Home at last

What a whirlwind. After my graduation I spent some good times saying goodbye to my friends from ND. I hope this blog helps me keep in touch with everyone or at the least lets them laugh at me. I was sad to see everyone go, but it was happy too. We had completed a great adventure and had so many experiences and now its time for a new adventure.

I had an awesome few days in Conn. with Eric to see the USCGA graduation. Within an hour of getting in I was driven to a casino near the academy for a graduation ball. Of course, I proceeded to spend way too much on drinks and leave the dancing to Eric. The next day I saw drill and spent my day hanging at the academy. The third day was graduation itself, and thankfully the weather held out. Dick Cheney was the speaker and given my low expectations his speach wasn't too bad. Most importantly, my main man and best friend graduated and is now in the fleet

That night was rocking. We had some toasts with Eric's cousins and learned dirty Tagalog words. Then we went out to the many beach parties with our own case of beer, which we finished. Needless to say my eagle sweater was in full effect and the legend continues (I'm leaving out some of the more R-rated parts here). The downside being that I spent the night at Eric's friend Matt's place, well, Matt's place has no heat and it was freezing in the morning

The next day I was pretty spent from the parties. Not one of my brighter moments but I managed to puke at the academy. Then I lost money playing MY game of craps at the casino. But I really didn't care because I got to chill with Eric and Matt on the beach, smoke cigars, take a dip in the water (in the buff), and have a campfire.

Well, I finally made it home and now I have to get busy getting ready to go to Taiwan. It was awesome to finally see my dog, she looks really old now. It was a little strange though, my mom is painting the inside of the house so every time I come home it looks different. I'm not even sure I want to see what surprises are in store in "my" room.

I thought I was done

So moving out always sucks, there's way too much stuff and you never know where any of it came from (yet you still want to keep all of it). I just went through it to move out of my dorm and I ended up getting rid of ALL of my books and old work, which was pretty sad considering how much work went into them. But now its happening once more. I'm in my best friend's room at the USCGA helping him move out. How do we manage to get so much stuff?

In other news, I got an email from my company. They cannot get me a work visa since there is some deal about me not having enough work experience. That means I have to get a visitors visa, which isn't a problem. They said they will enroll me in "classes" so that I can stay if things go south (I'll be in "one on one" classes at some university and take the minimum to stay enrolled while I try and get residency). The company also wants me to apply for a Chinese (PRC) visa, and I have no idea why. On the plus side, they will pay the costs of my visas and a new computer since my laptop crashed and burned long ago. Then again, I survived for half a semester at ND without a computer so as long as there is a library near my work...

Start of something special?

Of course! all good things happen at 1:00am at the Burg...the ND library that is. Well I'm sad that I have to leave all of my friends but excited and nervous for the new adventure (after the USCGA). Sorry for the poor first post...more to come.