What I Did On My Summer Vacation
It’s been several weeks since I posted. Like in previous circumstances where I went long periods of time without a post, I’ve had a great deal happen in my life. What follows is a description of the life-changing events that have occurred (plus, the description of plenty of non-life changing events as well).
Work - I finished working at my job of 25 months on July 13, 2007. Over the previous week and a half, I had four going-away lunches. Apparently if you take a job and allow yourself to be criminally underpaid for it because you really like it, people will reward you with free food when you go. Also, really liking your job probably helps as well.
I’ll miss my job and all the people I was able to meet and work with because of it. However, I was hired to work for 3 months. I ended up working 25 and a half months. When I remarked on leaving my job, my father remarked, “The endless summer is over, it’s time to return to your real life.”
Break Time - I have been planning a variety of road trips for months and months now. For a period, it even included taking trips to Japan or Europe. However, the road trip fell away from those lofty ideas when reality came by in terms of making sure that I would be around to get everything for law school.
Instead of leaving immediately after work, I spent the first week of my break finally putting everything together for getting a place to live and a roommate. I had been looking for a place for a while and I had several people lined up to room with me, with the rooming always falling through for one reason or another. I spent the week, just rushing around looking at places and in the end, I found a wonderful apartment in Center City Philadelphia and a great roommate named Ryan who is also starting law school in the fall. With that in place, I was able to start my trip.
Otakon - Maybe it was better to wait a week for my road trip, just so I could start with Otakon. My favorite convention has lost a bit of its shine, due to quite avoidable problems but even with everything that occurred, I still had a lot of fun, mostly because Otakon isn’t just an event but rather, a destination where one can visit rarely-seen friends. I will certainly plan to go back next year and hopefully, the problems will have resolved themselves.
Road Trip - The road trip itself started after I recovered from Otakon. Originally, I was going to start with a visit to Lancaster after Otakon but due to the plans of those I was staying with during the trip resulted with me going Atlantic City instead on Tuesday, August 24. I stayed at my grandmother’s oft-unused Condo until the weekend, spending the days on the beach and the evening going out to eat with my grandmother at the various restaurants she enjoys.
After AC, I went to the University of Delaware to catch-up with old college friends who were finishing up their Ph.D.s. I hadn’t seen many of them in years so it was a lot of fun to see them again.
Delaware was followed by D.C to see my high school friend Mike. There was a quick stopover between those two stops home to change luggage and to see the Simpson’s movie with some friends but I was only home for a matter of hours. When I reached D.C, I was informed I was going to see the Simpson’s movie again and even though I protested, I apparently had no choice in the matter. Fortunately, it was good enough to see twice.
D.C. was followed up by taking Mike and myself to Ocean City, MD to spend several more days in the sun. Again, I spent the days on the beach and the evening eating out. It only went on for a few more days though and I soon had to leave, with Mike in tow, to take him back to the hometown to leave with his parents on a family reunion and for me to return for my 24th birthday.
Turning 24 - The day of my 24th birthday was a busy one. I spent the day packing up my old college apartment gear, getting my new Drivers License picture taken, going shopping for furniture for my new apartment at Ikea with my friend John for trucking purposes and Lisa for a woman’s touch. After Ikea, was a quick dinner and then heading into the city to get my apartment keys, which took several hours as it is a sizeable apartment for two twenty-something students and every square foot had to be examined and checked. The end of the night had me going to a law school mixer of the upcoming class, put together by students through facebook. I met a great number of terrific people, which led to me truly looking forward to law school for the first time, without a mixture of dread being involved.
Although most of the class left at 9:30 or so, I stayed with a few other students at the bar. A cute girl had seen my new ID with my birthday emblazoned on it and had been buying me drinks non-stop afterwards. As midnight rolled around and Barry Bonds broke the home run record in the background, I mused that there is not much better than to spend one’s birthday talking in hushed tones with a cute girl over a cold beer.
Since Then - In the days between my birthday and now, I moved my furniture into my apartment, built the furniture from Ikea that had been moved in, saw Wicked, moved myself into my apartment and went to another law school mixer, although it wasn’t as great as the first had been, but frankly, that wasn’t really possible.
Law School is imminent and I’m struck with a mixture of fear, excitement and hope. I know I can do this and do it well.
So, here I go.
To starting my new life, with bold new adventures!
Work - I finished working at my job of 25 months on July 13, 2007. Over the previous week and a half, I had four going-away lunches. Apparently if you take a job and allow yourself to be criminally underpaid for it because you really like it, people will reward you with free food when you go. Also, really liking your job probably helps as well.
I’ll miss my job and all the people I was able to meet and work with because of it. However, I was hired to work for 3 months. I ended up working 25 and a half months. When I remarked on leaving my job, my father remarked, “The endless summer is over, it’s time to return to your real life.”
Break Time - I have been planning a variety of road trips for months and months now. For a period, it even included taking trips to Japan or Europe. However, the road trip fell away from those lofty ideas when reality came by in terms of making sure that I would be around to get everything for law school.
Instead of leaving immediately after work, I spent the first week of my break finally putting everything together for getting a place to live and a roommate. I had been looking for a place for a while and I had several people lined up to room with me, with the rooming always falling through for one reason or another. I spent the week, just rushing around looking at places and in the end, I found a wonderful apartment in Center City Philadelphia and a great roommate named Ryan who is also starting law school in the fall. With that in place, I was able to start my trip.
Otakon - Maybe it was better to wait a week for my road trip, just so I could start with Otakon. My favorite convention has lost a bit of its shine, due to quite avoidable problems but even with everything that occurred, I still had a lot of fun, mostly because Otakon isn’t just an event but rather, a destination where one can visit rarely-seen friends. I will certainly plan to go back next year and hopefully, the problems will have resolved themselves.
Road Trip - The road trip itself started after I recovered from Otakon. Originally, I was going to start with a visit to Lancaster after Otakon but due to the plans of those I was staying with during the trip resulted with me going Atlantic City instead on Tuesday, August 24. I stayed at my grandmother’s oft-unused Condo until the weekend, spending the days on the beach and the evening going out to eat with my grandmother at the various restaurants she enjoys.
After AC, I went to the University of Delaware to catch-up with old college friends who were finishing up their Ph.D.s. I hadn’t seen many of them in years so it was a lot of fun to see them again.
Delaware was followed by D.C to see my high school friend Mike. There was a quick stopover between those two stops home to change luggage and to see the Simpson’s movie with some friends but I was only home for a matter of hours. When I reached D.C, I was informed I was going to see the Simpson’s movie again and even though I protested, I apparently had no choice in the matter. Fortunately, it was good enough to see twice.
D.C. was followed up by taking Mike and myself to Ocean City, MD to spend several more days in the sun. Again, I spent the days on the beach and the evening eating out. It only went on for a few more days though and I soon had to leave, with Mike in tow, to take him back to the hometown to leave with his parents on a family reunion and for me to return for my 24th birthday.
Turning 24 - The day of my 24th birthday was a busy one. I spent the day packing up my old college apartment gear, getting my new Drivers License picture taken, going shopping for furniture for my new apartment at Ikea with my friend John for trucking purposes and Lisa for a woman’s touch. After Ikea, was a quick dinner and then heading into the city to get my apartment keys, which took several hours as it is a sizeable apartment for two twenty-something students and every square foot had to be examined and checked. The end of the night had me going to a law school mixer of the upcoming class, put together by students through facebook. I met a great number of terrific people, which led to me truly looking forward to law school for the first time, without a mixture of dread being involved.
Although most of the class left at 9:30 or so, I stayed with a few other students at the bar. A cute girl had seen my new ID with my birthday emblazoned on it and had been buying me drinks non-stop afterwards. As midnight rolled around and Barry Bonds broke the home run record in the background, I mused that there is not much better than to spend one’s birthday talking in hushed tones with a cute girl over a cold beer.
Since Then - In the days between my birthday and now, I moved my furniture into my apartment, built the furniture from Ikea that had been moved in, saw Wicked, moved myself into my apartment and went to another law school mixer, although it wasn’t as great as the first had been, but frankly, that wasn’t really possible.
Law School is imminent and I’m struck with a mixture of fear, excitement and hope. I know I can do this and do it well.
So, here I go.
To starting my new life, with bold new adventures!