Brothers

It's not often that you find friendships that last a lifetime. From my experiences, it's actually pretty rare. But a few short years ago this one guy came into my life, and changed quite a bit. Through a few strange coincidences, the "bro" term that guys call their best friends turned out to be quite literal. And the crazy times began.

But first, to step back in time to show how it began~

 Unfortunately, I can't screenshot images. And these turned out bad. But it's how we met online through a friend. Talking about Disney, of course!

After the friend requests were sent, and realizing we have some stuff in common, I asked Mr. Jake if he would mind filming my Christmas Light Show.



So our first official in-person meeting happened. Cool, a new friend, right?

We hung out a few times after, but it wasn't until the Fourth Of July that it all sorta came together. The realization that we, oddly enough, look alike. And get along too well. (Blowing stuff up of course, and talking about all things Disney. Not to mention the occasions where we finished each others sentences and could tell what we were thinking just by a glance.)

So our friendship grew to where we would hang out at each others places often. Which totally confused our parents and sisters, because they never knew which one of us walked by, or talked to them. In one case my sister started yelling at Jake, thinking she was talking to me. The great part of it is, whenever something liked this happened, we just played along with it. We now answer to either name.


But there was no greater confusion than working together at Chick-Fil-A.

Almost daily we were asked if we were twins. "Yeah, of course!" was our reply.


It became a joke in our families that somehow, we actually were related. (Who cheated on who? Still trying to figure that one out.)


What's crazy is, sometimes the same things happen to us on the same days. For example, we both got a speeding ticket 1 hour apart from each other. Just the twin in us, I guess.

So, let me get this straight... A best friend that looks like me, acts like me, has the same interests and passions, same goals, and same lifestyle? Something isn't adding up. We decided to dig in our family history a bit. What we found was crazy. See, it turns out that Jake's dad is from Denver, Colorado. My mom is from Denver, Colorado. For personal reasons I can't say much about my mom, but she has a brother around his dad's age that's "long lost" one could say, in a way. And we have relatives on both sides of our families with the last name "Holmes". A little strange, right? Whether we actually are related or not, we aren't friends. We are brothers and family to one another.

Happy 20th birthday to not only my best friend, but to my one and only brother. Our lives are just starting, and I know we'll be there for each other on every adventure thrown our way. Can't wait to see what the future holds for us! Love you man!

Twenty Ounces of Coffee

As I sit here drinking twenty ounces of a Starbucks mocha frap minus the whip cream, I figured I'd blog a few stories to keep those updated who live a distance away from me. So here comes the wonderful, caffeinated update.

Training at my new job is going really well. It's a ton of stuff to remember, and they use procedures I'm not quite used to, despite my past restaurant experience. But the people are nice and helpful, and by next week I should be opening by myself.
For those that don't know, my position is an opener. So I'm up at 4Am to get ready, and work from 5AM to either 10, or 1:30. I prefer this, because like today, I'm home by 10:30Am and ready to take on the rest of my day with coffee and soda by my side. Yeah, I'm in bed by 9 now, but I feel more productive throughout the day.

I'm really excited that my family will be coming down this Saturday to spend the day in Disneyland. I get to show them Buena Vista Street and Cars Land for the first time, along with Ghost Galaxy. Will I completely lose control and geek out? You betcha!

Things down here in the OC are going swell. I spend my free time in Disneyland, at the beach, Denny's with friends, or just wondering around town. Also hanging out with my bro or whoever else comes this way. There's so much to do, so much to see. Still really enjoying it, for the most part.

The fair started today. For those that don't know me- I grew up at the Kern County Fair. I raised sheep my whole life, and have entered countless exhibits. I haven't missed a fair in 15 years, and I don't plan to miss this one. Actually, I plan to take my girlfriend Danielle to the KCF and give her a tour. She has no idea what she's in for.

Other than that, this pretty much sums everything up for the moment. Oh, and I just finished my Starbucks. On to the soda I brought home from work!