its the beginning of the end...

more like one in a million.... so youre sayin theres a chance!!!

i dont know how much i'll keep up with this, but its gonna be an attempt to log my time through my graduation at OU... to protect the identities of certain OU students, some names and places may be changed...

well we officially have the lights on the Upper Fields and have begun to have flag football games and ultimate frisbee, both seem to be going well... Our I-Unit team had the first game under the lights. We won by a nice margin, which seems to be the norm this season. This is my last year as a student, and my last playing flag, and I think this team is the best I've played on, narrowly edging Rec's Grossman of year one.... damn I am a huge intramural dork, and I am fine with that...

classes this semester really suck balls, and I have no desire to go to them. I dont know how I have a great GPA when I care so little about my classes. I just want to have my degree and work. Feck classes.

right now i am sitting on my foot and i definitely have pins and needles... moving on...

big halloween party here this weekend which we have been looking forward to for awhile... we had our first visit from the police last week, so hopefully everything will be alright... went out and picked up my costume and some decorations today... hopefully we will fulfill our own hype in the baker/ lutz/ stephenson household...

so i will be done here at oakland in may or june, and part of me is excited to move on, but i already am getting a tad hesitant about leaving this place. It is amazing how many friends you can make, and how quickly you can adapt a new place as 'home'... especially considering my first semester here i was on a 625 mile leash back to NJ, and stayed in most nights cakin on the phone... i still feel i have made good use of my time though, and plan on developing some more friendships with the time left.... hopefully even get myself involved in a more-than-friendship too... since december I have been quick to shy away from potential relationships, but I think its time for that to end... There have been apples in my eye that I was too big a chicken to pursue, and, well screw that. Time to let the guard down a bit...

I am pretty happy with my staff this year. We have had some turnover in the past few weeks, losing 4 employees one right after another, but the ones that are still around make me forget how young they are with all their responsibility... most of them.... these are the people i will miss the most when i am gone because i see them day in, day out, know them as much more than co-workers and care for them as family more than they know.... anyhow, ive got a good farewell treat for them already in the works...

well i guess thats it, a bit long-winded i know, but it was my first... deal with it... i'll have updates comin soon i am sure about love life or lack thereof, halloween party, trip to NJ next weekend, and any other pressing matters....

by the way i'd like to open the entries with a movie quote, and end them with a dedication... todays movie was dumb and dumber...

i dedicate this entry to my dog harper.... thanks harp, without you chewing on my pants and toes, and barking at my sandals and the TV, none of this would have been possible...
-gjpb