The fun never has to end

A lot of people have the mind set that everything fun has to come to an end sometime. Why? Just because I’m leaving a lot of friends, family and new acquaintances at Indiana State doesn’t mean that all that fun has to end. Just because I move somewhere 650 miles away doesn’t mean that marching band, Kappa Kappa Psi, my education and the places that I go have to stop being fun.

There were a couple people this past semester that asked me “Trevor... do you think you’ll have as much fun as you are now, over there at Towson?” To be honest, why wouldn’t I? It all comes with applying yourself. I wouldn’t have had as much fun at Indiana State if I didn’t audition for Drum Major, take that step to become a member of a national honorary band fraternity or step up to becoming better friends with my fellow music majors. Yes, I will have a blast, I know I will. This is the fun and adventure that people seek in life that you only get to partake in once! I want to feel this change and I want to experience the rush of the unknown. It’s not everyday that you get to bring your knowledge with you from one place of higher learning to another and have an amazing relationship on top of that.

As I said before, to have fun is to apply yourself and I’ll be doing just that. I honestly can’t wait to get over there, let the excitement take us away and the fun start back up again. This will be an amazing life adventure. TJ and I’s scrapbook will have a major portion of this trip being added to it.

Life is precious. Don’t waste any of it.

Trevor

Done...Now what?

Thanksgiving is done and past. Now there is Christmas and New Years to look forward to. What else is there to look forward to? In my case, finals are coming up, as well is moving over to Maryland. This past Thanksgiving was very memorable with the different food that I got to eat and the different places TJ and his family took me. I know I'm writing a little late about Thanksgiving but I got bored and wanted to write some about it. TJs mom and dad took him and I out to a restaurant on the north side of Baltimore named Frazier's on the Avenue. It was amazing. I have never eaten mussels before and for the first time, I got to taste mussels. Glenda [TJs mom] said "either you like them or you don't," well, I think I'm that one person that is in between because I liked certain parts of it and not the others. The small crunch that you get when you bite down as well as the juicy slim-like texture that accompanies it kind of set of some weird alarm in my head like... "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" It tasted wonderful, but the texture was something else. We didn't get to eat crabs this round but here in about 4 to 5 weeks I get to have some after I move.

The other place that they took me was to a street in the same neighborhood as the restaurant that we ate at that was very lit up. Here is a picture of the street. Apparently, the street used to be completely full for two to three blocks. Also, according to TJs mom and dad, the whole entire town used to take part in the Christmas light decoration.

Today just seems to be one of those laid back, cuddly with your lover in front of the fireplace kind of days. The day has been very boring too. I woke up at about 8:45 and got ready for Masterworks Chorale rehearsal which was from 10am to 1:15pm. Afterwards I got food and went back to my room to eat it while playing Roller coaster Tycoon III. Yeah, geek... oh well. I love it. I won't bore you anymore. I hope you have a beautiful night.

Trevor

Thanksgiving

It's another night in Maryland with TJ. Thanksgiving Day has been amazing. Surprisingly, I didn't go to far into a food coma. i just wanted to update everyone. Thanksgiving was nice. I enjoyed eating plenty of turkey, ham, stuffing, yams and lots of other tummy filling foods with TJ and his family; brother, sister, mother and father. I don't have too much to say though, sorry. Living at Towson University is getting closer and closer. I can't wait. Well, I won't keep you too long. I hope you have a good night. I also hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving day with your family.

Accepted!

As most already know, I have been accepted into Towson University. There is something that is bothering me though. I know that everyone cares for me and doesn’t want to see me leave but please, let me be. As someone (I won’t name names) said to me today “Don’t leave Trevor, you are the heartbeat of this department now.” No I’m not. I’m just another one of the many heart beats that makes up the one heart beat… if that makes any sense. I am no longer going to listen to what anyone says when it comes to trying to persuade me to stay at Indiana State. I love ISU very much. ISU became home for me and now that I have something else coming into my life that adds the love with academics, I’m going to take it. Life is about adventure right? Why not try and fail trying, then not try at all and never know what it’s like? You tell me! I’m not gonna whine or nark at people, but I’m done with people being rude … “why are you leaving?”… “You’re leaving just to be with TJ!” No, I’m not leaving just to be with TJ. This move is to better our relationship and to further my education. I AM continuing in the music department at Towson University and am honestly excited to do this. Moving and going to school somewhere 650 miles away from home is going to be hard, yes. I have seen many of my friends from high school go from home (Crawfordsville, IN) to San Francisco, CA for schooling and never come back. They were so happy that they made the move. Yes, some moved for academic purposes and some moved for pure relationship reasons. I will be moving for both and know that this is what I want to do. So, everyone who is trying to persuade me right now into staying, stop! It’s only making you look more and more like a (for lack of better words) … ass. For those of you who HAVE been supportive of me and helping me through this transition, thank you. I appreciate your help, guidance, opinions and love. It means a lot to me. You have definitely shown me the true meaning of brotherhood, family and friendship. Again, Thank you! You may be able to relate to what I am doing, but if you’re not able to, please don’t judge what I am doing with MY life. I would appreciate running my own life, thank you.

Other than that, I hope everyone has a beautiful night. =)

Maryland Trip!

I have been in Maryland for a day and a half and always love being here. The first night (Thursday night), TJ and I went to the Inner Harbor after he picked me up from the airport and got some food. After eating, we went to one of my ultimate favorite places at the Inner Harbor, Federal Hill. It’s so gorgeous there. You get to see the Villas on the east side of the harbor to the sushi bars and yachts floating along in the harbor. It’s one of my favorite places to be when in Maryland. After we finished at the Inner Harbor, we went back to the house instead of heading to Towson University to sleep in his dorm. It was a really beautiful night sleep to wake up early in the morning and head off to TU for TJ to go to class. I spent lots of time in the library doing sociology homework as well as adventuring the new Center for the Arts building. Everything yesterday was so much fun. We just hung out. I got to meet a couple new friends and got to finally eat crabs again! Oh how nummy they are. But in the mean time, everything has been exciting and enjoyable. Tonight, TJ, Amanda, Amanda’s boyfriend Matt, Kat and I are going bowling all for the first time all together. I’m so excited! I’ll keep you up to date with everything when I can. Have a gorgeous day!

An American Elegy

Many thoughts have been screaming through my head recently. None of these thoughts I will type out for you to hear but I just want to let everyone know how much I appreciate them for their help. Recently I have been going through a lot of emotional and academic stress and I haven’t had any idea what to do. Thank you again to everyone that has helped me through this. Every day is worth living to its fullest, but you can’t live it to its fullest when you’re not having fun with what you’re doing. Things have slowly started to push faster and faster as the time span to do these things grows shorter and shorter. The adrenaline starts flowing through my veins and the tears begin to fall for all the love, pain, fear, joy, wonder and hope that has been happening. One thing that has been tugging at my heart only shows itself when we play it in Symphonic Band. The piece “An American Elegy” has made me tear up every time I play it. I more than likely tomorrow night at the concert will cry yet again. It’s a piece that will forever have a special meaning to me. We all have lost something special to us before. Whether that be a grandparent, mother, father or even a pet… it was something, or someone you lost that you love dearly. Here is what the websites commission and premiere information reads:

An American Elegy is, above all, an expression of hope. It was composed in memory of those who lost their lives at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, and to honor the survivors. It is offered as a tribute to their great strength and courage in the face of a terrible tragedy. I hope the work can also serve as one reminder of how fragile and precious life is and how intimately connected we all are as human beings.

An American Elegy was commissioned by the Columbine Commissioning Fund, a special project sponsored by the Alpha Iota Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi at the University of Colorado on behalf of the Columbine High School Band. Contributors to the Fund included members, chapters, alumni, and friends of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma National Honorary Band Fraternity and Sorority.

The work received its premiere performance by the Columbine High School Band, William Biskup, Director, Frank Ticheli, guest conductor, on April 23, 2000. Its premiere served as the centerpiece of a special commemorative concert given by the Columbine High School Band in conjunction with the University of Colorado Wind Symphony, held at Macky Hall in Boulder, Colorado.

http://www.manhattanbeachmusiconline.com/frank_ticheli/html/an_american_elegy.html

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Take a listen when you get the chance. It may seem boring to the naked ear but if you sit, listen and place yourself in the position of everyone during that time, you will most definitely feel as though you were there. Go listen and remember those who love you and those who care about you, because they may not be here tomorrow.

Game & competition

I just want to congratulate Crawfordsville Marching Band for their great show this past Saturday. Although I wasn’t there to watch and cheer on C’ville, they still hit their mark really early in the season. About 5 to 6 years ago when I was a freshman at C’ville, I remember it being, if its nothing we do at this competition, lets at least get 54 points. Just that and we’ll be good. Well, this past competition was their first and they already received a 54.3! I’m very impressed with them. This season was kind of hard to start and working on their staff I have the privilege to say so. I also have the privilege to say that they have worked their butts off since I have left for school. But again, I’m very happy for them and proud of their hard work. Best of luck in the future C’ville. I will only be able to attend their districts competition this year *sad face*. But I’m sure it will be another memorable districts competition. I can remember my senior year as Drum Major touching 70 points and being in complete shock while getting the first Gold in C’ville marching history at Regional level. A lot of history has been made within the past 3 to 4 years of Crawfordsville Marching Band. Keep it up CHS!

TJ will be here Friday night and I’m oober excited! He won’t be able to be here for long but I can assure you that I’m going to soak up as much time with him that I can while he IS here. The next visit that will happen will be my fall break the second weekend of October. I’ll be flying over Thursday night and staying through that Sunday night. Then, one year later (I can’t believe it already)… Thanksgiving weekend will be spent with my Maryland family for the second year! =D I can’t wait! I’m so excited.

We had another football game this past weekend against EIU (Eastern Illinois University) which we lost 31 – 0. But oh well, there was Kappa Kappa Psi First Degree afterwards which made up for the loss. Everything was fun that evening with EIU’s Kappa Kappa Psi chapter visting us and staying to watch our 1st degree. Thank you EIU!

I hope everyone is having a beautiful day. I hope that everyone has an even more beautiful week to come.

Another Day. Another Smile. Always & Forever!
Trevor

Adventures!

Why are we scared or anxious to do things anymore? Why are we scared or anxious to stand up for ourselves when something happens? Peer pressure and the fear of someone judging us is the main reason. I have slowly been able to overcome that fear of being judged all the time by coming to college and leaving behind all negative past and pushing forward to pursue my future. My future right now is still kind of fuzzy. I know what I want. He knows what I want. We all know what I want. It’s getting there that will be the adventure. I have applied myself to everything there is to apply for now, it’s the wait that hurts the most. Most people get to choose their future on their own but with their parents’ permission. Not I! I get to peruse my options all on my own and learn from all my mistakes and choices. Everything so far has been an adventure. Meeting all new friends and creating new families here at ISU has been one of those adventures. Even to flying and driving 650 miles to Maryland to visit my boyfriend for 4 days and gaining many new family members and friends has been a big adventure. These adventures that I’m taking now will forever be with me. I’m happy to say that I am no longer in fear of what people think of my decisions (unless they are academic, obviously). My family has grown to accept me fully for who I am and what my future has in store as have most of my friends. Thank you.

To end, I hope you have a fabulous day and as said by Peter Pan

“To die would be an awfully big adventure”

… so why not live it out?!

Trevor

Another week down

It’s Saturday night and I’m sitting at my desk after swimming with active and prospective members of Kappa Kappa Psi and I’m trying to do some homework. Blogging obviously isn’t homework. Oh well. Sooo, Maruchan Instant Lunch. Does anyone like it? I know I do. To me, it’s a very delicious 9 P.M. snack.

Update on TJ. He has been moved into his dorm on Towson University’s campus for acouple nights now and is adapting to the college life pretty well. He was kind of afraid that he wouldn’t make any friends but he is, which I’m very happy about.

Matt and I are finally all moved in and unpacked in the room. Yeah, it has taken almost a week but with me doing marching band related activites ever day and school stuff and him doing school stuff and OSL obligations, we both didn’t have the time to unpack anything nor arrange and create our living space. But we are happy that we have it now.

So, what kind of wedding would you like to have. What themes? What colors? What kind of decoration and best of all, wha kind of backdrop? A desert, mountains, ocean, beach, snow or maybe even a pig farm? What would you like your wedding to be like? I can’t wait for mine! =)

I’m done blogging for the night. I know its fairly short but leave a comment and tell me what you want your wedding to be like or any other comment relating to the blog. I hope you have a good night.

Trevor

Believing!

“Seeing is believing; even if some things have to be believed in order to be seen”

I find this quote to really suite me well today. There are many things that have been hard to believe lately. One has been that school has started and classes have begun. Well … here we are at ISU, some of us into our fourth and fifth class and some people just waking up to head to class. There are many things right now that are going to take a liking to that quote.

Moving from that, classes have started and lots of fun and stressful things have begun. This semester will be very rewarding and enjoyable. I know it! I can’t wait till everything gets rolling. This morning I had four classes, MUS 151 (Musicology), MUS 201 (Intro to Music Education), HIST 201 (US to 1877) and EPSY 202 (Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence) and I thoroughly enjoyed everything other than the fact that I already have three essays to write by Friday. My History professor is JUST like Snape from Harry Potter. The low drone, sly remarks and quick comeback when someone does something wrong put the picture of Snape in my head when I sat in my seat. All my other professors so far have been amazing. One of my favorite being my EPSY professor. She’s just so open, hilarious and caring about everything. Classes are going well thus far though. I just came to realize about 20 minutes ago that I’m in 5 ensembles this semester. WOW! I didn’t think I could even do that (mentally). I’m doing University Orchestra, Basketball Band, Marching Band, Symphonic Band/Wind Orchestra and Masterworks. I’m thrilled for this semester!

I’m very excited about TJ starting his move in process today. I just want to say that I’m very proud of him and if you get a chance go onto Facebook or something and congratulate him on heading off to Towson. I’m pretty sure he’d appreciate it. I hope everything is going well for everyone in and out of school who is reading this.

I’m heading out to pick up my Bass and head off to CPFA for band soon. Hope you enjoyed this read. Have a magnificent day.

Trevor

Last Night in C'ville!

Tonight is my last night in Crawfordsville. Wow has the time flown by this summer. I remember when I was on a plane to be with TJ for almost a whole month for his Graduation, senior week, Prom and other events. Now, I’m done and all packed up once again. One year ago this time, I was packing up for temporary housing for band camp and I was completely petrified of coming to college. Look at me now. I’m all excited and overwhelmed with joy to come back to school and meet new people and see all my friends from last year. This year will be an amazing one both inside and outside school. Things will get rough and feel as though I can’t move on any further but that’s I have friends, family and my wonderful boyfriend for. But seriously, this year has flown by, has it not? It was a lot longer than I’m used to even but I do have to say that this summer was probably one of the best summers I’ve had. From traveling to Maryland by plane and by car, to heading to Kings Island and DCI World Championships with TJ, everything was fabulous!

Well, to touch on tonight. I decided to pack all my room back up into the back of my Explorer for tomorrow morning when I travel down to school. Tomorrow starts the first day of marching band for us council members as well as staff, section leaders, graduate assistants and drum majors. We are able to move into permanent and temporary housing tomorrow morning at 8 A.M. Lucky me, I live in Jones Hall where everyone will be temporarily housed who doesn’t live in the Quads or Jones and I will be able to move right into my permanent housing! Yaay! Other than that though, here is my housing address while at school so just in case you want to send a card or something *coughcough$1,000 or so coughcough*. But no seriously, here it is if you do want to send a letter or something:

Trevor J Hedrick
319 Jones Hall
Terre Haute, IN
47809

I hope your summer went as well as you planned and I hope you got to do everything that you planned to do. Best of wishes for everyone in school. I’ll keep you updated on things. Have a goodnight!


Trevor

He's gone again!

Yet again, a very beautiful visit with TJ is gone. Last Tuesday TJ arrived at Indianapolis International Airport about 2 hours late due to the weather. If anyone remembers the weather in Indiana last Tuesday, you would remember that huge thunderstorm that we received. TJ was flown to Chicago Airport after not having enough gas to fly around and circle Indy anymore. About an hour later he was in the air flying down to Indy to finally be with me. I didn’t take long for him to get off the plane and down through the exit to see me. We went and picked up his bag then went to Hard Rock Café to have a later lunch than expected. After lunch, we walked around the mall for a little while to then head on home later that evening. Wednesday we didn’t do much except to head out to my grandmothers place where TJ and grandma got to see each other again. Besides being at grandma’s place, we stayed home and just relaxed to enjoy each other’s company. One of the big days that I was waiting for for quite some time was Thursday. We packed a couple shirts and toiletries, headed to Uncle Smiley’s Restaurant for brunch to then hop on the road to Kings Island. Kings Island was something very memorable with TJ. I’ve never watched fireworks before with a lover. TJ was the first person (love) I have watched fireworks with. Those of you who don’t know, Kings Island has fireworks almost every night as the park is closing. It’s nothing like Disney World but it’s something happy to end your night on.

This past trip that TJ made here was one that was full of a lot of first memories for us. Some of those memories being of how he first met my mother, the first time we went to Kings Island together and even our first hotel room together with our money. After visiting Kings Island Thursday, we just decided that Friday was going to be another loafing day around the house and Crawfordsville. I had already planned on taking to TJ to the Vanity Theatre in downtown Crawfordsville to see “The Wedding Singer.” So, that’s what we did Friday evening. Saturday was relaxing. We went to Indy for the day to walk around the mall and hangout then to head over to Lucas Oil Stadium to watch DCI World Championship Finals! TJ has never been to a DCI show. I’ve always shown him on YouTube and other places different corps’s shows but for him to see it in real life was a treat for both of us. After that nights fun, we woke up Sunday to a church service at First Christian Church in Crawfordsville. There is a program that I used to be involved with called LOGOS. LOGOS takes you ever summer for a week out to Estes Park, Colorado on a retreat in the mountains. It’s one of the most astounding and breathe taking weeks. TJ and I attending Sundays service because the high school students that went this past summer lead the service instead of the elders of the church. I wanted to show TJ what I was also involved with. More relaxing came throughout the day. Monday was another relax day up in Lafayette as well as Tuesday in Indy. Tuesday was also a very depressing day. TJ had to fly back to Maryland. The one thing that hurts the most in a relationship is when your partner is at a point of no return and yet you can still see them. There is a glass window at the exit of the Terminal that we see each other off through. It’s so hard when TJ comes up to the glass and I walk up to the glass to try to touch each other’s fingers together except there is a thin glass wall separating us. Its always hard. But soon, if you caught on from the last blog post, we won’t have to keep this up for too much longer. But, we have to do what we have to do.

I have watched “Confessions of a Shopaholic” about three times now and I just cant get over the line “You want your scarf, I want my hotdog. Cost and worth are very different things.” This is said more towards the beginning of the movie and I love it. That’s it. I just wanted to let that out there. What do you think about “confessions of a Shopaholic” if you have seen it? I think I will rap this one up. Sorry for it being so long but it has been quite some time since I updated anything. Most schools have started, so for those people who are in school, have a wonderful school year and for us who haven’t started yet, good luck! Oh, and sorry for all the grammar and punctuation errors.

Trevor

Love & Future

I’m sitting here at my desk just pondering a lot of stuff. Stuff relating to everything. From my family to my education would be a great example of stuff. Life is definitely something hard to take a chance on. There are, obviously, many choices that you have to make and with every one of those choices, comes consequences. Most of us want those consequences to be good and not something to harm us or emotionally hurt us. That is definitely true in my case. I have had a lot going on recently, from moving to separation of family. But there isn’t anything any more harmful emotionally than leaving someone that you love. I have chosen not to lose TJ and not to leave him in the dust with our relationship. Take that in which way you want verbally but in my words, I will not leave him behind in my life. I am moving forward with him and his family. "Who can say where the day goes.

Where the road goes. Only time”

– Enya.

I know where my road is going. Where it is going when I arrive, I’m not very sure yet. That, is where the ‘Only time’ part comes in. I honestly can’t wait to continue my journey through life with TJ. We both have asked each other to continue our lives together and we both have accepted that adventure happily. Never have I loved anyone as much as I love TJ who isn’t family. TJ and I have been together for almost two years and want to get closer, physically. In which, that will be happening soon. Where it is that I go, will be up to us but I will continue to keep you updated. Thank you for following me though. =)

Band camps!

Well, this past week was fun and worth the week that I had to available. For those of you who didn’t know, I got my first true teaching experience with students I didn’t know. I went to Seeger High School west of Attica, Indiana and help facilitate Mr. Dan Peo’s marching band. I was kind of hesitant at first because I was worried that something was going to go wrong with me instructionally or that I wasn’t going to be doing what Mr. Peo wanted me to be doing or even the fact that I’m not even qualified enough to be doing what I was doing. I did it though. I now have something to add to my resume that is along the teaching and educating roles as opposed to being a student of someone and being a part of such and such ensemble. Now I was an actual instructor and staff of the ensemble. I want to thank Dan Peo very much for helping me along my way to becoming a better student and instructor. He has helped me very much through more than just the instructor staff and educationally. He has been there for me to talk to and I thank him very much for that. This past week was fun. I became more acquainted with the past Drum Majors of Indiana State as well as Alumni of the ISU marching sycamores and the traditions that have been placed and that still continue. I learned a lot this past week about many things. The good thing is, I get to use those things that I have learned from Mr. Peo’s band camp and other events that have been taking place at Crawfordsville’s marching band camp. Speaking of Crawfordsville, TJ will be coming to Crawfordsville for a week. I’m very excited for him coming here. I have tickets for us to go to DCI: World Championships on the 8th of August so that I can introduce him to what I have done and what I get goose bumps over all the time. I can’t wait for him to get here. I love TJ very much and I’m so happy that we have each other. Its very nice to have someone who you can consider your lover and your best friend all in one. We have our rough times but we also have our absolutely hilarious times together. His family is amazing and very accepting of us as is my family now. Everything is getting better with our life together. I just wanted to update everyone on what has been happening lately. I hope everyone’s summer is going well and hope to see more people around. =)

Trevor Hedrick

Late but not late enough.

Since my last entry, it has been several weeks. Its about 11:25 P.M. and I don’t know if I want to sleep or not. This past weekend I went back down to school for a Drum Major Mini Clinic and helped with that. The students that came in to the camp were awesome. I wasn’t expecting way too much out of this past weekend but man was I wrong about everything. I had a blast. From checking students in to the last group picture, it all was so much fun.

Everything else has been going fabulous though. Big news: I have planned a day long road trip to Maryland to be with TJ. I’ve never traveled that far before by myself. I drove all the way to Florida a couple years for Gay Days at Disney but have never gone all alone somewhere like this. The trek will be about 10 to 11 hours. I’ll be pretty zomped when I arrive but it will be worth every second of the ride. This past month long trip to Maryland really taught TJ and I how together we really are and how much we mean to each other. Everything that we have, from the family to friends, we have together. The undying love, the crazy friendship and the radical times we have together has brought us more and more together. I hope everyone is having a lovely summer. The weather since I got back from Maryland has actually been amazing. The temperature has been about 20 degrees below average and I’m loving it. I can’t wait for next week to start. It all will be a blast. The only downfall to next week is that I will be oober busy and wont’ be available other than late at night. Its gonna be fun though. Have a wonderful rest of the summer.

Written on the plane! [Last day]

7:00 P.M.
Annoyingly, I’m sitting on a Southwest airplane and have been waiting for the past 2 hours to take off for Indiana. There was a really bad storm that hit just as we pulled out of the gate. As for the trip over here for the past three weeks, it was has been amazing. TJ told me that he would make this summer the best summer I have ever had and he did make it just that. I went to TJ’s Prom, Graduation, Band Banquet and Senior Week while here on this visit. We also visited his new home campus [Towson University] for a day. It’s hard to leave Maryland but eventually I have to. I’m leaving now but will be back next Thursday for about 6 to 7 more days because of Baltimore Gay Pride. This summer has definitely been enjoyable and very relaxing. Get this, my plane was supposed to lift off at 4:25 and as I am writing this at 7:00. We have been stopped in the same spot while on the plane for quite awhile and I’m getting quite tired. It’s all ok though. Hakuna Matata. One cool thing that happened that I’ve never experienced though is that one of the flight attendants got on the intercom and asked all of us if we want to play a game and of course, all of us agreed to because if not, we’d die on this plane. We started to play the scavenger hunt game. She called out an item and whoever could hit the call button faster won some weird prize. Well, for the most part, I didn’t have any of the items that she was calling up and I didn’t end up winning anything. If I just so happened to have a: Beer bottle opener on my key chair, hair brush, toothbrush, picture of my dog with me holding the dog, fingernail clippers, and even a 2 dollar bill. The things were sort of random to be asking from a passengers stand point but that also weeded everyone out. It was funny to watch people though. Oh and she also called up a penny from 1950. I didn’t even know anyone still had those. I don’t remember seeing a penny from before 1980. And now I’m starving. I kind of wish they served steaks on here. That’d be heaven! Luckily, I’ve had TJ to keep me occupied by texting me and just keeping me relaxed. But other than the delay, today was also very fun. TJ took me to the inner harbor, we got lunch and walked around everywhere. As we were walking around everywhere, we found some absolutely beautiful villas along the harbor. I mean, these villas are practically brand new looking and gorgeous.

9:00 P.M.
Well hello again. Two hours later my adventure continues. After sitting on the tarmac for over 2 ½ hours, our pilot decided that it was going to be a great decision to pull into the terminal and let everyone get off at the gate and grab some food and use the restroom. We pull in and everyone gets off but it almost seems as though the instant that I got off the plane, I was asked to get back on it. I went to get some food because I was getting quite hungry, so I venture over to Panda Express where I meet a lot of other people who’s plane has been delayed or who has been waiting on the tarmac just as long or longer than I have. One older lady waiting to have Asian food (which was shocking to me) had been sitting in her seat on the plane waiting to take off for 4 full hours. That was kind of astounding to me and a little ridiculous. I get $8 worth of food, meat, veggies, rices and a drink to go along with it and the instant that I sit down to eat it they are calling us back on board. I tried my hardest to snarf that meal down but it didn’t get into my tummy quick enough. They told us all who was trying to eat to get on the plane so that we could leave. That was very upsetting. But oh well. Again, Hakuna Matata! Well, I’m now actually up in the air enjoying everything. I’m glad that we lifted off when we did though because the sunset is b-e-a-utiful tonight. What a day. Well, I apologize to my mother and step father who have been waiting at the Indianapolis Airport for me since 5:30 but there honestly wasn’t anything I could do about this one mum! I’m sorry for this blog being really long but what else would I have been able to do this whole time to keep myself entertained? I’m gonna go ahead and wrap this up. I hope you enjoyed hearing about my lovely night and hope your summer is going well!

Day 15

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer or vacation time. If you aren’t on vacation or break or anything fun of the sort, I hope you’re enjoying the time you have to yourself outside of work. Well, I’ll go ahead and update everyone on everything that has been going on recently. First, from yesterday, TJ and I stayed home just about all day and chilled and just relaxed the whole time. The main reason why we stayed home was to wait for the UPS man to come by and drop off TJ’s SIMs 3 game for his Mac. Well… he came by but he didn’t actually come by. He ummm… stopped and looked at the package without even getting out of truck. After watching the dilemma unfold, TJ just about collapsed. After trying to figure out what to do, we finally decided to hop into the car and actually chase down the UPS truck and get the package. After following the UPS truck for a couple blocks we finally saw where he stopped; TJ got out of the car and went up to the man and asked if he has the package. Of course he’s got it on the truck. So, then, TJ comes running back to the car holding the package up in the air like it’s the best present he has ever received in his life. We made our way back to the bay house then I watched him burst into the house and rip open the packaging and put it into his computer to have a wide open mouth in awe of the game! After watching TJ play the game for hours, we decided to head to the beach for just a small walk on the beach.

I have uploaded these two videos. The first video is the view of TJ and I walking along the beach last night. The other video is of the back yard along the docks in our bay house here in Ocean City. Hope you enjoy. I’ll continue to blog every now and then but go ahead and keep yourself up to date if you please.

Enjoy your night. Another day, Another Smile. =)

Trevor

Day 13

Another day in Ocean City. Everyone here has been getting along and having a blast. It’s always nice at night to roll into bed with the person you love, look outside to see the reflection of the stars and the moon. I also feel very lucky to be able to wake up in the morning to the boats passing by, the water sloshing around from the boats, and the children laughing and giggling getting ready to head to the beach. People really don’t fully understand their surroundings until they actually sit down and listen to them. Its one things to sit down and look at your surroundings but to listen to them is something completely different. For some reason, all of a sudden, I’m craving a hot pocket. Anyway… Today is TJ and I’s 17 months together! Yay! We woke up this morning and got all showered up and went with the rest of our friends up to Rehobeth, Delaware. It has been quite chilly all day but it has always been heaven while here. We plan to maybe head out in a little bit to go putt putt along the beach. This has been one heck of a break. One of the best summers of my life so far. Enjoy your summer!

Trevor

Day 12

It’s been a little bit since I updated you on things so here we go.

My illness is getting so much better. We also have finally made it to Senior Week down in Ocean City, Maryland. TJ has graduated and is getting ready to head off to Towson University and my new family and friends over here have been amazing. This place is heaven at night. When TJ and I arrived yesterday at the beach house, it was so nice. To be away from the hustle of families, spastic people and jobs definitely took the stress off our shoulders. This place is gorgeous. I have only been to the Atlantic Ocean one time and that was in 2004 when I went to Disney World in Florida with my high school band. The salt water was … ummm… different! Now that I have gotten used to it a little more, it’s kind of growing on me. We went to the beach last night; we also went around noon-ish today for about 3 hours and just played. The cool part is, I was lying with one side of my face towards the sun and the other away from it therefore, now I am a little two faced! The right side of my face is all red and roasted and the other side is very pasty pale. But yeah, this trip has been a blast so far and hopefully will continue to be!

Hope your summer is going great and enjoy the sun!

Trevor