confessions part II
on the eve of this last week of class before finals. i'm in an incredibly good mood. granted i have two exams this week. neither of which i've studied for. however, summer/home/friends are so close i can taste them. but on the other hand friends/new home/complete freedom are three weeks away from being gone for three months. i've learned a lot since i've gotten here. some things from home have followed me, some have not. it's hard to fight with someone when you're 300 miles away. but i've realized that it all was worth it. it made me who i am today. stronger than yesterday -- to quote the once fantabulous britney spears who now is not so fantabulous because with every marriage she gains 20 lbs and more cheetos. anyway back to the subject at hand... my first year at college was more than anything that i could have asked for. i laughed, i cried, i studied (for the first time, and not this high school Haskins crap where you memorize the review sheet but like hard core 4 in the morning, want to cry, praying to God for a miracle sort of thing), i've experienced some of the most beautiful things here. it is truly what life is made of. being thrown into the world (with just enough of your parent's money to get by) and doing things for the first time. even the smallest of things, alone. all the while learning to one day do it for your children, for you spouse, for you (with your money). so, knowing that this may very well be my last moment of sanity before noon on the 17th when i walk back into my dorm for the last time, i've decided to do my year end reflection.
when i got here i was scared. i know i've been wanting to be here since birth but hey, when you finally get what you want it's scary. i clung to Lizzie so tight. she was, and is my confidant. Lizzie, Kevin, and i were the three amigos, the three musketeers in search of new friends and a new life. slowly Kevin realized that he had to stop eating with us because he didn't have Dine-In-Dollars and left for the free food at Dobie. so Lizzie and i with Rudy (who did have Dine-In-Dollars) continued eating lunch every day looking for something new... during this time we saw old friends and became so much closer with those we had only conversed sparsely with 4 years before. then one day thanks to Cynthia and a little bit of divine help, things fell into place. we met the kid that held the key to our future friends. sitting there at Hula Hut was the answer to what we'd been searching for. we test drove him of course, Lizzie and i, inviting Roy for a preliminary lunch round of "could you be our friend" and he passed. so he became a staple. then came that fateful night... the eclipse. Adri and Lizzie in pajamas went outside to meet our first bunch of "rio kids" and from then on life became happy. John made us laugh and was a shoulder to cry on and a nice source of advice. Ben was our resident metrosexual who had every aspect of our social life figured out and who always had stories which almost always started with an enthusiastic "DUUUDE this one time, i shit you not...", San and Julia who gave us the comfort of having 'girlfriends' but not too much seeing as how both Lizzie and i don't like girls. period. but we make occasional exceptions for the good ones. Omar, JC, and Archie provided comic relief when needed. and Roy, well other than being the cool guy that he is, was the source of all the phone numbers for our new found friends. so yea, he came in handy. of course we had other friends, but i think that these friends gave us, or at least me, the confidence to meet everyone around me. to realize that i was in a new place with new faces and this was my chance to get to know the real Adri.
so i thank my friends for introducing me to new things. to new people. to just lots of fun. for the tubing rides down the Guadalupe with Joel, Elise, George, Josh, Kat and Rachel. for the Saks adventure with Adam. for the infinite trips to Pluckers, for the infinite ordering in from Pluckers. thank you Roy, actually for most all my meals ever. for long afternoons, and i mean long, at Barton Creek - Ben. for giving me a break in a room that is always so comfy and smells divine - Carol and Yvette. for making Lizzie and i laugh for no apparent reason other than goofy smiles and random sayings, Gilbert and Jacob Babe. for always recording the OC and making me laugh when i watch it, Cesar and Jay. for taking me to random things i know nothing about but promising that i'll get a white bracelet out of it, Kristan and Tam. for indulging in my love of history and government and making fun of Roy, John. for appreciating that i take 5 minute showers and win cleaning wars, Anna. for being just plain bad ass in the face of adversity, Lizette and Bianca. for drunken stories and listening outside doors for sex noises, Ashley and Nicole. for letting me in and making me laugh and making my birthday dinner near the population of China, the 7th floor of Jester West. for being my San Marcos escape when i needed her, Rachel (and Jen and Brandi of course). for being wonderful in every aspect of the word, my "cousin" Cynthia, for everyone for making my life here so much more fun and memorable.
so now that i've done that... i miss everyone at home too. don't worry, you'll get yours at the end of the summer.
so before i go home. i've decided something else. today is Adriana Amnesty Day, in the spirit of being just plain cool i've decided to forgive anyone who's ever wronged me etc. i don't hate anyone. i'm good. i'm cool. i don't want to go home with bad things hanging over my head. it's clean up time here in Austin so i've decided to clear my head too.
i have to shower. and walk to the Erwin Center for Band-O-Rama tickets tonight. so, i'm out yo.
- a to tha dree
when i got here i was scared. i know i've been wanting to be here since birth but hey, when you finally get what you want it's scary. i clung to Lizzie so tight. she was, and is my confidant. Lizzie, Kevin, and i were the three amigos, the three musketeers in search of new friends and a new life. slowly Kevin realized that he had to stop eating with us because he didn't have Dine-In-Dollars and left for the free food at Dobie. so Lizzie and i with Rudy (who did have Dine-In-Dollars) continued eating lunch every day looking for something new... during this time we saw old friends and became so much closer with those we had only conversed sparsely with 4 years before. then one day thanks to Cynthia and a little bit of divine help, things fell into place. we met the kid that held the key to our future friends. sitting there at Hula Hut was the answer to what we'd been searching for. we test drove him of course, Lizzie and i, inviting Roy for a preliminary lunch round of "could you be our friend" and he passed. so he became a staple. then came that fateful night... the eclipse. Adri and Lizzie in pajamas went outside to meet our first bunch of "rio kids" and from then on life became happy. John made us laugh and was a shoulder to cry on and a nice source of advice. Ben was our resident metrosexual who had every aspect of our social life figured out and who always had stories which almost always started with an enthusiastic "DUUUDE this one time, i shit you not...", San and Julia who gave us the comfort of having 'girlfriends' but not too much seeing as how both Lizzie and i don't like girls. period. but we make occasional exceptions for the good ones. Omar, JC, and Archie provided comic relief when needed. and Roy, well other than being the cool guy that he is, was the source of all the phone numbers for our new found friends. so yea, he came in handy. of course we had other friends, but i think that these friends gave us, or at least me, the confidence to meet everyone around me. to realize that i was in a new place with new faces and this was my chance to get to know the real Adri.
so i thank my friends for introducing me to new things. to new people. to just lots of fun. for the tubing rides down the Guadalupe with Joel, Elise, George, Josh, Kat and Rachel. for the Saks adventure with Adam. for the infinite trips to Pluckers, for the infinite ordering in from Pluckers. thank you Roy, actually for most all my meals ever. for long afternoons, and i mean long, at Barton Creek - Ben. for giving me a break in a room that is always so comfy and smells divine - Carol and Yvette. for making Lizzie and i laugh for no apparent reason other than goofy smiles and random sayings, Gilbert and Jacob Babe. for always recording the OC and making me laugh when i watch it, Cesar and Jay. for taking me to random things i know nothing about but promising that i'll get a white bracelet out of it, Kristan and Tam. for indulging in my love of history and government and making fun of Roy, John. for appreciating that i take 5 minute showers and win cleaning wars, Anna. for being just plain bad ass in the face of adversity, Lizette and Bianca. for drunken stories and listening outside doors for sex noises, Ashley and Nicole. for letting me in and making me laugh and making my birthday dinner near the population of China, the 7th floor of Jester West. for being my San Marcos escape when i needed her, Rachel (and Jen and Brandi of course). for being wonderful in every aspect of the word, my "cousin" Cynthia, for everyone for making my life here so much more fun and memorable.
so now that i've done that... i miss everyone at home too. don't worry, you'll get yours at the end of the summer.
so before i go home. i've decided something else. today is Adriana Amnesty Day, in the spirit of being just plain cool i've decided to forgive anyone who's ever wronged me etc. i don't hate anyone. i'm good. i'm cool. i don't want to go home with bad things hanging over my head. it's clean up time here in Austin so i've decided to clear my head too.
i have to shower. and walk to the Erwin Center for Band-O-Rama tickets tonight. so, i'm out yo.
- a to tha dree