Not taking kindly to summer time

Today more than most days, I really really wanted to be back at Rice. Summer isn't going too great for me, which is strange because it seems like I have a lot more to do this summer than I did last summer. Yesterday Robyn and I celebrated being officially together for a month, and I remembered that we haven't really even seen each other for 3/4 of that time, and it will be more than another month before I'll see her in person again. But it's not just that I miss her, I miss everyone at Rice. I miss the guys from 3rd south, I miss Ian and Colin and playing Rock Band in Martel 324, I really miss the MOB and all of my friends from that (Thank God that they'll be the first people I'll see a lot when I get back), I even miss going to classes with Kevin, Ryan, Gary, Nathan, Travis, Mario, and Rodolfo. If I could do anything to make August, or at least July, get here I would.

Robyn talked about how happy she was to be home and spending time with her high school friends because they make her feel more positive, energetic, and enthusiastic than a lot of her Rice friends. I found that the opposite is true for me, and that I feel so much better spending time with my Rice friends, particularly those in MOB, Agape, and CSA, and don't really enjoy spending time with my friends from high school as much, though hanging out with my youth group friends is amazing. There tends to be a theme throughout my life of every Christian or band group that I am a member of being awesome. Perhaps I should take this as a sign and try to spend more time with the people from those areas of my life and not try to diversify my friendships too much among people that don't always put me in as good of a mood or make me feel quite as excited, happy, and optimistic.

On a happier note, watching the Tony Awards tonight made my day, especially the opening number and Neil Patrick Harris's closing number. I decided that at some point in my life I want to take a week long trip to New York and see a different Broadway musical every night. It would get really expensive really fast though. Maybe for my honeymoon or if I ever acquire a vast fortune suddenly.

On another happy note, Russell and Alison are getting married on Saturday, which means I get to see Rice people in Houston again in about 5 days! Excitement! Last summer, Patrick and Gillian's wedding was one of the highlights of the whole summer. Hopefully this will be just as awesome!