If you're the queen of California...I am the king of the rain...
Yeah…so it has been a long time since my last update. And that’s okay. It’s now 12:30 in the morning and I don’t have to work tomorrow so I’m listening to Counting Crows and typing…and it’s enjoyable. I think from now on I’m gonna try to have a quasi-update once in a while (weekly? who knows?) to just say things that I’ve been thinking about. A lot has transpired over the past couple months (?) since my last update but that’s okay too. Here is a small recap on what has happened to me lately…then I’ll talk about other things. Chances are you won’t care much about any of them but that’s why this is my livejournal.
Christmas was awesome. Andrea came up for several days and we had an awesome time shopping and skiing and just all around hanging out. It rocked. Andrea knit a wool scarf for me for Christmas. She’s allergic to wool. I love Andrea. Very much. (But not just because she made the scarf for me)
I got a 30 gig iPod for Christmas. On the back I had this engraved: “It’s only rock n’ roll but I like it!” I love my iPod.
New Years was cool. I got to hang out with my buddy Ryan who now lives in Hawaii so I don’t get to see him that much. We just went to a bar and had a few beers and champagne at midnight so that was fun. I miss hanging out with good friends like I used to…I think geography limits that for the most part.
I’ve been skiing several times lately. My bro works at Sugar Mtn. so I get in free…which is very nice. I’m a decent skier.
I miss learning. I’m excited to be back in school next year…somewhere.
I got to hang out with one of my bestest buds Lindsey for her birthday last week. Lindsey isn’t my bestest bud in terms of getting to spend time with her but I always love hanging out with her. We went to a Mexican place with her fella (her words) Travis and her mom, her little sis and her little bro. I need more Lindsey Myers in my life.
I had an interview at the UNC School of Dentistry a couple of weeks ago. It went VERY well. Andrea and my parents came with me. It was really nice - the facilities are top notch and amazing and the faculty and staff and everyone at the SOD was so friendly and helpful and caring…I was VERY impressed. I had three individual interviews - two with faculty and one with a student. I was just entirely impressed by the whole layout of the day and how nice and relaxed they made everything…it rocked. I will find out something within the next month so we’re keeping our prayers up and our fingers crossed. I really love dentistry and I will be so happy if I get in. Oh yeah…and if I do get in then by this time next year I’ll be ~$40,000 in debt…that’s exciting…right? Honestly, though…I really hope I do get in but I will be okay if I don’t. My plan if I don’t get in is to go back to UNCG and do a masters degree in biology and have an awesome time doing that.
I’m realizing that this is the last time that I’ll ever live at home. When I leave here in August I’ll never actually return to “live” at home…I’ll just be visiting. That’s kind of sad. Then again…I AM 23…
I usually go out to lunch and hang out with my parents after church on the Sundays that I’m home. I really enjoy hanging out with my mom and dad. They have an awesome relationship that I admire. They’re still flirty and fun even after being together for over 30 years…I admire that.
Andrea and I are going to Atlanta for 5 days in May to see the musical “Wicked” and we’re gonna have an awesome time. We’re not just going entirely for the show but the show is the reason we’re going to Atlanta. We’re gonna go hang out in the city and do other fun stuff too. And we’re going to the new aquarium…which is the biggest one in the world. It’s gonna rock. Confession: we paid a LOT for tickets. We’re in the center orchestra at the Fox Theatre…so we have AWESOME tickets. But…we paid $218 bucks each for them…which is quite a bit. I’m a big audiophile but I’ve never paid that much to see a show or anything before but I’ve never been as excited about a concert before either. Although we paid a lot I don’t regret one cent because we’re going primarily for the show and I’d much rather have good seats and pay a little more than have sucky mezzanine seats and still pay a bunch. We’re gonna have a kick ass time. End of story.
I heard an interesting statement yesterday that I’ve thought a lot about: “Depression is a period of forced introversion.” I thought that was interesting.
Andrea and I are doing a daily couples’ devotional and it has been awesome.
We started it with the new year and we read the Bible verses and the lesson for each day with it and we’re having an awesome time learning more about one another and about ourselves in the process. We end each devotion by praying with each other and that has been an incredible experience…we both really enjoy it A LOT. Praying together brings a lot of closeness that has been an awesome feeling.
Sometimes I think that a lot of people don’t take my relationship with Andrea very seriously. Which, admittedly, if you take our relationship from its most basic elements, I can understand slightly. I do understand that I’m dating a girl who used to live on my floor while I was an RA. I realize that she’s 19 and I’m 23. But none of that makes a bit of difference. We started dating long after I graduated and age really makes no difference anyways. I'm not trying to justify our relationship to anyone else because it really doesn't matter what others think...I'm just informing. I love Andrea and she makes me feel incredible. I feel with her like I’ve never felt before in my life and it’s an awesome feeling. There is no doubt about anything with Andrea and I am thankful for that. Andrea is the one for me, end of story. So…to all you skeptics out there who may have thought that the whole “Jesse and Andrea thing” was a phase or a joke or anything else petty…kiss my ass. Andrea and I are the real deal.
Okay…I think that’s it for now. Goodnight Elisabeth…