bonfires, hayrides, and Perkins

To continue the weekend of happiness....

Even though I had to miss the Rockford game (which they amazingly won!) I had a great time with my girls for my Royalty thing. Our parents were working on our float, so we just basically caught up on what's been going on since I have not seen these girls since end of August! It's amazing how much can happen in that amount of time! It was rather nice. We also were trying to find songs that we could play on our float, so we were listening to all these Broadway songs...it was fun! *Our theme is a Chicago Jazz idea...we are flappers* We also got the idea of having guys on our float, so it'll be fun cuz two of my close guy friends are coming on it! (John and Jake) I'm excited for this!! We got pizza and stuff afterward, so all in all, the last three hours seemed to go by quite fast!

Natrop called me later and told me that he was having people at his house, so I instantly left the royalty thing and bussed myself over there! I always get so excited for these things cuz I get to see so many people! I LOVE THEM!! There weren't as many people as I thought were going to be there, but it didn't matter. My closest friends were there, and some were the ones I haven't seen for at least a month. My friend Jake also brought a friend (Alex) and he was really cool. It was just a good time to be with everyone around a cozy bonfire! Things like those always gets me hyper!

Saturday was interesting....I seriously shopped from 12-7. Yes, I am a girl. Yes, I like to shop. Yes, I like to buy things, BUT NOT FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME! I feel that it is tedious and sometimes people spend too much time on things that could be done in like an hour or so. It seriously was a waste of a beautiful afternoon. The other problem was I was with my royalty people because were getting costumes for our float, and one of the girls' mothers in a MOTHER. What I mean by that is she's motherly, unlike my mother. My mom is more of a friend, has never really had a curfue for me, let's me do whatever I want because she trusts me, and it's something that doesn't seem to be normal for parents. So being around someone like that frustrates me terribly! So we were done with that by 5:00, but my whole point of Saturday was that I wanted to go shopping for some clothes that I needed, and be out of there in no time. I also had Kelly's party in mind so I knew it had to be fast. I power shopped!! It was insane, I went to so many stores in an hour, and I spent less than $100. That's right, be VERY proud of me!

Unfortunately I was "fashionably late" to Kelly's, but I made it just in time for the hay ride! It was a gorgeous night out (although some wind kept it chilly) and we went down this path on her relatives property, and ah! It was good. There were a bit more people at Kelly's than at Adam's, but a lot of them were from Crown and I met some...cool people! makes me want to go there even more, but sadly still, they do not have my major. Oh well! At the bonfire Mark was playing his guitar, and I liked it because I love hearing Mark sing and play! Anna and John also showed up, and John got a TATTOO!! It is soo cool looking. You guys should really see it. He's a manly man now! Anyway, at one point Kara and I were swinging on swings, and playing the "I went to a picnic and I brought..." game. It's where you go A-Z and listing things you bring with you. It was fun! I ended up saying for Q that I brought a Koala Bear...yah, stupid i know! And then I said, I went to a Hackysack....yah...it's okay to laugh, I laughed too! Then Justin and Nate came by us and we had a swing jumping contest, and even though Justin didn't jump very far, he won....and I jumped....walked a little bit, and fell on my butt. Then we all started tackling eachother, and did terrible cartwheels. I think the insanity made us hungry, because about tweleve of us ended up at Perkins. The food was good, the people were great, and the conversations were even better!

Sunday, amazingly was also very fun. Usually I just sit at home, do some laundry, watch some movies, MAYBE motivate myself to doing some homework, but this time Kara decided that we should all do something! So Jake, Sarah, Justin, Kara, and myself went to Northwestern Bookstore and Ridgedale for a while, just walking around and spending time together. We were going to eat, but then Justin's mom said that we could eat lunch at her house, and of course FREE FOOD=HECK YES! So we showed up late, oops, and Debbie had made really good food! It was like this chicken with this amazing gravy stuff on it, potatoes, and corn. I haven't had a homecooked meal since I ate at Anna's like a month ago! Sure beats school food, and even Subway. Then after we were all stuffed, they served us ice cream and we all sat in the living room talking. It felt like Thanksgiving because everyone wanted to nap, the weather was warm, and we were stuffed. God Bless the Knapps! haha

I've decided, that even though Sundays sorta suck for the fact that I have to come home, I always enjoy it because I get to meet up with Anna, and John is there, so I get to see two great people! It's become a ritual for the three of us. We all go to church, and I part my ways with them while they eat a brunch, take a nap, maybe do some laundry/homework, eat dinner, and then I show up and we all leave. It's nice because I dont' spend as much time with Anna during the weekend as I would during the week, so it's always a joy to see her again! Plus John is there and it always makes me happy to see him, so I'm even more delighted. Anyway, to cut to the chase, the car ride was amazing. We usually talk for like an hour, listen to music and start talking again once we get close to home, but we talked for almost the whole car ride! It was great. We were so into our conversations that we missed our turn and ended up in Cannon Falls (luckily not too far out of the way) I enjoy my Anna!

So yes, there's my weekend, and it's obviously shortened for the sake of the readers. Alot more things happened, and I could go to much greater detail, but I fear to lose the attention of my dearest readers, and nobody wants that. :-) That's why there is always the option of calling me, IMing me, or E-mailing me in case you are hungry or dying for me! P.S.-I hope that none will fear my death, but I will prob. not write until Thursday because for once, I have a little stress in my life. I have a mid term tomorrow, and a Major Paper on Wednesday. So this is not the top of my priority list. So anyway, I love you all, you are all fantastic, and sorry it's so long! Bye all!

No Picture: I have pictures I want to put up but they are on Anna's Camera, so maybe I'll make a post of just some awesome pictures!

Sister in Christ,
Amy <3