2007 Year in Review, Part I
Well, I haven’t written in this site for a while now, but that is not to say that I’ve been out of touch. I have been visiting other people’s Xangas, Facebooks and MySpaces. I’ve seen what other people are up to, but now I guess it’s my turn. What have I been up to in 2007?
Well, not much and a lot at the same time. January, 2007 began the realization that my wedding date was approaching what with (expensive) wedding-related bills that were coming due. That ratcheted up the excitement a little bit as this arbitrary date was coalescing into something that was concrete and reachable. At the same time, I was still living with my grandparents and fighting for a job that was still iffy. Amanda was still in college finishing up her senior year. Life didn’t feel much different from the year before and it certainly didn’t feel like it was going anywhere quick. Each successive month that passed brought us closer to our wedding date, but it still felt unreal. This was how the first half of 2007 was: floating, ordinary, boring, even. Amanda graduated from Trinity in May and I was so excited, not just for her, but for the fact that perhaps this year would finally extract me from Trinity.
For the past eight years, Trinity had a hold on my life that I never predicted it would. I spent five years studying there, and I remained involved for one year with the sign language classes which sent into motion convoluted events that would make romantic movie writers proud in which I ended up meeting and dating Amanda. With Amanda being a sophomore at Trinity at the time, I spent two more years hanging out there, meeting more people.
With Amanda’s collegiate career over, the focus turned to the wedding which was approaching rapidly. Basically, when the summer was over, that would be it. Preparations finally began in earnest and in high-gear. In June, we were treated to a break in which we would get a chance to go on a Caribbean cruise with my family. I was excited about it because I had never been on a cruise before and it would give me another chance (third time!) to visit Jamaica, a country that I’ve begun to fall in love with. I thought it would be a great time for us to relax and enjoy ourselves before the wedding plans would overtake us.
It didn’t quite work out that way.
Rebelgirly82 says:
Thanks for your comments this week, Matt. It’s disturbing because this particular classmate of mine was always weird and I kind of have issues informing him (which will in turn inform at least half my class…there were only 25 of us) that I’m still single 7 years after we graduated.
mevlink says:
I’m still waiting for Part II, by the way. Get cracking.
labc7164 says:
I agree with Karen. Stop fooling with my daughter and get cracking!
Amanda1011 says:
Time for PART DEUX!
Rebelgirly82 says:
Hey Matt! My job is definitely interesting. It’s a residential treatment program, but I do a good bit of counseling. I’m a case manager, so I get to keep in touch with probation, DCFS and sometimes the parents. It’s not something I never pictured myself doing, but I really do enjoy it. I got lots of JSO specific training shortly after I started. One of the trainers told us that she had been talking to a client one afternoon and he shared with her that he felt bad for staff because they have to think like a sex offender to stay ahead of the clients. I’m really finding that to be true. I have to think like the kids to figure out what they’re going to do and stop them before they get a chance to do it. I have to think like a criminal. When I have kids, they’re not ever going to get away with anything. Poor kids.