It's weird seeing Tyler move out his things. The process took him the whole day today and probably even more tomorrow as his parents are coming up from Visalia (that's around the Fresno area which is where Tyler is from) and helping him move back home. I was sad. We already knew from Fall Quarter that Adrian and Tyler would be graduating early because they were all done with units. I would've loved for them to have stayed but I guess you have to do whatever you can to save money, right? Oh college.
I can honestly say that Tyler and Adrian brought so much positive dynamic to the house. I never was close to them (I don't think I ever spoke to Tyler once last year) and here we are now a year later, best of friends and housemates. It was so strange, seeing how everything worked out but the 7 of us made a great match for the house. Everyone thought it was so strange how we were all living together...it was such a random lineup, but it worked. It was weird simply because in an off-campus "swim house" you usually tried to sign a lease with people you are best friends with, as it is the dynamic for most swim houses in the past. I am sure it's safe to say that we probably broke the mold in living with people we never really communicated with much in the past. I was already close friends with Dana and Hanna, having lived with them during Training Camp back in December 2011, I was pretty good friends with John as we started hanging out a lot a year ago, and I was buddies with Kevin from before. But never have I hung out with Tyler or Adrian nor spoke 3 words to them the entire season. I didn't know anything about them. But it turns out, those 2 were the most amazing people I've ever had the fortune to meet during my college years. We've had such crazy memories in this house, and I'm just sad that they have to leave the festivities early. Living with them is something I'm never going to forget as long as I live.
The thing with Tyler and Adrian was that I never had a single thing to complain about them the entire year. They never had anything negative to say about anyone, they never seemed to be in an upset mood and if they were, I never noticed, they were great listeners, they had such great senses of humor, and most of all, they were probably the easiest people to live with. There will always be small discrepancies about the people you live with but I can honestly say that I never found a single fault in either of those two.
People throughout the season would ask me how the house situation was going and I'd always tell them "fine" but if anyone ever asked me who the easiest person was to live with, I had to admit it was Tyler. I never told him about this. But any time anyone asked me who my favorite person in the house was, I said it was Tyler. Nope it wasn't Hanna, who is my current roommate and was my closest/first/only friend since last year swim season, nope it wasn't Dana whom I bonded with after training camp, nope it wasn't John who was in the same major as me, had my back all last year, or bonded over the fact that we both were transfer students who swam at junior college teams, nope it wasn't Kevin who was one of the only people who bothered getting to know me or talking to me when I first joined the team.
It was Tyler. Tyler Grove.
Why? People would ask. Well let me count the ways.
- Tyler is super hilarious. He's got such an amazing sense of humor; he's sarcastic, cynical, with just the right amount of vulgarity to not cross the line of offensiveness.
- When he laughs, it's infectious.
- He brings such positive energy to the house, and when you sometimes feel as though some people in the house may be talking shit about you behind your back (believe me, it always happens) you never get those feelings or premonitions with Tyler. You never feel as though you're ostracized or excluded when you're around him.
- He's so much fun. Oh God, drunk Tyler is just a whole different human being.
- He's super smart, he's got great common sense. He is always the voice of reason, but he never acts like a know it all, which is great.
- He never judges anyone for anything they do. He's always very "to each their own." I like that a lot in an individual.
- He is LITERALLY the only ONE in the house who right away does all of his dishes as SOON as he uses them. I'm the one who threw the biggest bitch fits about these things but even I admit a few times I've had slip ups or just felt lazy. Not Tyler. He never makes a mess, he's the neatest about commonplaces in the house, and he always cleans up his own shit. He literally is the only one in the house who cleans up after himself no matter what happens. It's so great. People always tend to forget to put things away from time to time and it just sits there for days on end, but the fact that only 6 out of the 7 of us do it really helps and makes a difference. And I mean, a BIG difference. I love that about Tyler.
- Tyler never complains nor ever makes anything about himself. It's great, because so many people in our house do that, especially me. It's a breath of fresh air. It really is. Adrian too. I've never heard either of them complain about anything, ever. Most of us in the house love to bitch and moan about something that's not going our way but they never do that. They don't feel the need to ever have all this attention upon them, and I love that. Tonight is Tyler's last night here and we could've thrown a huge rager for him but I guess we just ended up having a small intimate barbecue with a few other houses off campus then we all watched a movie together including the Season 7 episode of The Office "Goodbye Michael" because of Tyler's leaving. The evening had so much promise but of course things never go the way they planned, but I didn't hear Tyler complain once. He deserves a huge fucking fiesta to celebrate his graduation and much more but I guess he was okay with just leaving it at that.
- Tyler is such a great guy. He's going to make a great boyfriend someday. And I hope that someday comes soon, because I've taken the liberty to set him up with one of my closest friends from the dorms last year. And of course, even though they met 2 weeks before he left, they completely hit it off. They are so perfect for each other!
There you have it. These are some of the reasons (definitely not all) why I'm going to miss Tyler so much. He seriously brings such great energy and ambience to the house, I don't know what I'm going to do without him in the spring. I'm glad I've been able to bond with Tyler the last few weeks of Winter Quarter. I could feel us getting closer and it bums me out that he has to leave when our friendship was flourishing beyond anything I could've ever imagined.
Both Tyler and Adrian (who've lived with each other for the past 4 years both on and off campus) are such important assets to the house, they seriously make our house the way it is just from their presence. We all bring something to the table when the characteristics boil down for the house's persona, and those 2 have a class of their own. When they leave tomorrow and we resume school in the spring, it's going to be so different without them. I'm going to miss both of them so much. They've put up with so much of my shit this year but no matter what happened they were always there for me. They were always down to hang out, and the fact that you know you have someone to count on at the end of the day really makes life so much better during the worst of times. During times of stress, they were there. During times of loneliness, they were there. During times of difficulty, they were there. During times of happiness, success, or triumph, they were there to celebrate right along with you. They are my family away from my family, my home away from home, and two of my best friends at school along with the rest of my housemates. I offer a sincere congratulations to both of them for graduating early and that I can't wait to see them on the second week of April when they come up to visit.
I love you, Tyler and Adrian. Words can't express how much both of your friendships and presence mean to me nor the amount I'm going to miss both of you when I realize that you're both gone. I'm sad that due to circumstances we couldn't send you both off the right way and I sort of had an inkling feeling a long time ago about what would happen during your departures (knowing our house's reputation, throwing a huge rager as we're known to throw the best parties in school) but I've deducted that it was the right way for both of you to go. No huge deals, no drama, no tears, no depression, no huge fiestas, etc. because you know why? It'll feel less like a goodbye by both of you leaving this way and it'll be a lot easier on us simply because I know I'm going to be a depressed crying mess when I realize that you both are leaving while we celebrate. The fact that you guys are leaving on these terms makes it feel like you're still going to come back very soon. A party marks the end of something but the fact that we can save this for Cinco de Tyler (May 5th!) makes me anticipate your guys' return as well, and maybe even on dates before May. And I know you are. We'll be counting down the days one by one until we are all reunited again so we can relive the same memories, remind us each other of the jokes and laughs we've had, and all the wonderful times we've shared.
Congratulations Tyler and Adrian. Thank you both, just simply for being YOU.
And Happy Graduation to both of you.
Love, The Storey House, aka 221 King Street. We will never be the same without the either of you.
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