My war on Logic

Tonight is my last night in my old apartment. I have lived in this place for a little over 6.5 years. I am amazed when I think about how much has changed in the world since I moved in here. I start to think more about my life but a lot of it involves everyone else. I have to thank Steve G for coming by tonight and betting me on American Gladiators and letting me take your $10 dollars. It it was nice to have him here since the last time I moved it was when I last lived with him. Also Pablo stopped by for a bit. Same apartment yet he was already moved by the time we moved out prior. I took a video of me just walking around the apartment and getting a view of everything. I at least would love to show my kids one day the place I lived in when I met their mom. I have to say that its strange to feel an emotional connection to a place that I dont own, however this has really been the first home I ever had since my parents house. All the other apartments were just temporary living space. Its really hard to think back to all the times and situations that have happened to this apartment. I have to say that two really great things came out of this place. 1st of course is that I met Keri while living here. She brought it up on friday that she has slept here for over 5 years. Wow. The second is that I feel like after living together TK has become one of my closest friends. Before living together we were friends and had known each other from High School howerver we usually did not go out together unless Mark or Pablo were involved. Now we are both standing up our weddings. I am not sure how TK feels however I don't think I could have ever gotten to the place I am today without him. I feel like emotionally I have matured as we figured parts of our lives out. Its a sad but happy day for me. Its the start of a new era for me and the rest of my life with Keri. Its also the end of an era of this apartment. I will always remember this place with the utmost respect and awe. I still can not imagine the stories that could be told about this place over the years. I think that for the rest of my life this apartment will always have stories that are going to be told. Its hard to find a place that you can call home. Its even harder to leave home. However if you never leave home you can never keep growing and through that you can never realize that you can always make another home as long as your have love in your heart.

Dear 3817 N. Lakewood Ave, Apt 3F,
It's not you it's me.( I had to start out classy)
You had to know this was coming for a while. I mean did you really think I got Keri the ring and you and I would still be together forever? I thought there were really big hints that would have given the situation away. TK never sleeping here any more I thought would have been a seal the deal situations. However I know how much faith you had in me. You thought that with TK gone you could finally have me all to yourself. The times that were magical. I don't even want to cheapen our time by explaining to other what we had. I just feel like since that we have really run our course in our relationship. I mean really did you think that we could go that much longer before you got a new paint job? I never wanted to bring it up in that past however your walls were looking a little dirty and stained. And not just washable stains. I am really hoping you are not taking any of this as criticism. I am only looking out for you future happiness and hoping that you can find some one who has loved you like I have however can provide the commitment you truly need. One day maybe my kids can come by and play in your condo's(since I am guessing at one point you are going to go through the operation). Either way I have to just say thanks for the greatest 6.5 years I can imagine. Without you my life would never be the same.

Love
Dave(Your Tenant and lover in the middle room)

To TK, Its really hard to put into word how much these years together have been. I still think back to use starting to live together. The weird part is I really can not remember any issues of having a new roomate and crap like that. Maybe its just me but I really feel like our lives here at Lakewood helped us get to the point we are today in order to be able to meet our lovely fiances. You have been the best roomate, a great confidant. a trusting support system and an amazing friends. I know that the rest of our lives will be amazing and that we will always be friends. However I will always look back on this apartment with fondest of memories and aweness(I know its now a word) of this place. Its really hard to compare our time here to anyone else I have ever known. The amount of situations and experiences that have happened here are enough to last a life time. Thanks for a great 6.5 years. I will miss you as a roomate though you will always be my friend and confidant.
Love
Dave

Also thanks to all those people who have shared experiences with us at this apartment. If you have any fun photos of past events here. I would love to see them so please send them my way or uploaded them and send me the link.

Otherwise its with a really sad heart that I put a close in this chapter of my life It's always been hard for me to deal with the idea of change. The general idea freaks me out. I will say that with such a big change as this happening, I am not a freaked out as I thought I would be. The main reason is that I realized though this ends a very important chapter in my life, it begins an even bigger one. From now on the book of my life is no longer just mine, the story now has a heroine who now plays as much as a role as I do. The rest of the story has already begun but I am so excited to see how the rest of it will be with you.

Thanks for the learning experiences, friends I have gained, loves gained, life lived, life lived(it really needed to be said twice), random crap that overall was a blast, and in general as a place that I always thought of as home. I really will miss you.

So I had to return my WII. I was not a happy camper at all. I am going to swing by again this Saturday and see if they have another one. I may actually buy two this time and once I know one works then I will return the other. Since I could have done that last saturday but who would have thought I would have gotten a bad one. Sucks.

I had a plan to blog on Saturday with the Title "Mission Accomplished" . The reason being that after numerous trips to Best Buy in Dec, Jan and Feb I finally found a WII in stock and I bought one. I became obsessed with the idea of getting one a little before Christmas then Keri said my Christmas present would be a WII. I told her we could split the cost.
I had heard stories from Friends that Best Buy gets new WII's on Tuesday and Thursdays mornings. I kept checking the best buy on Clark but no luck. Finally last weekend we went to the Best Buy on Elston and they said that their product shipments come in Monday and Friday nights so the following morning is when you might be able to get one. I went to the BB on Elston and go there about 9:45 and there was already people waiting outside. With in less then 2 minutes of opening, all 6 WII's had been removed from the shelf by customers, with me being one of the lucky few. Keri and I ran errands all day so it was not till the evening that I finally got a chance to try it out. And to my suprise nothing appeared on the screen. I ended up trying it on 3 different TV's and realized it was not the TV. So I called Nintendo yesterday and they think its either a bad video cable or bad hard drive. I am hoping for bad video cable. I will be hitting Best Buy tonight and having them test it. So wish me luck.

For one of my classes the teacher said we can get credit for a paper if we volunteer for a charity called the Tax Assistance Program. I have voluteered the last two saturdays and just this past Tuesday night. I have to say it is a great charity. They provide tax assistance for people who do not make a lot of money. I don't have all the specific's but I know its on their website. My part was a preparer or checker. The preparers enter the information provided into a tax software and then ask some question to figure out what else needs to be done. You really don't need any tax experience. They train you and then there are always people to ask.

I have to say if you live in Chicago and you have some free time on Saturday mornings or Tuesday/Thursday evenings then please sign up to volunteer. To can pick days that work to your schedule. You can sign up at the link below and choose a training date and then any date after that you want to volunteer.

http://www.taxassistance.org/login.asp