I said yesterday that I'd bring everyone up to speed today, and again, I'm no liar. (Maybe this is a theme?) Anyway, here goes:

I'm REAL NAME REDACTED. I just graduated from REDACTED REDACTED yesterday with a bachelor's REDACTED in Computer REDACTED. With this degree, I'm going to work for Amazon.com in REDACTED, starting in June.

So, the last few months have been mostly me running around trying to finish school, trying to get things done at work, and figuring out what to do about going to Seattle. Fortunately, Amazon has a pretty good relocation package, so I don't need to worry so much about how to get there as I do about what to do when I'm there - finding an apartment, setting up bank accounts and insurance, finding something to do with my spare time besides homework - you know, all the crap that you never have to do until you're on your own, at which point it's either tedious and boring, or new and stressful. I'm a little stressed - a little.

Before I get there, I've got some other stuff to worry about - immediately after graduation yesterday (I shouldn't say immediately, we ate lunch too), Dawn (she's my girlfriend, I'm sure you knew that already) and I drove to St. Louis. The original plan had been to drive to Chicago first to drop my Dad off at Midway so he could fly back to Omaha, but we realized that was a silly idea, so he switched his flight to leave from St. Louis and drove back with my Mom and brother. So Dawn and I got to drive immediately to St. Louis, shaving 4 or more hours off of our potential drive time - I was pleased, and my Dad didn't have to sit at an unfamiliar airport, so everybody wins. So now we're in St. Louis.

While in St. Louis, there's plenty to do - we spent most of today shopping, though I only bought a pillow and she only bought a t-shirt. I guess shopping is better when you have money - but that's a different story. So we spent all day doing that. Tomorrow, we're to be up early so we can go down to the west end and goof off before Linds and Tim come through to have lunch - they have to pass St. Louis on their way to Arizona, so we figured we'd have some lunch or whatnot. Plans after that are a little hazy until Saturday, which is when I'll be having a graduation celebration-type deal. A few of my parents' friends, hopefully a few of my friends, and my family will be here, it should be a good time. Then back to Lafayette on Sunday.

Upon reaching Lafayette, I have to start consolidating my life - get whatever stuff I've left at Dawn's over the last year back to my house, and start going through what's at my house - starting with about 20 computers in varying states of obsolence and functionality - anyone need any of those? Then clothes, and stereo stuff, and who knows what else. By June 2, I have to be able to point at things and say whether they're coming with me or not, so I'd better be able to do that. June 2, in case you didn't realize, is when the movers come. Then it's off to Chicago that night for (hopefully) dinner, a quick stay at the Doubletree, and then on a plane June 3 to Seattle.

That's the scene so far. Now that you're all caught up, I can keep the entries short and sweet - just the day-to-day stuff, some anecdotes here and there, maybe a lesson or two. Any questions?