I remember back in Spring 2011 when it was my second semester here at Y-I. My previous roommates before either got married or moved back home for an off-track, so i was all by myself to find new roommates and pray they didn't suck. I got to Sunrise Village and the first roommate i met was Jesse, who was still moving some of his stuff around. Later that day I met BJ, who was my room-roommate. Slowly, us three became friends. There were the painful sunburnt times at Egin Lakes, the random barbeques during the first 7-week break, and runs to Jack-in-the-Box on occasion. Later on we added along some Canadians and Trevor to the group and we had such a solid apartment. We all shared good times, bad times, heartbreaks and so on. For the most part, Me and BJ and Jesse roomed together for about two years; adding Trevor and it was about a year or so.
Through it all, myself and BJ and Jesse each started dating great women and slowly all of us got engaged and then married to those great women. Jesse and his wife had a baby back in April, BJ and his wife just had a baby, and myself and Natalie haven't had a baby yet, but sometime in the future. And Trevor has moved on down the Weber State to start a new chapter/major. It's been awesome to see us all grow and move on in life.
And that's what kind of scares me as well....
I'm not sure i'm prepared yet to see some of my good friends move on and move away. I've already seen a couple of my good friends move on and it sucks. I'm terrible at making new friends, i don't exactly see myself as very approachable at first. So when i do make good friends and get to hang out with them as they're now parents or what not, i want them to stay forever. I want my beautiful wife to stay forever. I don't want it to change. I want these friendships to be the kind that send each other Christmas cards or something and brag about kids and so on. But things will change and people will move on about their lives. I feel like i have to say thank you to friends for simply sticking it out with me and Natalie. Yeah i'm lame, but i'm so grateful for them all.
(With Natalie, i want this to stay forever and it can be. We're approaching that 1 year mark and while some may see us as marriage rookies, i'm excited but also nervous for the future: What we'll be doing and when to grow our family and when to start grad school and where to live, etc. As we continue to learn and grow into our roles as husband and wife, there is so much ahead that life will bring. As we each give 100% effort in supporting one another, life opens up and becomes easier than it would be alone.)
To my good friends and my beautiful wife, please stay forever
Peter, you've made me all nostalgic and sappy. I feel privileged to have been part of that 2011 7 week break and, for the record, I knew you were cool as soon as I met you. Thank you for the reminder of forever, not just as families, but also as friends.
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