Running The Race

My two year stay at ITT is growing close to a close..
I will say I am going to miss that place.. I have had some good times there..believe it or not..

No doubt I am not done with College.. I believe I will go back.. not in the area of networking but elsewhere.. I am due for a little break from school though I believe..

Since 1993 I have been in school..

Reflecting all the way back to kindergarten.. I was quite a character.. I rocked a Mullet.. and loved the out doors.. oh video games were always a part of my life.. I rocked them.. you throw anything at me and I beat it as a kid.. it may of took me a while but I took out every boss in Megaman, Super Metriods long storyline, and fighting games, I got those down too..

I remember I got sent home for giving a kid the middle finger in elementary school.. but come on, I didn't know what that meant?

I bounced around from Patoka Indiana, to Mt Carmal IL and by 1st grade I hit another school, I actually slept in a Utility closet.. but it was my room so I didn't care.. My Cat who I grew up with and just died about 3 years ago.. kept me company.. I loved that cat..

After 2nd grade my mom met John Michael and at that point she remarried and we moved in with him at his house in Grayville IL.

1996 was a great year, third grade felt like the most independent year of my life up until then.. I hung out with older guys and we camped out, went fishing, and I met one of my best friends Tommy Conner.. I had never really had a friend like him.. we kept in touch for a very long time.. and I recently caught up with him over this last year.. The town was population 2000 or something.. but lets face it.. to me I ran that town.. I did so much there..it was great..

1997 Mom got divorced and we made the trip back to Evansville.. I had lived in Evansville in the past.. but I was four years old at the time.. so it was old school.. 4th grade at Hebron was a complete 180.. the people in Evansville were not the same.. so it kinda took me a while to adjust.. and to be honest I really missed Grayville.. I would pick up a good friend Wes French.. we were loving life.. he would eventually get me into skating.. but that was later..

1998 after we moved into the house I now live in.. I lived my Grandma Hilda Chapman.. God bless her because she kept me in check for that time I was there..

Stockwell was 5th grade.. by now I had adapted to Evansville.. but honestly I was getting sick to my stomach school hopping so much.. it was gross at times but I got used to it.. Met Devin Burke.. and I suddenly became a computer nerd/wizkid I guess.. I really was fascinated by how they worked and the multimedia features behind them..

6th Grade I actually went to Plaza, where Stockwell and Hebron went to school so I knew pretty much everyone that went there.. Hung out with Wes and some other dudes 6th grade.. got into Aggressive inline skating and that would take off throughout the years..

Wes was my best friend at the time.. he got me going to Crossroads Christan Church.. I went to this event in like March of 2000 called Believe.. I will never forget it.. I had broken my arm from skating at the skate park over at Swonder.. I clipped it on a rail..and broke it.. So I took this trip to St Louis.. and it was pretty cool.. really spirtual..
at the time.. I was just having a good time.. there was some significance there.. but for the most part.. I did my own thing..One 5 Oh played and I actually found there live cd not to long ago.. Believe 2000 live was what it is called.. memories.. haha

Yeah as a kid in this time of my life.. I was for God.. but I didn't understand anything.. I kinda just jumped on the bandwagon..

It would take a loong time before I rethought my faith truly..

To Be Continued..