so i moved into the dorms yesterday. interesting times. before i left this year i had my mom take some pics at the stop sign/"bus stop" like when i was little. it was cool, i have to now download the pics off of jons camera (moms ran out of batteries, suprise suprise) but after we got that done jon and i were on our way out. yesterday i built up my loft and now i just have a little bit of organizing to do with my stuff. the dorms dont compare at all to BH's but whatever, it will all be good after i get used to it. dude and one of the get to know you game things i was talking to this kid and i had a double take. he was a guy that i had seen a few years ago at sonshine, he had always been at the showmobile. but anyways, jon and i talked to him and his girlfriend at dinner last night, i hope we stay cool, they seem really awesome. it was a good start to the new year at a new school.
i have lots of stuff to share about this summer, i just havent taken the time to sit down and type it out yet. sorry.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Friday, August 25, 2006
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
another menial day
work was not too interesting today, i kept busy - yes. but i was fileing stuff prety much the whole time. and after a while, that does get boring.
yesterday on the contrary was a grand day. work went by fast and i wasnt fileing all day, i was writing a bunch of letters for randy. but last night was the best. i headed over to jons and he had a bonfire at his house on the beach. it was my first time having a bonfire on the beach (well besides the other day when he had another one) so i guess technically it was my second, but it was though my first time doing smores on the beach. haha. alright. chris and jottie came over and jake came down and hung out with us. steven was already there helping jon. after the fire had been finally started jake put a can of spray paint into the fire. i cant believe that kid is still alive. wow. anyways, the first one didnt do anything but the second made a huge band and burst of flames. it was really awesome. right when the bang happened jon's parents got home and heard it. they were a little weary about it. chris had been telling us the whole time about things that would happen because his uncle did that ever year on the 4th of July. It was totally cool though. the night was fun, ate some smores and then hung out at the fire until everyone left.
now i am ganna go, i have to finish reading the great gadspy. i have only like 10 pages left. i cant believe it is this late in the summer and i have only read one book. that is crazy, normally i have read a bunch by now. even last year i did and i had two jobs then too. oh well.
yesterday on the contrary was a grand day. work went by fast and i wasnt fileing all day, i was writing a bunch of letters for randy. but last night was the best. i headed over to jons and he had a bonfire at his house on the beach. it was my first time having a bonfire on the beach (well besides the other day when he had another one) so i guess technically it was my second, but it was though my first time doing smores on the beach. haha. alright. chris and jottie came over and jake came down and hung out with us. steven was already there helping jon. after the fire had been finally started jake put a can of spray paint into the fire. i cant believe that kid is still alive. wow. anyways, the first one didnt do anything but the second made a huge band and burst of flames. it was really awesome. right when the bang happened jon's parents got home and heard it. they were a little weary about it. chris had been telling us the whole time about things that would happen because his uncle did that ever year on the 4th of July. It was totally cool though. the night was fun, ate some smores and then hung out at the fire until everyone left.
now i am ganna go, i have to finish reading the great gadspy. i have only like 10 pages left. i cant believe it is this late in the summer and i have only read one book. that is crazy, normally i have read a bunch by now. even last year i did and i had two jobs then too. oh well.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
the latest moment captured
today was my last day at farmstead. it was kinda sad but yet crazy to think that i am done there. i will say that the evening went great and was a good ending to a worthwhile job. other than that not much is happenin. Jon and I are working on invitations and the cake. we start the marriage counciling this coming saturday and I get to volunteer at 3 degrees for the first time this friday!!! very exciting. other than that, I have started counting down the days until the move in day for fall semester of '06. crazy to think that i am a sophmore in college already. I am so excited and enthused; ready to get out of this house and out on my own again. 17 days until move in!! my roommate and I have emailed eachother a few times. not really gotten to know eachother too well, more-so business info being talked about.
here are some pics that i have taken lately. enjoy...
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
briskly leaving
summer vacation is briskly leaving us and hopefully the heat also. this last week has been beautiful weather wise, the week before that was horrid. it was up in the hundreds, without the humidity factored into that.
today was a great munday, to me it felt like sunday. it was my first day off in quite a while. except that i went back to work, farmstead, and volunteered for the first time in what seems like forever. i helped out with bingo on memory care 1 and then did aerobics of the mind which was very awesome. i enjoyed the aerobics soooo much. if i were here longer i would totally do it more often. with the AOTM you just tell weird stories found ask questions like what is something you would change about yourself, and then that gets all the people going. the ladies were so funny and sweet. they were telling stories about how they had traveled, laurane she said that she always wanted to be an artist, kathleen said she married her uncle (in law). that was an interesting story. another question was if you could change anything about your marriage, what would it be? a few of the ladies said it wouldnt have happened. i was suprised when a few of them said they had been divorced, in that generation it just suprised me. i could go on and on, there is so much that i would love to share but i need to get to bed. anyways, by volunteering today it reminded me on how much i like doing that. it gave me so much joy and i had a blast doing it. that is one thing i wish i had never stopped.
besides the volunteering i went out to jon's place today. we didnt really do much, hung around the house with his family, joke around with his brother while he made tacos. jake is a good cook, he has tallents in two totally different relms. i like jake though. other than that jon and his cousin steven are starting on all the landscaping so they had a bon fire, which was illegal (you couldnt jump over the flames unless you wanted to scold your crotch). it was good though; until the mosquitoes came out for the night. then they got the fire down and we headed in and watched another don knotts movie. we are having a movie marathon with don here some night. we have about 6 of his movies.
anyways, its off to bed. i have to get up tomorrow to work both jobs. fun fun. i only have two days left at farmstead which is kinda sad. like i said with one of the residents after the aerobics of the mind, you have to count your blessings. very true. later
today was a great munday, to me it felt like sunday. it was my first day off in quite a while. except that i went back to work, farmstead, and volunteered for the first time in what seems like forever. i helped out with bingo on memory care 1 and then did aerobics of the mind which was very awesome. i enjoyed the aerobics soooo much. if i were here longer i would totally do it more often. with the AOTM you just tell weird stories found ask questions like what is something you would change about yourself, and then that gets all the people going. the ladies were so funny and sweet. they were telling stories about how they had traveled, laurane she said that she always wanted to be an artist, kathleen said she married her uncle (in law). that was an interesting story. another question was if you could change anything about your marriage, what would it be? a few of the ladies said it wouldnt have happened. i was suprised when a few of them said they had been divorced, in that generation it just suprised me. i could go on and on, there is so much that i would love to share but i need to get to bed. anyways, by volunteering today it reminded me on how much i like doing that. it gave me so much joy and i had a blast doing it. that is one thing i wish i had never stopped.
besides the volunteering i went out to jon's place today. we didnt really do much, hung around the house with his family, joke around with his brother while he made tacos. jake is a good cook, he has tallents in two totally different relms. i like jake though. other than that jon and his cousin steven are starting on all the landscaping so they had a bon fire, which was illegal (you couldnt jump over the flames unless you wanted to scold your crotch). it was good though; until the mosquitoes came out for the night. then they got the fire down and we headed in and watched another don knotts movie. we are having a movie marathon with don here some night. we have about 6 of his movies.
anyways, its off to bed. i have to get up tomorrow to work both jobs. fun fun. i only have two days left at farmstead which is kinda sad. like i said with one of the residents after the aerobics of the mind, you have to count your blessings. very true. later
Saturday, August 05, 2006
lifes a joke
sorry, havent written for a while. i really had hoped that i would write more this summer. i know i did well until july came around the bend. i'm just going crazy now. the whole wedding and everything. i am very very excited to get married! i love my family and everything but i feel as if i am going to go insain. there is a lot to think about. at least some of the things are done; place, time, date, food, my dress, bridesmaids dresses, guys shoes/girls reception shoes (allstars!!) and so on. wowzers.
i feel like i have been working everyday all summer. which i prety much have, working everyday but friday at lake country homes, and then the weekends at farmstead. yet money is going in one side and out the other, dont really know where it is going. but anyways.
i am so excited to go back to school, one i get out of this crazy house, two i will have jon 5 minutes away instead of 60, third i am so excited to meet my roommate, fourth i miss school in general. i know the last is crazy to say but i do. yes, there is a lot to do at school, but i am ready to get going on my major. i'm so excited to finally be taking photography classes and stuff.... YES!!! So i go back to school for orientation on the 28th. i decided that i am going to go to the new kid orientation because its a good way to start getting to know people. also i think that if jon does it we shouldnt do the same activities so that we start fresh seperatly instead of starting out as one. i dont want to be one of those cupples stuck at the waist, where when you see one you know the other is coming shortly behind. we are kinda like that now but its summer, that doesnt count.
oh something cool, jon and i are going to do a Don Knotts movie marathon tomorrow after i am done working. it is ganna be great. other than that, yesterday i found the bridesmaid dresses and that is exciting. lots of other things have been going on but its time for me to go get ready for the day. later, hopefully i will write more often now that summer is quickly coming to an end.
a few new saying that i made up:
-fire is a reflection of heart's burning desires
-life only casts shadows into places you go without God
-love is a prectious gem formed in the depths of your heart
i feel like i have been working everyday all summer. which i prety much have, working everyday but friday at lake country homes, and then the weekends at farmstead. yet money is going in one side and out the other, dont really know where it is going. but anyways.
i am so excited to go back to school, one i get out of this crazy house, two i will have jon 5 minutes away instead of 60, third i am so excited to meet my roommate, fourth i miss school in general. i know the last is crazy to say but i do. yes, there is a lot to do at school, but i am ready to get going on my major. i'm so excited to finally be taking photography classes and stuff.... YES!!! So i go back to school for orientation on the 28th. i decided that i am going to go to the new kid orientation because its a good way to start getting to know people. also i think that if jon does it we shouldnt do the same activities so that we start fresh seperatly instead of starting out as one. i dont want to be one of those cupples stuck at the waist, where when you see one you know the other is coming shortly behind. we are kinda like that now but its summer, that doesnt count.
oh something cool, jon and i are going to do a Don Knotts movie marathon tomorrow after i am done working. it is ganna be great. other than that, yesterday i found the bridesmaid dresses and that is exciting. lots of other things have been going on but its time for me to go get ready for the day. later, hopefully i will write more often now that summer is quickly coming to an end.
a few new saying that i made up:
-fire is a reflection of heart's burning desires
-life only casts shadows into places you go without God
-love is a prectious gem formed in the depths of your heart
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