I have decided that all I need to be happy is a girl, a couple friends and a pool table. These three things combined with adequate water and food stuffs could keep me in high spirits for years. I am not quite sure if this announcement will come as a shock to anyone, as I seem to always have a girl (I’ve never really been single for long), I only have a few friends, and I am hardly a terrible pool player (most days). But I have to say that with ne’er a doubt (ya like that?) that I would be close to the happiest man alive were I to obtain all of these things at once. (Close to the happiest man, because I’m just not sure you can be happier than a man named Susan meeting a man named Gertrude. I think knowing someone that feels that pain would be load lifting for sure.)
As far as a girl goes, I think it goes without saying that I’m pretty well off in that area. After two years of me being in Maine and her being in Massachusetts, followed by me in Maine and her in Rhode Island, I love being an hour away from her in Rhode Island with me being in Massachusetts. (That was a long sentence and I for one blame Massachusetts.) Amy and I see each other almost every weekend (as opposed to the occasional weekend every couple months) and we are still good. It’s good to know it wasn’t the distance that made us alright. We still have a plan to live together after we graduate; me from grad school at BC and her from undergrad at Salve. Perhaps move on from there…haha…just kidding, yeah, the plan moves on from there for sure. She is already in the family; we might as well make it official.
As for friends, I have some of the best I could ask for, the down side is that a few are around Rockland, a bunch are in Maine and the rest are scattered throughout Massachusetts (there it goes again…damn state!). My Rockland friends are mostly there, we see each other at least once a week, like a ritual and sometimes we make plans, but not often. Every Tuesday night is video games and Scrubs night with the boys; just me, Dick, Jay and Woody. (That sounds like a night of two guys and their penii but I promise it is nothing like that. Well it’s a little like that.) Although since the Red Sox are playing, it is more like video game and Red Sox night. It is good to have a night where you are not responsible for anything. We forget about school, work and golf respectively and just sit around and do nothing in particular.
As for those who don’t live in the immediate area, I have to say that I don’t see them very often. I blame myself for some but not all. I am not that great at keeping in touch, but I know I’m much better than some people. I try my hardest to keep friends together, but it seems that sometimes, it can’t be done. Now it will be harder for me to swallow, because now we are starting to move on. We are starting to get married and everything is getting weird to me. I realize I haven’t seen them in a while, but I always thought we were close, but I could’ve been wrong. I suppose we weren’t that close; the point is that I won’t be there to see it, and that makes me miss the good times we had in the past. It isn’t a big deal. After all, we were friends in high school…and we fell out of touch, through no fault of my own. (I wish you luck and happiness. As a friend and a twin. J ) [As if she’ll read this.] Still others I try to keep in touch with, a dinner every once in a while, despite the drive. They were the three closest friends I had in high school, aside from Dick and Jay and Dewey. I don’t know what I’d do if I lost them. I’ve lost a few more than I cared to already.
As for Maine, however, I don’t think there is anything that could keep these guys out of my life. They were to me, my lifeline through a rough four years in a state that I knew no one. I miss these fellers and fellets more and more every day. It wasn’t long ago that I didn’t even know them. It is a strange thing, college. From my roommate to that girl I met in November of senior year…they made such an impact and I appreciate it. I hope I will get a chance to see a few of them when I go to Maine for graduation in a couple weeks, but if not, I hope we can find some time soon after to hang out and have a couple drinks for old time sake.
Aside from a girl and friends….I see I’m left with a pool table. I think given some time and a couple pay checks from that first job, I could saddle myself up with one of them.
Haha, so until the check arrives….
