Christmas Cards

I didn't check my mail for a long time and when I finally did it was full of Christmas Cards. Mostly family, all telling me how wonderful things were. (I got 6 different cards telling me about my own sister's wedding last summer).

I got in a little bit of a debate with my roommate on whether or not these cards are necessary. It is nice to have an update from people, but at the same time they are EXTREMELY fake.

I mean it's the 5 moments of a year that are added with a family picture that makes everyone look like the Brady's. So, with that said, here is my Christmas Card. These are the major events and what's going on right now:


1. My sister got married. Woot Woot!

2. I went to Africa. Which all that means is that once again, I had a huge experience that was done ALONE. It seems like all of my most important events have taken place with people who live thousands of miles away. Oxford...Summer Road Trip...Freshman year of college...Africa...

3. I work 2 jobs. One works with kids who get in trouble and are forced to sit in silence all day. The other is working with Famous Dave's Employees who determine how much to drink that night based on when they have to wake up the next morning for work. I very much enjoy both of these jobs, however.

4. Friends coming and going. Brad's gone, Zane's back. Jacob's gone, I see more of Tedder. The Texas guys are never here, but Kasey, Tatem, and Dickson are. LJ is gone, but Marion's here. The old basement crew has left (Blake, Zac, Brad, Lewis) but the new basement crew is unreal (Kenny, Jelly, Russell). I'm overjoyed at the friends I have, but miss my old ones very badly.

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'