today i had the day off of work, and did some cleaning around the house. i found several things from college that i had kept. old homework, old notes, even found a diagram of my first dorm room. i think i kept the hw and notes with the idea of “just in case”….like i’ll need the notes for my current job, which right now includes data entry. sometimes i think i was smarter then back in school than i am right now. most of that is because i don’t really do much of what i learned in school, and that’s what they kept telling us. well, ‘they’ meaning older engineers, not our professors.

also found amongst the cleaning was a couple of videotapes of the caedmon’s call guild weekend from 1999. i watched it and it took me back 7 years. i just remember being there, that night in the barn, and i felt a part of something. it was like a secret organization, we had to be mailed directions on how to get there and everything. after that show, and for a few years after, it was the best concert i had ever attended. the band was there for us, the guild members, and we soaked up every minute of it. there were several highlights of course, including aaron tate performing ‘potiphar’s door’, and derek debuting three brand new songs. watching it though made me remember how i was such a huge fan back then, and how different things are now. obviously the band dynamic has changed since 1999, but it’s not only the lineup that’s changed, it’s just the general feel of the band. it seems like they and their fans have moved so far removed from where we were that night in shiloh, texas. i guess that’s to be expected, but it sure is strange to think about. also, while i’m reminiscing, i’d like to again thank that kind officer from wherever we were at the time on the highway for not giving me a speeding ticket on the way back from the show at midnight on that lonely texas road. :)

this weekend i have to be careful when i go out, since i live near the mall and tons of other shops. it’s going to be insanity…i’m talking it would take me 30 or 45 minutes just to get to the interstate. i’m going to go out early tomorrow morning and hopefully make it in and out of walmart before the craziness hits. wish me luck.

oh, and i got word that i officially got into grad school….so that was pretty good. i was nervous about finding out since i have to pay for the class by jan. 2nd. i have no idea when the class actually starts, but i figure i should probably look into that.