Seeing as I haven't posted in a while--more on that in a bit--it's only appropriate that I pick back up once I get back to Vanderbilt.
Of course, it's 20 degrees here. Actually, right now, it's snowing. I can't seem to escape that all of a sudden. I'm in New York just long enough to shovel snow, so I go south, and what happens? Snow. I suppose since I kept telling people how much I missed the cold weater, I'm getting my payback now.
Coming back this time, as opposed to Homecoming last semester, I feel old. Really old. When I was here in October, I felt like I still could have been a student. This time, I don't feel like a student; they just feel like "people" to me. Spending the whole season among older, working people, I guess has really changed my outlook. The people that are juniors and seniors just look like college students. The freshman and sophomores look like little kids.
Not to mention I am a lightweight these days. (sigh)
Anyhoo, the whole reason I came down was to teach Impact 1 to all the froshies and sophomores in the house. It went really well! To be honest, I didn't put as much time into studying it as I should have--but they were all smarties and they carried a lot of the discussion. What good little frat boys! Remember...your intent should equal your impact.
We've got a frat party tonight (Saturday), "Preps vs. Punks." Yay college!
Vanderbilt beat #1 Florida today, for all of you college basketball fans. Acutally, more like, Vanderbilt beat the SHIT out of #1 Florida, here at Memorial Gym. (Memorial Magic baby!) What's funny is, we hosted Florida when Ray taught Impact 1 my sophomore year. (Ray's first college basketball game) (even though he ATTENDED Syracuse the year they won the championship). That was the game that Daron told Matt Walsh to "die in a fire." Classic.
It's great to be back here. I really love this city. Something about this place comforts me very much. The people here that I know probably have a lot to do with it, but Nashville is just a great place, too. I feel like this is a place I could settle down and live very easily. Not that San Francisco isn't that way--I just don't feel like I got to know the city or the area enough to make that decision.
It was nice to see the guys at the Titans and at Vanderbilt media relations. They're all doing really well.
Why the hell haven't I been updating??? Well, during Super Bowl week, the grind of writing two blogs, while surviving on 5 AM to 1 AM working hours, just didn't hold up. I did blog for 49ers.com throughout the week, and they put up some GREAT pictures. I'll post the links later. (for some reason, when I blog from a Mac, I can't make hyperlinks....)
Then, I flew back to San Jose from Miami, and pretty much moved out. I gave myself four days between getting back to the West coast and flying back to New York. In that time, I had to ship boxes home, sell all the things I couldn't take with me (bed, TV, dresser, etc.), and totally move out.
My computer desk, which I bought used, was starting to fall apart. So, I broke that into a million pieces. That was AWESOME.
As hectic as the moveout was, I made it back to NY with all of my belongings out of the apartment and the 49ers facility. It was tough to leave, yes, but it isn't like I was moving out with nothing to look forward to. I mean, I AM about to spend 4 months working in Germany. I really can't complain.
Back in NY, I have been chillin', hard core. To kill time, I've been playing Super Mario 64. It was on my list of games that I hadn't ever beaten that I really wanted to. (Yup, that's actually a list I keep.) I'm on 90-something stars...but I HAD to take a break. I had stopped going outside...I stopped shaving...typical Andy Vacation Syndrome.
My time in NY will be nuts. I leave Nashville on Sunday. On Tuesday, I'm going to Mohegian Sun with Chris and Virginia and a friend of hers. (So far, I'm 2 for 2 making money gambling. Now, the pressure is on.) On Friday, the NFL Europa Allocation Draft happens...and I find out who I have on my roster! Then, I pretty much start working on making each player's biographies. And I've got to get down to DC at some point....
S'pose that's all I've got for now. Expect more consistent updates from here on out. Oh, and uhh, Go Dores.
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