It's been a fun trip!

Wow! Where does the time go? It seems like just last week I was writing about the spring time and how I was looking forward to the warm summer months. Well summer has come and almost gone.

These past few months I have been interning at Odney Advertising and loving it! I started in the Minot office, but this summer I transferred down to work full time in Bismarck. I am doing pretty much the same thing I do at college only they are paying me :) I have heard people say "I don't work at my job, I enjoy what I do." I didn't really think it was possible.. but I enjoyed every minute "working" this summer.

Some of my duties were to travel to Minot every Wednesday and take pictures for the website www.minotbroadway.com. My co-worker Emily and I keep the website maintained and up-to-date. I also got the chance to show off my writing skills by writing a couple letter to the editors for different clients, also I did some writing for the North Dakota Tourism Department. Being the low man on the totem pole I was also assigned various tasks that no one else wanted, which was fine.

My first major job experience was a complete success. I've done a lot a important work this summer, learned a lot new information and most importantly worked extremely well with my co-workers and met a lot of really knowledgeable and fun people.

It will be hard leaving the good friends I have gotten to know in Bismarck, but I will be back with more stories and adventures. My awesome PR department (3 women) has taken it upon them selves to live vicariously through me. I keep them updated on my female situation and other various topics.

Yes, it has been a fun summer down in the Man/Bis area, but now I am going back to Minot. Where it all began. I will be starting my junior year of college and I will still be working at part-time out of the Minot office.

Spring is finally here!

It has been a while since I could walk outside with out putting on my winter coat, mittens, hat, scarf, eye goggles, snow pants and boots. Finally, spring has arrived.

There are so many things I can do now that the temperature has risen above 32 degrees and the sun stays out later than 5pm. My passion for golf has only increased this winter. Now when I go back home I can finally scratch my nasty itch, which has plagued me these past 6 months.

Another thing I like to is play catch in with my old man and my brother. We go out in to the street and toss a baseball around. The only thing that bugs me is when the ball gets past one of us and rolls three blocks away. That gets annoying fast.

Just getting out of the house, going to the park, watching the MSU girls softball team, going for a run(well maybe not that) is a good time.

I know these last couple of weeks, I will be heading out doors to spend time with my closest friends who will be graduating from college. It is an exciting time, however it is also a sad time. It seems like I always become great friends with people two or three years older than me. When they graduate and move on I have a hard time finding some one to bond with.

Spring has always been my favorite time of the year, everything is blooming and growing. I love knowing that green grass is going to sprout from the ugly brown stuff that I have been looking at all winter.

P.S. Spring is the time where I get to bust out my infamous plaid shorts :) A great time will be had by all when people catch a glimpse at those babies!

Easter Weekend

I have gotten some requests to tell my horrific story about a recent blind date I recently went on. I think I will refrain from telling the story for now as I am still recovering from the experience.

Easter has always been a somber holiday for me because it marks the end of the holiday season. It began last fall with Thanksgiving, I went home to see my family and friends and partake in a bountiful meal my saintly mother prepared for our family.

Family is important to me and it always has been. I value the time I spend with them because I know that when I graduate from college I might take a job that will require me to move out of North Dakota. I frequently call home and talk to Mama Van Dyke. She knows everything about me and she keeps me grounded and focused from 120 miles away.

When you are eating Easter dinner with your family, step back at take a gander from the outside looking in and count your blessings.

Newbie

Right now, I am a bit flustered. Not because this was hard to set up or anything like that, but because I have been looking at some other blogs recently and they are so witty and fun to read. Now I feel the pressure to come up with some thing smart to say. Not much just a little quip or a funny quote/story. There are so many things that I would like to say right now, so many ideas running through my mind, however when I am trying to type them, they don't come out they way I planned.
I sort of knew what I wanted to write for my debut blog, now I am not so sure. I could talk about my life as a studly, single man in Minot or maybe a recent blind date I went on. (not fun) Possibly I could tackle some major issues such as the presidential elections or rising gas and oil prices.
Hhmmmm well five minutes have gone by and I think even though this is my first official blog, this is pretty decent. Now instead of being flustered and nervous, I am filled with accomplishment, pride and hunger. I feel like I am ready to rival the top bloggers in the country. This was fun :)