AXIS

I had so much fun tonight. Today was fun, it was the last day of CATIA class. I got a little diploma saying I completed 40 hrs of training. After class, I drove back to Novi and got my haircut, and went by Meijer's to pick up some fruit for tonight.

Tonight was the first get together for "AXIS" which is Community Bible Church's group for single 20-30 year old professionals out of college. Since being in your 20's, out of school working, is actually a weird thing...I promise you. You're not quite in college with that mindset where alcohol is a new thing and taboo, and you're not exactly that 40 year old with 2 kids either. So, I think (and the others agreed) that we fall between the cracks sometime. This group was created especially for that purpose. Tonight the get together was at a guy named Fred Smith's house, who lived in Fowlerville, about 30 miles away from me. The group consisted of Katey, Dan, Robert, Fred, Olivia, Pamela, Daniel, and me. We had a cookout and then played spoons, a card game. It was a lot of fun. I'm actually going to host the next one, in August, at my apartment. They were all great people, really fun and easy to talk to and get along with. Katey is who started it, and she's really just a good person, I can tell. Some people you meet just have this aura about them and she did. She had a laugh and smile that just brightened up the room. Actually tomorrow I was invited to go out with Dan and his friends so that should be fun. It's nice to meet people in my general age group.

Dan is moving to Indiana this coming week, he just graduated from Michigan State as a mechanical engineer and will be working with Cummins. Robert just moved here not long ago from California and is working as a test engineer for GM at their proving grounds. His job consists of road testing cars in all sorts of conditions. Robert was funny, because since he's from California he told me "the winters...they're terrible. Everyone here tells you it's not that bad, but I'm from the same climate that you're used to in South Carolina, and yes, it's bad". Oh well, we'll see. I might have to put a jacket on.

I got two special phone calls today. First from Vicki (Hi Vicki!) It was good to hear from her. I also got to talk to Sonia, her sister and her mom. I need to buy a phone card so I can call her. The next call was from aunt Linda (Hi Linda and her friend who sits beside her!) UNbelieveable. It's nice to hear from aunt Linda and Vicki because it lets you know people you don't get to talk to so often are thinking about you.

When I got my haircut, the lady cutting my hair found out I was from South Carolina and said "I was in SC once, in Charleston, in August". Then, she let out this groan like she actually visited the worst place on Earth. She said "the heat, my GOSH it was horrible...that's why you people from South Carolina are so slow, it's because of that heat". That made me laugh. Wow this is long, but I had so much fun tonight I wanted to write about before bed. Goodnight everyone. Goodnight aunt Linda and Vicki.

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