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A lot has happened since I’ve donned my Carolina blue cap and gown. (And just in case you missed any pictures, you can find mine here and my brother’s here). And for those of you who skim, I even included pictures!
A Day at the Zoo with Gracie!
I went to the NC Zoo with Gracie, Rebekah, Courtney and Devin. I took a lot of photos.
I graduated from UNC
Which I’ve already written about.
Carolina Beach with Bekah
Rebekah and I went to Carolina beach for a couple of days. Although the ocean water was freezing, we still had a blast. A few key points were going to the NC Battleship, adventuring to the rock wall at Fort Fisher, visiting Kure Beach Pier, exploring the local park and its inhabitants, watching beautiful sunrises over the ocean water, and eating at Granny’s Country Kitchen. Sadly, it rained on the last day and we were unable to go to the NC Aquarium because apparently everyone else had the same idea (there was absolutely no where to park). Again, I took a lot of photos.
Family Graduation Party
My wonderful mom put together an awesome family/friend graduation party at my house. There was a lot of good food, fellowship, and even some RockBand. My brother also took some pictures of the happening. Perhaps the best (and cutest) part of the whole event was watching Gracie and Landyn playing together for the first time.
I started work for the rest of my life
As of May 18th, I am officially an employee of SouthData, Inc which is located in Mt. Airy, NC. My official title is Programmer, but I pretty much only deal with web related projects. I’m already quiet familiar the place and job since I interned there this past summer and Christmas breaks. I’m really excited about having the opportunity to work there and consider myself quiet lucky/blessed to have a job straight out of college, especially since I know so many people from UNC that are still seeking employment. The primary technologies that I deal with there are C#, .Net, SQL, and Javascript/JQuery. And if you are familiar with any of these technologies (and have a B.S. in Computer Science or similar), then you should apply for a position as a programmer at SouthData. We just had a couple of positions open up and you can find more info about them here.
I moved the site to GoDaddy.com
I finally moved off my CS department’s webserver and moved my website to GoDaddy. So far, so good. My only complaint would be the initial time it takes for them to setup your webserver (which really isn’t a big complaint). Beyond that, their service has been good and I’ve pretty much been able to figure out everything myself (even their DNS). I bought a Windows server in case I ever want to program anything in Asp.net since I’m familiar with the technology at work.
Landyn’s 2nd Birthday
My nephew Landyn turned the big 2 on June 1st. There was a birthday party at his house this year (with yours truly as camera man again) and of course there were plenty of pictures taken (and from my brother and some from before).
Ear problems: pre- and post- graduation
I’ve been having some ear issues lately. Before/during final exam I went to student health when my right ear was getting clogged up and aching to the point that I had difficulty sleeping. After getting drugged up I thought I got better, but in reality the same symptoms came back in about a month. After more medication I”m better again, hopefully permanently this time. Not having health insurance sucks… Unfortunately I have none until I’ve worked for 90 days.
Swimming + Sun = Scorched
Last weekend Rebekah and I went to Tom’s house (her mother’s boyfriend’s house) to go swimming in his very nice outside, underground pool. The end result? Bryan received a significant amount of sunburn. The sunburn didn’t really hurt as much as it itched. And never in my life have I ever itched so much. Even worse is the fact that you can’t scratch it as it’ll only make the itching worse. That was probably the worst part of the whole sunburn endeavor.
Dog Bite
Friday, when I came home from work, I exited out of my car, and walked up the steps of my sidewalk, heading to the front door of my house, when my neighbor’s (across the street) dogs ran across the road from their yard into my yard yelping and chasing after me. This was not a first time experience with these dogs as they very often do this when I come home and have done so for at least the past couple of years. What was unique, however, was the fact that one of the dogs actually bit me. Not once, but twice. The first time she nipped at my right calf, and the second time she actually sunk her teeth into my left calf. My dad saw this happen and he came out of the house and chased the dogs out of our yard. I ended up going to J. R. Jones emergency room to get the bites checked out (thankfully nothing serious) and had animal control notified of the event. Not surprisingly, this wasn’t the first time the dog has bit someone (it bit the pizza man about 6 months ago or so). And remember the fact that I don’t have health insurance yet? Yeah, you can guess who I expect to pay for the bills for the incident. You can see what damage the dog did here. Thankfully I was wearing my work pants (which were ripped by her teeth), or else the damage would have been much worse.
Conclusion
I’ve had a pretty rough month with the ear pains, sunburn, and dog bites. Nevertheless, I’m still keeping my head up and looking forward to what is coming at me now as a “Oh no, I’m really an all-grown-up adult now!” I hope to put these few incidents behind and start getting on with the important stuff.
Just remember: “You just have to decide if you’re a Tigger or an Eeyore” (Randy Pausch). I plan on being a Tigger.
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