where were you 5 years ago...1 year ago...now

[ScottyB]

5 years ago....

just finished one of the best years of my life, as a freshman at JMU. grades were decent enough, but i was mostly caught up in the amazing people i met and the freedoms i had now that i was in college. i was rooming with one of my good friends Chris who is actually getting married on Saturday. my old '90 maxima was at home and i was desperate for some kind of summer work. i ended up working on the estate of my dad's boss who is also an old college friend of his...the job sucked, but taking care of his M5 and Z8 were a-ok with me! i had recently found out about, and joined MM and was working my way out of ricer hell and into the world of track days and racing.

1 year ago.....

not surprisingly, doing the same shit as my freshman year but loving it a million times more since i was living in sunchase with my best friends Jay, Ryan, and Pat. i was doing artwork to build up my portfolio and keep my grades good enough to graduate but looking back, every day was a freaking vacation. wake up late, do a class or two, gorge on qdoba while listening to trance/playing video games and go driving/read/watch car stuff before hitting the sack at like 4 am....and of course, no classes on friday. i was active as ever in MM and driving an '01 accord which i autocrossed occasionally. i was planning out wedding stuff for July, when Jen would officially be my wife, while simultaneously trying desperately to find a job in either the carolinas or georgia. i did not know where Jen and i would be but we were just happy to be graduating and on our own.

now....

living in a nice, small apt. in east atlanta. its amazing how far life has taken us from our little corner of roanoke, va. Jen is in grad school at emory u. and i'm a designer at a residential design firm. the accord got replaced by my audi and we have Jen's explorer. i miss my friends and family worse than you can imagine but i know we're only here temporarily. money isn't super tight but i can't afford to track my car right now, which is a dream i've been working towards for like 3 years now. Jen and i are always working on some crazy project, so it feels like i never have time to just be a goof like i was in college.

1 year from now....

hopefully in a line of work that fits my skillset better. most likely nothing much will be different. we're saving up as fast as we can for a house so we can get out of this rental b.s. but i doubt we'll be in a house that quickly. maybe if i'm lucky i'll have the equipment to do an hpde.

5 years from now....

out of atlanta and back in VA...close to family and friends again. Jen will either be teaching or working in the research industry, i'll be in product design, but i'd love auto design, illustration or architectural model making. making enough money to be happy and secure is really my only desire. the audi will be a track ho, and hopefully our house will have a garage so i can start tearing into a new project. maybe we'll have a dog or two. thats pretty much it!