Wake Me Up When September Ends...

Wow, so tomorrow Nick and I are twenty freakin’ three.  I can’t believe I’ve made it this far.  A lot has happened this year.  I worked with multiple record labels, many artists good and bad, graduated from college, moved to the East Coast and started working for Brandywine Electronics, LTD.  My younger brother graduated high school and went to seminary.  Elizabeth moved back to Indiana from Dallas (God save us all from Dallas).  Paul moved to DC to work on the hill and Cory/April/Adam/Shelby moved to California.  Wake me up when September ends…

A lot has happened in the world too.  It seems that most people have forgotten about 9-11 but the world is still basically ending.  Hurricanes and tsunamis have overtaken two corners of the earth and gas prices are literally twice as much as they were a year ago.  Wake me up when September ends…

I got an e-mail from Dr. J a couple days ago saying that it was weird that classes were starting up the next day and I wouldn’t be there…man those were a great four years at Greenville.  Also, the annual cattle call wedding season happened where another ¼ of my friends got married or engaged.  By this time next year, I’ll be the only one left single…wake me up when September ends…

That sounds depressing I guess, but I’m so happy out here.  It’s like Arsenio Hall said about his old show, “You remember your high school job and that was fun, but you’re fine where you are now, no need to go back.”   I keep quoting that Green Day song, “Wake Me Up When September Ends.”  I’ve loved that song since that stinkin’ album came out and now it’s a single (appropriately released near September).  I just saw the video and IT WAS NOT DISSAPPOINTING.  It felt like I was watching a movie…check it out at http://www.mtv.com.

So it’s time to go to the gym, I’ll write more later…take care everyone…

-Rod