SOOO...we had a TORCH reunion this summer, AKA Nate and Karen's wedding in Birmingham, AL. my family and i drove my jeep with a trailer on it (which ol' red didn't like one bit). the wedding was nice and the reception was very fancy and cool. it was great getting to see nate actually get married (which if i remember correctly just a few years ago he didn't think he wanted to do lol). it was also great to see a bunch of TORCHers, it was like a huge family reunion. sis's b/f also came down to visit her so it was good to see him too. his name is Luke for all of those wondering, i think this is her first b/f that has a decent head on his shoulders, so if he keeps it there i may even get to like him. (i'm just a bit overprotective...)
my family and i then drove to tallahassee (my new place of residence) dropped my stuff off in storage and headed to fort walton beach for our annual family vacation. it was a blast and very relaxing. i learned that a white boy from pa should ALWAYS wear sunblock on the back of his knees if sleeping on the beach. unfortunately i had to learn the hard way and either pulled/rolled my shorts up to richard simmons length for 5 days or i walked like an oldman/frog for 5 days...a very painful lesson to learn in every aspect. sis and i went parasailing and jetsking during the week and of course we ate like royalty....or at least we ate a lot lol. poor dad is not a beach vacation kind of guy so he spent quite a bit of time relaxing in the hotel room, but it was still better than working. dad and i did go mini-golfing and thank goodness it was cheaper than golfing on a course in AL...lol instead of paying over $150 for 2 games of 18 holes we payed $3.50 per person...that's definitely more along the lines as to what i want to pay for entertainment lol. after vacation the fam and i traveled back to tallahassee and we moved all my stuff in and got organized. it was great having my family help me move in, it made things MUCH easier.
After my family my roommate moved in and i helped him for a little bit then i left for a few days in Sarasota visiting friends that i haven't seen in a while. it was a great time and i hope to be able to see them more often since i'm only 5 hours away now. i then helped Kathryn move into her apartment in Tampa. her roommate is actually a girl who interviewed me for the assistantship that i have now. she has a nice apartment and a nice complex to live in for a while. i stayed in tampa to help her for a few days then i left for tally to go on a retreat with the student activities staff.
the retreat was great, it was at st. george beach. the people i work with are great and i got to know them pretty well over the weekend. after we got back to tally we had a week of orientation which was information overload.
