Boxed up memories.

This is the week.
This is the week that I'm finally moving out of brownsville.
I've been here for over 4 years...and I think that was enough.
I'm so glad I came here though. This is the place I'll always remember that I truly found God. I was a 17 year old girl who was broken/tired/alone/lost/desperate. I'm leaving here....hardly any of those. :)

Packing is such a drag. I've been going through box after box after box of crap that hoarders like me keep. :) Throwing away tons of things I shouldn't keep, I'm finding little mementos of the years spent here. Some memories are quite funny. Some quite sad. But nonetheless, they are little moments that I've been granted. I met some of my best friends here. They are absolutely the greatest people everrrr in life. lol. seriously. Back off, they're mine. ;) (jk...or am i? haha)

I decided to write a handful of memories that have released themselves over the past couple of days....

1. I found a paper that said " I <3 Amerika (+ Y-vone)"
It was made by my friend morris that night that him, bon and I decided to spend hours outside of IHOP. We got to see the sunrise and just talked and listened to music. Morris fell asleep in the backseat. He snored. quite loudly if I might add. haha. Bon and I were trying to figure out how to wake him up so we could leave. haha.

2. I found a sheet of paper that said..."rudy marks family tree"
it was a diagram of rudy's family line. lol. That was the day rudy spent one of his days doing his horrible spanish homework in my apartment that was on campus. He was one of my bestfriends....it's strange how things change over time. But he did make an impression in our lives. :)

3. I found a paper of a drawing that had a stick figure of a guy. He was very hairy from the face...and it said rudy on top. lol. That was the day sarah marks and I spent the day together. Her parents were out of town and I wanted to hangout w/her. We watched ratatouille and then came to my apt and laid on the floor and colored pictures. Entertaining kids is kind of a challenge. lol.

4. I found pictures of my black & white party. I must've been pretty brave for pulling that off. It was the first party I had ever organized myself. haha. It was a pretty cool night. Tons of ppl came and we were all dressed up. That's a nice memory.

5. I found elmo. haha. It was the elmo that was on omar's 19th bday cake. You see, he's not just any elmo. His left hand is burnt off. Black as black. I'm still not sure who did this (might have been my own absent minded self) but they lit the candles around elmo and then we all walked away from the kitchen. The few hours before it was fourth of july....so I think we heard fireworks and took off to the balcony to see. Yeah....poor elmo caught on fire...and now he's one-handed. Poor guy. :) Omar appreciated it. I think. It was a surprise. We pulled that off pretty well. ha

6. I'm not sure if anyone else has these, but I have this thing that if I wear clothes on very memorable days, I tend to relate those clothes to the memory itself. Yeah, well, I found a pair of pants that I haven't seen/worn in a while. Those are the pants that I accidentally left at omar's house during spring break 99. yeah. His mom found them in his bathroom. eek. Kinda funny, but spring break 99 was a blast. Sylvia and I came to appreciate the fact that we didn't live with strange boys...even more during that time. lol. They are funny though. That's when syl came up with her idea to move into a co-ed house/duplex. These were the guys we always thought we'd be around. Circumstances have changed...and we each have grown a little apart. Some more than others. But I guess that's life. :)

7. I could go on and on...but I going to share one of the last memories I've had at one of my apartments. It happened 2 nights ago. Sylvia, Bon and I went out on my balcony to talk. We got stuck out there. The door latch fell over and locked us out. You can read bon's blog to hear all the hilarious details.



Overall I guess the past 4 years have been pretty cool. I've learned a lot about life. Made tons of friends, lost some friends. Allowed God to change me, heal me, transform me and just teach me lot. Fell in love. Fell out of love. Had my heart broken a couple of times. But all in all, I think it was all worth it. I always thought I'd do some things over, but i guess i'm pretty satisfied how things worked out. Praise God for God. :)
I'm ready to move to SA. It's going to be pretty awesome, bc now I can look forward to making NEW memories. I'll hopefully still have my 2 best friends w/me....but we're looking forward to a whole new set of adventures.

Goodbye college years....Hello adult years. =D (college years continued for sylvester though. lol)



P.S sylvia just reminded me that during one of my moving trips to different apartments, my 300 dollar fat saks (huge bean bags) flew off the back of my truck ON the expressway!!! &&& not only that, some freakin brownsvillian or mexican picked them up off the road!!!
Thanks for the memory sylvia! :)