Wow I just looked and I realize it's been 6 and a half weeks since I've blessed you with my outstanding wisdom (and modesty). So I figured I better update you on what's happened in the past 6 weeks
Here's 6 weeks in a nut shell:
I finished two classes this last week with a 4.0.
I graduate in April and only have two classes left.
Work is super busy with the horrible xmas shopping season about to kick off
The Mavs are doing well on the court but need to fix some things.
The Cowboys are dominating and need to keep dominating.
I am extremely happy and in a really good place right now.
So now that you have the nut shell how bout some actual content?
Last weekend my Mom came to see me, and it was so great to see her. It is the only time she has come to see my by herself and it was nice to have some one-on-one time with my Mom. Then this weekend my Dad is here to go to the Cowboys game. Then on Wednesday the whole troop is coming (Mom, Dad, Sister). So this month is a great one, I get the pleasure of finishing up a very rewarding trimester at UD. I think unfortunately this has been the only semester that I can say I got a whole lot from each class I took. Then my family comes to visit me...perfect! But I want to talk about two events that have just recently (within 24 hours) happened.
I have been to Deeley plaza before - the site of Kennedy's death - but this time I thought of how important Kennedy was to not only his generation but to many people to follow. He laid ground work for many of the ideals and standards that we now have in this country. He was such a ground breaking president and yet his impact was cut short by that one act.
The next thing event is something that happens more than just in the past 24 hours but, I was thinking how proud I am of my friends and how successful we have all become or are becoming. When my family sits down and talks to one of my friends I almost feel like a parent myself, so proud of the people I associate myself with. So how has it come to the point where I have collected such an amazing group of friends? I don't know. I may be lucky or I may have a good judge of character...we may never know.
So what does Deeley plaza and my friends have to do with each other? Good question...here's your answer. As I was sitting a top the infamous grassy knoll, I thought of my friends and how we all have the ability to make such a difference, probably not on the scale Kennedy did, but a difference none the less. We need to seize the opportunities we have now because we never know when we may lose our chance. We are all educated, intelligent, INCREDIBLY good looking (come one I have to be a little arrogant), and are in the prime of our lives. It's a feeling I have right now that I can do anything I want, I or we can accomplish so much in the next 30-40 years and we don't even know what that accomplishment is yet. Sure the face of not knowing is a little uneasy, but I think it is even more exciting.
So watch out for me and my posse when we role into your city (and we leave no corner unmarked, we're all over the country right now...kinda like fight club) because we will change something, accomplish something, make better the lives of some people. The only question I still need to answer is who what and where will that be?
