yowza. what a weekend.

What a.... wait whoops, forgot to turn on itunes to random before I started typing, you almost missed out on my song for this post. John Mayer as the first song? Oh yeah, this is going to be a good post. You should be excited.

What a weekend to end spring break. I should mention that my sister graduated from cosmetology school on Tuesday, so I drove up to Ames to see her and the rest of my family who was also there. I couldn't be more proud. She's gone through so much to get where she is, and she deserves all the awards given to her during her graduation. I fully expect her to make a bang in the industry, and who knows, maybe even move out to NYC or LA and get all famous and stuff. But really, I couldn't ask for a better squirt sister - she means the world to me and I'd do anything for her. We've grown tremendously close ever since I got into college, and I honestly don't know what I'd do without her advice sometimes. Oh, and I expect free haircuts for life.

After that, I ended up staying at Jon's place for the night to catch up since I hadn't seen him forever. He's another one of the groomsmen in Andrew's wedding, and another of my 5 best friends from my childhood. We sat around and played black ops, then decided to go to the bar for a bit. Skyy vodka mixed with arnold palmer afterwards made playing black ops again nearly impossible, but we sat and talked for a good hour about girls, school, and life. No homo.

After that, Jon and Tonna came to Iowa City Friday night so we could all do some FAC and pregaming at my place before downtown. This again ended in karaoke at saloon, and we knew chawn was wasted because he was sitting off by himself and "pondering" while he consumed numerous saloon appetizers.

Saturday was probably the busiest of all. The wedding party had events in Muscatine - the guys a tux fitting, and the girls a wedding shower. Katy (andrew's fiancee) insisted that we crash the wedding party, and since there was free food we were more than happy to oblige. After numerous cupcakes (check out the first video of Jon... he ate about 4) we made our way to Katy's family's farm where we played football, drank numerous beverages, and got to play on their mini ferris wheel.

SO awesome, I had a blast. We also had the great idea to chug beers while being spun on their merry-go-round. Bad idea. Tonna puked after about a minute.

After we ate, the guys decided to go back to Andrew's for some ping pong, homemade beer which his dad made and was delicious, and a game of poker. I hadn't seen their new house since they moved from Pella, and seeing Divella and George is always great - they're some of the kindest people I know.

Sunday consisted of driving back to Iowa City, and cutting Jon's large fro off of his head. Conor did the honors while Tonna and I lounged around. Jon also never had had a shorts burger, so Tonna and I picked one up for him. A fried egg on a burger? What's not to love?

I can also say that the apartment is spotless, thanks to yours truly spending about 4 hours last night cleaning. Score.

All in all, such a refreshing weekend. I've been in a bit of a rut lately in my life due to various events with girls, work, and school. A weekend with my closest friends was just what I needed. Besides those five guys knowing everything about me, we're always able to bounce ideas and thoughts off each other and expect an honest answer. That's what you need in light though, someone that sees through you justifying situations and decisions and just tells you when you're being retarded, or simply wrong, and gives you another idea you never would have considered. I have the best friends anyone could hope for.

I read a quote again the other day and it really stuck out to me, and really fits my mood right now. "happiness is a mood, not a destination." I guess to me it just means that if you look for it and try for it too hard, you're never going to get it right. Just let it happen, live your life and don't try to force your way into happiness - it's not real if you do.

hitting next on itunes brings up... wow. for tonights song we have Lifehouse - all in all. I honestly can't think of a better song for my mood right now. The chorus is perfect.

"Stand tall

It's going on
It's going on
It's gonna be just fine
You're holding on
Holding on today"

goodnight world.