone started laughing even the officers on stage. I got called up and then sat back down. The kid sitting next to me had a beach ball and I helped fill it up and we threw and everyone started passing it around. It was cool because nobody hassled us because they had no power over us.
Project grad was until 6 in the morning the next day. We met at the school went to Funplex and just had fun. Paintball, bowling, cards, and a bunch of free food. Almost everyone won prizes and my friend even won $500 on Southwest Airlines. All I got was a flash drive, but still cool. It was probably the last time I would see alot of my friends. Now I can be into Nostalgia.