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So incredibly frustrating.]]> Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:12:39 -0600 **

Life after graduation has been quite uneventful, but in the time since I sauntered across the stage and exchanged pleasantries with Jerry B. I have learned a great deal about myself. It has come to my attention that I am an old man.

After sitting in an office for roughly eight hours, there is no desire within me to do much besides prepare a meal of sorts, gaze at the glowing box in my living room for a few hours and get lost in worlds that have far more intriguing and exciting things taking place than in my own, and to cap off the night, have a bowl of Raisin Bran Crunch (Seriously, have you tried it? It’s heaven in a bowl). The ultimate goal to be achieved each night, though, is to be in bed by 11:30. That might even be pushing it. 11:00 would be ideal, but that rarely occurs. Midnight is far too late, as was evidenced by my 55 minute late arrival into work because I stayed up past midnight, slept through my alarm and was woken up, by God I assume, at 8:30.

Yes, I’ve dashed right on through my youth, scuttled through middle age, and skedaddled my way right on into my golden years.

I think “Matlock” is on.
**

Twenty-five years of age isn’t old. Conversely, compared to my seventeen-year-old self, I’m ancient. The urge to act like a seventeen-year-old is still there. The mindset of the twenty-five-year-old takes precedence, in spite of the fact that I want to have fun. So, new ways of having fun need to be found.

During the high-school years, and even into the first few years of college, I always felt the need to be doing something. Even if the event was as simple as just sitting with friends, I wanted to be doing something with them. A movie, playing cards, calling Shari’s mom and lying about when the movie started, just something. As I’ve gotten older, and somewhat wiser, I have realized the need to do something just isn’t as strong anymore. Simply being with people is “the whole” of it. If an event occurs out of just being together, fine. I’m just much more interested in sitting, talking, learning, sharing and loving one another.

There’s no need to plan some grand event as an excuse for us to be together. Spending time with the people I care about, love, and respect is far more important to me than wondering and worrying about just who is going to show up to a Christmas party, a poker night, or to watch Monday Night Football.

Time. Not events. That’s what I want for my friends and me. The two can peacefully co-exist. As long as quality time is what is had.

What’s the point in going bowling with friends if you can’t communicate? I don’t want to do something for the simple fact of “doing.”

I work at Judson. I just don’t make enough money for that.
**

I’m really looking forward to just sitting with, talking to, and learing from Shari, Matt, Liz and Jason.
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