Ok so i wrote the whole thing about what I've been upto lately w/classes and such but blogger deleted it somehow. so any questions, ask! :)

It's been a week since I last wrote, so maybe it's time to write. My time at home in Annapolis is quickly drawing to a close. Saying goodbye to friends again, man it sucks. Katie, I hate going months on end w/out hanging out w/you like we do all summer! Yeah for Brian's graduation and your coming to stay at my place, btw thanks for inviting yourself. It's crazy how completely comfortable I can be around you! Thanks for all the awesome times and all those coming still! It's almost Thursday. I can't believe it. Leaving home on Saturday again, another year. Where did the summer go? I swear I just drove home from SC after the year ended. Oh well. My puppies won't be so close... and I do love them so. And classes, can I tell you how much I am NOT looking forward to 3 math classes, a science and anthropology? Oh yes, HERE I COME! Ok well time to go, dad just got home!

Things that should be said more...

I know you read this, so this is for you. I'm still not sure how it happened, but it did and it's really great. I was hesitant at first, but you weren't. You make me laugh and yet didn't laugh at me when I ran into the car's rearview mirror today while walking. I hadn't even thought this was a possibility, but under that friendship is something awesome. I'm not one who easily expresses myself, but just wanted to take a moment to thank you for this summer. It's been filled w/car rides through back neighborhoods and neighborhoods w/unexpected speed humps, movies, dinners and walks through the woods and the most beautiful pier ever. And maybe the best part of it all, is that it's simple. Does it feel simple to you? Being around you is fun and easy. Hey, yawning happens! So, I haven't told you enough how great you are and how I'm looking forward to the roadtrips and hanging out w/our "interesting" friends from school. Yeah, we both know the person from your school and the one from mine that I'm talking about. :) So, Thank you.
Ps- have words become superfluous yet? Because I'm thinking maybe so :)

SEETHER LYRICS "broken"

I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh.

I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away.

I keep your photograph and I know it serves me well.

I wanna hold you high and steal your pain.

‘Cause I’m broken when I’m lonesome & I don’t feel right when you’re gone away

You've gone away, you don't feel me, anymore

The worst is over now and we can breathe again

I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away

There’s so much left to learn, and no one left to fight

I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

‘Cause I’m broken when I’m open

And I don’t feel like I am strong enough

‘Cause I’m broken when I’m lonesome

And I don’t feel right when you’re gone away

‘Cause I’m broken when I’m open

And I don’t feel like I am strong enough

‘Cause I’m broken when I’m lonesome

And I don’t feel right when you’re gone away'

Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome

And I don't feel right when you're gone away

You've gone away You don't feel me here anymore

Well hello,
I'm listening to Sublime right now, and its making me happy. Thanks Keith. Do you like the Ben Folds mix?!? So, it's been a good week. Working at AACS, standing on 12ft ladders w/20 ft extensions on the paint rollers! Good times in the gym on friday! Friday, Kristi K and I hung out and then Kate W showed up. So fun. Had a "run in" w/my next door neighbor about her stupid party and not letting me park my car anywhere near home. Oh well. Then saturday was Katie's 20th bday. Interesting party in the cold, but good memories remembered. Oh Katie and your amazing ability to fall over. Today, I napped, as per usual. Jen, the shirt you gave me, its so great. I really love it. Then Keith came home and came over and we had icecream (homemade) w/my parents and played checkers... so woulda won that last game had you not cheated and jumped all my pieces :) I can't believe you're leaving for school Friday. It seems like we just started having fun you know? Ok, cya

Vacation To Charleston!

Been home from Charleston for about 2.5 hours now. What an awesome trip. Katie and I drove down on Thursday and then went to Kickin Chicken and Sonic... yum. Then, we packed up some of my apartment. Friday, we went to the beach w/Leigh-Ann where the waves were at least 7 ft. no joke! Friday night, hmm, what did we do? I think we drove around for boxes, and I even climbed into a dumpester to grab some! Saturday was spent moving and then Katie and I were out of it, we just laid on the floor. Apparently we called manda, and neither of us remember much of that convo! :) Then saturday night, my parents took us to dinner at California Dreamin where we ate outside, so nice! Sunday, we got Bojangles before church, then I think we walked all over town, bought this awesome cd stand thats not suitable for tvs but has my tv on it anyway and watched my parents hang curtains. Monday... did we shop katie? Why cant I remember!? haha. Tuesday, we went to the less wavy end of Folly bc I killed my knee and almost died being caught in a rip-tide and katie fell into a big hole in the water :( ! (no for real!!!) Also, we shopped, and K got this awesome Southern Yankee Cowgirl hat, as she calls it! However, Leigh-Ann and I rented a jet-ski near the pier at Folly and it was so fun. Just as we got away from the shore, we flipped! Haha, then we road for like 15 min, almost dying every 2 seconds bc i was driving and couldnt see. But, we almost flipped again and yelled "we're gonna flip" and so Leigh-Ann just jumped off, pulling me with her. Yet, the jet-ski didnt flip at all. Oh gesh! Well, thats it kinda. YEAH! ps- the apartment is awesome, come visit!!!

Tomorrow morning I leave for Charleston to move to Sergeant Jasper... 8A!  However, I'm so apprehensive.  Daisy has not really improved.  Yeah she walks a little, but she falls more often than not.  She's got doggy depression.  Right now she's laying down looking up at me and her hind legs are shaking.  I love her more than anything in life.  She's my Daisy-Mae, my Beagle!  We've been close for 10 years.  Even though she's crazy scared of new people, she trusts me to make things better, she's crafty and smart.  I want to make it all better for her.  Take away her hurt, but I want her to get better.  Because she's 11, we cant opperate on her to fix it, we just have to pray that she improves.  However, if she doesn't mom said it's my decision to put her to sleep and that it's not fair to have her live like this if she doesn't improve.  How can I make a choice like that?  In spite of my love, it's not fair for her to be like this.  When that time comes, which it will eventually, even if its not from this, I don't know how I will handle it.  Daisy is my true friend even if she's just a dog... she's this woman's best friend!  Daisy-Mae, I love you!!

So, a few stressful things have happened recently.  My grandfather went into the hospital Thursday and was released today.  However, they kept giving him morphine which made him say some crazy things about cages and such.  It freaked me out to a degree.  As of today, I am the saddest girl though.  My beagle (Daisy, my favorite dog!) hurt herself getting out of my car yesterday when we got back from the vet.  Well, she was walking badly, then stopped waling all together.  So, my parents post-poned their trip to SC today and took her to the vet only to discover that one of her vertebrae is ruptured or something, so they synapse from her brain telling her hind-legs to move are connecting.  Hopefully she will improve this week, as she seems to be slowly doing.  If her disk slips more though, she will become paralyzed and then have to be put to sleep bc they vet won't operate on a dog that's 11 years old.  :( 
On a better note...  My job is so amazing.  Friday we had nothing to do, so we all played hangman and napped (ok, I napped while everyone else watched the paint dry!).  Monday, we had to spray 15 cans of Kilz (primer) on the walls of a non-ventilated hallway in the Lower School and everyone go really high.  After work was over, our noses were filled w/the white stuff (yuck) and there were 20 min breathing breaks every 5 min to allow us to take full-sized breaths.  Thursday, Katie and I are driving down to Charleston to move me into Sergeant Jasper and to go to the beach of course!  Yeah!  Also, the Bourne Supremacy, yeah its a good movie except for the camera shaking!  I must admit it was really fun to get Keith to buy tickets to another movie and sneak into the Bourne Supremacy bc it was sold out.  BTW- he was the only person I know who understood Big Fish from the beginning... 3 cool points for you for that!  Maybe that's enough of an update for now. 

Week in review

Whoa, I'm so confused, BLOGGER seems to have updated itself and now I can type in colors and new fonts!  Way cool!  Ok, so I know you all are so excited to hear about my week...

Last week I started working at AACS.  Though it could have been really weird to be back there for long periods of time, it has actually turned out really amazingly.  A bunch of people I know are there and I get to catch up w/them daily.  Painting is actually fun!  Who knew!?!?  Then Monday, as a group, we all went to see Dodgeball and Keith came along.  Then Wednesday, I had to lock myself in to study for the CALC 3 final exam.  Well, sweetest thing ever, Keith surprised me with a GIANT icecream sandwich, which he called Jen to find out that I'd like!  Major Props there!  Test went well!  Then Friday was "meet the family night"  and I dono what you think Keith, but I hope it went well!  I def liked the flowers and the walk at the club and to the pier, even if the lightening bug freaked me out like none-other.  Since then, I've just kinda been around.  Chilaxing.  Ok, time to go, not much eventful happened this week apparently.  Talk to ya'll later

I had the greatest weekend! Kristi and Leigh-Ann drove all the way up to Naptown to chill w/me! So cool of them. They got here on Thursday and we meet Katie to go mid-hunting and then Keith joined us downtown for icecream. It was so amazing to have them here. Friday we went to DC and got so lost, but we got stopped on the side of the road by what we thought was the President and his men (sorry, Katie said he was in PA!). Kristi really wanted to go to the museums so we did that and drove by the Lincoln Memorial quite a few times. Friday night we went to Cantlers where Katie and I ate a dozen delicious crabs... and Kristi and Leigh-Ann ordered hamburgers. Who gets hamburgers at Cantlers. gesh a whip! However, Kristi did try a few claws and managed to hit the lady behind her w/the crab claw. So funny, but so proud of her for trying! Then we got some good ol' Ritas! SO YUMMY!!!! Saturday we had lunch at Chick & Ruths and then came home and relaxed. Then at night, we picked up Keith and went to Bmore. Kristi informed me that Bmore is the location of the Boston Tea Party and the Chicago Fire... guess I learn something new everyday! Haha that was so funny. Had some dinner at Hard Rock and then listened to the band in the Harbour. It was such a great day. Actually, it was a great weekend. Loved seeing my friends and showing them my life here. Thanks guy for driving all the way up here and enduring the traffic on the way home. Cya soon!!!

It's been a crazy few days. I've been so busy, but it's all worth it! First, Forth of July was the single greatest day ever. So, Katie and I went downtown to watch the fireworks. While we were sitting outside of Phillips Jen calls. So we go meet her and some others bc they are downtown too. Everyone went onto the Naval Academy to watch the fireworks. Well Jon had saved us the best seats ever. They were on the turf field. So, there we were, like 5 feet from the entire new class of Midshipmen. We saw some that I knew and this guy, Matt, that Katie loves. It was so much fun. Dono whether I watched the fireworks or the mids more! :) haha
So, we have this new thing to do on Thursdays. Last week, Katie, mom and I went to dinner at El Torro Bravo and then Katie and I went to the Officer club at the academy to go "mid hunting." Only when we got there, there were no mids around so we walked FOREVER around the base.
Ok, Tomorrow will be the best day ever. 1) It's my last day of work at Nordstrom!!!! 2) Kristi and Leigh-Ann are coming!!!!
Maybe thats enough rambling for now. but til next time...

HAPPY FORTH OF JULY!!!

Going over to Katie's in a bit for her party. Quit Nordstrom today. 4 More days, and its over! Then I get to paint or whatever needs to be done around AACS! So the calc test went very badly, but on the plus side, Kristi and Leigh-Ann are coming Thursday! Heck ya. OK time to go

Well, Tomorrow is Calc 3 Test 3. I feel incredibly unsure of this one. But I put in about 3.5 hours today and have been studying for a few days now. Guess it's just gonna happen tomorrow then. But I got a fun suprise study aid today! Thanks for the chocolates Keith!
Unsure of how to act, sorry about that. Trying to act normal, but its new territory. Tomorrow will be fun. Test, then sleeping by the pool all day. Yup thats all folks

GREATEST NEWS 2X's!
1. My Nana finally came home from the hospital today. Pray that she doesn't try to push herself too much and that her healing continues to go smoothly. Also, pray that my grandfather doesn't drive her crazy, bc I think he might! :)
2. Leigh-Ann and Kristi are coming to visit! July 8-12 (yes its during the camping trip, but arg) I'm so excited to have my great Charleston friends come up to create havoc on Naptown.

So, I think I'm gonna give my notice at Nordstrom this week. I hate it, and it's too much. Maybe a relaxing, boring summer is in need! Heck yeah. Def need more time to chill w/my friends up here. Too maybe people I want to be with, but no time. I hate not having time for fun, its summer vacation, one of the last (~tear~) and so it MUST be taken advantage of.

Great line from the original Shrek!
Lord Farquaad: Now, tell me! Who's hiding them?!
Gingerbread Man: Okay, I'll tell you. Do you know the Muffin Man?
Lord Farquaad: The Muffin Man?
Gingerbread Man: The Muffin Man.
Lord Farquaad: Yes, I know the Muffin Man, who lives on Drury Lane?
Gingerbread Man: Well, she's married to the Muffin Man.
Lord Farquaad: The Muffin Man?
Gingerbread Man: The Muffin Man!
Lord Farquaad: She's married to the Muffin Man.

Great line from the original Shrek!
Lord Farquaad: Now, tell me! Who's hiding them?!
Gingerbread Man: Okay, I'll tell you. Do you know the Muffin Man?
Lord Farquaad: The Muffin Man?
Gingerbread Man: The Muffin Man.
Lord Farquaad: Yes, I know the Muffin Man, who lives on Drury Lane?
Gingerbread Man: Well, she's married to the Muffin Man.
Lord Farquaad: The Muffin Man?
Gingerbread Man: The Muffin Man!
Lord Farquaad: She's married to the Muffin Man.

Today was a good day.
1. Went to class, it was boring (we had a sub) so I left way early.
2. Took a nap
3. Went to work
4. Katie and I went Downtown to "chat" and watch the mids
5. Talked to Keith
6. Time for bed!

Its 10:40, just finished a long day of work. It's amusing, Jen and Keith both sent me the exact same TM today while I was at work! It was cute, so awesome to have such amazing people in my life. One might been around longer, but the other is quickly becoming important as well! Guess its weird. I've been feeling really strange about the whole thing (if you know me, you know what I'm talking about). Really unsure about what to do/say. But everyone said it would become easier, it's ok. Maybe they're right. Guess it all just seemed so random, unsure how it came about. Maybe that's not such a bad thing? Dono where it'll go, but the journey might as well be fun right!?!? Been kinda overwhelmed but it all, but maybe the newness will fade away and become copesetic as well? Ok, enough of that. It's bed time. Some of us have 8AM class! Joy...

Dad and I just enjoyed yummy cream cycles!

Summer is supposed to be relaxing right? Well I've been working about 40 hours a week, plus going to school 8 hours and homework a week. So I'm getting more and more exhausted! I've come to the conclusion that I'm not going to class tomorrow, it's time to skip one! Some may say that I'm a slacker, but hey, its summer, thats what its for! :)
James Taylor has been my cd of choice lately, kinda strange, but oddly relaxing and needed. These songs have been jumbling my mind and muddling my thoughts. Why do they keep wedging themselves in? Maybe it's because my emotions are vacillating and need something to sturdy them. James Taylor's music is reassuring and consoling. Here's some of the lyrics that have been tangled up lately:

In my mind I’m goin’ to carolina,
Can’t you see the sunshine?
Can’t you just feel the moonshine?
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I’m goin’ to carolina in my mind...

...There ain’t no doubt it no ones mind
That loves the finest thing around
Whisper something warm and kind
And hey babe the sky’s on fire, I’m dyin’
Ain’t I goin’ to carolina in my mind

...Dark and silent last night
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
Signs that might be omens say I going, going
I’m goin’ to carolina in my mind

The other song goes something like this:

There’s something in the way she moves,
Or looks my way, or calls my name,
That seems to leave this troubled world behind.
If I’m feeling down and blue,
Or troubled by some foolish game,
She always seems to make me change my mind.

And I feel fine anytime she’s around me now,
She’s around me now almost all the time.
And if I’m well you can tell that she’s been with me now,
And she’s been with me now quite a long, long time
And I feel fine.

Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning,
And I find myself careening
Into places where I should not let me go.
She has the power to go where no one else can find me,
Yes, and to silently remind me
Of the happiness and good times that I know, you know.
Well I said I just got to know that:

Haven't posted in a few days... Sorry, been really busy. Work and school have been killing me! Nordstrom gave me about 40 hours, plus my 8 hours of class a week plus homework! So, there's really no free time. Had a big test today, hopefully it went well.
Test drove a 2000 Toyota Celica today. It was a dream! 6 speed manual, WITH AC! Oh, how lovely it was! Black on black! Sunroof, cruise control.
I just got back from Red Hot and Blue. Keith-good call on the sweet tea, I do so miss it! We had the coolest thunderstorm today. Something about them really fascinates me. I put on some James Taylor, read a book and just chilled, it was the most relaxing thing ever!
Life is full of surprises isn't it? Maybe sometimes they take getting used to, even if they're good surprises. Ok, that was my deep thought, and now its time to go. :)