for all children grow up...except one.

My its been a long time since I posted and so much has happened. I finished packing all of my things and past, it was weird. And it was really difficult to pack things away and even just packing, it was boring. I would have rather been hanging out with family and friends that I might not be seeing for a while.
On my last night in Omaha, my dad and I went out for a nice dinner at one of our favorite spots, Shucks. We sat next to this great little family, the wife was from Denver so she gave me a list of great restaurants to go to, the husband had just gotten back from San Francisco so dad shared some of his favorite places, and they're opening a restaurant someday! Dad and I split the Ahi tuna sandwich and snow crab legs, WHICH WERE DELICIOUS. It had been so long since I'd had crab legs and they were so succulent. Then we went home and watched The Last Song. I had watched it already, but it was so good I didn't mind watching again. I cried this time. Then Ben came over and we rented Peter Pan. Later I thought of the irony in watching Peter Pan a movie about a boy that never grows up on the eve of the day I move out to Denver and grow up.
The next morning, yesterday, I woke up early and got ready for my venture out to Denver, 8 hours on the road alone. It was surprisingly easier than I had expected. Luckily I had plenty of water, a white chocolate mocha, a bagel, 2 sandwiches, dill pretzels, candy and trail mix in case I needed, which some of them came to the rescue. Emily surprised me early and gave me a full Love Actually presentation complete with posterboards and music. I'm going to miss that girl and how special of a friend she is. Not that we won't be friends anymore because she is one of my few that I will very much stay close with.
There was a time when I used to think or wonder that if I was ever seriously hurt or in an accident which of my friends would come visit me or notice I was gone. Luckily I was able to see who my friends are without having to be in any pain. Wednesday night I had a group outing to Goodnights and a bunch of my friends came to see me off. It was wonderful and I am blessed to have such wonderful friends.
Back to Saturday, I was reluctant to believe that Ben would make it to see me off despite him assuring me he wouldn't miss it. He was right, he didn't. I started crying instantly. It was like all the tears I had been holding back came flooding to the surface. I cried the first hour of the drive. I arrived at my cousin, Danny and family's, around 4 pm and have felt more than welcome ever since. I'm still really nervous for my first day tomorrow and moving in general, but I'm starting to feel more ok with the idea.
More on Denver and the move later!
Now listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Maps.

If you're going on any road trips soon, here's a great cd that kept me company:

Trippin'

1. Footsteps- Nelo
2. She's Mine- Brett Dennen
3. Our Kind of Love- Lady Antebellum
4. Stuck Like Glue- Sugarland
5. Maybe- Ingrid Michaelson
6. The Only Exception- Paramore
7. Love the Way you Lie- Rihanna
8. Smoke a Little Smoke- Eric Church
9. If It's Love- Train
10. Lasso- Phoenix
11. Right Me Up- State Radio
12. Hey Ya- Obadiah Parker
13. Rolling- Better than Ezra
14. Ordinary People- John Legend
15. Don't You Evah- Spoon
16. Beautiful- Tristan Prettyman
17. Stay or Leave- DMB
18. It's A New Day- Will.I.Am
19. Shark in the Water- VV Brown
20. Wavin' Flag- K'Naan

imma let you finish but...

This was my last night at work. IT WAS EPIC.
A) Hannah is as naive as Bambi. She needs to open her fucking eyes and smell the coffee. We'll get back to this.
B) Bri is a fucking idiot.
C) FACT and this is epic. Or it was firsthand.
So we're all sitting down to roll silverware and I overhear that Adam was back to pick up his last paycheck. Weird, but not completely unheard of. So he walked to the kitchen and I saw him pass the board room but wasn't about to go say hi and get creepy. But I needed linens so I ended up going back there shortly after and as I was in dry storage I saw Jose sprint through the backdoor and the sound of it scared me I was like what the hell is going on outside.... so I went out. Honestly not joking at all, I thought Adam might have set off a bomb or set fire to something for being fired, but no...Adam had started a fight with Pedro. I guess Pedro was taking a box out or Adam was like hey come here, but he went out and Adam sucker punched him in the face. What I saw is from here on out. I was outside I turned back in to tell Clint there was a fight, so he came out too. ALL of the Mexicans were out there breaking this thing up. Pedro was bleeding from the nose and Adam was bleeding from the nose, mouth and his shirt was ripped. He was also yelling in Spanish about I don't know because I took 5 years of French and even though it was yelling it was about as loud as wind. The fight broke up, Clint and I were still watching and then Adam started coming back at him again until everyone jumped in and pushed him away and Pedro just walked back inside. 2 seconds later all the Mexicans were back at work in full cover up mode like nothing had happened. I went to roll silverware but had to tell Miley and Logan, of course Hannah was sitting there and needed to hear it too. Hannah was like are you sure, Adam would never do that? I was like uh yea he would, he's creepy. She was shocked like completely shocked he would START a fight I was like, are you stupid or something? We were all keeping it under wraps, but then Bri walks up to Alphie and says "HEY what happened with Adam and the fight outside?" Of course Alphie has no idea what is going on so he is like what??? Then gets James involved, so they both go question the Mexicans and they keep quiet and back up Pedro of course, but it was the truth anyway. Jose said he knew what the fight was about but wasn't about to tell me. And this part is my favorite. When Alphie and James go to question Pedro, James' first question was "Well did you kick his ass?" Classic.
* all names in this story have been changed for their protection

And I went to the zoo today, happy celebratory last week in Omaha.

come a little closer, baby

This past Friday night Ben and I went to the Dierks Bentley concert at Stir Concert Cove. It was great, I couldn't see a lot of the time but I still enjoyed it. He did a great show, and then he played our song. :o)

Also, I have some new obsessions for keeping not busy. I don't really know how to describe them?.. But they're websites where people can enter their random thoughts and be voted on them. Some of them are so true and hence funny that I can't help but love them. Check them out!

Dear Blank, Please Blank

Example: Dear Twilight Fans,

Thank you for making us look sane and well-adjusted.

Sincerely, Trekkies

Dear Nickelback,

That's enough.

Sincerely, The World.

Dear guy wearing camouflage in public,

WE SEE YOU!

Sincerely, Everyone else.

Ruminations

Example: You don't want a Caesar salad with ranch dressing, you want a salad with romaine lettuce. Caesar is the dressing. And yes, water is free here. Smart ass.

I'm guessing the advertising executives just gave up when they decided to roll out the 'creepy kitty with laryngitis' campaign for Quiznos.

Gift cards are fun until you get one for JCpenny.

I'm having a mid-life crisis. I feel my "cool years" are behind me. My wife is not very supportive, because she did not appreciate me buying an Escalade or referring to her as "my baby's mama" in attempt to increased my street cred.

"403 Forbidden: The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it." I see how it is server. Well played.

i'm official

I officially registered for classes today at University of Denver.  I just hope I did ok doing it since one of the suggested courses I am supposed to take in the fall I couldn't find so I opted for another one.  Good luck me.

eat. pray. love.

It's 2 am and unlike most people right now, instead of sleeping, I cannot sleep and so I'm blogging about it. I watched Shutter Island last night and even though it wasn't scary to most people it was severely twisted and I was creeped out the rest of the night that someone was out to get me to send me to an asylum.

Seriously, I slept with the lights on.

Tonight I can't fall asleep either. I don't know what my problem is. I watched Pretty Little Liars, I'm all caught up now thank you very much. And I can't wait for next week's finale. I haven't read the books so I don't know what is going to happen, but I do rest assured that each week Emily is the prettiest and worst actress on the show.

Speaking of reading, I'm upset with myself for not reading more this summer. My summer is now almost up now that I have to be at school an entire 2 weeks earlier than I had planned. Thanks for botching my trip to visit my family, University of Denver, really cool. NOT. They switched up their pre class schedules so many times I couldn't keep my head straight and now they royally messed up my summer and plans.

In honor, or inspiration you could say, of Eat, Pray, Love (the book not the movie, though I haven't read that either), I've made a list of things I hope to do to help me pass the time I waste aimlessly on the internet or sitting around watching TV and movies, which in case you hadn't noticed is entirely too much. I'm not adding them to my bucket list as their small, but not insignificant. I just want to do things that inspire me and take me away whether its picking up an old book or hobby or finding an adventure like I was a Goonie. So here goes nothing:

I want to read. I have lists of books I've wanted to read for too long, but here's my shortened (off memory), and reputable list.

Eat, Pray, Love

Great Expectations

The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud

Jurassic Park

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Time Traveler's Wife

The Last Song

I want to scrapbook again. I used to be able to spend countless hours scrapbooking away and taking pride in the memories I was storing in books. I still take pride in them, but I have so many memories that go undecorated. I am barely half way through my London trip from 2 years ago, but those pictures and that book is one that needs to be cherished.

I want to exercise. I hear they release endorphins and endorphins make you happy or something? Yea it sounds great, but when do I find the time to do it? I don't. I busted out my old bike that I haven't ridden since I got a license, probably before that even, because I was too embarrassed to be seen on 2 wheels anymore. I hope I wake up early tomorrow so I can take it out for a spin and see if my legs even work.

I want to explore.

pretty good at drinking beer

Every summer I get the pleasure of going on a family vacation with my Dad's side of the family to Table Rock Lake. We go boating, tubing, jet skiing, boarding, skiing, you name it. It's a stressful blast to be with so much family for a week long. Trust me we butt heads and argue and fight but at the end of the week we all love each other and know we'll miss each other until we see us again. Here's some photos of our trip:

So tomorrow I'm takin’ me fishin’. Hang a sign on the door of my life "Tell the world that I’ve gone missin’ and I won’t be back for a while."

There’s a little spot in the river bend were the sun sits high
Along as the keg don’t float and the ice don’t melt
we’ll loosen up a notch on the Bible belt.

Bring on the sunshine, bring on a good time
Girl, let me look at you
Jump in the front seat, kick up your bare feet
Honey, let your hair down too