What I don't like and wasn't expecting was there is no history of the transaction within Electrum afterward. I assume because I didn't sweep it into one of my Electrum wallet addresses is why its not showing in the history, just weird to perform that sweep and see nothing when returning to the regular interface.
That's a good guess, the history tab is only for the addresses listed in your address list (
View->Show Addresses).
Otherwise, it'll confuse the user.
If you want to monitor the transaction yourself:
Create a new watch-only imported wallet in "
File->New/Restore" and select the option "
Import bitcoin addresses or private keys".
You can paste your friend's address there to create a watch-only wallet to "
watch" transactions associated with it.