I graduated, Christmas, and the truck episodes

It has been an eventful past few weeks. So let's go back to before Christmas when my parents and the NY Damstedts came out to see me graduate. I would show you pictures about all of this, but I didn't take any pictures of graduation so you will have to ask my dad to see those.

Graduation took place Dec. 22 on campus, but before then I gave my parents a whirlwind tour of Washington, D.C. where we went to the Newseum, Capitol tour, saw the lights and ate at Pi pizza, as well as Plato's.

On graduation day, I went and walked, got my thing from the dean (who I met there for the first time) and showed the fam parts of campus. Then we went down to DC and saw some of the monuments and went to the zoo to see the animals and the Zoo LIghts. We saw pandas!

Also got to see the lights at the DC temple -- two nights in a row!

Then on Friday, we drove mom and dad to the airport so they could fly to Buffalo and we took the crazy route up to Brad and Eliza's house. It was probably the funnest time I got to drive up there as I wasn't by myself on the long drive when Bruce, Kate and Jane all took turns riding with me. Kate and I sung Jingle Bells quite a few times ....

Christmas Eve was all about the Broncos-Bills game (even though the Broncos lost miserably it was still cool to go and see. ((We'll see how well they do tomorrow))).

Christmas happened and it was a fun day! Presents, excitement, church, and a great dinner.

Then there was the interview at the Buffalo News for an internship that I might win .... and my truck not starting after stopping at Wegman's on the way back from the internship interview.

That was a long journey of figuring out how to get it going again. Starting and then not starting and then starting and then not starting. After a new battery and new fuel filter and new gas and looking at the fuel pump. I doubt I will ever start my truck again without hearing the fuel pump start first. To look at the fuel pump, Brad found out a way to get the bed raised up on my truck ...

So fingers crossed, the truck stays working ...

And during all of that I've applied to more jobs and went to the Strong Museum of Play, got rich at New Years Bingo and got a tad bit better at Wii Mario Kart. Watched movies -- two Muppet movies, cave bears, Red, played games (mostly bowling) on my phone with James, and had a good time hanging out.
 

Then today, I drove back down, getting stopped once by a cop because of a brake light out that's now fixed as well after stopping in Lewisburg at Advanced Auto Parts. Got Arby's after not finding a Hardee's on the way back and watched the latest Psych tonight.

So that is my life and the beginning of 2012 -- the year it all ends according to the Mayans.