#matt

  Lori took the summer off from work because she was burnt out from school and work. That and she hated her job. She hated her job so much it was making her miserable. At this point her misery had been taking a toll on me, so I supported her quitting her job.   The…

  My biggest fear about Jay and Azure getting together was if they broke up, I didn’t want to have to choose sides. When Jay called me to let me know they broke up, he called out of concern for Azure’s well-being. He wanted to make sure she was okay, which meant for me, I…

 By October, everybody we hung out with assumed Lori and I were dating. We were just friends, but we did everything together so it was like we were dating. We kind of came as a set. The thing was we weren’t a ‘couple’.  Lori had gotten a car loan and bought herself a S...

   My first trip back to New York to visit was over the summer.  Lori was coming with me. It was going to be her first trip to New York, so she was excited.  Eric and Heather also planned their trip to New York at the same time. That way Eric and Lori could spend…

  One evening I met up with Matt at C. J. Bond’s when Jay was bartending, I was bragging to him about how I was able to drive his old car, ‘Snout’, down Route 1 along the California coast like he always wanted to do. And then told him how we drove into Mexico.  …

  We got to California in under 24 hours.  We had stopped and took a break at the Great Salt Flats in Utah where they had broken the fastest land vehicle speed record. When we got to Sacramento, California I gave my parents a call and my mother informed me that my credit card company&he...

  From Florida we headed west to New Orleans. Up until this point I had driven the whole time because of her allergies. However she said she was feeling okay and agreed to drive for a while. I got a good two hours out of her.   We made it to New Orleans and spent…

   Over the next few months I didn’t do anything extravagant while trying to save money for the move. Chrissy decided to move out of her apartment and sleep on Deana’s couch to save money, so most of her possessions were put into storage.   My brother stopped working at...

  Right after the new year, our good friend Don was getting married to his girlfriend Heather.  They had been dating for a while, but now she was pregnant and in turn it kind of rushed a wedding. She was now very pregnant.   Two of Don’s good high school friends planned a bac...

  Shortly after Halloween, Chrissy and I were talking and she announced that she was thinking about going to Art School in Colorado. I had always told people I planned on moving to Colorado after High School to work as an apprentice under my Uncle Steve as a photographer. Unfortunately ...