The Other Side

I woke up bright and early this morning to once again try to find Adam, my TA in Wehner. Due to my brilliance, I was able to park on the sidewalk by the vault where we keep tapes for work instead of my normal parking lot, cutting a 10 minute walk down to 30 seconds. After a short phone call, I learned that not only was the first office I attempted to go to earlier this week not Adam's, but the second one I had been directed to had not been his either. I entered his office and he told me that there was no need to look over my test, he knew me, decided I was a good guy and good student, so he put in a word with Dr. Welch and my grade was bumped up a few points to an A. After a short chat, I headed back home for a quick nap before work. After dreams of Casinos and Enchilada Ice Cream, I woke up and called Penny so I could go see her before she left for the entire weekend. I went upstairs and told her goodbye and that I'd miss her and then it was work time...

Yesterday Sam, our favorite delivery guy came in. Sam is our age, he's a little quiet, but he's a very polite and friendly guy and I like him a lot. He'd been gone for the past couple of weeks and I'd been asking around to see where he was. But there he was, back in his office. I jumped out of my chair and exclaimed, "Sammy! You're back, where have you been!?" He set a package down, looked at the floor and his answer nearly brough tears to his eyes, "My mom died..." I didn't know what to say, I immediately regretted my loud, peppy greeting to him. I can't even begin to think of what he went through or how to deal with that. I don't know anything about his situation or much about his life, but surely it was hard for him. I felt guilty for being in such a good mood and for my question. As he left I debated whether or not to get a sympathy card and tried to think of anything else we could do for him. Nothing would make him feel better I'm sure and I can't say that I know how he's feeling. I wanted something to let him know that we care and thatI am praying for him. But what I didn't want was something to bring him down or make him dwell on the situation. But today I came in and Robin had decided to get him the card, we all wrote in it. I'm glad she made the decision, Sam smiled when I gave it to him this afternoon and thanked me.

Kind of a damper on the blog, but that's life. I watched the Real World last night, Keely had taped the past 2 episodes. This is actually the first Real World that I've seen more than 1 episode of. But that dude's mom died too. Death is very real, make sure that the people close to you know that you love them and appreciate them. Enjoy today, don't take it for granted because you don't know what tomorrow may bring. Thank you for letting me interject a little seriousness and reflection. For those that say the blog is too one-sided, all humor no emotion, here's The Other Side.

I guess the rest of my day is hardly worth mentioning. Nerds, Vans, Sweet Tea... You fill in the blanks. It seems that both of my roommates in addition to my girlfriend decided today was a good day to go out of town and leave me all alone for the weekend. And I keep thinking today is Friday, but that doesn't come until tomorrow. I'll talk to y'all then.