The Ultimate OG

So my high school youth group has a tradition that dates back to my freshman year called OG Night, where a lot of us go to Olive Garden and then go bowling next door afterwards. We had a huge one today, where I got to see a ton of very good friends that I hadn't seen in up to two years. It was awesome. I got to catch up with Sarah, Michelle, Matt M, Matt I, Steph, Jeane, Jeff, Geoff, Mark, Ciera, Adam, Ilsa, and Patrick, as well as meet a few people for the first time. Yeah, our table was huge and we took up a whole room at Olive Garden.

There wasn't a whole lot of interest in bowling, but we did manage to go to Amy's for some ice cream and pictures with our favorite Arboretum Cows. Throughout the whole time, Sarah, Michelle, and Patrick were talking about some kind of huge surprise that has been 1 1/2 years in the making that is coming up, but after we all left, most of us still had no idea what this surprise is. I'll probably have some weird dream about "The Surprise" tonight.

It's amazing how many people you know when you think about it. I had all of these amazing friends from youth group, I'd say close to 50 if you count SVdP and St. John Neumann, plus tons of friends from school, soccer, boy scouts, and it's kinda sad how many of them I've kept in contact with. I've gotten to hang out with maybe 30 to 40 friends that I knew from before Rice this summer, and I wish I could have at least gotten to see most of them.

Tomorrow and Thursday I will probably be posting some kind of meaningful summer in review post and something about my goals for the fall semester. Sort of like mid-year's resolutions. Should be fun.

And I leave for Rice on Friday. So excited.