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| i didn't think i was going to make it, but i worked it out that i could meet jacob and rachel in louisville for a free concert at the waterfront park. tyler and luke tagged along, too. the young dubliners started off with some old-man, radio-friendly, irish rock. not as good as flogging molly or the dropkick murphies, but they knew what they were doing and played a good show. next was the sam roberts band who i have always moderately enjoyed and they did not fail to entertain. but the best show of the night went to the headliner: josh ritter. never failing to impress, and with a constant smile on his face, he and his backup band proceeded to play enough fun, dancy tunes to keep everybody on their feet, smiling, jumping, dancing, and singing along. i think tyler and i danced the most, but a good time was had by all.
love,
devin
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| before i left for my trip, i had a conversation with jacob about friendship. i told him that a big reason for this trip was to stop and see some people who i had lost touch with over the years. people who i considered to be some of my closest friends, but whom i had lost contact with.
friendship after college is a very different thing than friendship during college. it's a completely different experience to have most of your good friends living within 1000 yards of you to most of your good friends living within 1000 miles of you. and none of them living closer than 100. suddenly, keeping up friendships becomes a difficult, unnatural task. a task that requires effort and sacrifice, no longer just ease and self-focus.
i left lexington and headed to cincinnatti to see jake and brittany. a lovely evening of dinner and games with kathryn and amy was enjoyed by all, as well as a trip to skyline chili and the ikea store where i purchased a bowl and a lamp (and a very expensive light bulb to go with said lamp). but i think that my favorite part of that trip was a conversation with jake about how so many of his friends from college never kept in touch and certainly wouldn't drive up and visit.
i have lost a lot of relationships over the last few years. some have been my fault; some haven't. some i have been able to salvage; some i haven't. but i do know this: friendships take work. they aren't easy. and, to some extent, they don't come naturally. if you want good friends who will be there for you no matter what for a lifetime, it requires both sides to go out of their way and meet in the middle to make it work.
love,
devin
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| i decided to take a trip.
ok, first i decided to go hiking. i was going to take six weeks from when i quit work and when school started and hike the sheltowee trace which runs from tennessee up through the daniel boone forest to morehead. but then i had troubles getting my application through and i realized i wouldn't have that long. so, instead, i took three weeks to travel around the country and see friends. friends i hadn't seen in a while.
first stop was amber and steve's in lexington. becky was originally supposed to come down, but, alas, she did not. oh well. a good time was still had by all. it was nice to have a bit of a slow transition into the new digs. going immediately to the apartment and setting up shop would have been very unrestful. so, instead, i kicked it at the cornett's for the weekend going over to the apartment for a few hours every once in a while to look for stuff i needed, pack for my trip, get some things done before i left. it was very peaceful. thanks amber and steve for your hospitality. i am looking forward to living only 15 minutes away from you. you will probably get sick of me and kick me out. oh well.
love,
devin
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| i drove away from grayson friday night after a few hours of cleaning and packing up the last bits. (i'm amazed at how much "the last bits" are.)
i said goodbye, i said a prayer, and then, five miles down the road, it hit me that i wouldn't be coming back. at least not in the same way. it was a strange feeling. it was a good feeling.
it feels as if a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
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| last day of work was yesterday. so here's a salute to all the workstudies I've had over the years.
Top Five BEST Workstudies (in alphabetical order)
Rachael Brown
Randy Diebel
Laura Eastman
Mike Hedges
Rachel Morris
Top Five WORST Workstudies (in alphabetical order)
Mariah Crater
Bethany Killian
Bailey Moser
Bethany Paden
Mitch Swartzentruber
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